Yeabridge House Yeabridge, Somerset
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
YEABRIDGE HOUSE YEABRIDGE, SOMERSET YEABRIDGE HOUSE YEABRIDGE, NR SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET A substantial Grade II listed late Georgian/early Victorian house standing in attractive grounds with its original coach house and situated in a small hamlet Entrance porch • Reception hall • Drawing room • Morning room • Dining hall • Study • Sitting room Back hall • Kitchen/breakfast room • Scullery • Cellars • Service courtyard with boiler room and log store Galleried landing • Master bedroom with integral bathroom Guest bedroom with en-suite bathroom • 5 Further double bedrooms • 2 Further bathrooms • Boarded attics Coach House incorporating 2 garages, storerooms and first floor two room studio/office Garden & grounds In all just over 1 acre (0.4 hectare) South Petherton 1 mile • Ilminster 8 miles • Crewkerne 8 miles (London Waterloo 2½ hours) Yeovil 9 miles • Taunton/M5 (J25) 18 miles (Distances and time approximate) Knight Frank LLP 15 Cheap Street, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3PU Tel: +44 1935 812 236 [email protected] www.knightfrank.co.uk These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Situation & Amenities Yeabridge House is situated on the edge of the small hamlet of Yeabridge, about 1 mile from the large and popular village of South Petherton, which has 3 churches and a range of local shops and services including a bank, post office, library, baker, butcher, green grocer, 2 delicatessens, small Co-Op, hardware store, community hospital, doctor’s surgery and care home. For further details visit www.southpetherton.com. South Petherton has two nurseries, as well as E infant and junior schools and there is a choice from eight further primary schools within a 3 mile radius. There are secondary schools in Stoke- sub-Hamdon, Crewkerne and Huish Episcopi. Nearby private schools include Hazlegrove, Perrott Hill, Leweston, Taunton and the Sherborne schools. More extensive shopping and businesses S are available nearby in Yeovil, Crewkerne and Taunton. Local facilities in South Petherton including t an Arts Centre/venue (The David Hall) and the regional centre of Yeovil and county town of Taunton are both within easy reach. There are several gastro pubs and restaurants e within the local area. There is nearby access onto the A303, which M provides a direct east/west link joining the M3 to London and via the A358 to the M5 (J25) at Taunton. Crewkerne has a rail service to London Waterloo T taking about 2½ hours and Taunton to London Paddington taking 1¾ hours on the fast train. Bristol and Exeter Airports are both within about A 1 hour’s drive offering connections within the UK and to many international destinations. Yeabridge House Originally built around 1770 and then substantially enlarged in about 1840, Yeabridge House is a handsome property, built of local Ham stone under a Welsh slate roof with attractive wide eaves. It has two fine porches; one on the south-western façade over the front door and the other on the south-eastern façade. It is Grade II listed and has retained many of its graceful and original features including wide sash windows, working shutters, fireplaces and some very impressive flagstone floors in the earlier part of the house. Over the past 3½ years an extensive sympathetic restoration and refurbishment programme has been undertaken including renewal of the electrical and plumbing systems, installation of new bathrooms and fitting wood- burning stoves in the drawing and sitting rooms. On the ground floor, there is the impressive reception hall with an elegant staircase rising to a galleried landing and two large principal reception rooms, both with attractive fireplaces and cornicing. Towards the rear of the house is the kitchen/ breakfast room, which has a very large original dresser and an electric programmable 4-oven AGA (cream), with the adjacent scullery and cloakroom. In addition there is the walk-through dining room and two further reception rooms. On the first floor are the master bedroom, which has an integral bathroom and six further double bedrooms, one of which has an en-suite bathroom. One of the bedrooms is currently fitted with wardrobes and is used as a dressing room and there are two further bathrooms. There are also extensive boarded attics. Coach House, Garden & Grounds The house is approached off a quiet lane up the drive, which sweeps around a large turning circle in front of the house. A side spur continues beside the house to a cobbled yard in front of the coach house and adjacent stables, which now incorporate two garages, two store rooms and the stables, which once had four loose boxes and are now also used for storage. On the first floor of the coach house is a two room studio/office. Facing the front of the house is a fine, 300 year old cedar tree and areas of fringing lawn planted with wild flowers and an adjacent parterre garden (under construction) around a central pond. Fringing the south-eastern elevation is a paved terrace overlooking a herbaceous border. To the rear of the house is a service courtyard containing the boiler room and log store. The garden is bounded by mature evergreen hedging and walling and extends to just over an acre. Services Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating. Electric AGA. Fixtures & Fittings All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, together with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are specifically excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available by separate negotiation. Tenure Freehold Council Tax Band: G Local Authority South Somerset District Council Tel: 01935 462462 Directions (Postcode TA13 5LW) Travelling south-west on the A303 continue to the South Petherton (Hayes End) roundabout. Take the first exit off the roundabout, signed to Yeabridge. Continue for a ¼ mile and take the first left turn (red post box in the wall). Yeabridge House will be found on the left after about 150 yards. Viewings All viewings are by appointment with the sole agents Knight Frank LLP. Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area House = 612 sq m / 6588 sq ft (Excluding Void) Bedroom Attic = 153 sq m / 1647 sq ft Bathroom Cellar = 43.4 sq m / 467 sq ft Kitchen/Utility Outbuilding = 233.4 sq m / 2512 sq ft Boiler Room = 7.8 sq m / 84 sq ft Storage Total = 1049.6 sq m / 11,298 sq ft Recreation Attic Outbuilding First Floor Cellar Ground Floor First Floor Outbuilding Ground Floor Not shown in actual location/orientation This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan, please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. Important Notice: Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names. Particulars: June 2017. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087. .