Lugbury House is an exceptional family home with versatile accommodation. Built with Cotswold stone elevations under a stone tiled roof, the house is light and offers far-reaching country views from all its principal rooms.
Character features include the inglenook fireplace with wood burner in the living room, and bespoke wooden units in the kitchen which give a farmhouse feel. The dining room lies off the kitchen and leads in turn to the garden room. Upstairs are spacious bedrooms including the master suite, while the house also benefits from a recently refurbished one-bedroom apartment which has been used for holiday lets.
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Outside are formal lawns; to the east are the tennis court and the kitchen garden - adjacent is the office which is ideal for working from home. Four paddocks surround the property and equestrian facilities include five loose boxes and a tack room. The land comes to around 25 acres.
Nettleton Shrub is a picturesque hamlet 13 miles east of Bath and 6 miles from Chippenham. Nettleton itself has a post office and a local shop and the house is within easy reach of the M4.
The guide price is £1.75m. For further information please contact Knight Frank on 01225 325 999 or visit www.knightfrank.co.uk.
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