Guide Price £850,000 4 bedroom detached house for sale Steart Hill, West Camel, BA22

A handsome former farmhouse set in 19ž acres of delightful gardens, woodland, pastureland and paddocks. The property is presented in exceptional order throughout with the accommodation arranged over three floors. The house enjoys great charm and character with fine views over the grounds. There is also a large reception hall, elegant dining room, drawing room with feature bay window, kitchen/breakfast room with Aga and large master bedroom with a dressing area and ensuite.

SITUATION:
North Hill Farm is located about a mile from the small village of West Camel. West Camel itself has a church and pub/restaurant whilst the larger village of Queen Camel is a short drive away where there is a post office stores, church, primary school, doctors surgery and village hall. Sparkford is also close by where there is a filling station with convenience store attached. West Camel is located on the southern edge of the Sparkford Vale and from parts of the property there are superb views across the Vale to the north. Situated on the Somerset/Dorset border, there is good access to many towns in the area including the regional centre of Yeovil, the County town of Taunton, the Abbey town of Sherborne (mainline railway station connecting with London Waterloo), Castle Cary (railway station connecting with London Paddington) together with the cultural centre of Bath, the cathedral City of Wells and Bristol. Road communications are excellent with the A303 a few minutes drive away giving good access to London and the Home Counties.
North Hill Farm is a handsome period former farmhouse believed to have origins in the 16th Century although with additions and alterations having been undertaken at various times during its history. During the 1950īs when the property included stables and buildings, it was used as a racing stable and the 1955 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Gay Donald, was trained there. The house has comfortable family accommodation laid out over three floors and has great charm and character and is typical of farmhouses of this type and age in this area, with natural stone elevations under tiled roofs. The accommodation is spacious with good sized rooms most of which take full advantage of the southerly aspect over the lovely gardens with views over a ha ha to a large orchard and paddock beyond.

ACCOMMODATION
RECEPTION HALL: Flagstone floor, exposed ceiling timbers, wall light points, understairs cupboard and 2 radiators.

CLOAKROOM: Low level WC, wash hand basin with tiled splashback, radiator, extraction fan.

DRAWING ROOM: 26’8” x 14’4” (excluding bay recess) A delightful bright and airy room with a feature fireplace and built in dressers either side, 3 radiators, dual aspect windows, French doors to garden, feature bay with window seats overlooking gardens, wall light points.

SITTING ROOM/STUDY: 12’8”x 11’ Fitted book shelves with cupboard below, wall light points, radiator, dual aspect window.

DINING ROOM: 14’ x 14’1” Flagstone floor, window with window seat overlooking the garden, exposed timber, wall light point, radiator.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM: 17’5” x 10’10” 1 1/2 bowl enamel sink unit set into a granite working surface, range of fitted wall and base units with a drawer line and granite working surface over, Aga, 2 burner gas (propane) hob, built in electric double oven, radiator, door to:

BACK HALLWAY: Flagstone floor, doors to front and rear garden, electric trip switches, exposed painted stonework, walk through to:

BOOT ROOM: 10’3” x 9’2” Flagstone floor, fitted storage units with working surface over, door to:

WORKSHOP: 12’7” x 10’ Obscure glazed window, storage units.
UTILITY ROOM: 11’5” x 10’2” Flagstone floor, oil fired boiler, butler sink, space and plumbing for automatic washing machine.

CONSERVATORY: 13’6” x 10’2” Natural stone dwarf wall with windows overlooking the gardens, heater.

From the Reception Hall stairs to a galleried landing with seating area and window with delightful views over the grounds, radiator, book shelf, wall light point, linen cupboard, 2 radiators.

MASTER BEDROOM: 27’11” x 14’2” A delightful room with large dressing area , bay window with views over the grounds, range of built in wardrobes, 2 radiators, hatch to loft, door to:

EN-SUITE BATHROOM: Panelled bath with tiled splashback, low level WC, bidet, twin wash basins set into vanity unit, window to rear aspect, radiator.

BEDROOM 2: 14’3” x 11’8” Window with window seat enjoying an outlook over the grounds, radiator, built in double wardrobes, pedestal wash basin.

FAMILY BATHROOM: Panelled bath, low level WC, pedestal wash hand basin, radiator, window, airing cupboard housing hot water tank.

SHOWER ROOM: Shower cubicle, low level WC, radiator, skylight window,

From the Galleried Landing stairs to second floor landing. Sloping ceiling with exposed timbers, radiator, window, hatch to loft.

BEDROOM 3: 13’ x 11’ (max) Radiator, window, sloping ceilings with exposed timbers, pedestal wash hand basin.

BEDROOM 4: 11’6” x 11’ (max) Radiator, dual aspect windows with far reaching views, pedestal wash hand basin, built in cupboard.

OUTSIDE:
The property is approached through stone wall opening to a large gravelled parking and turning area. Outside lighting. An area of lawn sweeps round to one side of the house where there is a large paved terrace adoining the drawing room. The terrace comes round the house to the main area of garden laid to lawn and bisected by gravel path edged with low box hedging and focused on a well. Well stocked herbaceous borders run along the other side of the lawn. Further seating area with mature willow tree and the formal garden is enclosed by stone walling. To one side of the formal garden and screened by hornbeam hedging and dry stone wall is a large and productive vegetable garden with timber machinery/garden store and a greenhouse. Beyond the well there is a further area of lawn interspersed with small shrubs and specimen trees and this abuts the ha ha dividing the garden from the large orchard/paddock with a good number of apple trees. The orchard/paddock stretches up the hill and at the top there are superb views down towards the house and then over the Sparkford Vale. To one side of thie orchard/paddock there is an area of young broadleaf woodland planted within the last 14 years. There is also a spring in the orchard/paddock providing water for livestock although water troughs are provided. A further field down to pasture lies to one side of the orchard/paddock, again with troughs and both the orchard/paddock and this further area of pastureland can be accessed via five bar gate leading onto the lane. In all the property extends to approximately 19ž acres.

Agents Notes:
For the most part, the land is registered for the Single Farm Payment Scheme and the income from this will be transferred to the purchaser on completion of the sale. Planning permission has been granted to erect a garage.