Idyllic, rural four-bedroom character farmhouse with fabulous one-bedroom studio annexe, stable block and colourful garden surrounded by green fields, leafy lanes and birdsong.

Crate Farmhouse has been transformed by the current owners from a modest farm cottage into the sociable family home it is today with the welcome addition of a spacious farmhouse kitchen on the ground floor and an attractive principal suite above. It retains many original features including beams, fireplaces, the original front door and the staircase. As with many rural homes, the front door is little used and it’s the back door which welcomes you into the warm kitchen, the hub of the home, fitted with a relaxed farmhouse-style range of base and wall units with a Belfast sink and Aga. This room provides space for a large farmhouse kitchen table for dining and space for comfortable seating. At the far end of the kitchen, French doors swing open to extend this sociable space into the rear garden. Two further reception rooms, one with a log burner and one with an open fire, offer cosy retreats. No rural home would be complete without a boot room and pantry, of which, Crate Farmhouse has both. The four double bedrooms are upstairs. The principal bedroom is full of character, with its vaulted, beamed ceiling, French doors opening out to a small balcony with beautiful rural views, a walk-in wardrobe and a modern ensuite shower room. The other three charming bedrooms are all decorated in individual style, seamlessly blending a modern ‘heritage’ colour palette with cottage character. These bedrooms share a lovely family bathroom, decorated to complement the interior finish of the other rooms.

The fabulous one-bedroom studio annexe is an exceptional combination of style and functionality. Although there are only two rooms: the living/kitchen/bedroom space; and the stunning shower room, clever interior styling effortlessly delineates the different areas and creates a beautiful space for cooking, dining, relaxing and sleeping. Natural light floods in through large glass panels and glass sliding door set in anthracite grey frames which complement the warm wooden exterior cladding. Currently a holiday let, it could provide an exciting space for an artist or someone who needs a home office.

Outside

Well-positioned on its plot, this pretty ‘chocolate box’ home sits within gardens on two sides, and stables and yard on another. A shingle driveway, with two five-bar gated entrances, sweeps between the stables and the house, and provides parking for many vehicles. The wooden stable block comprises four loose boxes and a store with pitched, tiled roof, and is on hard standing. The positioning of the yard in relation to the house allows for sight of the stables from the kitchen. Landscaped cottage gardens stretch between the house and the annexe which is set in the farthest corner away from the house. Shingle pathways meander between mature trees, shrubs and flower beds which provide shade, colour and texture, and attract an abundance of wild birds.

Council tax band D

EPC E

Location
The hamlet of Nyland sits between Wedmore, Draycott and Rodney Stoke, and is also close to Cheddar and Wells. It is accessed via leafy country lanes in a little known area south of the Mendip Hills.

The local village of Wedmore is a thriving historic village with an exciting social and commercial centre featuring a wide range of retail and leisure facilities including boutique shops, newsagents/general stores, chemist, a butcher shop, delicatessen, post office, fishmongers, grocers, a range of eateries, and public houses. Wedmore hosts over 70 organisations with a diversity of cultural and sporting activities.

Wells is a busy local shopping centre with a broad range of societies and activities and has local markets twice a week and many medieval buildings including the Cathedral and moated Bishops Palace.

There are excellent local state schools which fall within the Wessex Learning Trust, and private schools include Wells Cathedral School, Sicot and Millfield School.

Larger centres include Bristol, Bath, Weston-Super-Mare, Taunton and Yeovil which are all within commuting distance. Train stations are at Highbridge, Weston-super-Mare and Bristol.