Known to date back to the early 16th century, Sea Mills Farm is an unusual and very handsome property combining a farmhouse, mill and miller's cottage in a continuous row. It is surrounded by its own land totalling about 15 acres and has no near neighbours. The property is Grade II listed and is built of local Moolham stone with mullion windows, chamfered ceiling beams and a Double Roman clay tile roof. Milling took place on the site until the mid-1970s and it has been the much-loved family home of the current owners for the past 29 years, during which it has been carefully renovated and maintained. The property is currently used as a single dwelling but given its earlier layout it would be relatively simple to reinstate the miller's cottage as an independent, self-contained annexe. Similarly, the garden room with its en suite shower room could serve as ground floor bedroom for a dependent relative with limited mobility. The house has a total of four reception rooms, with the good-sized sitting and dining rooms combining with the large kitchen/breakfast room and adjacent conservatory to form a family hub in the centre of the house. All these rooms look out on at least two sides and the back of the house faces south with a lovely outlook across the pretty rear garden towards a large, river-fed lake partially fringed by mature trees. The kitchen is fully fitted with timber-fronted units, gas fired Rangemaster range cooker and two oven, gas-fired aga. At one end of the house are the study and adjacent snug plus a useful storage room. The main staircase has a hugely impressive stairwell with a vaulted ceiling and leads up to the partly galleried landing, off which are five double bedrooms. The principal and guest bedroom suites are extremely spacious and both have en suite bathrooms with separate showers. The remaining three bedrooms share the family shower room.Sea Mills Farm has a group of farm and mill associated buildings. Opposite the house is the granary, which has detailed consent for conversion. Work on the conversion has started and therefore the consent is now perpetual. Behind the granary are a concrete yard bedside a former milking parlour that now serves as a good-sized workshop. To one side of the drive are a modern, enclosed former Dutch barn and adjacent stock barn that currently provide extensive storage space for vehicles and machinery. Beside the former Dutch barn is a single garage and in the rear garden is a summerhouse, which has a lovely view towards Windwhistle Hill.The house is approached via an 80 yard, tree-lined drive to a tarmac parking area. To its front is a walled and lawned garden with the main, formal garden to the rear and one side, consisting of level lawn with several pretty, richly planted borders. The garden looks out behind to a small lake partially fringed by mature trees. Within the garden are an ornamental pond, greenhouse, working two seater privy and several fruit trees including apple and peach. Surrounding the house, outbuildings and garden is pastureland (11.49 acres) divided into five enclosures and a cider apple orchard (1.86 acres) containing 46 trees.Planning Consents: Change of use and conversion of granary to an ancillary dwelling (Ref: 16/04872/ful) was approved on 31st January 2017. Work has commenced and consent is therefore perpetual. Consent for prior approval for change of use to convert the stock barn into two holiday cottages (Ref: 18/02701/pamb) was refused on 23rd October 2018. Changes have subsequently been made to the application with a Determination Deadline for a decision by the Local Authority of 31st August 2022.Ilminster/Tesco Superstore 1.5 miles, A303 2.4 miles, Chard 3.6 miles Crewkerne station 9.1 miles (Waterloo 2 hours 39 minutes), Taunton 13.3 miles (Paddington 1 hour 50 minutes), Yeovil 15.7 miles. (Distances and time approximate).Sea Mills Farm is positioned close to the River Isle amidst open, unspoilt countryside and is set well back off a peaceful country lane leading to the hamlet of Sea. Despite its lovely rural setting, the property is only 1.5 miles from the small market town of Ilminster, which can meet most day-to-day requirements and has an excellent range of shops and businesses including a Tesco Superstore, gp and dental surgeries, pharmacy, post office and petrol station. For wider requirements Chard, Yeovil and Taunton are all within easy reach. For transport links the A303 is only about 2.5 miles away, there are nearby direct rail services from Crewkerne to Waterloo (2 hours 39 minutes) and from Taunton to Paddington (1 hour 50 minutes) and the airports at Exeter and Bristol are about 40 minutes and an hour's drive away respectively. The area is also blessed with a selection of good schools from both the state and independent sectors. The choice from the latter includes Chard School, Perrot Hill, four schools in Taunton and Wellington School, which are all within a 15 mile radius.

Chiselborough House started life as a much smaller 17th century house that is reputed to have been dismantled and then re-assembled and extended in its current position during the Georgian period. The house has subsequently remained almost unchanged architecturally and is a lovely example of a house of that period.The principal reception rooms and bedrooms are south facing with wonderful views over the attractive garden and grounds. Many of the classic, early 19th century architectural fittings remain and include small pane, tall windows, moulded architraves, beautiful joinery including oak parquet flooring and Blue Lias flagstones floors. The house has been the home of its current owners since 1997 and now offers the opportunity for a full refurbishment. The principal part of the house is formed around the central reception hall, which has three reception rooms off it and an elegant, sweeping staircase lit by natural light from a roof lantern above the stairwell.Both the drawing room and adjacent dining room are south-facing with French windows providing direct access into the garden. Also on the ground floor is the sitting room, which has oak beams, a fireplace fitted with a wood-burning stove. The good-sized kitchen/breakfast room has a walk-in pantry and is thought to have a Blue Lias flagstone floor beneath its current covering. Upstairs off the main, galleried landing are four bedrooms, of which two have en suite bathrooms. A secondary landing leads to four further bedrooms and a family bathroom.Beside the house is a cobbled hamstone stable yard incorporating two loose boxes, double garage, single garage and a two bedroom cottage (in need of refurbishment) with its own garden behind. Scope exists subject to planningto enlarge the cottage by incorporating the single garage.Chiselborough House is approached by a drive that swings round to the area in front of the house and is set in beautiful parkland grounds of about 7 acres, which have been developed over the past 24 years by the currentowners. On the south facing side of the house there is an impressive climbing wisteria together with a large lawn and an established blue cedar tree. Beyond the lawn the gardens lead into a wonderful rich array of camellias, rhododendrons, magnolias, azaleas and other scented plants.Behind the house enclosed by beech hedging is a hard tennis court adjacent to a swimming pool with pool house (both of which are in need of repair). Beyond is a mixed orchard containing plum, apple, walnut, mulberry and pear trees as well as a former kitchen garden and stone built barn.Chiselborough House is situated on the edge of Chiselborough village which has a pretty church and pub. The nearest village shop and post office is in the neighbouring village of Norton Sub Hamdon. For wider needs the town of Crewkerne is nearby offering a wide range of shopping, recreational and business facilities, with Sherborne and Taunton also within a reasonable distance by car. There are excellent transport links close by with the A303 being under 2 miles away. The rail services include Yeovil Junction and Crewkerne Station to London Waterloo and Castle Cary Station to London Paddington. Bristol & Exeter Airports are both within about an hour's drive and offer connections to both local and international destinations. The local area also offers a wide choice of good schools from both the state and independent sectors. The latter sector includes Perrott Hill, the Sherborne schools, Leweston, Hazelgrove and Millfield, which are all within a 15-mile radius.

The house is a very attractive Grade II Listed, 2-storey manor house built of mellow red brick under a Welsh slate and plain tile roof and has a classic late-Georgian symmetrical front elevation decorated with flanking louvered shutters and an attractive stone doorcase. The entire property has undergone a full programme of renovation and modernisation to the highest standards over the past few years. Under the direction of the renowned interior designer, Melanie Hall, an ultra-modern and vibrant style has been introduced to the interior of the main house, which respects the authenticity and style of the original building and yet provides a striking contrast with the beautiful, old exterior.Images taken when previously furnishedOn the ground floor, a great sense of space and light has been created with broad openings off the centrally-positioned reception hall to the sitting and dining rooms on either side. Both rooms have tall windows overlooking the garden and fireplaces fitted with wood-burning stoves. The dining room can comfortably seat twelve and is open-plan to the state-of-the-art chef's kitchen with central kitchen island and breakfast room. Adjacent to the drawing room is the family room and the newly-built orangery, which opens onto the terrace. Beyond the kitchen is the study, which contains the inglenook fireplace from the original house, the cloakroom, the walk-in larder and wine room, the laundry room and the boot room. On the first floor the layout of rooms has been re-configured to provide a larger principal bedroom suite, with a dressing room and en suite bath and shower room. There is a second double bedroom with en suite bath and shower room and two further double bedrooms, which are both en suite to a dual- access bath and shower room.Located some way from the main house are Apple Loft Cottage and Drayton Manor Cottage. The former currently serves as a guest cottage and has a sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, three bedrooms, shower room and cloakroom. The latter is used for staff accommodation and has a sitting room, kitchen breakfast room, two bedrooms, shower room and cloakroom.Attached at the rear of the house is a newly extended double garage with an adjacent bicycle store, log store and gardener's WC. A short walk from the main house is a newly built home office and gym which overlooks the stream and pond. There is also a summer house and adjacent to the kitchen garden are the garden store and greenhouse. In the larger of the two paddocks is a new modern machinery store with scope to create stabling if required, subject to consent.The property sits back from the village lane down a private drive, which forks to a parking area at the front of the house whilst a secondary spur continues to the garaging at the rear of the house and on to both cottages. The main house sits centrally to its land with gardens on all sides providing a sense of seclusion and privacy from neighbouring houses. The gardens and grounds surround the house with wide swathes of lawn, two terraces, a tulip garden, a vegetable garden, many fine mature trees and a small arboretum. On the southern side of the house are a sunken hot tub and a delightful stream flows around two sides of the garden. The gardens are complemented by two paddocks, one of which has separate access directly from the village lane. In all the gardens and grounds extend to about 7 acres.The property is situated on the edge of the small village of Drayton, which is surrounded by unspoilt Somerset countryside and has a parish church, village hall, the Drayton Arms public house, and an annual Street Fair. The area has excellent schooling at all levels. Local schools include Kings School Bruton, Bruton School for Girls, Millfield, the Sherborne Schools, the Taunton schools, Hazlegrove, Leweston and Wells Cathedral School.The A303 (10 miles) provides a direct east/west route linking with the M3 to London and the M5 at Taunton (12 miles) via the A378 and A358. The property is only 21⁄2 miles from the small town of Langport, which despite its small size is a thriving community and has an excellent range of local shops and services including a Post Office, two convenience stores, a range of public houses and restaurants and medical, dental and veterinary surgeries. A broader range of amenities is available nearby in Yeovil, Glastonbury, Taunton and Wells. There is a mainline rail service from Yeovil Junction (161⁄2 miles) to London Waterloo taking about 21⁄4 hours and from Castle Cary (171⁄2 miles) to London Paddington in about 90 minutes on the fast train. Bristol & Exeter Airports are both within about 1 hour's drive offering connections within the UK and to many international destinations. (Distances and times approximate).