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Brookfield Cottage is a delightful house set just a few minutes
from Frome. Fully refurbished in the very recent past, the property
offers exceptionally well presented accommodation with high quality
materials.
The entrance porch leads to the front sitting room with a
welcoming wood burning stove and double doors through to the open
plan space running the width of the building and giving
kitchendiningliving room. The kitchen itself offers a full range of
Neptune units and built in Neff appliances and a matching utility
room with secondary fridge freezer. The open plan nature of this
room is enhanced by views and access out to the pretty garden with
great countryside views.
The upper floors offer 4 bedrooms, a further occasional bedroom
or study, dressing room and ensuite to the main bedroom and two
further shower rooms.
The garden to the rear is a paradise of lavender lined pathways,
flowering borders and rose bushes. It has many seating areas to
take in the vista and also vegetable beds and green house.
Laverton is a quiet village, with a small, beautiful church.
There is an excellent local pub in neighbouring Norton St Phillip:
The George, a 14th-century coaching inn with a beer garden and
amazing elevated views of The Mead, is a 1.7 mile walk through
quiet country lanes.
North Somerset’s most popular highlights are also easily
reachable from Laverton. The area is well-renowned for its cultural
and culinary highlights, Bruton’s excellent food offerings – the
Michelin-starred Osip, The Old Pharmacy, At the Chapel, The Newt –
as well as Hauser and Wirth, can be easily reached by car, and
Frome is also close by. Frome’s lively community of independent
shops, creative businesses and eateries include Rye Bakery,
Projects Frome, Moo and Two, Frome Hardware, Eight Stony Street,
and Frome Reclamation Yard. The Frome Independent, a monthly market
showcasing local artisans and food producers has also helped put
Frome on the map, attracting over 80,000 visitors annually.
For fresh food and farm produce, there are plenty of independent
growers and dairies to choose from. Westcombe Dairy is a go-to for
award-winning cheese and charcuterie, and Landrace Bakery’s new
outpost is now conveniently on-site, offering sourdough bread made
from stoneground UK grains milled at the new Landrace Mill. A good
selection of farm shops for organic produce are also nearby.
The villages of Mells and Nunney are close by. Nunney is
characterised by its historic centre and, most notably, its
picturesque moated medieval castle built in the 1370s by a local
knight, Sir John de la Mare. The village has a popular local pub,
The George Inn. A popular spot for Sunday lunch is The Talbot Inn
in Mells or wood-fired pizza from The Walled Garden opposite.
The city of Bath is just 20 minutes by car and provides direct
train links to London Paddington in one hour and 30 minutes.
Westbury train station is a 20-minute drive away and also provides
direct links to London.
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