Bayford Lodge

Bayford Lodge is an attractive, late-Georgian country house built of local stone under a slate roof with accommodation on three floors and a lovely south-facing position with views over the surrounding countryside. West Wing Bayford House forms about half of the property and has been extended sympathetically adding on a reception hall and large living/family area onto the kitchen/breakfast room. The house has many features of the period with good ceiling heights throughout, attractive fireplaces, tall sash windows and the original stone staircase with wrought iron spindles and timber banister. The downstairs accommodation centres around the good-sized kitchen/breakfast room which has a flagstone floor and a sunken dining area in addition to the living/family area. It is fitted with bespoke, painted timber units, a selection of electrical appliances, marble work surfaces and 2-oven AGA inset in the original range fireplace. Opposite is the sitting room which has a fireplace fitted with a wood-burning stove and a tall and wide south-facing bay window with integral seat and side door to the garden. On the first floor are the principal bedroom suite which has windows on two sides with wonderful countryside views, an integral bath and en-suite shower room, along with two further double bedrooms and family shower room. On the second floor is a walk-through playroom/study leading to a further shower room and two further double bedrooms both with far-reaching southerly views.

The property is approached via a 400 metre long shared tarmac drive. At the end twin period wrought iron gates open onto a tarmac parking area immediately in front of the house. The garden and grounds slope gently upwards with a gravelled drive sweeping round to further parking in front of a timber-built carport. To one side and looking out across the garden is a stone-built orangery fitted with a wood-burning stove and an atrium which allows natural light to flood the interior. At a higher level beyond the carport is an all-weather tennis court sheltered from adverse winds by tall stone walls on two sides. Behind the upper wall is a small, gently sloping paddock studded with a variety of trees, one with a timber tree house. A path up one side of the tennis court leads to a home office which has an en-suite shower room. In all the garden and grounds extend to about 1.24 acre (0.50 hectare).

Wincanton 1.2 miles, A303 1.6 miles, Bruton 7.3 miles, Castle Cary station 8.7 miles (Paddington 90 minutes), Gillingham 6.8 miles (Waterloo 2 hours), Sherborne 11 miles, Bath 30 miles, Bristol Airport 36 miles (Distances and times approximate).

The property is set down a shared, 400 metre long drive in an unspoilt countryside setting on the edge of the large hamlet of Bayford. The nearby town of Wincanton provides for most day to day needs with a wide selection of local shops and businesses including both Lidl and Morrison supermarkets and medical, dental and veterinary surgeries. The local area also offers a wide choice of schools from both the state and independent sectors along with good transport links. The A303 is close by and there are direct train services to Waterloo (2 hours) and Paddington (90 minutes) from Gillingham and Castle Cary respectively, which are both under 20 minutes away.

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