An exceptional Arts & Craft family home on the Mendip foothills with mature gardens and open country views.

Description

Kingwell House was built in 1920 by the Scobells, a local mining and entrepreneurial family, designed in the Arts and Crafts style, and has been sensitively restored over recent years, standing in approximately two and a half acres of level and mature gardens and grounds surrounded by glorious specimen trees.

The interior of this house offers well-proportioned and flexible accommodation across two floors. The welcoming reception porch leads through a large oak framed door into a grand dining room with wooden floors. A bay window with a window seat overlooks the rear garden. The other end of this large space is the high-ceilinged drawing room; a wood burning stove is set within a designed brick fireplace.

To the other end a door leads to a study also having a bay window overlooking the garden, and beside this there are two bedrooms and a bathroom, potentially creating an excellent suite to suit a dependant relative.

Beyond the drawing room is a rear hall with downstairs loo, and back stairs leading up to the first floor. On through to the open plan kitchen/breakfast room with a central island unit, range cooker, windows to north and south, and double doors opening on to the rear garden and terrace, excellent for summer entertaining. Beyond the kitchen is the back hall and a well-appointed utility room, and the back door opens out very near the double garages.

On the first floor is a lovely principal bedroom with an adjoining dressing room and en suite bathroom. There are three further good-sized bedrooms and two bathrooms on this level, and a large study with a woodburning stove and fitted bookcases opening onto a west facing balcony.

Gardens and Grounds
The present owners are knowledgeable gardeners and as such the exterior to the property is sensitively planted without entailing too much maintenance. The original owners planted some fine trees including three magnificent ginkgo on the edge of the driveway, and there is a champion tree, the tallest variegated Cornus in the country.

The splayed entrance with double wooden gates lead to a short drive flanked by lime avenues and generous parking. To the left steps lead down to a superb level garden originally a lawn tennis court, with mature fruit trees beyond. At the rear of the house the generous stone terrace accessed from the kitchen leads onto a large lawn with open country views beyond as the rural landscape drops away in a southerly aspect. The house is beautifully set in the middle of its plot, with areas of woodland to all corners, giving a sense of privacy and offering fun spaces to explore.

To the front of the house the driveway leads past a large detached home office and workshop (570 sq ft) to a double garage.

Location

This impressive Arts & Crafts family home is situated on the edge of Timsbury village with far reaching views towards the Mendip Hills in its elevated picturesque grounds.

It also is conveniently situated between the villages of Timsbury and High Littleton at the foothill of the Mendip Hills both offering comprehensive amenities.

Timsbury enjoys the benefit Coop grocery store, news agents, doctors surgery, primary school, public house, community hall and sports grounds as well a god range of further amenities you’d expect to fin in an active village. High Littleton enjoys the benefit of a high achieving primary school, two convenience stores, popular pub, church, recreation ground and clubhouse, fish and chip restaurant, many sport, social groups and clubs as well as picturesque Greyfield Woods with its famous waterfall and eye catching bluebells come spring.

Within 9 miles are the cities of Bath, Bristol and Wells all offering a range of cultural, leisure and recreational needs as wells as gastro experiences and events. Locally attractions such as The Pig Nr Bath and Valley Fest (Chew Valley) are great annually evets for the family.

Educational needs are well cared for with a well performing primary school in both villages and a choice of secondary schools with bus pick up from the villages. There is also a strong choice of independent schools in Bath, Wells and Somerset.

For the commuter there is easy access to both the A39, A37 and A4. Fast trains to London are from Bath Spa. Both the M4 and M5 are circa 20 miles (junction 18 and 22 respectedly). Bristol airport is also within easy reach (14 miles).

Square Footage: 4,488 sq ft


Acreage: 3 Acres

Directions

For directions please use postcode BA2 0HH or what3words///waxer.thudding.driver