Wambrook House Wambrook • South Somerset

Wambrook House Wambrook • South Somerset • ta20 3df

A303 5 miles • The coast at Lyme Regis 15 miles • Exeter 30 miles Taunton & M5 (J25) 14 miles (Mileages / distances approximate) A handsome period house in need of interior refurbishment situated on the edge of a village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Pillared Entrance Porch • Reception Hall • Drawing Room Sitting Room • Dining Room Kitchen • Utility/Boot Room • Laundry Room • Extensive Cellars Spacious Landing with Sky Light Lantern • Principal En Suite Bedroom • Nursery Four Further First Floor Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • Shower Room Four Second Floor Rooms (Potential for Self Contained Apartment) Mature well stocked Gardens • Walled Kitchen Garden • Swimming Pool Double Garage • Coach House and Stables • All Weather Manège Six paddocks • Woodland • epc=e In all approximately 12.6 acres

savills.co.uk Jackson-Stops Taunton Savills Exeter 8 Hammet Street Taunton The Forum, Barnfield Road, Somerset TA1 1RZ Exeter EX1 1QR Tel: 01823 325144 Tel: 01392 455755 [email protected] [email protected] Situation Wambrook House occupies an enviable, peaceful and private setting, on high ground enjoying a glorious southerly outlook over its own parkland to the beautiful landscape beyond. Wambrook itself, a particularly unspoilt and quiet village, is situated near the small towns of Chard, Crewkerne and Axminster. Taunton, the County Town of Somerset with a good shopping centre, number of well respected independent schools is found within easy reach and there are other private schools (such as Sherborne and Perrott Hill), and state schools (such as Colyton Grammar and The Woodruff School) within a reasonable distance. The cathedral city of Exeter, has further schooling and also has excellent shopping with recently opened John Lewis store and Princesshay shopping mall. To the south the beautiful Jurassic Coast line, designated a natural World Heritage site, with pretty towns and villages including Sidmouth, Beer, Branscombe and Lyme Regis are all within driving distance of Wambrook. The M5 motorway provides fast and easy access to Exeter, Bristol and London and the A303 also provides fast access to London and Exeter. Taunton has a mainline station with fast trains scheduled to arrive at London (Paddington) within an hour and forty five minutes. There is also a main line railway station at Axminster with services to London (Waterloo). The airports at both Exeter and Bristol provide flights nationally and internationally, including flights from Bristol to the USA. There are ferry ports at Plymouth and Southampton with regular crossings to Europe. Description Wambrook House dates back to the early 19th Century and was once the village Rectory. The house has a handsome façade and has in recent years been the subject of improvements including pillared veranda extending across the front of the property providing a formal entrance. The windows have been replaced throughout the house and a redecoration of the exterior has created the elegant façades. The well proportioned rooms all lead from the imposing reception hall with a fine turning staircase lit by the lantern. Detailed plans are in place and permission has been granted to create a large kitchen and develop the cellars to provide a games room, gym, media room and still retain excellent storage. Behind the main house there is a pretty, original stone coach house / stable yard and garaging. The house is set off by equally attractive gardens with many fine mature shrubs and trees around the level lawn in front of the house. To the east a traditional walled kitchen garden adds to the original setting. Beyond the immediate grounds the land provides protection and grazing conveniently around the house. Accommodation Partly glazed double doors lead into the Reception Hall which has a flagstone floor, fine turning staircase and lincrusta ceiling, cornice. Doors lead through to the Drawing Room, which is beautifully light with french doors to the front of the house, handsome fireplace with carved wooden mantelpiece, a deep cornice, door to the terrace and a door to the Sitting Room, which has been newly decorated, it has a ceiling cornice, dado rail and handsome marble fireplace. The Dining Room is a particularly elegant room with an exquisite lincrusta ceiling, beautiful cornice, fireplace with high wooden mantelpiece and marble slips (at present sealed off) and French doors. An Inner Hall has wash basin and door through to a Cloakroom. The Kitchen / Breakfast Room has a range of fitted cupboards, sink unit and an oil fired Aga. A door leads through to a Laundry / Wash Room, which has a deep sink, plumbing for washing machine, built in cupboards and a door to the Rear Lobby having a door to outside. The Rear Entrance / Boot Room has a deep sink, cloak racks and staircase up to the first and second floors and staircase down to the Cellar with original play room with window seat, a boiler room with oil fired boiler, hot water cylinder, a wine cellar and three further store rooms. The turning staircase rises to the First Floor Landing and looks up to the oval opening with balustrade on the second floor. The Principal Bedroom has glorious outlooks, walk in cupboard, french doors onto the balcony and an En Suite Bathroom. The Nursery / dressing Room has built in cupboard, also french doors onto the balcony, as does the Guest Bedroom, which is a good sized room and enjoys The Coach House lovely views. There are Two Further Double Bedrooms, both with built in cupboards and wash basins, whilst a Further Bedroom is found off the inner landing which has pretty fireplace and window overlooking the rear garden. A further lobby has linen cupboard and door leading through to the Shower Room. The staircase rises up from the rear entrance / boot room to the second floor and leads to a Galleried Landing with an oval balustrade and doors leading through to a Bedroom with pretty fireplace, tall west facing window and a further small dormer window. A further room, originally furnished as a Sitting Room, has further tall window and dormer window and a fireplace. A Further Bedroom has glorious outlooks and the Original Kitchen has stainless steel sink and a window with far reaching views. A further room houses all the cold water storage tanks, has a WC and wash basin. Outbuildings The Original Coach House and Stables provide excellent scope for those who may wish to create more living accommodation (subject to all necessary consents) but at the moment provides a Tack Room, Two Original Loose Boxes, Stalls and a Loft over and Feed Store. There are Two Further modern Loose Boxes which look out onto the cobbled yard. There is a recently built Double Garage measuring 6.42m x 5.32m (21ft x 17.6ft) having double timber doors, shelving, light and power point. A Further Garage / Store measures 6.10m x 2.96m widening to 4.4m (20ft x 9ft). Gardens and Grounds The entrance into Wambrook House passes through Stone Pillars and handsome Wrought Iron Gates and proceeds up to the side and rear of the house where there is ample parking. Lawned Gardens stretch out in front of the house, surrounded by natural edges and are partly shaded by a magnifi cent beech tree. A well-stocked rockery border rises up to the west, where there are steps leading to the Manège. The original walled Kitchen Garden with an arrangement of productive vegetable beds and a Green House can be accessed by both a wooden gate leading in from the drive and also from the stable yard. The Rear Gardens are also partly shaded by three mature copper beeches and has a number of well-stocked beds and slopes down to the Swimming Pool, measuring approximately 7.92m x 4.88m (26ft x16ft). The Paddocks surround the house, one gently sloping and divided by post and rail fencing and bounded by an area of woodland. Two further paddocks lie to the west, one having direct access into the Manège, measuring approximately 60m x 30m, and the other having a gate onto a track. Two further paddocks lie to the south. One having a fi eld shelter and both sharing a water trough. In all the gardens and grounds amount to about 12.6 acres. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Services Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Offi ce © Mains electricity. Private water and drainage. Oil fi red central heating. Crown copyright (100041908) Some night storage heaters. Local authority South Somerset District Council The Council Offi ces, Brympton Way, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 2HT www.southsomerset.gov.uk Telephone: 01935 462462 directions (ta20 3df) On the A30 travelling in an easterly direction through Yarcombe continue over the River Yarty and after approximately one mile turn right sign posted to Membury and the Fern Animal Sanctuary. Proceed along this lane taking the fi rst turning left and left again, Outbuilding 1 descend the hill taking the fi rst turn right to Wambrook. Turn right immediately after Wambrook Farm and the drive to Wambrook House will be found on the right. fixtures and fittings Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others such as curtains, carpets, light fi ttings, garden ornaments etc are specifi cally excluded but may be available by separate negotiation. Viewings Strictly by appointment with Savills or Jackson Stops and Staff. Prior Outbuilding 2 to making an appointment to view we strongly recommend that you Outbuilding 3 discuss any particular points which are likely to affect your interest in the property with a member of staff who has seen the property. Second Floor Ground Floor

Lower Ground Floor

Wambrook houSe Gross Internal Floor Area (approx): 611.2 sq m / 6,580 sq ft (Excludes restricted head height & outbuilding/includes Garage) Not to scale. For identifi cation purposes only.

First Floor

ImPortaNt NotICe Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1.They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2.Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Photographs taken May 2013. Kingfi sher Print and Design. 01803 867087. 15/07/01 XX