The Old Manor Lower Marsh Dunster Minehead Somerset

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1 The Old Manor Lower Marsh Dunster Minehead Somerset

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3 The Old Manor Lower Marsh Dunster Minehead Somerset TA24 6PJ Dunster 1 mile, Minehead 2 miles, Taunton 20 miles An historic Grade II* manor house together with an Edwardian secondary house set within landscaped gardens near the Somerset coastline Entrance porch Hall Great Hall/dining room Sitting room Study Office Solar/drawing room Farmhouse kitchen Laundry room Cloakroom 5 bedrooms 5 bathrooms Edwardian House 2 reception rooms 5 bedrooms /breakfast room 2 bathrooms Cloakroom 2 s Former stabling Garaging Attractive landscaped garden divided into rooms Arboretum Orchard 2 fields About 7 acres (2.83 hectares)

4 Situation The Old Manor is situated one mile to the north of the historic and picturesque village of Dunster, which is on the edge of the Exmoor National Park and the property is within walking distance of Dunster Beach. The West Somerset steam railway runs along the edge of the southern boundary of the property. Views from a number of rooms in The Old Manor and from the gardens and grounds can be enjoyed in a northerly direction across the Bristol Channel and to Wales and in a southerly direction to Conygar Tower and the Exmoor National Park. The delightful village of Dunster, which is dominated by the impressive Dunster Castle, for many years owned by the Luttrell family and now in the care and protection of the National Trust, is one of the most attractive villages in Somerset and is today a thriving community. The village has a primary school, health centre, Post Office, a range of shops to cater for everyday requirements, the Luttrell Arms Hotel and in the centre of the square, the historic former yarn market. The coastal town of Minehead is just under two miles to the west of the property and has a secondary school, hospital, banks, extensive range of shops and supermarkets, restaurants, garages and inns to meet all requirements. The county town of Taunton is about 20 miles to the south east and has excellent independent schools for boys and girls of all ages, including Taunton School, King s College, Queen s College and King s Hall. Taunton is home to the famous Somerset County Cricket Club, from which superb views can be enjoyed of the wonderful church towers which are so much a feature of Taunton. The Old Manor is in a wonderful location, surrounded by farmland in the ownership of the Crown, with the nearby coastline, much of which is in the ownership of the National Trust. The South West Coast Footpath starts at Minehead and extends for 630 miles around the South West peninsula to Poole Harbour in Dorset. For those enjoying walking, bird watching or riding, the coastline and Exmoor National Park provide superb recreational opportunities. Communications Road The A39 and A358 trunk roads lead to Taunton and connect with the M5 motorway to the east of Taunton at junction 25. The M5 provides easy access to Bristol, the Midlands and north of England and connects with the M4 motorway just north of Bristol to provide a motorway link to London. Rail Regular intercity high speed trains operate from Taunton to London (Paddington). Air Bristol Airport, south of Bristol on the M5, provides flights via Easyjet to a number of destinations, both within the British Isles and the continent. Ferry Cross Channel ferry services operate from Plymouth to Brittany and northern Spain and from Poole to France. The Old Manor There has clearly been a house on this site for many centuries. There is mention of a property on this site in 1266 as being a manor of Dunster. In the 15th century the property was probably owned by a Robert Ryvers, who was successively Bailiff of Dunster and Steward and Receiver General to Sir John Luttrell of Dunster Castle. The property was later owned by a

5 Accommodation The house is approached via a pair of stone gateposts, surmounted with heraldic lions, through a pair of wrought-iron gates to a large gravelled parking and turning area in front of the house. This is enhanced by a climbing wisteria and a magnificent fig tree. The accommodation in the house is laid out on two floors. At ground floor level is a hall with a fine Jacobean style staircase leading to the first floor. The Great Hall has a stone inglenook fireplace with raised hearth, exposed beams and a polished flagstone floor. A charming sitting room with an elm plank and muntin screen also has an inglenook fireplace and exposed beams. There is a study and office on the ground floor, together with a delightful farmhouse kitchen with an electric 4-oven Aga, extensive built-in cupboards and a central island. Most usefully on the ground floor is a bedroom and bathroom together with a laundry room, freezer room, boot room and cloakroom. At first floor level is the solar, which is on two levels and contains a number of magnificent arch braced beams and wing braces, making an ideal drawing room with an elm floor and two fine Ham stone fireplaces, each with a wood burner. Approached from the landing is a chapel. With access from the landing area are four further bedrooms, with three having en suite bathrooms and a further family bathroom. A number of these have exposed beams and ceiling timbers and are decorated with fine Zoffany wallpaper. John Loty, a burgess of Dunster, who was Constable of Dunster Castle. The Old Manor was later owned by a Richard Poyntz, who married into the Chichester family of Arlington Court in North Devon, a well-known Roman Catholic family, hence the Roman Catholic chapel in The Old Manor. Today, The Old Manor gives out a welcoming and gentle atmosphere with its history seeping into the property and giving the house an unpretentious dignity and charm. The current owners, who are creative and highly sympathetic to the age and history of the property, have made The Old Manor into an exceptionally comfortable and well presented home. The accommodation in the house combines a number of historic rooms and architectural features with a most convenient layout and with modern bathrooms and the whole property has a relaxing, welcoming and homely atmosphere. The Pavilion Situated to the west of The Old Manor, approached by a separate tree-lined drive and set within an attractive part of the garden is The Pavilion. This single storey house is understood to date from the Edwardian period and is constructed with a timber frame on a brick base under a treated cedar shingle roof.

6 The accommodation comprises an entrance porch, dining hall, sitting room, study, kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom, together with five bedrooms and two bathrooms. It has an area of private garden immediately behind the property and enjoys views over part of the main garden. 2 s, stabling and garaging The Old Manor has the benefit of a good range of useful ancillary buildings which comprise a range of stone stables under a pantile roof made up of three loose boxes, all fully panelled and all having mangers, each about 10 foot square with an adjoining tack room and a garage. Area of 80m2 To the west of the house, and of integral construction, is an old barn, originally a kitchen to The Manor with evidence of a ham smoking chamber and which was later used as a threshing barn. It is constructed of stone under a tiled roof with a part-cobbled floor, divided into two sections, one for storage and one a former stable. Leading from here is a large barn of 48m2, overlooking the cobbled courtyard and most suitable as a potential games room. Garden and grounds Undoubtedly one of the main features of The Old Manor are the landscaped gardens and grounds which lie mainly to the north and west of the house. There is a cobbled courtyard area, totally enclosed by walls with a number of rose beds with standard roses enclosed with box hedges, a magnificent fragrant Guinea rose climber and an Etoile D Holland rose. The garden, which is divided into a number of rooms, is home to a wide collection of shrub roses, irises and peonies. There is an octagonal timber summer house with leaded glazed windows under a cedar shingle roof. A gate leads through to an area of new orchard, which has recently been walled with local beach pebbles. The orchard contains five varieties of eating apples, bramley, pear, Victoria plum, damson and greengage. There are some interesting trees in this section of the garden, including a black elderberry and a grey Atlantic cedar. A farm gate leads from the new orchard into an area of arboretum where there are a wide variety of trees including crab apple, medlar, mulberry, tricolour beech, ginkgo, cornus, walnut, poplars and oak. The Old Manor has the benefit of a paddock to the south of the entrance drive to The Pavilion. On the western boundary of the property is a triangular field, laid to pasture, well enclosed by hedges and fencing, with the River Avill in one corner. The West Somerset steam railway runs along the southern edge of this field. The grounds of The Old Manor are a haven for wildlife, including buzzards, woodpeckers, ducks, geese, foxes and in the spring this leads to a wonderful dawn chorus. General remarks and stipulations Tenure The property is offered for sale freehold, by private treaty Services Oil fired central heating. Mains electricity. Mains water. Private drainage.

7 4.34 (37'3) Stable 4.28 (14') x 4.06 (13'4) 4.34 (37'3) 4.67 (15'4) x The Old Manor, Lower Marsh, Dunster, Minehead, Somerset, TA (15'5) x 2.72 (8'11) 4.57 (15') max x 3.96 (13') max 4.34 (37'3) Stable 4.28 (14') x 4.06 (13'4) THE PAVILION GROSS INTERNAL AREA 922 SQM 9925 SQFT (Includes The Pavilion) PAVILION The Old Manor, GROSS Lower INTERNAL Marsh, AREA Dunster, Minehead, SQM 1835 Somerset, SQFTTA24 GROSS INTERNAL AREA 922 SQM 9925 SQFT (Includes The Pavilion) BARNS GROSS PAVILION GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM SQM 1835 SQFT1263 SQFT Office 4.70 (15'5) BARNS GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM SQFT GROUND FLOOR GROSS GROUND FLOOR GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM 3902 SQM (15'8) Laundry x 2.74 SQFT 3902 SQFT (9') GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM 2925 SQFT 5.13 (16'10) GROSS SQM 2925 SQFT GROSS INTERNAL x 3.02 (9'11) AREA 922 SQM 9925 SQFT (Includes The Pavilion) 4.57 (15') max Sitting x 3.96 (13') max 7.59 (24'11) maxpavilion GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM 1835 SQFT x 4.01 (13'2) to bay 4.70 (15'5) BARNS GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM 1263 SQFT x.74 x (9') 2.72 (8'11) 5 Study Sitting GROUND 4.67 (15'4) FLOOR GROSS 5.94 (19'6) INTERNAL AREA SQM Solar 3902 / SQFT x 7.59 (24'11) max Drawing x 4.01 (13'2) to bay FIRST THE FLOOR PAVILION GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM (46') maxsqft The Old Manor, Lower Marsh, Dunster, Minehead, Somerset, TA (16'10) Great Hall Boot 8.08 (26'6) x 5.84 (19'2) 4.57 (15') max Sitting The Old Manor, 4.67 (15'4) 3.96 (13') max Lower x 3.02 (9'11) x 7.59 Study(24'11) Marsh, max Dunster, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 x 5.05 (16'7) max 5.94 (19'6) Solar / x 4.01 (13'2) to bay Drawing THE PAVILION (46') max x 4.90 (16'1) GROSS INTERNAL AREA 922 SQM 9925 SQFT (Includes The Pavilion) Great Hall PAVILION GROSS Boot INTERNAL AREA SQM 1835 SQFT 8.08 (26'6) x 5.84 (19'2) x 5.05 (16'7) max BARNS GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM Master 263 SQFT Sitting 4.67 (15'4) GROUND Office FLOOR x 3.66 GROSS (12') INTERNAL AREA SQM 3902 SQFT 4.78 (15'8) Larder Laundry FIRST x 2.74 FLOOR (9') GROSS Larder INTERNAL THE PAVILION AREA THE PSQM 2925 SQFT 5.13 (16'10) GROUND x 3.02 FLOOR (9'11) Whilst GROUND every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the floor plans contained here, measurements of doors, windows and rooms are approximate and no responsibility is taken for any error, omission or mis-statement. These plans are for representation purposes only as defined by RICS Code of Measuring Practice and should be used as such by any prospective purchaser. The services, systems and appliances listed in this specification have not been tested by Strutt & Parker and no guarantee as to their operating ability or their efficiency can be given. The Old Manor, Lower Marsh, Dunster, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 Great Hall 8.08 Bedroom (26'6) 5 x (19'2) (24'10) Laundry Sitting Bedroom 7.59 (24'11) 1 max x 4.01 (13'2) to bay 4.67 Boot (15'4) x 3.66 (12') GROUND FLOOR GROUND FLOOR Study 5.94 (19'6) Study 5.94 (19'6) x 4.90 (16'1) Solar Bedroom / 2 Drawing x 5.05 (46') (16'7) max max x 4.90 (16'1) THE PAVILION Sitting Office Great Hall 4.78 (15'8) Great Hall Boot Boot Laundry 8.08 (26'6) 5.13 (16'10) Office 8.08 (26'6) x 3.02 (9'11) x 5.84 (19'2) 4.78 x 5.84 (15'8) (19'2) Larder Laundry 4.34 (37'3) 5.13 (16'10) Study 5.94 (19'6) Solar / Sitting Sitting x 3.02 (9'11) x (16'3) (19'5) Drawing (46') max GROUND FLOOR x 4.90 (16'1) Whilst every ) max Stableattempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the floor plans contained here, measurements of doors, windows and rooms are approximate and no responsibility is taken for any Great Hall Boot error, 4.28 omission (14') or mis-statement. x 5.82 These (19'1) plans are for representation purposes 9'1) only as defined by RICS Code of Measuring 8.08 (26'6) Practice and should be used as such by any prospective purchaser. x 5.84 (19'2) 4.34 x (37'3) The 4.06 services, (13'4) systems and appliances listed in this specification Bedroom have 5not been tested by Strutt & Parker and no guarantee as to their operating Study ability or their efficiency can be given. x 5.05 (16'7) max 5.94 (19'6) Larder Solar Larder / Sitting Copyright nichecom.co.uk 2014 Produced for Strutt & Parker REF : x (15'5)(16'3) Stable 4.28 (14') x 4.06 (13'4) Bedroom Sitting (12') (19'2) max x.72 x 4.83 (8'11) (15'10) (15'5) Office 4.78 (15'8) Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the floor plans contained here, measurements of doors, windows and rooms are approximate and no responsibility is taken for any Copyright nichecom.co.uk 2014 Produced for Strutt & Parker REF : error, omission or Bedroom mis-statement. 2 These plans are for representation purposes GROSS only as INTERNAL defined AREA by RICS 922 Code SQM 9925 of Measuring SQFT (Includes Practice The and Pavilion) should be used as such by any prospective purchaser. The services, 3.66 systems (12') and appliances 4.57 (15') listed max in this specification have not been tested by Strutt & Parker and Office no guarantee as to their operating Officeability or their efficiency can be given. Study Sitting PAVILION GROSS INTERNAL AREA SQM 1835 SQFT x 3.96 (13') max 4.70 (15'5) 5.94 (19'6) 7.59 (24'11) max BARNS GROSS INTERNAL 4.78 AREA (15'8) (15'8) Copyright nichecom.co.uk 2014 Produced for Strutt x 2.74 &(9') Parker Solar SQM / 1263 SQFT REF : x 4.01 (13'2) GROUND to baylaundry FLOOR GROSS INTERNAL AREA Drawing Laundry SQM 3902 SQFT FIRST 5.13 FLOOR (16'10) GROSS INTERNAL AREA (46') (16'10) SQM max 2925 SQFT x 3.02 (9'11) x x (16'1) (9'11) x 2.72 (8'11) Stable 4.28 (14') x 4.06 (13'4) THE PAVILION Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy GROUND of the FLOOR floor plans contained here, measurements of doors, windows and rooms are approximate and no responsibility is taken for any error, omission or mis-statement. These plans Whilst every are attempt for has representation been made to ensure the accuracy purposes of the floor only plans contained as defined here, measurements by RICS of doors, Code windows of and Measuring rooms are approximate Practice and no responsibility and should is taken for be any used as such by any prospective purchaser. error, omission or mis-statement. These plans Great are for Hall representation purposes only as defined by RICS Code of Measuring Practice and The services, systems and appliances listed in this specification have not been Strutt & Parker and no Boot should be used as such by any prospective purchaser. The services, systems and appliances listed in this specification have not been tested by Strutt & Parker and no guarantee as to their guarantee operating ability or as their efficiency to their can operating be given. ability or their efficiency can be given (26'6) Copyright nichecom.co.uk 2014 Produced for Strutt & Parker REF : Copyright nichecom.co.uk x 5.84 (19'2) 2014 for Strutt & Parker REF : Sitting x 2.72 (8'11) 4.57 (15') max x 3.96 (13') max 4.67 (15'4) x Larder Drawing (46') max x 4.90 (16'1) 5.84 (19'2) Bedroom max 3 x 5.05 (16'7) 5.49 max (18') x 5.05 (16'7) max x 4.85 Bedroom (15'11) 4

8 Local Authority West Somerset District Council, 20 Fore Street, Williton, Near Taunton, Somerset TA4 4QA. Tel Council tax The Old Manor House - band B The Pavilion band B Notes All items known as tenants fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available in addition, by separate negotiation. Electrical and other appliances mentioned in the sale particulars have not been tested by Strutt & Parker, therefore prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves as to their working order. Rights of way, wayleaves & easements The sale is subject to all rights of support, public and private rights of way, water, light, drainage and other easements, quasi-easements and wayleaves, all or any other like rights, whether mentioned in these particulars or not. Directions From Taunton take the A358 to Williton, where it connects with the A39 and continue towards Minehead. Continue past the turning on the left to Dunster and in a quarter of a mile turn right, signposted Dunster Marsh. Having passed into Marsh Lane, continue for about 400 yards and turn left towards Dunster Station. Continue into a No Through Road and proceed over the level crossing, passing Dunster Station and continue into a private road. The entrance to The Old Manor will be seen on the left hand side via a pair of wrought-iron gates. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright (ES ). NOT TO SCALE Viewing Strictly by appointment through Strutt & Parker LLP Tel: Hammet Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1RZ taunton@stags.co.uk Tel: Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1PR exeter@struttandparker.com Tel: Hill Street, London W1J 5LQ london@struttandparker.com If you require this publication in an alternative format, please contact Strutt & Parker LLP on tel IMPORTANT NOTICE Strutt & Parker LLP for themselves and for the Vendors of this property, whose agents they are, give notice that: 1. The particulars are intended to give a fair and substantially correct overall description for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute part of an offer or contract. Prospective purchasers and lessees ought to seek their own professional advice. 2. All descriptions, dimensions, areas, reference to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith, and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. 3. No person in the employment of Strutt & Parker LLP has any authority to make or give any representations or warranty whatever in relation to this property on behalf of Strutt & Parker LLP, nor enter into any contract on behalf of the Vendor. 4. No responsibility can be accepted for any expenses incurred by intending purchasers in inspecting properties which have been sold, let or withdrawn. MEASUREMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION All measurements are approximate. While we endeavour to make our sales particulars accurate and reliable, if there is any point which is of particular importance to you, please contact this office and we will be pleased to check the information for you, particularly if contemplating travelling some distance to view the property.