vencroft farmCHURCHSTANTON • TAUNTON • SOMERSET

Main House

Entrance hall • Sitting room • Drawing room • Dining room

Study/library • Music room • Reception hall

Kitchen/breakfast room • 2nd kitchen • Conservatory

Boot room • Utility • 2 WC’s/shower • Store room

Master bedroom suite and dressing room

2 further bedroom suites • 4 further bedrooms • 2 bathrooms

Barn

Open plan kitchen reception area • Bathroom/walk-in shower

Workshop/garage • Games room • Wine cellar • Freezer room

Triple garaging • Courtyard storage and workshop

Green house

Approximate gross internal floor area:

7,500 sq.ft. (696.8 sq.m.) excluding garage and greenhouse

In all about 20.4 acres

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important

Notice on the last page of the text.

vencroft farmCHURCHSTANTON • TAUNTON • SOMERSET

Vencroft Farm - For sale freehold

Vencroft Farm is situated at the end of a long drive,

affording it a high degree of privacy and seclusion. It

occupies a delightful and peaceful setting facing south

east, overlooking its own grounds in the heart of the

Blackdown Hills.

It is evident that the current owners have undertaken a pains-

taking and detailed improvement and upkeep of the house in

recent years to create what is now a fantastic family home.

The house itself is not Listed and has grown organically

over the years with its origins believed to date back to

the 15th Century. The house has been cleverly extended 

with a fabulous conservatory on the southern end giving

magnificent, rural views out across its own landscaped

garden, ponds and lake to the fields and woodland beyond

down the Culm Valley. An original stone barn has been

cleverly incorporated into the house to create a fantastic

dining room with a high, pitched roof and a minstrels

gallery. With a total of 7 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, of

which 3 are ensuite, along with the potential conversion of

the barn annexe, there is ample accommodation to cater

for a large number of family members and guests.

Up

Outbuilding 1 Ground Floor

Ground Floor

Up

Kitchen/Breakfast Room41'11 (12.78) maxx 10' (3.05) max

Library/Study15'10 (4.83)x 13' (3.96)

Sitting Room26'8 (8.13)

x 20'9 (6.32) max

Music Room

UtilityRoom

New Water Treatment Plant

BootRoom

Reception Hall

Conservatory27'4 (8.34)x 19'5 (5.92)

Storage12'5 (3.78)x 9'8 (2.95)

Dining Room29'1 (8.87)

x 16'5 (5.00)

Reception Hall21'8 (6.60) max

x 15'5 (4.70) max

Workshop/Garage22'9 (6.93) maxx 15'5 (4.70) max

Triple Garage34'8 (10.57) maxx 23' (7.01) max

EntranceHall

GeneratorRoom

FreezerRoom

Courtyard

WineCellar

Lounge19' (5.79)

x 15'10 (4.83)

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Green House25' (7.62) max

x 24' (7.32) max

Outbuilding 2

Outbuilding 1 First Floor

Down GalleriedArea

Reception/Games Room

54'10 (16.49) maxx 15'5 (4.70) max

First Floor

Bedroom 513'4 (4.06)x 10'3 (3.12)

Down

Down

Bedroom 216' (4.88)

x 13'4 (4.06)

Bedr

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315

' (4.

57) m

axx

11'4

(3.4

5) m

ax

Bedroom 118' (5.49) max

x 15'2 (4.62) min

Bedroom 718' (5.49)

x 16' (4.88)

DressingRoom

GalleriedArea

Bedroom 612'6 (3.81) maxx 12' (3.66) maxBedroom 4

16' (4.88) maxx 12' (3.66) min

Approximate Gross Internal Area:7,500 sq.ft. / 696.8 sq.m.

Garage: 1000 sq.ft. / 92.9 sq.m.Greenhouse: 750 sq.ft. / 69.7 sq.m.

This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars

Reception

Kitchen/Utility

Bedroom

Bathroom

Storage

Recreation

The house forms two sides of a delightful courtyard, in the

centre of which there is a fountain and turning circle. On

the opposite side of the courtyard is an original barn that

has been cleverly renovated to provide useful garaging, a

shower and a kitchenette. Upstairs there is a large games

room. Subject to the necessary planning consent, the barn

has the potential to be used as secondary accommodation.

It has already been converted to produce 4.7kW of power

through a series of solar panels on the roof. Downstairs

there is also a large 43kV generator providing back up.

This “green” energy produces between £2,000 - £3,000

revenue per annum. The property also has its own private

water supply and its own private drainage. The whole

property is alarmed and has a CCTV system in place.

Next to the barn is a freezer room and wine cellar. The latter

is built into the side of the hill and is double insulated.

A triple garage forms the fourth side of the courtyard,

providing large amounts of storage space at the back. The

roof has been converted to produce approx 4kW of solar

energy and a newly installed pressurized water treatment

and purification plant related to the well, is situated in the

floor of the garage.

Gardens and Grounds

Behind the house there is a large, wooden-framed green-

house that is electrically heated and has automatic opening

windows. There is a variety of fruit trees growing inside

which include bananas, vines and kiwi. Beside the green-

house there is an inner courtyard with a second fountain

that leads onto a large south facing terrace that overlooks

the landscaped gardens and grounds and lies above the

series of small ponds and lake, fed by the River Culm.

Beyond the terrace is a delightful summer house, above

which is an orchard providing cider apples, eating apples

and a large variety of fruit trees. The lake at the southern

end of the property has an attractive, wooden landing

platform for boating.

The house and outbuildings are flanked to the rear by

mature deciduous woodland that is predominately made

up of oak trees. The house is approached down its own

private drive which is lined by London Plane trees. The

property is ideally located in respect of game shooting.

There are five good sized paddocks that could provide

useful grazing for horses.

Churchstanton, Somerset

Vencroft Farm is a delightful, small holding positioned in

an idyllic, peaceful and rural setting on the River Culm.

It is surrounded by the Burnworthy Estate in the heart of

the Blackdown Hills; a designated Area of Outstanding

Natural Beauty.

Schools

There are four well known independent schools

in the area to include King’s Hall Preparatory

School, King’s and Queen’s Taunton and Taunton

School. There is also a separate sixth form

college and further afield there is Millfield School

at Street, Wellington School at Wellington and

Blundells at Tiverton.

Shopping

Taunton (7 miles) provides for most day to day

needs. More extensive shopping is available in

Exeter is just over 30 minutes’ drive away which

has a wide selection of all the familiar high

street names. The country town of Wellington

is also within easy driving distance providing

further facilities, including a Waitrose.

Sporting and Recreational Activities

The area provides a wide choice of sporting

facilities including several golf courses and

excellent riding and walking country. Also close

by is some of the most beautiful countryside in

Somerset, including the nearby Blackdown Hills,

Exmoor National Park and the Quantock Hills.

Travel by Car

Communication links are good with the M5

motorway, either at Junction 26 at Wellington or

Junction 25 at Taunton.

Travel by Train

Taunton (7 miles) provides the mainline railway

links to London Paddington (1hr 40mins).

Travel by Air

The International airports of Exeter and Bristol

also within easy reach and gives access to a

great number of European destinations. Exeter

Airport also caters for private and chartered jets

and helicopters.

All distances and times are approximate.

Local AuthorityTaunton Deane Borough Council, The Deane House,

Belvedere Road, Taunton TA1 1NG Tel: 01823 356355.

Somerset County Council, County Hall, Taunton TA1 4DY

Tel: 0845 345 9166

Fixtures and FittingsAll items usually known as tenant’s fixtures and fittings

whether mentioned or not in these particulars together are

excluded from the sale but some may be available by separate

negotiation. Such items include all carpets and curtains,

light fittings, domestic electrical items and garden statuary.

ServicesMains electricity. Private water and drainage. Oil fired heating.

River Culm

Venn Copse

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Directions Leave Taunton in the southerly direction on the Trull

(Honiton) Road and pass through the villages of Staplehay

and Blagdon Hill. Continue on the main road from Blagdon

Hill as if going to Chruchinford and on the hill, about

200 yards beyond the sharp bend, turn right where

Churchstanton is signed. Follow this road and at the cross-

roads proceed straight over, signed to Churchstanton.

Continue down the hill, bear left at the sharp bend and

after about half a mile, the drive to the property will be

found on the right (just beyond a pair of white cottages on

the left hand side).

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Important notice1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should

not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP or Lillicrap Chilcott in the particulars or

by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the

property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP, Lillicrap Chilcott nor any

joint agent have any authority to make any representations about the property, and

accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the

agents, seller(s) or lessor(s).

2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they

appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given

are approximate only.

3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does

not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct.

4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice.

Particulars dated: November 2013. Photographs dated: Various.

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