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Delightful equestrian small holding in a rural village location with 4 bedroom house and 13 acres
Longwaite Farm is approached via a tarmacked drive which leads up to the front of the house with parking area and through electric gates to the yard and buildings to the rear of the property.
Longwaite Farm House comprises four bedrooms, split over two floors and has been sympathetically extended over time to give a light and airy, spacious family home.
On the ground floor there is an open plan Kitchen and Dining Room with an oil fired Rayburn and Utility Room, Sitting Room, Office, Cloakroom, two Bedrooms one of which has an en suite Shower Room, Family Bathroom and a Conservatory. Above the Dining Room is a mezzanine first floor Sitting Room
On the first floor there are two further Bedrooms along with a Shower Room.
GARDEN
At the rear of the house there is a brick paved terrace with a sunken seating area, leading to the Kitchen Garden, a tranquil haven with raised herb and vegetable beds, fruit trees including apple, cherry, damson and plum trees and bushes, as well as an ornamental pond. A gate leads through to the secluded wildlife area, boasting an attractive pond, surrounded by daffodils and wild flowers in the spring. There is a Summer House with a wood burning stove and a built in single bed overlooking the pond and a vintage 1970s caravan nearby.
BUILDINGS
At the rear of the house is a spacious hard core yard, with an extensive range of farm and general purpose buildings and stables, comprising:
1. Timber Framed multi-purpose barn with a workshop and two loose boxes
2. Stable Block with two good sized stables, a pony stable and a feed room
3. Hay Barn
4. Modern 3 bay steel portal frame machinery store and lean-to.
5. 3 Bay pole barn used as a tractor shed
6. Field shelter and yard leading to 0.5 acre paddock
LAND
The Grade 3 ring fenced land is currently all down to grass and used for grazing sheep and ponies as well as producing excellent crops of hay. Being of loam over clay the land is capable of growing abundant grass crops. The land is divided into five parcels which are bordered by mature hedgerows, which give privacy and shelter.
The three paddocks closest to the house are relatively level with the two fields on the west side of the farm being gently undulating. The farm has been completely re-fenced with stock proof fencing. There is a useful secondary entrance to the western side of the land from Westend Lane.
There is a winterbourne stream which runs along the southern boundary of the farm and then runs through the land, which runs during the winter months. There is a mains water supply to the fields.
BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME
No Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements are included in the sale.
SPORTING
All sporting rights are in hand and are included within the sale.
RIGHTS OF WAY
The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all matters contained in or referred to in the title deeds together with all public or private rights of way, wayleaves, easements and other rights of way affecting the property. There are several footpaths which cross the land, with some used more than others.
Longwaite Farm is located in the pretty village of Trudoxhill, within easy reach of the A361 Frome to Shepton Mallet trunk road. The village of Trudoxhill benefits from the traditional 17th Century White Hart Inn and BelleVue Vets. Frome, approximately 3 miles to the north, has many excellent shops, restaurants, theatres and sports facilities.
The popular market town of Bruton lies 8 miles to the south west, with a good range of local shops, train station, pubs and restaurants including the highly regarded 'The Chapel' as well as being home to Hauser and Wirth and their world-class gallery, multi-purpose arts centre and Roth Bar & Grill. To the south is the beautiful Stourhead Estate owned by The National Trust, with its superb grounds and Alfreds Tower.
The towns, villages and countryside around Longwaite Farm provide an extensive range of social and leisure activities, with excellent walking and riding. There is good local riding via bridleways and small country lanes, and the local estates of the Duke of Somerset, Longleat and Stourhead all sell permits to ride on their land. Golf can be played locally at Wincanton, Wells and Somerton. National Hunt Racing is within easy reach at Wincanton, with flat racing in Bath and Salisbury.
This area has also become increasingly popular because of its excellent selection of schools at all levels in both the private and public sectors, including King's Bruton, Millfield, Sherborne School for boys & girls, Bryanston, Milton Abbey, Sexey's and Warminster School, with preparatory schools close by at Nunney, Port Regis, Lewiston, Hazelgrove, Sandroyd, Hanford, Knighton House, Milton and Bourton.
Band E
Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected to the property. Oil fired central heating for the house. Solar panels.
From A361 between Frome to Shepton Mallet follow signs for Trudoxhill. When you reach the village the property is in the centre, opposite The White Hart Inn.
