Faulkland, Radstock, BA3

Hassage is a rural hamlet within the Parish of Norton St Philip, between Faulkland and Wellow. It comprises houses and cottages, enjoys wonderful views and absolute peace and tranquillity.

The neighbouring villages of Norton St Philip, Wellow and Faulkland between them offer local amenities including village shops, public houses and bus services to both Bath and Frome.  Nearby Faulkland has a lovely lavender farm with café.  Norton St Philip and Wellow have junior and infant schools.   Nearby Babington House is a private members’ club and is popular for sporting and leisure facilities. Bath, which lies approximately 8 miles away offers extensive cultural, educational and leisure facilities.

There are a number of good independent schools in Bath and to the south including Downside, Wells Cathedral, Kings Bruton and Millfield. Communications are excellent from Bath and Westbury to London Paddington. The M4 motorway is within easy driving distance, both junctions 17 and 18, and the A303/M3 is accessible.   Bristol Airport (approximately 21 miles) is less than an hour’s drive away.  

Description

Hassage is reached by a country lane ending with a small cluster of period houses and cottages. Hassage House lies on the eastern side of the hamlet, bordered by gently rolling Somerset countryside and overlooking an unspoilt valley, yet only 20 minutes’ drive from Bath. A five-bar gate opens onto a driveway which leads past the garden and front of the house and forms a large parking/turning area to the north of the house.

Hassage House has delightful honey coloured random stone elevations with a slate roof. There are dressed stone window surrounds and dormer windows with glazing bars and a self-contained wing with garage below styled in complementary and colour washed elevations. Wisteria climbs the rear elevations and a large stone terrace borders the garden and provides a delightful seating area. Colourful flowerbeds run along the elevations and the arrangement of conservatory and two doors from the house opening onto the terrace ensures a flow of house to garden, which is a feature of Hassage House.

Internally the accommodation is well appointed and benefits from high quality and appropriate decoration. The formal living rooms and drawing room with conservatory off and dining room stand either side of the entrance hall. Both these rooms have historic architectural features such as beamed ceilings and open fires with wood burning stoves.

The spacious family kitchen/breakfast room incorporates a conservatory (with underfloor heating) and provides an ideal informal living space with kitchen benefiting from an Aga, stone flooring and hand-built cabinets topped with granite work surfaces and fitted with concealed appliances. The utility room has access to the ground floor shower room, also benefiting from underfloor heating.

The first and second floors offer a master bedroom suite and a guest suite. There are three further bedrooms, a family bathroom and a spacious airing cupboard. One of the bedrooms is currently used as an office.

Accessed via a secondary staircase from the utility room or by its own exterior door, a one bedroom annexe occupies the first floor to the north east. This provides flexibility and separate living for guests and family members.

Externally

The extensive gardens are a joy, planned and laid out about 40 years ago and maintained by the present owners. A large swathe of open shaped lawn interspersed with specimen trees links perennial and herbaceous borders which run through and alongside the gardens. All is bordered by and benefits from far-reaching and open views across gently undulating and unspoilt Somerset countryside.   There is a pond, and on the northern boundary a small wild area with a spring-fed stream running through it.

Hassage House is a rare find in the current market, appealing and offering tranquillity, yet within easy access of Bath, London and surrounding towns, villages and railway stations.

General Information

Hassage House and annexe wing – mains water, electricity, and oil-fired central heating. Private drainage.   Recently installed Klargester sewage treatment plant.

Local Authority Somerset Council.   Council Tax Band H.

The tenure is Freehold.