Detached house for sale in Bath BA2, 4 Bedroom
Quick Summary
- Property Type:
- Detached house
- Status:
- For sale
- Price
- £ 765,000
- Beds:
- 4
- Baths:
- 1
- Recepts:
- 1
- County
- Bath & N E Somerset
- Town
- Bath
- Outcode
- BA2
- Location
- Cliffe Drive, Limpley Stoke, Bath BA2
- Marketed By:
- Nestmoove
- Posted
- 2024-04-05
- BA2 Rating:
- More Info?
- Please contact Nestmoove on 01225 616928 or Request Details
Property Description
The property sits in an elevated position at the further end of Cliffe Drive away from the road; there is parking for up to three cars on the property and a double garage. The front garden is planted with low maintenance shrubs, trees and lawn.
Internal accommodation
The entrance door leads to the hallway with its original oak parque floor and oak staircase.
There is a modern cloakroom off the hallway.
From entrance hallway there is access directly into the open plan living/dining room. This room has a large double glazed, hardwood, picture window and patio doors which give views to the large picturesque rear garden. There is also a french window to the front with a balcony to take in the views of the Limpley Stoke valley to the front of the house. This room has an Aga wood burning stove set into a bath stone fireplace and original oak parque flooring.
The kitchen has recently been upgraded with solid wooden base and wall units with integrated dish washer, washer/dryer, ceramic hob, Bosch oven, extractor fan and integrated microwave. The floor is porcelain floor tiles and the worktops are of modern Resin. The kitchen has an semi open plan arrangement with an opening into the dining area, (this was a unique part of the orignal design recenty re-instated). Large patio doors lead to the rear garden.
Also on the ground floor is the fourth bedroom with en-suite comprising WC and wash basin.
Half way up the oak stairs, there is a large picture window which allows for extensive views across the valley. Upstairs there are three double bedrooms, each with built in wardrobes and all with views across the garden, the two end bedrooms have duel aspect windows. The family bathroom has been recently refurbished and has a rain (power) shower over the bath, modern wash basin with drawers and a WC.
The house is heated using oil central heating throughout and is regularly maintained.
Outside:
The front and rear gardens are a real feature of this house with their abundance of trees and shrubs.
In the front of the house the garden has been planted with low maintenance ornamental plants including Cornus and Willow with groundcover of geraniums, by the door the planting consists of a climbing hydrangea, Hydrangea, Choisya, groundcover plants and bulbs.
The rear garden is planted with a variety of trees and shrubs including, Roses, Japanese Anemones, Geums, Potentilla, Rhodtypos scandens, purple sage, geraniums and alliums and herbs and underplanted with bulbs. Climbing plants include Clematis, Roses, kiwi and Honeyhsuckle. There is also an area of the garden planted with soft fruits; currents, autumn raspberries and a Fig.
In spring the Wisteria on the house scents the air, other climbers such as Clematis Montana, honeysuckle and climbing roses also grow on the walls of the house and fences.
There is a raised Wildlife pond in the centre of the garden planted with flag Iris and water lilies, around the pond the planting consists of Bamboo, ornamental rhubarb (Rheum Palmatum), Iris's and Hydrangea and ground cover geraniums.
In the raised beds by the steps there is a variey of shrubs and perennials including Acer palmatum, Hydrangea, old roses, Geraniums, Alliums and Primulas, Tiarella, Lilac Peonies, Phlox and oriental poppies there is also flowering prunus and Japanes quince and spring flower Viburnum, the bed is underplanted with bulbs.
The large native trees to the top garden are mainly Hazel with hedgerow planting to the left hand side of boundary. At the top of the garden is a young horse chestnut tree, whilst ferns and other small shrubs and native wild flowers including Red Campion, wood Anemones, Bluebells, Primulas, Ferns, violets and Snowdrops, enhance the garden through the seasons. On the main lawn there is a rich array of fruit trees including a plum and pear there are two mature apples trees; a Bramley and Beauty of Bath with further apple trees planted on the lower slopes and also a rare quince tree.
Other ornamental trees in the garden include several Almelanchiers, Cornus mas, Viburnum opulus, ornamental cherry and Cercidiphyllum, or burn sugar tree which smells like candy floss in autumn. Shrubs and other plants including Cornus Midwinter Fire and Viburnum, Ferns and winter flowering honeysuckle complete the planting.
Bath asparagus grows in the garden, this rare plant is only found in this valley and is now is a protected species. Wild garlic fills the upper the garden in mid spring.
In the garden there are also two sheds and a wood store and two compost bins, and also an outside tap and electics.
History
Limpley Stoke Hotel was once a Victorian Hydrotherapy treatment centre, the pleasure gardens reached down Cliffe Drive giving patients views across the valley. After the 2nd world war plots of land (the pleasure gardens along the drive) were sold off for the building of small houses. 6 Cliffe Drive was built in the mid 1950's on one of these prime plots by a local architect Arthur William Hind (of Bath architects Gerrard Taylor and Hind). He built the current modern house known as Unicorn House on the plot, the house was built of Bath Stone with an innovative copper roof and modern partly open plan ground floor plan. As pine was in short supply the staircase and parquet flooring were made of oak. The house originally had steel Crittall windows and was designed with large picture windows to take in view across the valley from upstairs, and full length windows along the full elevation to the rear of the property which were designed to allow for views towards the garden.
Around the end of the 20th century the house was updated with new windows and doors, and the additional ground floor bedroom may have been added at this time, certainly there were changes to the kitchen and a viewing platform added at the top of the garden.
The house has current planning permission to extend to a 5 bedroomed, three reception room property.
Location
Limpley Stoke is a sought after village located alongside the Kennet & Avon Canal and River Avon. The world heritage site of Bath is less than five miles away.
The A36 runs alongside the village and provides easy access to the South Coast in one direction and into Bath and subsequently to the M4 motorway exit in the other direction.
A few minutes walk from the property is the village of Freshford with its ‘Good' (Ofsted) Primary School and the ‘Outstanding' (Ofsted) pre-school, community shop and café, and superb village pub, the Inn at Freshford. Freshford has its' own railway station and is one stop away from Bath where there are trains to London and all major cities around the UK.
The neighbourhood is rural and peaceful and here are many walks around the village and surrounding area.
Additional:
- Utilities: Mains Electric and Water. Oil Heating
- Council Tax Band: F
- Tenure: Freehold
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