Lower Farm House

This beautiful period home lies on the edge of the village of Clifford's Mesne, and enjoys a peaceful location with beautiful countryside views, spacious accommodation and exceptional gardens, which have been thoughtfully designed and very well cared for by the current owners for many years.

The accommodation includes five bedrooms, two bathrooms, open plan kitchen-dining room, utility and three good sized reception rooms, including a beautiful second living room extension.

The grounds amount to roughly 2.6 acres in total, comprising a beautiful variety of garden types. There is a small stream and a lake with bridge crossing, orchards, raised vegetable beds and much more, as well as garaging and small outbuildings.

Clifford's Mesne is a small village which lies a few miles South West of the market town of Newent. There is a village hall, church, pub and access to a variety of beautiful countryside walks and hacking, including on the well-known May Hill.

Vendor insight

"When 38 years ago, we were looking for a rural home to bring up a family and first came across Lower Farm House, then a smallholding centred around a partly developed, local stone-built cottage with outbuildings, in the small village of Clifford's Mesne, it was an easy choice. The aspect, position, surroundings and potential of the property immediately appealed, being close to Newent and its amenities, handy for good schools, and a lively and active community.

Over the years we have developed the house into a comfortable family home and have been able to follow our passion and create around it a mature, productive and award-winning garden. Living here and in the local community has been an important part of our lives.

Finally, after an addition to the family, two weddings, numerous family gatherings, community events, almost 20 years of opening the garden for the National Garden Scheme, it's time for us to downsize. The children are grown up and settled elsewhere and we wish to move closer to them. We hope that our successors in this house will enjoy living here as much as we have".

House

The front door of the property takes you into a spacious entrance hallway with cloakroom, storage cupboard and staircase to the first floor. There is a generous country-style kitchen-dining room, with oil fired Rayburn and French windows to rear patio. Separate utility room with access to the side of the house and herb garden.

The ground floor features three reception rooms in total, to include; a large home office, with fitted cupboards and bookshelves and dual aspect window to front aspect, a lovely spacious lounge with open fire place and large window with French doors overlooking the garden and a fantastic modern extension room, with triple aspect windows, folding doors to the rear garden and a woodburning stove.

To the first floor is a large galleried landing with floor to ceiling fitted bookshelves, a loft hatch, and five bedrooms in total. The master bedroom offers dual aspect windows, with a beautiful outlook over the gardens and countryside, plenty of fitted wardrobes, airing cupboard and en-suite bathroom. There are three additional double bedrooms, all offering lovely garden or countryside views, as well as a fifth single bedroom and a tastefully finished modern family bathroom.

Outside - The gardens are undoubtedly one of the most impressive and beautiful elements of the property, having been opened to the public on multiple occasions in years gone by.
There is a huge array of garden styles and practical-use spaces spread across the 2.6 acres of land, including a well stocked orchard with a variety of fruit trees, an area for growing produce with raised vegetable beds, greenhouses and a polytunnel, a swimming pool, a beautiful stream-fed lake with footbridge crossing, woodland and formal gardens.

The formal garden areas feature flat lawns with well stocked beds, low-level hedging and an impressive range of specimen trees, to include several varieties of acer, magnolias, cornus, birches and many more (a full list is available from the agent on request) along with areas of wildflowers, courtyards and seating areas, with gravelled paths throughout. A truly well designed and beautifully cared for garden.
There is a detached double garage with power, light and solar panels to the roof, a selection of useful timber clad storage buildings and a gated driveway with plenty of parking to the front of the main house.

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