Property description
An attractive period farmhouse with beautiful gardens, guest suite, range of traditional unconverted outbuildings, modern agricultural outbuildings, stables and manege set in just under 13 acres.
DESCRPTION Approached via a private drive from the lane to the hamlet of East Woodlands. An attractive period farmhouse with beautiful gardens, attached self-contained guest suite and an unconverted wing. There is a range of former farm buildings which provide storage and stabling. All set in just under 13 acres including five sheltered paddocks. Marsh Farm House is a delightful family home with space to expand to create more rooms or into self-contained accommodation. This combines well with the equestrian facilities (excellent, newly formed school and stabling), together with other useful outbuildings and paddocks which are conveniently situated surrounding the homestead, all in all, set on the edge of the Longleat Estate and just outside Frome, this is a wonderful opportunity for family, horses, smallholding and business.
ACCOMMODATION A stone built former farmhouse with the accommodation arranged over three floors. On the ground floor there is a sitting room with a snug off, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, study, utility room and two cloakrooms. There is access to the guest suite.
On the first floor there is the master bedroom with en-suite, two further bedrooms and the family bathroom. There is an attic bedroom with large storage area off. There are many period features. The sitting room ceiling has heavy beams and rafters, an inglenook fireplace and mullioned windows. The dining room has a flagstone floor and ceiling beams. The kitchen is very well appointed with a wide range of floor and wall units and an oil fired Aga. The master bedroom is set to the rear of the house and has a large en-suite dressing room and bathroom. The remaining two bedrooms on this level are both double and there is a family bathroom with full facilities.
The top floor attic room is a pretty room with 'A' frame beams.
THE GUEST SUITE Attached with access from the house, but has its own front door with kitchen, shower and sitting/bedroom and would be ideal for a dependant relative, au-pair etc.
THE UNCONVERTED WING To one side of the house there is an unconverted building comprising of a ground floor with a loft over, which could convert to either additional or ancillary accommodation, studio/workshop or holiday accommodation, subject to the necessary consent. Adjoining is a store and garage/workshop, which could also be converted to other uses.
THE OUTBUILDINGS To the rear of the house there is a row of stables adjoining the yard. To one side there are former calf pens and cow stalls.
THE LAND The land completely surrounds the house and buildings, is all pasture and comprises five principal paddocks, which total just over 11 acres and are largely enclosed by mature hedging and post and rail fencing. Access is from the main drive and yards. A pond adjoins one boundary.
Note: The area as edged blue on the plan is not included in the sale. There are rights to the blue edged property over the driveway.
LOCATION East Woodlands is a small hamlet situated just a few miles from the market town of Frome and is set in rolling countryside and is home to the renowned Horse and Groom Inn. There is excellent outriding on the nearby Longleat Estate. Frome is an historic market town with many notable buildings and features the highest number of listed buildings in Somerset. Frome offers a range of shopping facilities, a leisure centre, several cafés, choice of pubs, local junior, middle and senior schools, several theatres and a cinema. Private schools are to be found in Wells, Bath, Warminster, Cranmore, Glastonbury and Street. Bath and Bristol are within commuting distance and the local railway stations at Frome and Westbury have connections to London, Paddington.
Property Features :
- Period farmhouse
- Four bedrooms. Guest suite
- Kitchen/Breakfast Room
- Three reception rooms
- Unconverted barns
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