Property description

A truly beautiful piece of Victorian architecture with flexible, naturally light and spacious living accommodation set within large, private and enclosed gardens. Sought after village location.

DESCRIPTION A stunning period home within the heart of the desirable village of Catcott, the Old School House enjoys a quiet location within private, stone-walled mature gardens. This spacious and light four-bedroom home boasts many wonderful features, including flagstone floors, stone mullioned windows and four working fireplaces on the ground floor. The accommodation includes a spacious entrance hall with built-in bookshelves and a cloakroom, and a most impressive dual-aspect lounge (formerly the old school house) with open fireplaces and views of the rear gardens. The kitchen enjoys flagstone floors, a range of modern wall and base units, an Aga, and an adjacent hallway with pantry and door providing a side entrance to the drive. A sitting room adjacent to the kitchen and accessed via a stone archway offers views onto a private courtyard with wisteria and established rose bushes. Off the kitchen to the rear of the house is a generous conservatory that is excellent for entertaining and has a large utility/hobby room as well as a modern wet room off to the side. To the rear of the house is an impressive galleried studio with dual aspect views of the rear and side gardens, a sky light, door to the private courtyard and a mezzanine floor. A fourth reception room on the main floor boasts a fireplace and can be used as a study or fifth bedroom. On the first floor are three double bedrooms, a single bedroom, a modern family bathroom and an en-suite bathroom. The current owners have completed a sympathetic renovation including rewiring the entire house, updating plumbing, and redecorating throughout to retain period features whilst making it a comfortable, modern family home.



OUTSIDE The front of the schoolhouse is separated from the quiet lane by a low stone wall and accessed via an iron gate that opens onto a private front courtyard with an additional gate to the drive. A five-bar wooden gate opens to a long, gravel driveway lined with well-stocked shrubs and trees, including a mature apple tree to a large parking area with a garage (13'5" x 9') and attached summerhouse/greenhouse (13'5" x 9').

A large, wooden pergola separates the parking area from the gardens. The rear and side gardens are a most delightful feature of the property and enjoy a mixture of stone walls, charming borders, seasonal perennials that will delight in all seasons, mature trees and shrubs, including a fig tree, magnolia tree and wisteria. To the side of the property is a dedicated, private garden which can be used for vegetables or flowering plants. The rear gardens are wide and allow lovely views from all rooms of the house. At the rear of the property is a stone wall with arched doorway that leads to two timber sheds, trees and shrubs and a path that leads to a dedicated compost area.

Planning permission has been granted in 2016 to add an additional bathroom and master suite above the original school house (now lounge) connected to the first floor hallway with floor to ceiling dormers overlooking the rear gardens, and to build a new, larger kitchen replacing the current kitchen and conservatory.




ROOM MEASUREMENTS Drawing Room - 28'10 x 15'10
Conservatory - 19'0 x 17'10
Kitchen - 13'5 x 10'4
Snug living room - 16'8 x 13'9
Studio - 16'4 x 12'2
Master Bedroom - 16'7 x 11'11
Second Bedroom - 14'3 x 11'8
Third Bedroom - 11'0 x 10'5
Fourth Bedroom - 6'10 x 5'10
Study/Bedroom 5 - 11'10 x 11'8

Property Features :

• Detached Victorian Family Home
• Sought-after Village Location
• Four Reception Rooms
• Four Bedrooms
• Four Bathroom