The owners of a country home surrounded by its own five-acre private nature reserve and lake are selling up after 25 years.

Huguenot Farm in Denstroude, near Canterbury, has gone on the market for £1.4 million, with agents describing the site as a "rewilded naturalist's paradise".

The beautiful plot is said to have been "created and nurtured" by the current owners for the past quarter-of-a-century.

But they have now decided to sell up, with the opportunity to buy the land - which is home to a handsome period farmhouse - billed as "very rare" and "special".

Strutt and Parker senior director Edward Church, who is handling the sale, says he has not seen a property quite like it where so much passion has been invested in wildlife and nature.

"The grounds are remarkable and provide an extraordinary setting for the house," he says.

"Centred on the lake, they have been carefully nurtured over the past 25 years to encourage nature."

The Burnan Brook - a seasonal stream flowing to the sea at Swalecliffe - runs along one side of the property.

Water voles have also been seen on the site, which is said to be "teeming with wildlife".

Mr Church continued: "Many different mammals, birds, invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles and fish, together with wild flowers, and native and woodland plants of all types, thrive in this enchanting setting."

Close to the tastefully decorated and restored four-bedroom farmhouse is a detached outbuilding providing a workshop, tractor store and greenhouse.

Beyond the lake is a brick-built period stable believed to date back before 1800.

"It is quite an extraordinary property and it would be difficult to imagine a potential buyer who does not have an empathy for wildlife and sustainable living being interested," said Mr Church.