Property description

A well-appointed family home set in glorious gardens with excellent equestrian facilities including extensive stabling, menége, indoor horse walker and great out riding, in all just over 22 acres in the Witham Vale, between Frome and Bruton. EPC Rating E.

LOCATION Set in a truly rural location surrounded by beautiful countryside, this well-appointed equestrian property offers excellent facilities with a well-kept modern family home and a good range of modern agricultural buildings. A network of quiet country lanes provide miles of hacking or walking. The house was built just over twenty years ago and is light and spacious making the most of the super views and gardens that surround it. There are 22 indoor stables, a tack room, wash box, feed room and forage stores with an indoor horse walker and all-weather manége. In total there are just over 22 acres and this would make an ideal equestrian training or livery yard. The versatile range of buildings would suit a variety of other uses.


THE ACCOMMODATION Approached by a gravelled parking area to the front of the house, the front door leads into the entrance hall with a wood laminate floor and stairs to the first floor. The kitchen is fitted with a range of wooden floor and wall cabinets with a 'Nobel' oil fired range cooker set in a red brick chimney breast. An archway leads into the breakfast/dining room which has super views of the gardens with French doors opening onto the patio and gardens beyond. The sitting room benefits from windows to the front, side and rear with a stone fireplace and hearth with the garden room to the rear. There is also a dining room with doors to the garden room and separate glazed doors to the rear gardens. There is a boiler room/boot room, downstairs shower room, cloakroom and study. On the first floor, the large master bedroom suite has a full en-suite bathroom with separate bath and shower and a walk-in wardrobe. This room could be divided into two bedrooms if desired. There are two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

THE GARDENS The gardens are mainly laid to lawn, interspersed with mature shrub beds and trees, with patio, and wildlife pond. The gardens surround the house and are level, enjoying super views of the open countryside.

THE LAND AND EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES The land lies to the rear of the property and is laid to permanent pasture with the boundaries enclosed by mature hedges. Turnout paddocks are fenced within this area providing individual paddocks for the horses. The land is level, improved grassland with a clay to loam soil. The land is eligible under the BPS scheme.

The extensive stabling is contained within a large 5 bay steel portal framed barn. There are 22 internal stables, a tack room, rug room, feed room, wash box and room for storage of bedding and forage. There is also a 'four horse walker' within the barn with a rubber surface.
Outside there is a manége measuring (20mx40m) with a sand, rubber and basalt surface.
The outriding in the area is good with a network of quiet lanes and tracks. Riding permits are available for the nearby Stourhead estate, equestrian facilities in the area are excellent with a good selection of local training bases and completion centres, including Kingfisher Equestrian, Ecliffe at Gillingham, Half Moon Stud at Motcombe and Kings Sedgemoor, Nr Greylake. The local pony club would be the South & West Wilts Hunt and hunting would be with the Blackmoor & Sparkford Vale or South & West Wilts Hunts with National Hunt racing at Wincanton, Taunton and Exeter.


LOCATION The Somerset Parish of Brewham consists of the villages of North and South Brewham on either side of the river in the Brue valley, close to the Grade I listed landmark 'King Alfred's Tower.' The nearby town of Bruton (5 miles) is surrounded by beautiful undulating countryside and is well known for its schooling, King's, Bruton School for Girls and Sexeys. Downside at Stratton on the Fosse, Millfield at Street, Wells Cathedral School and also successful primary and Steiner Schools. Bruton has a good range of local shops, pubs and restaurants including the highly regarded 'The Chapel' which also supplies artisan bread and take out pizzas. A recent addition to the area is the internationally renowned Hauser & Wirth gallery. There is a railway halt on the Paddington line, with Castle Cary (approximately 10 miles) having main line railway station (London/Paddington 90 mins) and from Gillingham which connects to Waterloo. Frome (10 miles) is a thriving arts and cultural centre. It was recently voted number three in the top 10 best market towns in England with a vibrant Café culture and features the highest number of listed buildings in Somerset.