STON EASTON PARK Ston Easton, Nr. Bath, Somerset STON EASTON PARK Ston Easton, Nr. Bath, Somerset A magnificent Grade I listed country house with exceptional decorative interiors and beautiful Grade II listed Humphry Repton gardens. Ston Easton Park, Ston Easton, Nr Bath, Somerset, BA3 4DF Bath 11 miles, Bristol 13 miles, Wells 7 miles. London 127 miles. Bristol international airport 12 miles. Features: Ideally situated in Somerset between the cities of Bath, Bristol and Wells. Suitable for use as a hotel, hospitality or other commercial venture. 7 reception rooms. 20 bedroom suites, domestic offices, extensive lower ground floor. Grade II listed Gardeners Cottage with 3 bedroom suites. Grade II* listed Coach House. Lodge Cottage. Further outbuildings. Grade II listed gardens arranged around the River Norr. In all about 28.4 acres STON EASTON PARK 01 Description Described by Pevsner as ‘exceptionally sumptuous’ in the style of William Kent and listed Grade I, Ston Easton Park is a wonderful Georgian country house with delightful Grade II listed Repton gardens and views across the neighbouring parkland. Ideally located within the popular county of Somerset and affording good access to the neighbouring cities of Bath, Bristol and Wells. Ston Easton Park an appealing prospect for buyers seeking a superb country home or a landmark building from which to run a commercial venture. 02 STON EASTON PARK STON EASTON PARK 03 Tall stone pillars with ornate pedimented iron gates open onto the long tree lined drive which leads through landscape gardens to the appealing Georgian Mansion House dating from 1769. The west wing contains the earliest part of the house and the delightful symmetry of the façade displays three storeys and incorporates pavilions to left and right with low pitched pyramid roofs. Centrally the fine entrance has Tuscan columns supporting metope-frieze and the garlanded Hippisley-Coxe coat of arms in relief above. The rear (southern) garden elevation, also symmetrical but simpler in design has a wide terrace running the width of the house and overlooking the gardens. On entering the welcoming and central entrance hall with its stone floor and fine fireplace, the superb quality of the interior Palladian architectural decoration is immediately apparent. The decorative ceilings, door cases and fireplaces are a joy and the traditional English country house style of interior design compliments the classical style beautifully. Of particular note within the drawing room is a central ceiling relief of an eagle, an exceptional door-case and classical wall paintings. The central entrance hall forms the axis of the house. To the east are the stair hall, the dining room, the morning room (with access to the gardens) and a bedroom with shower room. To the west are the sitting room, breakfast room, hall, library and kitchen (with utility, pantry and cold store beyond), a cloakroom and a small office/boot room. The majority of rooms are interconnecting, with the morning room, drawing room, sitting room and breakfast room forming a delightful enfilade along the garden elevation. 04 STON EASTON PARK Library STON EASTON PARK 05 Entrance Hall 06 STON EASTON PARK Drawing Room STON EASTON PARK 07 The first and second floors provide 19 well- appointed and individually designed luxury bedroom suites including one with its own roof terrace. The lower ground floor has a central hall with access to the gardens and grounds to both east and west and provides valuable space with games room, garden room, billiard room, studies, stores and the original kitchen which is engagingly Edwardian in arrangement. There is scope to create additional accommodation from these rooms. 08 STON EASTON PARK Dining Room STON EASTON PARK 09 10 STON EASTON PARK STON EASTON PARK 11 12 STON EASTON PARK STON EASTON PARK 13 Floor plans for Ston Easton Park Approximate Gross Internal Area*: House: 22,097 sq ft / 2,052 sq m Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale. N *As defined by RICS – Code of Measuring Practice. Mezzanine Floor Second Floor First Floor Lower Ground Floor Ground Floor 14 STON EASTON PARK Floor plans for Ston Easton Park, Outbuildings Approximate Gross Internal Area*: Stables: 3,235 sq ft / 300 sq m Stores: 543 sq ft / 50 sq m Office: 1,209 sq ft / 112 sq m N Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale. *As defined by RICS – Code of Measuring Practice. Stores Office - First Floor Stables Office - Ground Floor STON EASTON PARK 15 16 STON EASTON PARK Gardens and Grounds The extensive gardens and grounds wrap around the mansion house. From the wide flagstone terrace at the rear of the house, lawns slope down to the River Norr which forms the centre piece of the Repton’s pleasure garden. Two stone foot bridges, to the west and the east of the house, cross the river with its run of 8 weirs, providing a gradual cascade along with the enchanting sound of running water. The mown river banks have Beech, Cedar, Yew and Willow trees and pleasing walks. The western bridge leads to the Gardeners Cottage and is bounded by a high castellated stone wall, complete with cruciform arrow slits which forms a screen to the walled garden beyond. The walled garden is arranged as a series of gardens enclosed by high brick wall and clipped beech hedges, all accessible by a wide central gravel drive. Here the River Norr rises and is channelled, fast flowing through a narrow canal before widening to flow past the house. A rose garden, under planted with seasonal plants and Gardeners Cottage crossed by rose covered arbours stands closest to the house. A cutting garden with vibrant coloured flowers and two traditional lean to Floor plans for Gardeners Cottage greenhouses plus potting shed, neighbour the Gardeners Cottage. The kitchen garden provides Approximate Gross Internal Area*: 2,120 sq ft / 196.95 sq m N four traditional wooden framed greenhouses, cultivated beds and pleached fruit trees along Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale. mown walks. Further areas have soft fruit cages, an orchard and the tennis court. Beyond the *As defined by RICS – Code of Measuring Practice. walled garden and at the western edge of the grounds is a storage building. There is a secondary (trades) drive from the west providing access to the service area of the house and the walled garden. The remaining land is arranged as copse bordering the drive and woodland which is a continuation of the pleasure garden and stretches to an eastern point, providing a pleasant woodland path. Ground Floor First Floor STON EASTON PARK 17 Coach House The Coach House Car parking can be found in front of the house and A fine symmetrical single storey coach house and Repton. Built in the style of William Kent, well as Millfield, Sherborne School, Downside, the coach house. Car parking to the south of the stables. Contemporary to the mansion house there is speculation the architect may have Kings Bruton, Hazlegrove and All Hallows. The house is screened by a high Yew hedge. There is and listed Grade II*. Requiring renovation and been Thomas Pety. The gardens were altered surrounding countryside provides an array of additional parking to the west of the Coach House. with planning consent for conversion into a hotel and further enhanced in the early nineteenth sporting amenities including first class national Both accessed from the main drive. function suite granted 09.06.17 ref 2016/2672/ century. The Hippisley family retained ownership hunt racing at Wincanton and excellent pheasant LBC. Mendip District Council. of the property until the mid- twentieth century. and partridge shoots. Golf clubs locally include There is a secondary (trades) drive from the west Significant restoration took place in the 1960’s Farrington Park, Mendip, Wells. providing access to the service area of the house. Garage and stores whilst a private family house. During the late 1970’s There are two detached period buildings to the the property was converted into a prestigious Road and rail links from are excellent; with regular The Gardeners Cottage west of the house and both accessed from the country house hotel and continues as such. direct service to London Paddington from Bath, A pretty detached house with stepped gables and secondary drive. Presently arranged as garaging Bristol and Castle Cary Station. Access to the river frontage situated between the house and the and storage space. Situation A303 provides fast links to London and the walled garden. Listed Grade II and arranged as 3 Occupying a prime location between the historic West Country. Bristol Airport is approximately bedroom suites or for use as a single property. History and cultural cities of Bath, Bristol and Wells 12 miles away. The house we see today was built in 1769 by and benefiting from ease of access to all three Lodge Cottage John Hippisley-Coxe. Significantly altering and centres with their extensive leisure, recreational, Formerly the entrance lodge. A detached single enlarging the original Tudor house which occupied sporting and educational facilities. There are storey one-bedroom cottage situated on the the site and creating a Palladian mansion with universities in both Bath and Bristol and a wide western edge of the property. landscaped parkland and gardens by Humphry range of schools in Bath, Bristol and Wells as 18 STON EASTON PARK STON EASTON PARK 19 20 STON EASTON PARK STON EASTON PARK 21 North Lawn Easton Croft Arboretum Gardener Cottage th Pa Weir 3 FB 2 Issues FBs Weir We llow 4 Tennis Court B 1 9 ro ok ton Cou r t Spring Eas r H be vem Issues I No Weir G age Cott H Pa Sinks th Path Weir S T R Weir Well EET B M C C o Ston Easton Park u o o ll y t i t o t d h a n t t g a s e g a e P FB Car Park Weir Weirs Lower Lodge Terrace Wood ) (u m h at P A 3 7 Weir Weir MP Weir Pond Clare Hall (Nursing Home) Weir FB ook Wellow Br Weir 5 144.2m FB 2 TCB k 1 The Coach House c a r T Woodlands Shelter r e d un South o e R g a tt o m C u r e Lawn Sa g a tt o T C E E R T S Ston Easton Park H G I H This plan is published for the convenience of the purchaser Total Area (11.51 ha / 28.44 ac) only.