Grib Lane, Blagdon Offers in the Region Of £575,000

An enchanting 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 4 reception room period village house that is thought to date from the XVIIth century and is available for the first time in over 50 years having been in the same family ownership since the 1960’s. The property stands in a delightful, quiet position on a no-through lane in the most sought after part of this tremendously popular village, well away from any through traffic and enjoying views to the rear towards Blagdon Lake and beautiful surrounding countryside.

The very spacious accommodation rambles suitably and is enriched with numerous original period features including flagstone floors, plank doors with hand forged Norfolk latches, a fine inglenook fireplace with a former bread oven, a flagstone drive and pathways, a very useful under croft garage and delightful cottage gardens with views at the rear towards the lake.

The remarkably bright and airy living space offers a 20' x 14' Sitting Room with the Inglenook fireplace and flagstone floors. In turn this room leads to both the generous 17' x 13' Living Room that also has an open fireplace and to an inner hall connecting to the Library - Study and the superb 18' x 13' Dining Room. The kitchen breakfast room has a part vaulted ceiling, an Aga cooker and almost wall to wall glazing with a French door opening to a patio and the private rear gardens. In addition, there is a Laundry - Utility Room and a Cloakroom with shower on the ground floor.

Above, approached via two separate staircases there are 4 well proportioned bedrooms, a dressing room and two bathrooms.

The traditional cottage gardens are a delight with very well planted stocked dwarf walled beds at the front. A flagstone drive and a flagstone path leading to the front door. The under croft garage is accessed from the lane at the side of the house with double doors and a "coal man's door" while a series of stone steps meander up from the lane to the flag stone patio and rear gardens that are private, level and again have very well planted mature borders with two stone built former privy’s no less.

The house is believed by the present owners to date from around 1670 and was certainly once two cottages that were merged into one in the 1990’s hence the two staircases. At that time the property was rewired and gas central heating has been installed. Since there have been various further improvements to this much loved family home that has also proved to be very adaptable over the years. For a period until this year, the house has been occupied by two generations of the same family and bedroom 3 was used as a second kitchen. While that is no longer the case, there is considerable potential for alteration if for instance a very large kitchen dining room is required then the existing dining room could (subject to any necessary consents) convert to a superb open plan room that would still take full advantage of the outlook to the rear. The existing kitchen could then become another reception room still with a lovely outlook. There are several other possibilities including annexe potential that we would be pleased to discuss but, as it is the house works very well.

Though there have been a good number of improvements care has been taken not to spoil or as far as possible not to remove the original features, however there may be a period fireplace behind the twentieth century fireplace in the living room that could possibly be exposed. There are other elements of the house that may require re-appointment but overall the property is very comfortable.

The property is not listed though it does stand within the village conservation area off Church Street, considered by most to be the prime residential area in this favoured village.

Blagdon offers a good selection of local amenities and an excellent Primary School that is located at the top of Church Street less than a five minute walk away. The village school feeds to Churchill Academy School and Sixth Form which is rated as outstanding by Ofsted and Bladgon also benefits from straight forward road connections to Bristol (14 miles), Bath (19 miles), Weston Super Mare (12 miles) and Wells (11 miles).

The surrounding countryside is generally thought of as the most attractive in the region with the lake at the base of the valley. The particularly pleasing landscapes all around the village on the edge of the Mendip Hills are of outstanding natural beauty.