INFIELD HOUSE
PORTWAY, WELLS, BA52BN

A beautifully restored Victorian townhouse with generous, well appointed accommodation and a convenient position within walking distance of the High Street and all the amenities of Wells.
The House has been recently used as a B&B Guesthouse and while ideal for such use is equally suited as a spacious family home.
The accommodation includes a hall, 2 elegant reception rooms, conservatory, kitchen and breakfast room, utility room, 4 double bedrooms with en suite shower or bathrooms, 2 second floor rooms ideal as playrooms, office etc plus a basement bedroom, workshop and store. In all the house can offer between 4 and 7 bedrooms.
Externally there is a very pleasant well planted garden and a gravelled car parking area.
About the area
Wells is the smallest city in England (population about 11,000) lying in beautiful countryside between the Somerset Levels and the Mendip Hills – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The major towns of the area being Bristol, Bath, Taunton and Yeovil are all within commuting distance. Castle Cary is the nearest train station with fast links to London. Wells has local markets twice a week and many medieval buildings including the Cathedral and moated Bishops Palace. There is a busy local shopping centre, a broad range of societies and activities and excellent State & Private schools in the area including Wells Blue School, Wells Cathedral School and Millfield School.  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”. This website has more large photos of this property and an accurate map position.
Infield House is conveniently located just a few minutes' walk to St. Cuthbert's church near the start of the High Street with all its amenities. The Market Square, Cathedral, Bishop's Palace and other historical buildings are just a brief stroll further along the colourful High Street. In front of the house is a walled garden with mature shrubs and a pathway to the front door.
The accommodation is well appointed and has T.V. aerial points in the sitting room, the 3 bedrooms on the first floor, the basement room and  the 2nd floor bedroom and sitting room. There are telephone points in the hall, kitchen, bedroom 1 on the 1st floor and the bedroom and office on 2nd floor.
The front door opens to the
GROUND FLOOR
ENTRANCE HALL with a Victorian patterned quarry tiled floor, dado rail and a door with stained glass panels (and matching side panels) into the INNER HALL with a coved ceiling, dado rail, staircase to first floor, walk in store cupboard, staircase to basement floor, radiator and CLOAKROOM with hand basin, wc and radiator.  SITTING ROOM 15'1" x 14' (4.6m x 4.27m) with a bay window, coved ceiling, central ceiling rose, picture rail, marble fireplace with inset jet master fire, recessed alcove and three radiators.  DINING ROOM 14'10" x 12'10" (4.52m x 3.91m) with a coved ceiling, picture rail, cast iron fireplace, built in storage cupboards and radiator. KITCHEN/BREAFAST ROOM 15'10" x 13'5" (4.83m x 4.1m)with an extensive range of fitted kitchen units including floor and wall cupboards with pine doors, work surfaces, tiled splash backs, concealed lighting, sink unit and appliances including a hob with extractor above, double oven, microwave, two refrigerators also with a coved ceiling, picture rail, bay window and three radiators.  A door opens into the CONSERVATORY 10'10" x 10' (3.3m x 3.05m) double-glazed and overlooking the garden and with a door to the garden.  UTILITY ROOM/LAUNDRY 16'6" x 6'6" (5.03m x 1.98m)with a Belfast sink drainer, gas fired boiler, built in cupboard and side door, immersion heater, water softener and a boiler (boiler two years old). 
BASEMENT FLOOR with a flagstone floor,
HALL AREA with a flagstone floor and radiator.  WORKSHOP with flagstone floor. 
ADDITIONAL BEDROOM 10'9" x 9'8" (3.28m x 2.95m) with flagstone floor, two radiators and a closet with a half sized bath.  Leading off this room is a CLOAKROOM with wc and hand basin. 
FIRST FLOOR
approached by a staircase from the main hall. LANDING with a dado rail, very large storage cupboard and radiator.  BEDROOM NO. 1 13'6" x 12'8" (4.11m x 3.86m). with a coved ceiling, bay window, cast iron Victorian fireplace, three radiators and EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM half tiled with hand basin, wc, tiled shower cubicle, radiator and heated towel rail.  BEDROOM NO. 2 15'1" x 10'6" (4.6m x 3.2m). with a cast iron fireplace, built in wardrobe. radiator and with an EN SUITE BATHROOM partly tiled with a hand basin, wc, bidet, bath, radiator, heated towel rail and additional door to the main landing.  BEDROOM NO. 3 4.31m (14' 2') x 3.81m (12' 6') with a picture rail, cast iron fireplace, radiator and with an EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM partly tiled with a hand basin, wc and shower cubicle. 
SECOND FLOOR
OFFICE/BEDROOM 4.31m (14' 2') x 3.81m (12' 6') with two Velux roof lights, built in storage cupboards and a radiator.  BEDROOM NO. 4 15'1" x 11'11" (4.6m x 3.63m) with sloping ceilings, radiator and an EN SUITE BATHROOM with hand basin, wc, half sized bath, heated towel rail and a Velux window.  Looking directly from this bedroom is a SITTING ROOM or ADDITIONAL BEDROOM AREA 16'4" x 9'1" (4.98m x 2.77m) with two Velux roof lights and a built in storage cupboard.

At the back of the house is a private mature garden with a lawn, shrub and flower beds, a terrace and a gateway leading to a car parking area and garden shed. There is vehicular access from this car parking area to Portway.

This is an outstanding property which can be used as a Guesthouse or a private house. The current owners run it as a B&B Guest house and more information can be found on their website www.infieldhouse.co.uk
 In addition the accommodation is flexible and provides scope for both residential occupation together with some commercial use or “working at home” – subject to any necessary consents.

Inspection by appointment is advised and welcomed.

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