3 bedroom house

Larkspur Rise House and Stables successfully combine modern living, with space to work from home, in a stunning rural location and a well appointed stable yard within 10 minutes drive of the City centre. 

LARKSPUR RISE HOUSE The house occupies an elevated position on the slopes of the Englishcombe valley to the south of the city and enjoys far reaching views over the adjoining countryside and beyond. Having been extended recently by the current owners, the house now provides a comfortable and very well presented three bedroom family home.

The front door, under an oak framed porch, opens into the entrance hall which offers a useful storage cupboard, cloakroom, stairs to the first floor and doors to the sitting room and utility room. The sitting room has windows to the front and rear with a lovely woodburning stove. The utility room is fitted with a range of base units, plumbing for appliances and a cupboard housing the central heating boiler. The kitchen/dining room sits in the new extension and offers a really light and spacious room with extensive base and wall units and a Rangemaster cooker with extractor hood over. There are windows to the front and rear with bi-fold doors opening directly onto the garden and really making the most of the view.

On the first floor there are three bedrooms, two double rooms and a large single room. The master bedroom has a wonderful triple aspect outlook with French doors opening onto a Juliet balcony, from where you can see over the lower part of the land and far beyond together. There is also an ensuite wet room. The family bathroom is well fitted with a free standing bath and separate shower cubicle, WC and hand basin.
 

OUTSIDE Larkspur Rise House benefits from a corner plot with garden to the front, side and rear. Steps lead up from the pavement to the front of the house with off road parking for two vehicles to the side. The garden has been designed to be low maintenance with slate chippings to the front, artificial grass to the side and a raised deck platform to the rear from where you can sit and enjoy the stunning views.

To the rear of the house is a detached timber home office which offers space for about three to work comfortably with a kitchenette in the corner, heating, power and light and Truespeed Broadband connected. It would suit a wide number of uses including a home gym, studio or games room.
 

LARKSPUR RISE STABLES The stable yard lies just on the other side of the lane to the house with a convenient pedestrian gate close to the house and then a further vehicular access a little further up the lane. A large hardcore area inside the entrance provides ample parking and turning for several vehicles.

The yard has been created around a track grazing system with a hardcore track for use during the wetter winter months and then a grass track for the summer with part of the land left to enable it to be cut for hay. However, the grazing can very easily be adapted to suit other grazing and turnout requirements.

The stable yard is arranged in two blocks with seven boxes in total all having a large enclosed concrete yard to the front. Beyond the stables there is a timber hay store, feed room, rug store and manure compound with sleeper sides. There is also an additional secure tack room store.

The school lies just below the stables and measures 20m x 40m and is enclosed by wooden post and rail fencing with a low maintenance surface of recycled carpet and dressage training mirrors.

The land extends to approximately 5.39 acres and is undulating in aspect and enclosed by mature hedges and post and rail fencing. There is a single footpath that runs along the northern boundary, which has been fenced out. 

LOCATION Larkspur Rise House and Stables is located around a 10 minute drive from the City centre and all the facilities and amenities that it has to offer meaning that you can really make the most of both worlds. Road and rail communications are excellent giving access to those needing to commute.

Riding out from the stables is via a network of country lanes with some bridleways close by. There are a variety of competition and training opportunities in the area offering a range of affiliated and unaffiliated competitions including West Wilts Equestrian Centre at Holt (approx. 30 mins), Mendip Plains Equestrian Centre at Ston Easton (approx. 30 mins) and Stretcholt (approx. 1 ¼ hours). There is a choice of hunting and Pony Clubs including the Beaufort, Avon Vale, Mendip Farmers and Wylye Valley Pony Club.
 

LOTTING The properties are also available as individual lots;
Larkspur Rise House: Guide Price £500,000
Larkspur Rise Stables: Guide Price £275,000
 

OVERAGE The stable yard and land are subject to an overage clause of 50% which will be triggered should residential consent be granted.

Marketed by: Cooper & Tanner, Frome