Lakeview Road, Keinton Mandeville, TA11

Location

Copia is perfectly located in close proximity to excellent local schools including the charming village primary school with small class sizes (rated Ofsted Good, and Outstanding for Behaviour and Attitudes), Millfield (one the UK’s leading mixed private schools), Hazelgrove, and the Wells, Sherborne and Bruton Schools.

In the immediate locality, there is a village convenience store, the Church of St Mary Magdalene, The Quarry Inn public house, and playing fields, all within walking distance. Keinton Mandeville is named in the Domesday Book, dating back to at least Roman times. It's a thriving and friendly village with various clubs and societies.

The nearby bustling towns of Castle Cary, Glastonbury, Street & Somerton all provide an excellent range of facilities whilst Wells, Sherborne, Yeovil, Taunton, Bath, and Bristol are all within easy reach.

The A303 is a few miles south and Castle Cary Station has a regular mainline service to Paddington in just under an hour and a half.

Description

Copia has been individually designed by Bath based Room-Studio Interior Design in a true “edge of village” location. This home offers a beautifully contemporary vibe and is set amongst an incredible ecology corridor and benefitting from uninterrupted views across the Somerset countryside. Landscaping designed by leading local garden designer, Eliza Grey, will showcase the magical setting of this stylish new home.

The wonderful design of this exciting contemporary home benefits from

* Natural wood and Lias stone flooring

* Stairwell lighting by award-winning designer, Flos

* Kitchen with Neolith Crystal worktops and integrated Siemens appliances

* Lusso Stone Sanitaryware incorporating Marble Basins

* Carpets by Crucial Trading

* Air source heat pump

* Smart hot water and heating system

* Solar panels and EV charging point

* Electronic/Smart security gate

Entering the house via the front door, you are welcomed into an entrance hall which is predominantly glass on two sides. The immediate sense of light and space is striking. To one side there is an incredible bespoke feature staircase which has been constructed in solid oak and finished in a stylish stained finish. The lower step has been finished with locally quarried Blue Lias which is under-lit to add further effect. To the left side is a useful coats cupboard.

The long, glazed hall leads through to the magnificent and dramatic kitchen/living space. Here you find in part a full height ceiling and several ways of accessing the gardens and grounds with both a pair of French doors to one side and the main gable end having very large sliding doors. The fantastic sense of space is accentuated with the surrounding countryside and gardens feeling very much part of the living space. The kitchen itself is beautifully finished with a central island which houses twin Siemens ovens and a combination microwave. In addition, appliances include an integrated Siemens fridge and freezer, Quooker boiling water tap and a Siemens induction hob. The worktops are finished in stylish Neolith Crystal with Alpina mid-oak doors to the units.

From the kitchen a door leads you through to a good-sized sitting room which has French doors to the side garden and a built-in cupboard. This in turn leads through to a well finished utility room, which again is nicely finished with a range of units, good sized sink and Silestone worktops. There are two recesses with plumbing for a washing machine and space for a dryer as well. Back out to a lobby off the main hall, you find the ground floor cloakroom.

To the far end of the hallway is effectively an area of the property which could quite easily be used as an annexe, should this be required. It currently offers a fantastic boot room with door to the garden, ideal for coming in with dogs or muddy boots from a walk. This has stylish, contemporary units, stainless steel square sink and bench cupboard, ideal for shoes. If needed, this room could very easily be converted to an additional kitchen. This end of the house also has a rather lovely bedroom with its own ensuite shower room, a study and a snug.

Upstairs, to one end of the house, is the dramatic master suite which has the most fantastic views through a large, glazed window looking straight out across the open countryside and gardens. The bedroom has its own spacious dressing room and this links through to a beautifully finished ensuite bathroom with feature Lusso egg shape bath, and large glazed shower cubicle. Most notable in our eyes, though, are the most amazing twin marble sinks, again by Lusso. At the other end of the landing is a further spacious bedroom with its own ensuite shower room fitted to the same specification. A third bedroom and shower room complete the upper accommodation.

Externally

The house is very well situated at the edge of the village with the gardens linking to open countryside. It is set behind a contemporary electronic/Smart sliding security gate which gives way to a sweeping gravel driveway.

To your right side is a nicely finished larch weather boarded garage which has solar panels on the roof providing back-up levels of electricity supply. The garage itself has light and power and there is both a side door access and a 7kw car charger.

The front garden has a large expanse of freshly laid turf lawn, interspersed with various trees. The gravel comes to the entranceway of the house. This leads through to well-planted individual beds which are combined with various grey brick paved terraces and lovely gravel pathways. This leads round to the rear of the house.

Off the kitchen the sliding doors lead out to a magnificent, porcelain tiled terrace which in part is covered by the over-hanging roof. There is a further section of terrace with an area which could easily provide a BBQ and outside kitchen for alfresco dining. To the other side of the house the garden continues around the property. There is a fairly generous section of wild garden incorporating two ponds to attract the natural wildlife. The gardens themselves have direct views over the surrounding countryside giving the property a true feeling of tranquility.