7 bedroom detached house
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Detached house
7 beds
6 baths
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Features and description
- Outstanding private country house
- 6 bedroom house
- 1 bedroom annexe
- Garaging & workshops
- Exercise/spa pool with jacuzzi
- Landscaped gardens & paddocks
- Tennis court & outdoor pool
Superb 6 bed country house with annexe, outdoor pool, indoor swim spa, tennis court, garaging, landscaped gardens, paddock & stabling. EPC Band F.
Situation - Sandfield House is located close to the Somerset/Devon border and within 5 miles of the M5 at junction 27 and Tiverton Parkway railway station which provides a mainline rail link into London Paddington. Wellington is within 4 miles where an excellent range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities can be found. The County Town of Taunton is within 11 miles of the property and the University City of Exeter 25 miles.
Description - Sandfield House is an outstanding private country house set in a superb rural yet accessible location close to the Somerset/Devon border. The property comprises a beautifully refurbished four/five bedroom house with adjoining two bedroom annexe along with additional accommodation from a single storey one bedroom cottage and spacious one bedroom coach house which offers great income potential or flexible accommodation for a multi generational family. The private setting offers attractive landscaped gardens with outdoor swimming pool, extensive garaging and workshops, stabling and paddocks in all extending to approximately 3.5 acres.
Accommodation - On the ground floor the house comprises a large reception hallway, sitting room, drawing room with open fireplace and marble surround, dining room and a superb kitchen with wooden work surfaces, range of storage units, four oven Aga and central island. There is an adjoining garden room with exercise/spa pool and jacuzzi together with a lower room with sauna, shower room and WC. Also on the main ground floor are various service rooms including cloakroom and utility. On the first floor are four double bedrooms, two with en suite facilities together with a family bathroom. From the landing is a staircase which leads to a third floor comprising useful studio room/sitting room with extensive eaves storage. Adjoining the main house can be found additional accommodation which comprises entrance hall, offices, shower room, cloakroom, sitting room, kitchen/utility and hallway all on the ground floor and on the first floor two bedrooms, one with an en suite and a family bathroom.
Annexe - This comprises a single storey dwelling which benefits from a sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and shower room.
Outside - Sandfield House is approached via coded automatic gates which lead to a large gravelled drive leading up to the house and beyond to the garage and stable block. There is extensive garaging/workshop measuring approximately 35'6 x 30' together with an adjoining garage 10'8 x 10'8. Situated to the rear of this can be found the stables consisting of three good sized loose boxes and a tack room with yard to front.
Gardens And Grounds - The grounds consist of a large area laid to lawn, paddocks with their own water supply, kitchen garden with various soft fruits including raspberries, redcurrants, whitecurrants, blackberries and mature fruit trees including fig, apple and plum.
There is also a delightful courtyard area with heated outdoor pool with nearby changing room, hot tub, storage room and pool room with surrounding terrace area. To the west of the property is a hard tennis court. In total the grounds extend to approximately 3.5 acres.
Services - Mains water and electricity are connected. Oil fired central heating. High speed fibre optic cabling.
Viewing - Strictly by appointment with the vendor's selling agents, Stags, Wellington Office.
Directions - From Wellington take the A38 in a westerly direction and after approximately 3 miles at The Beambridge Inn turn left signposted Sampford Arundel. After a short distance take the next turning right along a lane and continue up the hill and after approximately half a mile the entrance gates to Sandfield House will be seen on the left hand side.
Situation - Sandfield House is located close to the Somerset/Devon border and within 5 miles of the M5 at junction 27 and Tiverton Parkway railway station which provides a mainline rail link into London Paddington. Wellington is within 4 miles where an excellent range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities can be found. The County Town of Taunton is within 11 miles of the property and the University City of Exeter 25 miles.
Description - Sandfield House is an outstanding private country house set in a superb rural yet accessible location close to the Somerset/Devon border. The property comprises a beautifully refurbished four/five bedroom house with adjoining two bedroom annexe along with additional accommodation from a single storey one bedroom cottage and spacious one bedroom coach house which offers great income potential or flexible accommodation for a multi generational family. The private setting offers attractive landscaped gardens with outdoor swimming pool, extensive garaging and workshops, stabling and paddocks in all extending to approximately 3.5 acres.
Accommodation - On the ground floor the house comprises a large reception hallway, sitting room, drawing room with open fireplace and marble surround, dining room and a superb kitchen with wooden work surfaces, range of storage units, four oven Aga and central island. There is an adjoining garden room with exercise/spa pool and jacuzzi together with a lower room with sauna, shower room and WC. Also on the main ground floor are various service rooms including cloakroom and utility. On the first floor are four double bedrooms, two with en suite facilities together with a family bathroom. From the landing is a staircase which leads to a third floor comprising useful studio room/sitting room with extensive eaves storage. Adjoining the main house can be found additional accommodation which comprises entrance hall, offices, shower room, cloakroom, sitting room, kitchen/utility and hallway all on the ground floor and on the first floor two bedrooms, one with an en suite and a family bathroom.
Annexe - This comprises a single storey dwelling which benefits from a sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and shower room.
Outside - Sandfield House is approached via coded automatic gates which lead to a large gravelled drive leading up to the house and beyond to the garage and stable block. There is extensive garaging/workshop measuring approximately 35'6 x 30' together with an adjoining garage 10'8 x 10'8. Situated to the rear of this can be found the stables consisting of three good sized loose boxes and a tack room with yard to front.
Gardens And Grounds - The grounds consist of a large area laid to lawn, paddocks with their own water supply, kitchen garden with various soft fruits including raspberries, redcurrants, whitecurrants, blackberries and mature fruit trees including fig, apple and plum.
There is also a delightful courtyard area with heated outdoor pool with nearby changing room, hot tub, storage room and pool room with surrounding terrace area. To the west of the property is a hard tennis court. In total the grounds extend to approximately 3.5 acres.
Services - Mains water and electricity are connected. Oil fired central heating. High speed fibre optic cabling.
Viewing - Strictly by appointment with the vendor's selling agents, Stags, Wellington Office.
Directions - From Wellington take the A38 in a westerly direction and after approximately 3 miles at The Beambridge Inn turn left signposted Sampford Arundel. After a short distance take the next turning right along a lane and continue up the hill and after approximately half a mile the entrance gates to Sandfield House will be seen on the left hand side.
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Stags Wellington office is situated in the town centre with plenty of car parking close by. From here the highly successful team works alongside the Professional Services department who give expert advice on all planning, estate management and rural business issues, as well as carrying out professional valuations for probate, matrimonial disputes and inheritance tax to name but a few. Wellington is an attractive country town situated near the Somerset/Devon border between the Quantock Hills to the north and the Blackdown Hills to the south, each designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Following a fire in 1731, the town was rebuilt and became a centre for cloth making. It now has a thriving population of around 15,000 and is made up of independent speciality shops, as well as three independent supermarkets, the most recent of which is Waitrose. Wellington has a good sports centre, a cinema, a wide choice of clubs and societies and an excellent selection of schools including Wellington School, a co educational independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 2-18 years. The town also hosts an annual food festival and is renowned for its Wellington Monument, completed in 1854 this was built in honour of the Duke of Wellington and stands high on the Blackdown Hills overlooking the town below. Wellington is situated within two miles of Junction 26 of the M5 motorway, which provides excellent links to both Exeter and Bristol.





























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