Main House
Ground Floor: Reception hall • Boot hall • Kitchen/dining/family room • Sitting room • Two further
reception room • Utility room • Cloakroom • Annexe bedroom with en suite bathroom and dressing room
First Floor: Main bedroom with en suite bathroom • Guest bedroom with en suite bathroom • Two further double bedrooms • Family bathroom

Garaging and outbuilding • Formal south facing gardens • Orchard • Wild meadow garden • Gated driveway and parking area

DESCRIPTION
A substantial 17th century barn conversion presented to an excellent standard throughout and having the potential at one end to create a self-contained annexe. It boasts a detached pitched roof garage/garden store and a large south west facing garden and grounds that surround the house extend to about 1.5 acres, backing onto the dramatic village church behind. It is well placed on the edge of this picturesque village within walking distance of the Church, The Three Horseshoes country pub and village hall, whilst having far reaching rural views across the valley.
Internally, the property has been recently refurbished by the present owners, making the most of the substantial rooms across two floors. On entering the reception hall and boot room, the doorway opens into a large welcoming kitchen/dining/family room with exposed wood flooring and fitted kitchen with a long central workspace island to one side, creating an excellent living space and ideal for entertaining. At the far end is a wood burning stove with an informal seating area for cosy winter days, whilst the dining area is covered by a glazed roof and wall to wall windows overlooking the garden.
A door leads off to a corridor leading to a large ground floor bedroom next to a large bathroom and dressing room and having a kitchenette. It has a door leading to the garden, making the option to create a self contained annexe here, possibly incorporating the next door two further reception rooms, presently arranged as an office and studio.
At the far end of the house steps lead up to an inner star hall with a utility room and downstair cloakroom and then leads through to a light and spacious sitting room, again opening into the garden to the front and rear and having a suspended Bordelet stove in one corner.
The first floor has a large open landing. It leads at one side to the main bedroom with fitted wardrobes and leading through to a suitably large and luxurious en suite bathroom.
The far side of the landing leads to a guest bedroom with an en suite bathroom and the two further double bedrooms are served by a family bathroom.
This south facing garden has a gravelled area for entertaining with adjacent steps rising up to a large, grassed area planted with a mixed orchard of apples, pears and plums and a stand of broadleaf trees. There is also garaging and a storage building.

SITUATION
Batcombe is a small, pretty village situated in the steep valley of the River Alham between Bruton and Shepton Mallet. The village has a parish church, village hall and public house, recently taken over by Margot Henderson OBE, a well known chef and cookery writer. The village is surrounded by beautiful open countryside. There is a doctor’s surgery and a pre-school in the neighbouring village of Evercreech.
There are three primary schools within a three mile radius of the village, with a secondary school in Castle Cary (71/2 miles) and state secondary boarding (Sexeys School) in Bruton. Nearby private schools include Hazlegrove, Kings Bruton and Bruton School for Girls, Port Regis, All Hallows and the Sherborne schools.
The A303 (9 miles) provides a direct east/west route linking with the M3 to London and the M5 is also only 25 miles away. There is a mainline rail service from Bruton to London Paddington taking 2 hours and from Gillingham (14 miles) to London Waterloo taking about 2 hours.
The local area is well renowned for its rolling countryside, whilst the nearby town of Bruton has an eclectic mix of antique shops and independent retailers. Bruton’s excellent dining options include the Michelin-starred Osip, The Old Pharmacy, At the Chapel, The Newt and Roth Bar and Grill at the must-visit Hauser and Wirth gallery. For the home chefs, be sure to pick up fresh ingredients at Durslade Farm.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Planning: Planning has been approved for additional openings to the ground and first floor to the eastern and northern elevations. Please see Somerset County Council website, follow link. Planning ref 2023/0311/HSE.
Tenure: Freehold
Services: Oil fired central heating, mains water and electricity, private drainage
Council Tax: Band G
Directions: BA4 6HD
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