Property Description: Guide Price £1,500,000 - £1,750,000. Once the subject of a picture postcard, this Grade II listed historic house was built on the site of an old farmstead dating back to the 1600's. Over the years, this former farmhouse has undergone significant changes and restoration and is now a very fine house in the ever popular village of Wedmore.
With its elegant Georgian façade, stone outbuildings and walled garden you will have already fallen for the charm of the building before you even set foot inside the house. The interior of the property continues to delight with impressive rooms and an abundance of period features from worn limestone flags, magnificent Regency style arched windows and elm flooring.
The flagstone entrance hall runs down through the centre of this classic Somerset farmhouse through to the over sized back door with the two main reception rooms and staircase leading off it. The living room and dining room, again with beautiful flagstone, floors both have inglenook fireplaces with woodburning stoves as well as beams, panelled doors and fabulous Georgian French doors with accompanying wooden shutters opening out to the front garden.
The kitchen/breakfast room, with gas AGA, is at the back of the house overlooking the terrace and garden. With its fitted kitchen units, breakfast bar and granite work tops with space for a kitchen table, it is a not only a practical space but also a room that you would want to spend time in to socialise. The butlers pantry/laundry room is a must in a house of this stamp. This room has a separate downstairs cloakroom and plenty of storage.
The third reception room is currently the library but was reputedly once the Parish Office. This room again is generous in its proportions and has the most stunning French doors out to the front garden. The library has versatility as off this room is a downstairs shower room. So, with the addition of a sofa bed, could be used as an extra guest room or ground floor bedroom, should it be required.
At the top of the staircase is a well proportioned landing with the most spectacular arched window that overlooks the back garden. This window is thought to date back to the Regency period and this is mirrored at the other end of the landing with an arch through to an inner hallway. All the bedrooms, five in total, have extra wide planked flooring (either elm or pine), which is an indicator that no expense was spared in the building of this house. All the bedrooms are of ample proportions with one having an en-suite shower room. The family bathroom is indeed impressive in its size and aesthetics with dove grey painted wooden flooring, a tiled shower, plenty of storage and a large freestanding slipper bath.
The attic room, which spans the full length of the house, truly makes a lasting impression on anyone that climbs the stairs to the second floor. The space is light with Velux windows set between beautiful wooden rafters and purlins. Over the years this room has had many uses and is currently used as magnificent playroom, however there is the opportunity to make this into a principle bedroom suite, with the relevant consents.
Outside: From the central hallway the wide back door opens out onto a delightful courtyard with limestone flags and a lean-to pagoda, creating an all weather sit out that over looks the terraces and walled garden. Across the courtyard is the utterly charming stone built garden room, which was, up until the 1950’s, The Bakery. Separate from the main house and with French doors that open out on to the garden this room makes a fabulous studio. Across the stone terraces, steps lead up to the level lawn area with mature shrubs, borders and trees.
The lower terrace was once the site of the Cider House with all that remains to date being the stone plinths that held the cider barrels. This is next to the large two storey old stone barn with stable, which is currently divided into two. A gate leads from the garden to the lane at the side of house from where you can access the stable. The other half of the building can be accessed from the garden. This barn has huge potential and currently has planning permission to be converted into a two bed detached dwelling with parking (Planning Application Number 50/99/00070). It also has the advantage of being on a separate title to the main house.
Location: Wedmore is an attractive village with a vibrant feel and plenty to do. Located just seven miles off the M5 at Junction 22, it has excellent access to the south-west and beyond. There are three pubs offering excellent food and boutique style accommodation, two cafes, beauticians and hairdressers, butchers, chemist, delicatessen, an essential village store and various gift and clothes shops. The village has great sporting facilities in abundance too with a floodlit Astro turf tennis court and football pitch, indoor and outdoor bowls, sports field, cricket and football pitches. The Isle of Wedmore Golf Club is right on your doorstep as well as sailing and windsurfing available at Cheddar Reservoir just three miles away. The Village Hall is home to theatre productions, comedy nights and the village takes pride in hosting its annual beer festival, Christmas Lamplight Fair and a live advent calendar. There are excellent state schools in the vicinity, including Wedmore First Academy, Hugh Sexeys Middle School and the highly acclaimed Kings of Wessex School as well as independent schools including Millfield, Sidcot and Wells Cathedral School.
Directions: SatNav - BS28 4BY / What 3 words https://w3w.co/tilting.repeat.hovered
Council Tax: Band G (correct at time of marketing). To check council tax for this property, please refer to the local authority website.
Local Authority: Somerset Council - 0300 123 2224
Services: Gas central heating, mains water, drainage and electricity.
Tenure: This property is freehold and is sold with vacant possession upon completion with no onward chain.
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