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5 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
5 bed
5 bath
2,443 sq ft / 227 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band G
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Rare Bruton Property
  • Five Bedroom Family House
  • Stunning Vaulted Sitting Room
  • Modern light Open Plan Layout
  • Heated Swimming Pool
  • South Facing decking & Veranda
  • Home Office
  • Private Setting
  • Double Garage
  • Off road Parking for 4-5 Cars
Exceptional home offering fabulous lifestyle and ease of living within walking distance to Bruton High Street. Orchard House is a fabulous home with inter connecting living rooms all opening to the rear garden. Accessed via a private drive and set in an extraordinarily private position offering gated driveway, double garage with studio/home office above. Well designed family home with bright and well laid out accommodation with some interesting features. Bi fold doors opening to the rear garden with decking and heated swimming pool.

Perfect for multi generational living the house offers ground floor bedroom and shower room whilst still offering four double bedrooms to the first floor all with access to balcony to the rear and two with en suite shower rooms a further family bathroom serves the first floor. Offered in excellent order throughout and provision to create open plan living to the whole ground floor reception rooms

Situation
Bruton Railway Station 0.5 mile, A303 5½ miles, Castle Cary 5 miles,
Wincanton 5 miles, Gillingham 10½ miles, Shaftesbury 16 miles,
Sherborne 16 miles, Yeovil 16½ miles

Mainline Train Services: Bruton to London/Waterloo 2 hrs, Castle
Cary to London/Paddington 1hr 45 mins

International airports: Bristol 30 miles, Bournemouth 50 miles

Orchard House is situated on a on an incredibly secluded plot, which
enjoys a wooded aspect and far reaching views with clear aspect
to The Bruton Dovecot. Perfectly located to enjoy the trappings of
Bruton life being just a short stroll from the centre of the town with its
charming 'High Street' fabulous restaurants and lifestyle. Bruton itself
is an extremely sought after charming, historic small town where there
is an eclectic mix of boutiques, restaurants and hotels, together with
more traditional shops & facilities. It is home to the renowned Hauser
& With contemporary art gallery (other branches are in London, New
York and Zurich), Roth Bar and Grill, At The Chapel, a bakery/restaurant/
meeting space and hotel run by the Notting Hill restaurateur Catherine
Butler and her furniture designer husband Ahmed Sidki, all within a
short walk. The newest addition to the town is Osip, at Number One
Bruton; a much talked-about (Daily Telegraph, House and Garden
etc.) ‘farm-to-table' restaurant owned by Michelin starred chef Merlin
Labron- Johnson and which is just at the end of Quaperlake Street. Also
5 minutes' drive away is The Newt in Somerset, a superb country house
hotel with fine dining, acres of gardens and membership scheme to
enjoy weekly run events.

Education Outstanding selection of public and private schools nearby
including King's Bruton, Sunnyhill and Sexey's in Bruton itself, nearby
you will find Sherborne boys and girls, Millfield at Street, Port Regis and
St Mary's at Shaftesbury and Bryanston and Clayesmore at Blandford.
Independent schools details . State schools information
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Local, Sporting & Recreational There are walking, and cycling
opportunities from the property with access to the Leland trail, a
28 mile footpath, from King Alfred's Tower to Ham Hill Country
Park. National Trust grounds of Stourhead are about 8 miles away.
Wincanton has a broad range of supermarkets, services, shopping
and sporting facilities. Hunting is with the Blackmore & Sparkford
Vale. Racing is at Wincanton. Golf is at Bourton. For further tourism
andleisure information see . Bruton is one of the
finest locations in the South West.

Orchard House
A truly extraordinary home set in a delightful and extremely private
plot accessed via private gated drive and yet being a short stroll from
the centre of Bruton. The house is utterly unique with a turret at the
front housing the staircase. Designed with entertaining in mind, the
reception areas flow through to each other and are situated at the back
of the house to enjoy the spectacular garden and wooded outlook.

Currently configured with three reception rooms, sitting, room, dining
room & snug, with easy removal of a partition wall the kitchen can
be opened up to reinstate the kitchen/dining/family room. The sitting
room is a particularly impressive room with vaulted ceiling, elevated
log burner and bi-fold doors across the rear opening onto the partially
covered decked outdoor dining area. The principle bedroom enjoys
feature slipper bath and additional en-suite shower room, whilst
also benefitting from a mezzanine overlooking the sitting room with
stairs down. All the first floor bedrooms enjoy access to fabulous rear
balcony affording views to The Bruton Dovecote. There are a further
four double bedrooms, a further en-suite with the addition of a family
bathroom and a ground floor shower room which adjoins bedroom 5.
There is also a utility room.

• Hallway
• Outstanding Sitting Room
with Vaulted Ceiling
• Dining Room
• Second Sitting Room
(Adjoining Kitchen)
• Kitchen/Breakfast Room
• Utility
• Ground Floor Shower
Room
• Bedroom Five to Ground
Floor
• Principle Bedroom with
• Mezzanine & en suite
• Further Three Double
Bedrooms (one with en
suite), all with Balcony
Access

External
The front drive is gated and provides plenty of off road parking with
a large double garage which also benefits for a room over, ideal for
games room or home office.
The rear garden, like the house is built with entertaining in mind, a
superb heated pool with patio area and raised decked partially covered
dining area. There is extensive lawn and mature trees providing plenty
of privacy. Side access to the house with a side garden and wrapped
around vegetable patch, there is even a 'woodcutters style' timber shed
in the garden, perfect for garden stores.

Directions
From the centre of Bruton follow A359 (east) towards Frome, into Quaperlake Street – after about a quarter of a mile, the Unionist Club is on the right hand side and immediately thereafter is the driveway for Orchard House as depicted by the Fox Grant sale board. See location map for alternative routes.
Post code BA10 0HG

Viewings
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Property code CV.TL

AGENTS NOTES
Fox Grant and their clients give notice that:
1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property.
2. These particulars have been prepared in good faith to give a fair overall view of the property, do not
form any part of an offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact.
3. 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 Fox Grant has not tested any services,
equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.
EPC Band C
Unitary Authority Somerset County Council
Council Tax Band G
Services mains gas, electric and sewage. Air source heat pump for pool.
Fixtures & Fittings Unless mentioned, all fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale
Particulars Charlotte Roberts Barr October 2022

Directions
Head east out Bruton on Frome Rd and Orchard House will be found on your right after about 400m by FG board. Turn right down private drive to electric gates

Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.

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