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- Last updated: Monday, 1 October
- Adoos Reference: 882424
- Location:
Somerset
Description
SUMMARY: This Is An Extensive And Distinctive Property Of A Most Unusual Design, Set At Five Levels In Its Own Hillside Grounds. The House Is Approached Through Heavy Wooden Double Gates Giving Access On To An Entrance Courtyard Of Herringbone Paving Blocks With A Wrought Iron Balustrade Commanding A Panoramic View Of The Surrounding Countryside And Serving As Parking Area For At Least Two Cars. Interiors By Sue Foster & Associates. All Materials Used Are Of The Top Quality: Polished Canadian Maple Wood Flooring, Custom Made 100% Wool Carpets By Brintons Ltd. And Custom Carpet. All Ceilings Are Embellished With Decorative Designs And Edged With Ornate Coving By Craftsmen Who Took Part In Windsor Castle Restoration. Most Of Cupboards, Window Sills And Decorative Radiator Covers Have Solid Marble Tops. Multi-Scene Lighting Concept. All Built-In Wardrobes Are Fitted With Closet Lighting. TV Outlets Throughout The House. Amenities & Recreation: The property is in the historic town of Glastonbury which has the usual small town facilities including a selection of schools, churches and supermarkets, a library and two doctors' surgeries. Street with a more comprehensive range of facilities including Clarks factory shopping village outlet and Millfield School - UK’s largest, co-educational, independent, boarding school is approximately three miles away. Larger towns of Bath, Yeovil and Taunton as well as Bristol Airport giving easy connections to main business and holiday destinations are within 30 miles radius. ACCOMMODATION (all sizes approximate): Entrance Hall: Swarovski crystal chandelier, decorative radiator cover with solid marble top. A decorated archway leads to an Inner Hall: with ornamental wall lights and bevelled-mirror-fronted wardrobes conceal a cloaks facility with shelving. Another cupboard contains an IDEAL MEXICO 2 gas boiler. Frosted window. Alarms touchpad panel. Cloakroom: White WC, corner wash hand basin and Nero Marquino solid marble splash back. Swarovski crystal chandelier. Lounge: 18' x 17'2" (5.49m x 5.23m). Feature fireplace in black Nero Marquino marble set within grey pilasters and white classical embellishment. Double doors to front patio and four section patio door gives access to rear balcony. Built in armoire with black Nero Marquino marble top shelf houses concealed radiators. Air conditioning unit. Large Swarovski crystal chandelier. Maple wood door leads to Snooker Room: 18'3" (5.56m) x 15'1» (4.6m) not including fitted cupboards. Hand made 100% wool tartan carpet throughout. Range of custom made glass fronted cherry wood cabinets with concealed lights. Snooker table. Leatherette panelled ceiling. Cherry wood wall panelling. Archway decorated with hand-carved lions to: Study Area: 15'1" (4.60m) not incl. fitted cupboards x 13’4" (4.07m) max. Four section window with wonderful views. Feature fireplace in polished timber with green Verde Guatemala marble hearth, cast iron fender and moulded side panels. Further window to rear. Cherry wood wall panelling. Wooden steps give access to: Upper Office: Fitted carpet, velux window and sloping ceiling with beautiful plasterworks. Air conditioning unit, range of ornate fronted cupboards. Archway leads to further area with sloping ceiling, fitted as a Library: with decorative timber shelving. Extractor fan. Dining Hall: 13' x 19' (3.96m x 5.8m). Fireplace with Crème Valencia marble mantel shelf displaying gold figurines to either side. Sideboard cabinet topped with Crème Valencia marble shelf, removable back panel gives access to radiators. Four custom-built glass fronted display cabinets with concealed lights. Three velux windows. Swarovski crystal chandelier. Air conditioning unit. Decorated archway leads to Sitting Area: 11'4" x 9'3" (3.45m x 2.82m). Swarovski crystal chandelier, range of Crème Valencia marble-topped sideboard cabinets with mirror panels over. Side door to lower balcony area, patio doors open on to another balcony overlooking the garden. From the Dining Hall, a door gives access to a second set of steep internal stairs to: Upper Dressing Room: Storage area, recessed lighting. Fitted carpet. Kitchen: 10'2" x 11'10" (3.1m x 3.6m). Range of polished maple wood cupboards with Corean work surfaces with integrated triple bowl sink with waste unit, mixer tap and built in drinking water filter. Built in two Fridge and Freezer units, SMEG dishwasher and SMEG stainless steel oven and steam cooker with ceramic-topped hob. Glass & stainless steel effect chimney extractor. Further matching cupboards and drawers. Swarovski crystal chandelier, recessed down lighters. From the Hallway, a half flight of polished wooden steps with footstep illumination lead down to: Lower Hall: Polished flooring, Swarovski chandelier, wall panels depicting classical figures. Panelled doors lead to: Bathroom: Tiled room with Amtico tile flooring. Central is Swarovski crystal chandelier with a decorative ceiling rose. The cream suite includes W.C., bidet, wash hand basin and oval corner bath with gold effect fittings. The bathroom also houses a quadrant shower cubicle with a triple headed shower and water jet massage unit, a heated towel rail and an extractor fan. Bedroom 2 plus study area: 21'11" (6.68m) x 8'6" (2.6m) max including built in wardrobes & cupboards. With ceiling rose, bevelled mirror fronted wardrobe and display shelves, a built-in dressing table unit and bedside wall light. Polished wooden floor. Decorative archway leads on to a bedroom study area with built-in desk and drawers, bookshelves and wardrobe cupboards. The radiator is housed in a cabinet and a window overlooks the garden. Hardwood polished flooring, Swarovski crystal chandelier. Bedroom 3 plus dressing room: 20'6" x 8'5" (6.25m x 2.57m). Polished wooden floor, two built in double wardrobes and dressing table plus cupboards and shelving. There are two built in bedside cabinets. Decorative panels on walls, the radiator is housed in a cabinet and window overlooking garden. Entrance way to Master Suite: with ceiling lights and arched Classical panel presents to the right a linen cupboard with water tank and to the left a Master Bedroom with Dressing Area: 11'4" (3.46m) x 11'5" (3.48m) plus 7'11" (2.41m) x 13'2" (4.01m) including built in wardrobes and cupboards with solid Emperador marble tops. Offering 4 bevelled mirror fronted double wardrobes with closet lighting, a built-in dressing table, cupboards and side drawers. The ceiling has an ornamental ceiling rose. Swarovski crystal chandelier. A decorated archway leads into the Master Bedroom including built in cupboards. With continued polished wood flooring, ceiling rose and decorative wall panel. There are two built in bedside cabinets with Emperador solid marble tops and a window with Emperador marble sill overlooking the garden bedecked with window drapes plus a further skylight in a frame providing extra light. The radiator is housed in a cabinet with Emperador marble top. Swarovski crystal chandelier. The door in Dressing Area presents to the right a Walk in Dressing Room: Includes built in open shelving unit with drawers, window with frosted glass, radiator in decorative housing, ceiling lights. There is another door in the Entrance Way to Master Suite leading to Luxury En Suite: with Amtico tiled floor and ornate ceiling with Swarovski crystal chandelier. There are three arched steam-free heated mirrors with bevel edges set between mid-height pilasters of Corinthian design. Facing are two steam-free heated mirrors of matching design together with his and her wash hand basins set in a Emperador marble surface with gold effect Versailles-styled swan taps, and to the side are two perfume display units with concealed illumination. Above the white ceramic Jacuzzi bath and separate Jacuzzi steam cabin with shower and high pressure massage unit is an additional Swarovski crystal chandelier with its ceiling oval and the room also contains two frosted windows, a heated towel rail and extractor fan. Lower Hallway: A half flight of stairs with solid side panels and footstep illumination leads down to a further floor. A mezzanine under-floor household storage area can be accessed through a low door with brass lion head handle. The beautiful carpeted stairs lead down through an archway to Lower Corridor: Carpeted and illuminated by gold effect wall lights with a row of floor to ceiling mirrored cupboards on one side and a row of matching mirrors facing. The ceiling rose is set within a panel of hippodrome design. A further archway gives access to a bedroom corridor to the left, also carpeted, with diamond pattern ceiling design and a decorative end panel in bronze relief depicting St. George, the dragon slayer. The lower corridor also houses the security zone with its built in safe. The corridor has mirrored walls and two further matching wall lights with the radiator cabinet topped by a marble shelf. The lower corridor opens first onto a Shower Room: of Egyptian inspiration, being fully tiled in black blue-veined marble to walls and floors, except the central movement areas where there is a white tiled walkway, all this set with the contrast of two sets of twin gold-effect hieroglyphic pilasters and illuminated with matching uplighters, while to the ceiling is a hexagonal light feature with six spots. The white suite is a Dolomite low level W.C. of square design with matching wash hand basin and golf effect mixer taps and the white shower tray within the gold effect quadrant shower cabinet, housing a gold effect fitted shower, this contrasting with the room's black tiles. The lower corridor then leads through a reeded glass door to a Side Corridor: With carpeted floor, decorative archway, ceiling roses and chandeliers, this giving access to an exit door. Built in side dressers in white wood with brass effect fittings and criss-cross design include a white marble-effect work surface with cupboards below. Plumbing for washing machine. The lower corridor then gives arched access to a further carpeted area with steps rising in two directions. Straight ahead you reach Bedroom 4: 14'11" max x 12'6" (4.55m max x 3.8m). ). a room currently used as an office, with a tiger design carpet and Rameses and Osiris wallpaper panels with Pharoah heads over. One wall is occupied by two double and one single floor to ceiling cupboards, some with mirrors of bevelled glass and containing closet illumination. This is a double aspect room, overlooking the gardens and the lower courtyard, the larger window being set with solid vertical dividers and each window is enhanced with twin Egyptian pilasters with Nefertiti in relief as the central medallion. There are shelves for book display, plus a range of base units offering storage cupboards and drawers beneath a continuous work surface of varying depth to two sides of the room. Adjacent and to the left, past two gilded eagles you reach: Bedroom 5: 17'2" x 14'10" (5.23m x 4.52m). with jungle wall paper and a carpet of sympathetic design. The cornice has a repeating pattern of cut flowers and the central beam gives the appearance of being supported by ten spaced corbels. Here too, are two double and one single floor-to-ceiling cupboards, some with mirrors of bevelled glass and containing closet illumination, with a further with jungle wall paper and a carpet of sympathetic design. The cornice has a repeating pattern of cut flowers and the central beam gives the appearance of being supported by ten spaced corbels. Here too, are two double and one single floor-to-ceiling cupboards, some with mirrors of bevelled glass and containing closet illumination, with a further double cupboard in addition. There is a range of shelving for book display and a range of lime-effect base units to three sides of the room, topped by matching work surfaces, plus radiators concealed in their cabinets. Outside: From the front patio a flight of steps lead down to the Courtyard: which is also protected by a wrought iron balustrade of Tuscan design and commands a view across the garden and to the south west in the distance. The brick piers with linking brick arches, providing support for the entrance courtyard, form a basilica-style arcade with paving slab flooring and offer a protected outdoor dining area or sheltered storage space. Below it, approached by a further flight of steps is a Summer Room: 15'9" x 25' (4.8m x 7.62m). accessed through PVCu double doors with diamond leaded light side panels, with complementary window sections either side, reaching down to floor level. The hard standing ere offers a sheltered seating areas for all seasons. Ceramic tiled flooring. Garden: The terraced garden with its variety of mature, attractive and often variegated shrubs and small trees, is surrounded on its boundaries by screens of established conifers, plus some larger specimen trees all this giving privacy at many garden levels, plus a pond with illuminated fountain. With a cedar summer house offering a changing facility, there is a rectangular heated swimming pool. A wide and sloping gravel pathway leads down to some heavy double gates, which give vehicular egress from the lower part of the property, along an unmade track to the Old Wells Road. Beside the double gates stands a timber tool shed. Steps to rear courtyard, patio and garden. Flower borders and beds and further steps to patio. Access to front door and double doors to Red Room. Outside tap. Garage: 18'11" x 11'9" (5.77m x 3.58m). Up and over door