WELLS Guide Price £850,000

A peaceful home with a beautiful garden, great privacy and an excellent location with easy access to the centre of Wells, all amenities and the beautiful surrounding countryside. The flexible accommodation includes a hall, sitting room, dining room, study, well fitted kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, cloakroom, 4 bedrooms, bathroom, en suite shower room & dressing room, integral garage and detached studio. Outside is the established, well-designed and much-loved garden together with ample parking. The garden and outlook will inspire and refresh you. The level walk to the town and shops will encourage you to leave the car at home. This really is the best of Wells.

Ash Lane is one of the prime residential areas of Wells. It’s within walking distance of the schools, the Cathedral, the Market Place and High Street. Orchard Lodge enjoys a gently elevated position backing onto meadows with woodland beyond. This tranquil setting is enhanced by its glorious gardens and its 30-metre garden landscaped drive to Ash Lane. In addition to its convenient position to virtually everything in Wells, the property is also close to footpaths which link up to a vast network giving access to the beautiful surrounding countryside including the Mendip Hills area of outstanding natural beauty.

Orchard Lodge is an appealing, single storey, architect-designed home constructed circa 2000 with low maintenance and an excellent EPC rating of Band C. Internally the large windows and French doors flood the house with sunlight, and this is complemented by timber flooring, double glazing and mains gas central heating. The accommodation is perfect for both quiet living and also entertaining with flexibility for home office/study/artist’s studio/cinema/gym/workshop and other uses.

The front door opens into a central hall which immediately gives a great sense of space and links the “two wings” of the property. It opens directly into the sitting room, kitchen and inner hallway and the dining room/study through double glass doors. The sitting room has a Jetmaster fireplace as its indoor focus, a triple aspect and both double and French doors directly into the garden. The kitchen is built for cooks, families and entertainers, with plenty of storage and granite bench space, a 5-burner, two ovens + grill Rangemaster Professional Deluxe stove, built-in dishwasher and fridge, as well as space for a dining table and chairs. Adjacent is the dining room (most recently used as a study and also suited as a snug).

A door from the breakfast room opens to a lobby. Opening off it is the utility room with a full-length bench, sink, cupboards above and appliance space below. A cloakroom is adjacent. Also opening from the lobby is a home office/playroom with an internal door to the garage/workshop. Beyond the garage is a freestanding artist’s studio with power, running water and large skylights, which could serve as a second garage, workshop, gym, yoga studio, or to give your kid’s garage band a rehearsal space.

An inner hall from the front entrance hall has large central airing cupboard with plenty of space for linen, coats, hats and boots, and houses the gas central heating system. The four bedrooms are in this wing. The principal bedroom being a lovely room with doors directly to the garden, a walk-in dressing room and en suite with double shower. The family bathroom has a full-sized bath and walk-in shower. The other three bedrooms are all a similar size and two have fitted wardrobes. The range of rooms lets the house adapt to any household with spaces for work, study, hobbies and leisure.

The garden is a major focus for this home, with every room looking onto it, and doors opening directly to it from the sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room and principal bedroom. Its well-tended lawn is edged by beautifully stocked herbaceous borders with a magnificent array of specimen shrubs featuring Peonies, Acers, ornamental trees and roses. The hedges and field behind are a haven for wildlife. A particularly lovely area of the garden is the tiered rockery and pond. A further sheltered courtyard garden is directly outside the kitchen/dining room. There’s also plenty of parking with space for 4+ cars.

Freehold. Council Tax Band F. EPC Band C. Plot area 0.25 acres. No flood risk. No chain.

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. Wells medieval centre has local markets twice a week, good restaurants, a thriving high street and many important ancient buildings, including the Cathedral and moated Bishops Palace and gardens. There are four major supermarkets on the edge of the city. Wells Leisure Centre has the usual facilities of gym and swimming pool to add to Wells Rugby Club, Tennis club, Bowling club and Golf course. Throughout the year Wells hosts festivals for Music, Literature, Art and Food, and has twinned links with Burgundy, the Rhineland and Northern Italy. There are many societies and clubs for those who would like to join a diverse social community.

The major towns of the area, Bristol, Bath, Taunton and Yeovil are all within commuting distance. There are excellent state & independent schools in the area which include several good primary schools, Wells Blue School, Strode College, Wells Cathedral School, Downside, All Hallows and Millfield . Wells is a transport hub for bus services, including daily services to London. Main line trains run from Castle Cary and Bristol International Airport is 35 minutes’ drive away.

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