Property description

An attractive and well-appointed family home with excellent equestrian facilities. Set in a hamlet location with fantastic riding and walking on the doorstep, in all just over four acres. EPC Rating E.

DESCRIPTION Set on the Wiltshire and Somerset border this pretty home has an interesting mix of period features with a Victorian Façade with high ceilings and sash windows built onto an older 16th century cottage with exposed beams and open fires. Renovated over recent years Sweet Apple Cottage has been beautifully presented retaining its character and charm to make a really great family home with flexible living space. There are gardens to the rear with ample parking, an orchard and a well-equipped stable yard with a range of timber stables, paddocks and an all-weather manege. The network of lanes surrounding the property provide good riding and walking and the property adjoins the popular Full Moon public house and restaurant. The towns of Frome and Trowbridge are close by with Bath also within easy reach. Approached from the parking area at the rear, steps rise to the back door and the entrance lobby where a step up leads to the kitchen and breakfast room. Overlooking the rear garden, the country style kitchen has exposed beams and is fitted with a range of wooden cabinets and built in appliances with a range cooker and a tiled floor. The sitting room has French doors to the garden with exposed beams and a fireplace with a wood burner inset. A doorway opens into the Victorian part of the property which enjoys high ceilings and sash windows with window shutters. There is a drawing room with cast iron fireplace and a further reception room currently furnished as bedroom four. There is also a guest room with en-suite shower room on the ground floor. The first floor has three double bedrooms and a family bathroom with a bath and electric shower over. This charming cottage is finished to a high standard and presented in good order offering light and airy accommodation with a flexible configuration of rooms and living space.

OUTSIDE The gardens are to the rear of the property and are mainly laid to lawn and enclosed by shrub beds and a mixture of stone walls and timber fencing. There is a mature apple tree and a selection of rose and lavender bushes. A hard core track leads down to the stable yard where there is further parking and turning space. The stable yard is fully enclosed within a fenced concrete yard and has four stables and a tack room under an onduline roof. There is a separate detached timber workshop (12"x12") with power and light and an adjoining timber hay barn (12"x12").

The manége measure 21m x 51m and has a sand and fibre surface.

The paddocks are enclosed by mature hedges and there is a separate access onto the adjoining lane. Currently the paddocks are fenced into smaller enclosures and the land drains well and slopes very gently providing good drainage throughout the year.


LOCATION The quiet hamlet of Rudge lies between the towns of Frome and Trowbridge and is bordered by open countryside. Rudge has an excellent public house, The Full Moon and the neighbouring hamlet of Brokerswood has a plant nursery and a country park. The outstanding 'Whiterow Farm Shop' at Beckington provides a great range of shopping facilities with a café, gift shop, florists and fish and chip shop.

The towns of Frome and Trowbridge have more extensive shopping facilities with Bath a short drive away. Schools in the area are excellent with primary schools in Beckington, Berkley and Rode. State senior schools can be found in Frome with some excellent private schools in Warminster, Bath and Bruton which are all within a daily journey.

The nearby town of Westbury has a main line railway station the London - Paddington and the A36, A303 and M4 are all within a short distance for good travel connections. Recreational facilities locally are good with Babington House, golf, fishing, tennis, bowls and horse racing close by, with tourist attractions such as Bath, Longleat, Stourhead and Cley Hill all on the doorstep. Local equestrian facilities are good with West Wilts Equestrian centre, Warminster Saddle Club, local pony clubs and riding clubs all having an extensive range of competitions for all ages and abilities.

Property Features :

• Pretty period cottage
• Exposed beams and fireplaces
• Gardens and parking
• Orchard
• Paddocks and stables