Higher Shute Farm Huish Champflower, Somerset TA4

Higher Shute Farm is a superbly located property sitting within circa 42 acres of its own pasture and delightful, well-stocked gardens and orchard. Lovingly restored by its current owners, it includes a barn annexe, separate studio and further outbuildings in addition to the main house. Situation & Amenities Higher Shute Farm has a lovely rural setting in the Brendon Hills, about a mile from Huish Champflower with its Village Hall, King George V Memorial Playing Field (home to Huish Champflower Cricket Club) and St Peter’s Parish Church. The north Somerset coastal port of Watchet is less than 10 miles distant, as is the picturesque Exmoor village of Dulverton. Outdoor activities abound, with fishing and sailing at Wimbleball Lake (6 miles), tennis, swimming and rugby at Wiveliscombe (4.3 miles), cricket and racing at Taunton (15.2 miles) and the vast open spaces of Exmoor opening up from Haddon Hill (6 c. 42 6-7 3-4 3-4 Acres miles).

Shopping: Wiveliscombe has a good selection of shops meeting most day-to-day needs. For wider requirements, Wellington (11.3 miles) has its supermarkets, including a Waitrose, and the property sits almost equidistant between the larger shopping centres of Taunton, Tiverton (16 miles) and Minehead (18 miles).

For transport links, Taunton has regular rail services to Bristol Temple Meads in 52 minutes and to London Paddington in as little as 1 hour 39 minutes. Exeter (34.5 miles) and Bristol Airports (53.6 miles) are both easily accessible, offering connections to both UK and international destinations. There is an excellent range of schooling nearby in both state and independent sectors. Good private schools within reasonable driving distance include Wellington School, Blundell’s in Tiverton and Taunton School, King’s and Queen’s Colleges and King’s Hall Preparatory School in Taunton.

Huish Champflower 0.5 miles, Wiveliscombe 4.3 miles, Wellington 11.6 miles, J26 M5 14.4 miles, Taunton 15.1 miles (Bristol Temple Meads 52 minutes & Paddington 1 hour 41 minutes), Exeter Airport 32.8 miles, Exeter City Centre 34.5 miles, Bristol Airport 53.6 miles (Distances and times approximate) Higher Shute Farm Constructed around the beginning of the nineteenth century on the site of an earlier building, the house is of attractive local stone under a slate roof, offering spacious and airy accommodation with unusually high ceilings for this type of property. It was substantially re-built by the current owners in 2001, who have subsequently added the large oak-framed drawing room and garden room in a design consistent with the original, offering modern standards of comfort in a traditional style.

The property has oak double-glazed windows throughout, with underfloor heating serving all stone or tile-floor surfaces and acoustic insulation in internal walls. Both house and annexe have fibre broadband access.

The core of the main accommodation is the large kitchen and the fantastic principal drawing room with its spectacular southerly views across the gardens to the valley beyond.

The drawing room/garden room is a particular feature of Higher Shute Farm and unexpected in a property of this age and style. It is light and airy and adaptable to both everyday use and wonderful entertaining space.

The entrance hall takes you past the main reception through to the large, open plan kitchen and dining area at the very heart of the house. With an open fire and aga, French doors to the verandah and stable door to the rear garden, the kitchen will adapt to any season and is undoubtedly the focal point of daily life. Off the inner hall, there is a walk-in larder, utility room and a further, smaller sitting room.

From this inner hall the original front door opens onto the verandah and gardens. At the top of the oak staircase you will find the spacious master bedroom, with dressing room and ensuite bathroom. There are two additional bedrooms on this floor, one of which is currently used as a study, and a further guest bathroom.

On the second floor there are two further substantial bedrooms with good head height and plenty of under-eaves storage, plus a third bathroom. The annexe, which is separately rated, is a converted barn, developed by the current owners with the same attention to style and detail as the main farmhouse. This spacious accommodation has one bedroom, a bathroom and open plan living/dining/kitchen area, with room for additional seating outside.

The studio is currently used as a ceramics studio but could be adapted to other uses. Higher Shute Farm

Spring Gardens & Outbuildings Higher Shute Farm Spring Winters Cottage WINTERS CROSS Higher Shute Farm is approached down a long drive, accessed off a quiet country lane just over one mile from the centre of 292.5m Winters Cottage WINTERS CROSS 299.0m Huish Champflower. The drive arrives into a yard bordered on Pond 297.4m one side by a row of traditional outbuildings and a former 292.5m 299.0m Pond milking parlour, a rose garden and a soft-fruit garden on the 297.4m other. Situated above the traditional outbuildings, that are now 299.1m used as a log store, a potting shed and for garden equipment 299.1m storage, is a productive vegetable plot with several raised beds, 295.4m shed and a polytunnel. The drive continues past the annexe 295.4m and studio to reach the two substantial agricultural 292.2m 292.2m buildings below. Cattle Grid Cattle Grid

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Date:SDrawn By: cale: Plan Ref: Mapping Department N 10:08:20 MMcC 1:3000 @ A4 Knight Frank LLP Ramsbury House, 22 High Street Title Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0NF Higher Shute Farm W E (t) 01488 688508 (f) 01488 688505 (e) [email protected] This Plan is published for guidance only, and although it is believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed, S nor is it intended to form part of any contract. ©Crown copyright and database rights 2020. Licence No. 100021721 The gardens surround the main house on three sides, and there is an orchard beyond. The orchard features two ancient cider apple trees, a selection of specialist shrubs and other trees. A spring-fed wildlife pond sits below the house while a further purpose-built duck pond, also spring fed, can be found in the orchard.

Services Mains electricity, Private water & drainage, with mains water supply available if required. Oil-fired AGA and central heating.

Tenure Freehold

Council Tax Band Main House: Band E Annexe: Band A

Local Authority Somerset West & Taunton Council (www.somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk)

Directions (Postcode TA4 2HE) From Junction 25 (Taunton) take the B3227 to Wiveliscombe. Turn right into Wiveliscombe Town Centre at the traffic lights, then turn right (direction Huish Champflower and Langley) at The White Hart Inn. Follow this road to Huish Champflower (c. 4 miles). Take first left after St Peter’s Church (Direction Brendon Hill and Upton). The track to Higher Shute Farm (shown on some satnav systems as Shute Lane) is 1.25 miles up the hill on the left hand side by an old milk churn stand.

Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House: 369.6 Sq.M. (3,979 Sq.Ft.) Annex: 57.7 Sq.M. (622 Sq.Ft.) Studio: 24.8 Sq.M. (267 Sq.Ft.) This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars. Knight Frank Exeter I would be delighted to tell you more. 19 Southernhay East Exeter Ed Clarkson Devon 01392 423111 EX1 1QD [email protected] knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly.

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