WELLS Guide Price £1,500,000

An exceptional, very spacious house within a mile of Wells and having a potential annexe, beautiful gardens and grounds of about 7 acres including a swimming pool and tennis court. The main house includes a hall, two cloakrooms, sitting room, dining room, an excellent kitchen & breakfast room, rear hall, study, utility room and boot room. On the upper two floors are seven bedrooms, four bathrooms (three being en suite) and a storage loft. It totals about 4,000 sq ft. (366 sq.ms.)

Close by is a garage block which includes a double garage, workshop, sauna, changing rooms, pump room and on the first floor a large studio or gym. The building totals 1,200 sq.ft. (112sq.ms.) and has scope for adaptation for use as a studio (subject to pp). The house stands in mature, mainly lawned gardens together with the excellent swimming pool. Beyond are mature meadows, and trees, a delightful brook and a hard tennis court.

This beautiful family home is accessed via a pretty drive that winds its way to two large individual houses, one being Meadow Bridge House. This was built in 2004 and constructed to resemble a Victorian farmhouse with dressed stone elevations, brick quoins and imported French roof tiles. In very simple terms the house is well designed and arranged with lots of light and airy living space, plenty of bathrooms, bedrooms, games and study areas and considerable flexibility allowing for separate accommodation for guests, teenagers, elderly relatives, au pairs etc. Details include local natural stone, limestone and French oak timberwork (floors window frames and architraves and doors), well equipped bath and shower rooms, an excellent Smallbone fitted oak kitchen and gas central heating (underfloor on the ground floor and radiators on the 1st and 2nd floors).

The house is both elegant and comfortable being well designed and equally well appointed. The entrance hall has a fine staircase, cloakroom and a door into the 26 ft sitting room. This is a very comfortable and spacious room with windows on 3 sides, including French doors to the garden, a Doulting stone fireplace with an open Jetmaster fire and double doors into the dining. room. It enjoys views of the grounds to the waterfall. This room is very light having a large bay window and is ideal as dining room having double doors through to the kitchen & breakfast room and a door through to the hall. Again, it has a very pleasant outlook to the gardens and swimming pool.

The kitchen & breakfast room is another large living area and is the heart of the house. The kitchen area has an enviable bespoke oak “Smallbone fitted kitchen” with floor and wall units, an island, granite work surfaces, a twin ceramic sink and not least, a 4 oven gas Aga. Other integrated appliances include a dishwasher and a larder refrigerator. The breakfast area has plenty of room for a table and chairs and double French doors to the garden. Off the kitchen is a second entrance hall (with a second staircase) which leads to the study, utility room, second cloakroom and boot room.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom with en suite bath/shower room has a wonderful view over the waterfall and brook. There are three further bedrooms, one with en suite bath/shower room and a family bathroom. On the second floor there are three further bedrooms, one with en suite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe/box room with natural light and one which is used as a cinema room.

The drive continues past the house to the west, to a detached stone and tile double garage block which incorporates a cloakroom, shower room, sauna and changing room on the ground floor and a gym on the first floor. There is pedestrian access to the space also from the swimming pool area.

The property is approached between stone and brick pillars, which give access on to an impressive long drive flanked by an established beech hedge on either side. The drive continues over a bridge and into a large parking area for several vehicles in front of the house, with an in and out drive. There is a magnificent Willow tree with floodlighting and a mature Wisteria adorns the front elevation. There are a group of bespoke timber outbuildings for storage. The gardens are a delight, immaculately maintained and have a superb outlook of the surrounding countryside. They are principally laid to lawn inset with ornamental trees including Silver Birch, a Japanese Weeping pear tree and shrubs. Fruit trees include a Victoria plum, pear, eating apples and Bramley cooking apple.

There is a paved area designated for sitting out and entertaining to the east with a south aspect. This area looks out over the brook and waterfall where there is also a bridge leading to the hard tennis court beyond. Behind the house is a heated swimming pool with separate boiler and a large, paved area for entertaining. A kitchen garden lies to the north west and has a soft fruit cage and green house. Pastureland adjoins the gardens and lies mainly to the north east. The land is interspersed by trees including a Copper Beech. The Keward Brook, a tributary of the River Sheppey, bisects the land which is a lovely feature and continues down to the waterfall, exiting to the south. In all about 7 acres.

Freehold. Not listed. Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Double glazed. Gas central heating. Council Tax band G. EPC Band D

Meadow Bridge house stands on the edge of the village of Coxley, very close to the City of Wells. Wells, the smallest city in England (population about 11,000) lies in beautiful countryside between the Somerset Levels and the Mendip Hills – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Wells medieval centre has local markets twice a week, good restaurants, a thriving high street and many important ancient buildings, including the Cathedral and moated Bishops Palace. There are four major supermarkets on the edge of the city. Wells Leisure Centre has the usual facilities of gym and swimming pool to add to Wells Rugby Club, Tennis club, Bowling club and Golf course. Through the year Wells hosts festivals for Music, Literature, Art and Food, and has twinned links with Burgundy, Rhineland and Northern Italy. There are many societies and clubs creating a diverse social community.

The major towns of the area, Bristol, Bath, Taunton and Yeovil are all within commuting distance. There are excellent state & independent schools in the area which include several good primary schools, Wells Blue School, Strode College, Wells Cathedral School, Downside, All Hallows and Millfield . Wells is a transport hub for bus services, including daily services to London. Main line trains run from Castle Cary and Bristol International Airport is 35 minutes drive away.

From Wells take the Glastonbury Road. Pass Browns Garden Centre on the left and continue on the Glastonbury Road. The next left is Stoppers Lane. 50 yards or so further take the drive entrance on the right and continue to the first (of two) houses – Meadow Bridge House.

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