The House

Wander over the little bridge to the main house, through the porch and into a large reception hall; straight ahead is the sitting room and next to it, the triple aspect drawing room where doors open onto the terrace. Modern country house style combines with original Victorian character throughout, the feels are so welcoming.

Right of the hall there’s a study area leading to a boot room with access to the garden, and the large dining room and kitchen. The Shaker style kitchen is well-equipped, with an adjacent utility room; the dining room has doors to the decked terrace that sits over the brook.

Pad upstairs to Bedrooms 1-5 and a shower room; Bedroom 1 has a vaulted ceiling, a dressing area and an ensuite bathroom, Bedroom 2 has its own bathroom, the others have shared use of the shower room.

Ideal for a family or older couples who like their own space, the larch-clad Annexe is a very short stroll from the main house. All on the ground floor are a large open plan living space where the dining table doubles up as a games area for pool and table tennis, a shower room, utility room/WC, and Bedrooms 6 and 7.

Explore the immense grounds, love the views over open fields and woodlands; the formal gardens have prairie style planting, inspired by the Piet Oudolf garden at Hauser & Wirth just up the road in Bruton, two brooks slip happily along, lawns sweep round and about and there's a trampoline for the little ones. Watch cotton wool clouds drift by from the hot tub on the decking outside the annexe, idle away the hours playing rounders or tucking into a big fat picnic in the paddock.

Local Area

Get your National Trust cards at the ready and go explore the Stourhead estate; stroll around the world-famous gardens with lakes and follies, a grotto and a Hansel & Gretel style cottage. Nose around the mansion house and see the treasures, wander out to King Alfred’s Tower and down to the village for lunch at The Spread Eagle Inn.

Pop over to Bruton, small but very charming, with a mix of eclectic independent traders and fantastic places to eat, like Matt's Kitchen and At the Chapel. On the edge of town is the well-known Hauser & Wirth contemporary and modern art gallery with its Roth Bar & Grill, and outside, the striking Oudolf Field landscaped ‘garden’.

There’s more good browsing to be done in Castle Cary, especially when the market is on and the stalls are bustling with people filling their baskets with local goodies. Shaftesbury is lovely too, with its famous cobbled Gold Hill and high on the hill, the abbey founded in 888. Go to Sherborne on market day, visit Sir Walter Raleigh’s Sherborne Castle and the beautiful Abbey, hailed as ‘the cathedral of Dorset’.

Stroll along the water meadows at Salisbury, see the Magna Carta or take a Tower Tour in the Gothic cathedral. Spend a day seeing the sights in Bath, take a family trip to Haynes Motor Museum, Longleat or Wookey Hole. These are happy times, with fun to be had and memories to be made!

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