High Street, Tormarton, GL9

Dauncey House is a prominent village home comprising six bedrooms and three receptions rooms. Although believed to date back to Georgian period, this detached family home has the benefit of not being Listed. Approached via a gated gravel entrance the reception hall is flanked by the kitchen and has a smart drawing room including a central open fire with direct access to the garden. The hand painted kitchen has a pleasant aspect to the walled courtyard. There are two further reception rooms; the sitting room with a wood burning stove and double doors out to the side of the garden as well as into the dining room. The first floor houses the principal bedroom suite with a pleasant aspect over the fields plus a spacious bathroom including a range of fitted wardrobes, a freestanding claw foot bath and a walk in shower. Also on this floor are two further double bedrooms served by the family bathroom. The second floor houses an additional main bedroom with far reaching views, dressing room and bathroom. There is once again two more bedrooms plus the family bathroom for this level. This perfect layout provides great flexibility for the growing family.

Outside

Dauncey House stands in gardens just over 2.5 acres with an impressive dry stone wall running the length of the land and house. The house is approached through electric wooden gates opening into a gravel driveway. A stone detached outbuilding houses a double garage and garden room/home office fronted by an enclosed terrace with hot tub and attractive lighting. The level lawn is a wonderful area for relaxing and entertaining with a backdrop of the handsome façade of Dauncey House. Flowerbeds and dry stonewalls divide this part of the garden to the adjacent field, which is bordered by a mature hedge. The land is interspersed by specimen trees. There is gated access to the side for easy access. The kitchen courtyard has ancient flagstones with herb beds plus a stone wood store. There is a further stone outbuilding to the front of the house used as a boot room/utility room.

Situation

Tormarton is a picturesque Cotswold village approximately ten miles north of Bath surrounded by countryside. The village is in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and also benefits from a local hotel and bar as well as the parish church. The adjacent villages of Marshfield and Acton Turville have popular primary schools, village shops and country pubs.

Tormarton offers excellent access to Junction 18 of the M4, and is an ideal position for Bristol and Bath, both cosmopolitan cities enjoying many fine restaurants, specialist shops, museums and art galleries as well as superb choice of education facilities. They also benefit from main line rail services, as does Chippenham railway station, one hour and 15 minutes to London Paddington.

Additional Information

Services: Mains connected water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired heating and underfloor electric
heating in the ground floor hall, drawing room and dining room. We note on the Historic England website that the property is not Listed.

South Gloucestershire Council. Council Tax Band G.