CHURCH FARM,
CHURCH STREET, BABCARY, SOMERSET, TA117DT
Castle Cary Rail Station 8 miles, A303 Podimore 4 miles, Glastonbury 11 miles, Wells16 miles , Sherborne 13 miles.

Church Farm stands in this delightful Somerset village and comprises a Georgian Farmhouse together with Stables & Barn with consent for development.
Available as a whole with offers invited in the region of £1,250,000
or separately
LOT 1.  Being the Georgian farmhouse with gardens and up to 5 acres - £850,000
LOT 2 . Being the Stables & Barn with a paddock available- £425,000

 

About the area
Babcary is one of Somerset’s charming and historic villages set in beautiful countryside between Somerton, Galstonbury and Castle Cary. Recorded in the Domesday Book it’s an attractive small village made up for the most part of period houses and cottages on the edge of the Sparkford Vale. The medieval church is close by where one of the earliest games of fives was recorded. Elsewhere in the village is the Red Lion, an excellent pub and restaurant dating from the 17th century.
Glastonbury, Wells, Castle Cary and Sherborne are all within a short drive as are Castle Cary  and Yeovil Rail Stations with main lines to London. There are many golf courses in the area with  National Hunt racing  at Wincanton and Taunton and flat racing is at Bath.
There are excellent state and independent schools in the area including Millfield, Bruton,Hazelgrove, Wells Cathedral, Downside and Sherborne.
For more information on this area in general and individual schools visit our website www.roderickthomas.co.uk  and locate this property by price order.  Open full details and click on “schools”.

The Church is in the centre of the village and Church Farm lies a little way beyond looking southwards across open countryside.

The Farmhouse stands in mature walled gardens and beyond with its own frontage to Church Street are the Stables & Barn.

LOT 1.
The farmhouse, predominantly Georgian (although probably predates this period) with ample accommodation and great charm requires some improvement.
The accommodation is well arranged on two floors, with a large attic and cellars and oil fired central heating. Period details include flagstone floors, sash windows, fireplaces and a particularly attractive corner shelved alcove.
Currently the ground floor  includes a hall, 3 principal reception rooms and a kitchen/breakfast room with an Aga. This room opens to a side kitchen with an adjacent utility room. The owners were planning on redeveloping these rooms. Also on the ground floor is a south facing hall with wonderful views and a door to the south facing gardens with a gate beyond to the meadows.
On the first floor are 5 bedrooms, a bathroom and shower room and a staircase to the large attics which provide scope for further accommodation if required.

The house stands in lawned gardens with mature trees, flower and shrub borders and which are mainly bounded by stone walls.

On the east side are the Stables and Barn which are available together with the farmhouse or separately and which comprise

LOT 2.
The stables and Barn stand well back from the village lane with a large grassed courtyard. This is a large stone building with tiled roofs and can provide extensive outbuildings for the farmhouse.
Equally it is ideal as a Development Property having consent to be redeveloped and extended.
The proposed accommodation will  include a Hall, a fabulous open plan Kitchen / Dining Room / Living Room, office, 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.
The front courtyard will be provide gardens and parking areas whilst the rear courtyard will be landscaped as terraces with planted borders.

An adjacent paddock is also available.

Planning consent was granted by South Somerset district Council on the 19th May 2010 for the “Extension to and conversion of existing stables to dwellng” (GR: 356161/128695 at Church Farm Church Street Babcary Somerton Somerset APPLICATION NO 10/01886/FUL
South Somerset District Council
Development Control, Council Offices, Brympton Way, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 2HT Tel No: (01935) 452462 Fax no: (01935) 462299 Web Site: ww.southsomerset.gov.uk

NEW ACCESS
Planning consent for a new access driveway on the western side of the garden was granted on the 14th April 2011 (APPLICATION NO 11/00268/FUL)

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