Property description

A listed village house of enormous charm & character. Flexible with 3 reception rooms, study, a large farmhouse style living kitchen, scullery, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, extensive outbuildings (requiring improvement but with great scope), gardens & paddocks. About 2.25 acres in all.

PARSONAGE FARM, CROSCOMBE, Nr. WELLS, SOMERSET, BA5 3QN

About the Area
Wells is the smallest city in England (population about 11,000) lying in beautiful countryside between the Somerset Levels and the Mendip Hills - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The City has local markets twice a week and many medieval buildings including the Cathedral and moated Bishops Palace, Shepton Mallet is a thriving, historic, small market town with a wide range of facilities, including interesting national and local shops (Tesco, Laura Ashley, Boots, etc.) and again many medieval houses and buildings. Both Wells and Shepton have a good pubs and award winning restaurants, busy shopping centres and excellent State & Private schools in the area including Wells Blue School, Whitstone, Wells Cathedral School, Millfield School, Downside, All Hallows and the Sherborne and Bruton schools.

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There is fast road access to Bath, Bristol and Yeovil, with London Paddington just 1 hour 40 minutes away on the mainline service from nearby Castle Cary. Bristol Airport is within 20 miles on a fast road. For more information on this area in general and individual schools visit our website www.roderickthomas.co.uk Croscombe lies between wells and Shepton and is known to date back to at least 706 and it developed in the 16th and 17th centuries with the boom in the wool trade. During this period many houses, cottages and inns were built and the church was reconstructed. Today Croscombe is a vibrant village with a primary school, village stores, a pub and a very active local community.

Description
Parsonage Farm is in the heart of the village, is believed to date from around 1490 and is one of the many interesting houses in this area. The accommodation has gas central heating and a wealth of period details including flagstones, carved stonework together with oak and pine timbers (fluted ceiling beams, doors, mullions and architraves). The house has flexibility and scope for further accommodation with the adaptation of some of the outbuildings A half glazed stable door opens into the

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CONSERVATORY with a tiled floor, stonewalls, tiled cills, french doors to the music room and wall lights. RECEPTION HALL with ceiling beam, wall lights, flagstone floor, window seat and an oak door into the MUSIC ROOM/PINBALL ROOM with a ceiling beam, oak floor, fireplace with an inset gas fired Jetmaster fire, alcove bookshelves, french doors to the conservatory and double oak doors into a BATHROOM/WETROOM with hand basin, wc and bath. A pine door opens from the hall into the BOOT ROOM with a sink unit, cupboards, work top, wall cupboards, shelves, an \"Ideal Mexico\" gas fired boiler, door to the garden and a SEPARATE WC.

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Another oak door opens from the hall into the DRAWING ROOM with ceiling beams, recessed lighting, flagstones, a large beamed inglenook fireplace, with \"Jotul 6\" stove, bread oven, side alcove with bookcases and cupboard, pine alcove cupboard, staircase and an oak door into the SITTING ROOM (currently used as a study) with a cross beamed ceiling, flagstones, a large Dulcote stone fireplace with an inset raised hearth, wall lights, alcove cupboard, window shutters and window seats. Farmhouse style living KITCHEN being dual aspect with a part glazed stable door to the garden, tiled floor, twin bowl butler's sink, tiled splashbacks, range of fitted kitchen units with hardwood work surfaces, 2 oven gas fired aga cooker range and adjacent cooker with a 4 ring hob and 2 ovens. FIRST FLOOR. LANDING with radiator and two large airing cupboards with immersion heaters. BEDROOM ONE with fitted wardrobes and cupboards and an EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM with hand basin, wc, tiled shower cubicle and a heated towel rail/radiator. BEDROOM TWO with a stone fireplace, bookshelves, hand basin and window seat. BEDROOM THREE with braced beamed ceiling, fitted wardrobes and cupboards. BEDROOM FOUR with hand basin, side window and Velux roof light. BATHROOM with hand basin, wc, bath with central taps and rain shower with shower curtain.

Outside
The house fronts a small lane in the village with the gardens and grounds on the far side. A tarmac drive leads past the front door to double gates into the garden courtyard. To the side of the double gates are a log store and a STUDY which has an oak floor and pitched ceiling. The double gates open into a courtyard to the side of which is a STONE BARN about 14ft x 26ft. under a corrugated iron roof currently used for storage. Close to the first barn is a WORKSHOP just over 8ft. x 8ft. Close by is a large STONE BARN over 18ft. x 60 ft. with a work pit, end doors and being ideal for a vast number of uses.

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The stable door from the kitchen leads out to the garden and there is a COVERED PORCH WAY and the door into the scullery. On the far side of the kitchen is a GARAGE BUILDING with a STORE above. To the side is a further OUTSIDE LARDER with shelving and cupboards and a door to a further shelved STOREROOM. Generally the outbuildings require improvement and attention but have considerable potential. There are very pleasant and very private lawned gardens (including a croquet lawn) with shrub and flower borders, a vegetable area and a hen run. Above the gardens on the hill side are 2 paddocks with a top gateway to a small lane.

Directions
From our office continue along Priory Road to the roundabout and turn left onto the Shepton Mallet road. Continue to Croscombe and enter the village. Continue until the school is on the left and immediately turn right. Parsonage Farm is the 3rd on the right.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Roderick Thomas, their clients and any joint agents state that these details are for general guidance only and accuracy cannot be guaranteed. They do not constitute any part of any contract. All measurements are approximate and floor plans are to give a general indication only and are not measured accurate drawings. No guarantees are given with regard to planning permission or fitness for purpose. No apparatus, equipment, fixture or fitting has been tested. Items shown in photographs are not necessarily included. Purchasers must satisfy themselves on all matters by inspection or otherwise. VIEWINGS - interested parties are advised to check availability and current situation prior to travelling to see any property.

Property Features :

• Good location in popular village
• Amenities include primary school, village shop, church, thriving pub and sociable local community
• In close reach of Wells & immediate access to beautiful countryside
• Medieval former farmhouse of great charm and character
• Farmhouse style living kitchen