![209141 TMH 41 High Street Bruton2338 HDR ...](https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/14818769/1488564499/image-0-1024x1024.jpg)
![209086 TMH 41 High Street Bruton 42 A6377 ...](https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/14818769/1488564499/image-1-1024x1024.jpg)
![209112 TMH 41 High Street Bruton2041 HDR ...](https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/14818769/1488564499/image-2-1024x1024.jpg)
6 bedroom terraced house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
Setting the Scene
Saxon House dates from the 1600s, and has now been rendered with a local stone pebbledash, topped with a Welsh slate roof. Internally there are a miscellany of 16th and 17th-century features, some of which may well have been moved around over the years. The first-floor fireplace is likely original, with its deep stone lintel and roll-mould arch, while several doors and partitions are likely 18th century. Parts of the 17th-century roof frame remain too, with a roof truss engraved with a carpenter’s mark that reads ‘W1696’ and a crossbeam that bears the remnants of painted decoration on its underside.
The Grand Tour
The front door opens into an area currently used by the owners as a gallery space. Recently and thoughtfully restored, its original Georgian window remains, as well as the blue lias flagstones which extend throughout the ground floor and a moulded beam, signifying that the house would have been of some status. This area is fantastically flexible and, residential in classification, could be immediately incorporated as part of the main house, or used as a study or studio space. A hallway leads past a guest WC – where the owners also currently keep a kiln – to a sitting room, still complete with a striking fireplace with its original oak lintel, now fitted with a Heta woodburning stove. Georgian windows sit above romantic window seats, bookended by their original working shutters.
The dining room at the front of the house could be easily united with the gallery space; currently, it connects to the kitchen. In need of some updating, the kitchen comprises wooden cabinetry and has a back door that opens to the paved terrace beyond.
A staircase with its original oak boards leads to the first floor, where original Elm floorboards are found throughout its two bedrooms. There is also an incredible studio space with a double-height ceiling; wonderfully characterful, there is an oak beam as well as a refined bath stone fireplace now fitted with another Heta woodburning stove. Oak floorboards underfoot gently ground the space. There is also a family bathroom and a separate WC on this floor.
Two further flights of stairs ascend to the second floor, where there are three further bedrooms, one complete with an en suite bathroom. Set in the eaves of the house, under the sturdy oak beams, these are picturesque spaces with long views over Bruton’s rooftops. There is also a large cellar.
The Great Outdoors
To the rear of the house is a pretty terrace adjacent to a garden store. From here, stone steps lead to a lawned area. This is bordered by beds, stocked with roses, bay, lavender and a sycamore tree. A garden gate provides rear access to a close, back to the High Street, but also to a lane at the rear where there is a double garage belonging to the house.
Out and About
Bruton’s excellent dining options include the Michelin-starred Osip, The Old Pharmacy, At the Chapel, The Newt and Roth Bar and Grill at the must-visit Hauser and Wirth gallery. For the home chefs, be sure to pick up fresh ingredients at Durslade Farm Shop. In nearby Batcombe, Margot Henderson’s recently opened The Three Horseshoes adds to the excellent dining options in the area.
The town of Frome is also close by – around a 30-minute drive away. Frome’s growing community of independent shops, creative businesses and eateries include Rye Bakery, Projects Frome, Moo and Two, Frome Hardware, Eight Stony Street, and Frome Reclamation Yard. The Frome Independent, a monthly market showcasing local artisans and food producers, has also helped put Frome on the map, attracting over 80,000 visitors annually.
Surrounded by rolling fields and open countryside, the area is renowned for walking and cycling opportunities. Visit the breathtaking 18th-century landscaped gardens and Palladian mansion at Stourhead, a National Trust estate with a café, shop and gallery — all just a 15-minute journey by car.
North Somerset is well-renowned for its wealth of local produce, independent food producers and growers. Westcombe Dairy is easily reached for award-winning cheese and charcuterie. Landrace Bakery’s new outpost is now conveniently on-site, offering a daily dose of sourdough bread made from stoneground UK grains milled at the new Landrace Mill. There is a good selection of farm shops for organic produce, including The Slow Farming Company, a local distillery, and for field-grown flowers and herbs, Re-Rooting is also nearby.
The sought-after villages of Mells and Nunney also lie around 25 minutes north. Nunney is characterised by its historic centre and, most notably, its picturesque moated medieval castle built in the 1370s by a local knight, Sir John de la Mare. The village has a popular local pub, The George Inn. A popular spot for Sunday lunch is The Talbot Inn in Mells or wood-fired pizza from The Walled Garden opposite. Shaftesbury is easily accessed in around 25 minutes by car, and the fantastic coastline around Lyme Regis is around an hour’s drive away.
There is a selection of excellent schools in the area, including Sherborne School, Sherborne School for Girls, King’s Bruton, The Gryphon School, John Taylor High School and Abbot Beyne School. There is also a good primary school in nearby Zeals, Whitesheet Church of England Academy.
With easy access to the A303 and M3, London is reachable in under three hours. Rail connections are also very good, with Castle Cary approximately 15 minutes away by car, offering direct rail services to London Paddington in an hour and a half. Bruton station has trains to Bath Spa and Bristol in approximately an hour, which in turn have trains to Paddington in an hour and 20 minutes.
For more inspiration, why not look to The Modern House’s guide on how to spend a weekend in Bruton?
Council Tax Band: E
Places of interest
See more properties like this:
*DISCLAIMER
Property reference TMH00672. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Inigo - London.
OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:
Broadband availability and predicted speed
Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:
Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s
The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2
Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength
Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:
Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Energy Performance data and Internal floor area
Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.