An exceptional individual architect designed family home standing in private gardens of almost 1/2 acre and offering spacious and very adaptable accommodation that presents beautifully throughout.

This particularly fine modern individual family house enjoys a peaceful private setting framed by a superb garden of almost 1/2 acre with views beyond over the adjoining open countryside to the west and southwest.

The property affords extensive light-filled living space that is very adaptable and includes 4 excellent double bedrooms, en suite and guest - family bathrooms, 5 very pleasing reception rooms all arranged to take advantage of an attractive outlook with the principal reception rooms and the study overlooking the primary gardens that are bathed in sunshine all day and right into the evening.

The house was built for the current owners who have treasured their home and loved the setting that offers privacy without being isolated, the perfect mix of a semi-rural position with amenities still close by.

Over the years the house has been meticulously maintained and kept up to date with a long list of recent improvements that have significantly enhanced this already very special property. The enhancements have been carried out with great attention to detail and the house has a welcoming but contemporary feel with a high standard of fitment throughout, while all works have been finished with great attention to detail.

The property offers the further advantage of a full array of photovoltaic solar panels and significantly improved insulation resulting in unusually low running costs, especially when the yield of the feed-in tariff is taken into consideration. This benefit is transferable to the next owner of the house as the solar panels are owned outright and in the last year, the panels generated over £2,000 tax free income over and above the free electricity used.

These solar panels are contracted at the highest feed in tariff that is index linked with annual increases payable to the householder for 25 years from the installation date.

Irrespective of these significant and obvious savings and income, this is a very good house to live in and the position is a definite feature with a series of neighbouring properties of high quality on the western edge of the town and lovely walks out to Nailsea and Tickenham Moor, both areas of Nature Conservation Interest and Sites of Special Scientific Interest for rare Flora and Fauna.

The House:
Ashmead presents beautifully, in almost as new condition and the impressive reception hall instantly confirms that this has been a cherished home.

A feature half return staircase with oak newel posts, matching handrails and laminated glass balustrade rises to the galleried landing above. A study off the hall provides good space to work from home and there is a cloakroom set to one side.

The sitting room is perfectly proportioned with very good width and depth. There is a charming double aspect one with French doors to a sunny, sheltered courtyard and the other via a broad bay window looking out to the lawn on the west side of the house. An inglenook style fireplace has windows to either side and a Limestone surround frames the woodburning stove.

The layout flows well with double doors leading through to the kitchen that has been designed by a respected local bespoke kitchen company to offer plenty of space for informal dining. For more formal entertaining there is a superb separate dining room too. The kitchen is fully equipped with a range of integrated appliances and a utility room takes the washing machine and tumble dryer out of the way.

Adjoining the breakfast-dining area off the kitchen there is a fabulous family room - living room that really draws the living space outside with a high vaulted insulated and plastered ceiling adding tremendous volume, radiators, TV points, glazing on three sides and doors opening to another 'room of the garden'.

Returning to the hall, the eye is drawn through to another pair of glazed doors that open to the dining room. Here there is enough space to use the room in a variety of ways including the creation of a suite for someone preferring a ground-floor bedroom with or without combing the adjacent playroom that has also been used as a gym.

On the first floor, the landing is galleried over the stairwell with a laminated glass balustrade to match the stairs. There are figured contemporary oak doors to each room, a theme continued from the ground floor and a door opens to a deep airing cupboard.

The principal bedroom has a range of fitted floor-to-ceiling wardrobes, an outlook to the rear, a dressing area with additional built in full drop wardrobes and a well-appointed shower room en suite.

The remaining bedrooms are all genuine double rooms, two offer views to the surrounding countryside and each provides plenty of play space for younger children and more than enough space for teenagers and young adults at home.

Finally, the family bathroom has also been completely refurbished in recent years with a bath having a shower above, a basin set in a vanity unit and a WC with concealed cistern.

Fixtures and Fittings:
Some of the high-quality fixtures and fittings will be available by negotiation. The fitted carpets that are mostly nearly new included in the sale in the customary way together with the integrated appliances but not necessarily the freestanding appliances such as the washing machine and tumble dryer.

Please discuss any precise points of interest with Hensons at the outset so that an agreement can be made and added to a Memorandum of Sale/Heads of Terms.

Services & Outgoings:
All main services are connected. Telephone connection. Gas fired central heating through radiators. Full double glazing. High speed ADSL and superfast broadband are available with download speeds up to 1Gb or better via cable. Cable TV services are also available in the lane.
Council Tax Band G.

Energy Performance Certificate:
The house was rated at a very good C-77 for energy efficiency, significantly above the national average. The full certificate is available on request by email.

Outside:
The property can be found at the end of the lane known as Barnwood Court and is entirely hidden with no passing traffic, vehicular or pedestrian.

A wide gateway opens to the expansive drive that flows around the house arriving at a broad block paved carriage sweep with turning space and parking for numerous cars. Ideal when entertaining.

A Detached Three Car Garage stands to one side with up and over doors, light, power, overhead storage and a personnel door to the side.

The main lawn stretches away to the west of the house with a south-facing paved terrace. A gravelled area adjoins a Koi pond and in the far corner of the garden there is an arbour and a love seat.

A Blue Cedar tree stands in the middle of the lawn, while a variety of specimen trees, shrubs and bushes have been planted in shaped beds.

A gate at the side of the garage flows around to another paved terrace hidden away to the side of the house with a path leading in turn to an all weather lawn with a sleeper ha-ha and a selection of ornamental shrubs and bushes.

The final room of the garden is another paved courtyard facing south and east and is designed for breakfast and morning coffee.

The Town:
Nailsea is the smallest of the four North Somerset towns but the most conveniently placed for Bristol at just 8 miles from the city.

A good range of amenities are available including large Tesco and Waitrose supermarkets, Doctors and Dental surgeries, a pedestrianised shopping centre with nationally known and smaller independent retailers, a bank and professional offices.

There is high employment, and there are good schools though a number of private schools are also within easy reach including The Downs in neighbouring Wraxall.

Though well placed for the commuter, Nailsea is surrounded by pretty North Somerset countryside but with easy access to other major centres in the area and access to the SUSTRANS national cycle network with a good route to Bristol and other destinations. Junctions 19 and 20 of the M5 are less than 6 miles giving easy access to the country's motorway network and a main line rail connection is available at Nailsea and Backwell Station which is within walking distance with direct trains to Bristol, Filton-Abbeywood, Bath and London- Paddington.

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Council Tax Band: G
Tenure: Freehold