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COSSINGTON PARK
Middle Road, Cossington, Somerset TA7 8LH
Street 10 miles Taunton 20 miles Bristol Airport 35 miles
An exceptional historic house of early Georgian origin with elegant accommodation, beautiful gardens, and a peaceful village setting within easy reach of Street, Glastonbury, the M5 and Bristol.
Owned within the same family for almost 400 years, Cossington Park is a remarkable home of immense character and charm. With origins dating back to the 17th century, this fine country house offers over 5,000 sq. ft. of accommodation, including three principal reception rooms, a conservatory, six bedrooms and five bath shower rooms four of which are en suite. A range of domestic offices complements the living spaces, and the property is enhanced by delightful, landscaped gardens, a paddock orchard, and a collection of substantial stone outbuildings.
GUIDE PRICE £1,195,000
THE HOUSE
Cossington Park exudes the spirit of the English country house graceful, romantic and deeply comfortable. It is approached via a cobbled drive between high stone walls and through double timber gates, opening to a courtyard framed by outbuildings and high garden walls. A pathway leads through the garden to the south facing fa ade of this handsome period home.
The house has evolved over centuries, combining historical architecture with modern comforts including a biomass central heating system and numerous bathrooms. Though grand in scale, the atmosphere remains warm, inviting, and perfectly suited to both entertaining and family life.
The principal reception rooms are arranged off the inner halls, all enjoying an abundance of natural light and wonderful views over the gardens. The drawing room is especially charming, with ceiling beams, an inglenook fireplace housing a wood burning stove, a bay window, and French doors opening to the gardens. An adjacent conservatory extends this living space with glorious garden views.
The sitting room mirrors these features with exposed beams and a wide bay window, while the splendid dining room features herringbone parquet flooring, tall bookshelves, a fireplace with stove, and another elegant bay window.
The kitchen retains its historic heart with a tiled floor, an inglenook fireplace with bread ovens, and a marble topped range of cabinets. Adjoining are a breakfast room and a back kitchen with Belfast sink, fitted shelving, and space for modern appliances. Further domestic rooms include a utility laundry room, a hallway with storage and boiler house, and external access.
First floor
A staircase from the front hall rises to a generous landing with fireplace and access to the principal bedroom. This room enjoys glorious garden views and includes fitted wardrobes, a fireplace, and an en suite bathroom.
The second bedroom, also spacious, has fitted storage, bookshelves, a fireplace and en suite shower room.
From here, a door leads to an inner landing that connects to the third bedroom is which is also characterful, with ceiling beams, a fireplace, window seat, and a large en suite shower room.
Steps lead to three further bedrooms one with en suite facilities and a family bathroom.
THE GROUNDS
The gardens at Cossington Park are enchanting south facing, private, and beautifully landscaped. The grounds, totalling approximately one acre, are mainly enclosed by stone walls and include formal lawns, yew and box hedging, rose and iris beds, and a variety of specimen trees. Among these is a magnificent Chinese Elm, reputedly the oldest of its kind in the UK, brought to the house by the seller s ancestors.
A sheltered terrace adjacent to the house offers a peaceful seating area beneath a mature magnolia, ideal for outdoor dining and entertaining. There is also a discreet west facing walled garden accessed from the breakfast room, with further lawns, borders and useful store sheds.
A lily pond with a timber bridge lies at the far end of the garden, leading into the orchard paddock a serene space with fruit trees, framed by a grassed walkway and dry stone walls.
OUTBUILDINGS & ACCESS
The cobbled drive leads to a walled courtyard with a range of outbuildings and ample parking. In addition to the main vehicular entrance, a pedestrian gate opens from the village lane into a charming walled garden, with a separate access door into the house.
PLANNING CONSENTS
Consents have been granted for various works at Cossington Park Estate. These include
1.Outline planning permission in perpetuity for conversion and extension of the sheds in the kitchen garden on the western side of the house to create a large multi purpose room and shower room. This could be for an office suite or a ground floor bedroom suite all on the ground floor, with its own garden area and with its own access to Middle Road.
2.Outline planning permission in perpetuity for conversion and extension of the Home Guard Hut currently housing the biomass boiler into a one bedroom housekeeper s cottage, with access through the garden wall into the walled front garden on the north side of the house .
3.Outline planning permission in perpetuity for conversion and extension of the main service shed and store in the car park courtyard into a two bedroom, two storey cottage, with the bedrooms downstairs, so that the sitting dining room would excellent southerly views.
Full details are available.
LOCATION
Cossington is a quintessential Somerset village on the western edge of the Polden Hills, known for its sense of community and attractive rural setting. Local amenities include a popular pub and village hall, with everyday services nearby in Edington and Woolavington. The towns of Street and Bridgwater provide a wide range of shopping and educational facilities.
The M5 Junction 23 is just 3.5 miles away, giving excellent road access to Bristol, Taunton and Exeter, while mainline rail services to London Paddington are available from Bridgwater and Taunton. The renowned Millfield School is approximately 20 minutes away, and Catcott offers a sought after village primary school.
Nature reserves at Shapwick Heath and RSPB Ham Wall are a short drive away, making this a wonderful location for walkers and nature enthusiasts.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Freehold
Grade II listed
Mains water and electricity
Private drainage
Biomass central heating
Council Tax Band E
EPC Band F
DIRECTIONS
Postcode TA7 8LH
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From Street, follow the A38 for approximately 8 miles. Turn north towards Cossington. Upon entering the village, turn right at the crossroads and continue for a few hundred yards. The entrance to Cossington Park is on the right, just beyond the bus shelter.
VIEWINGS
Strictly by appointment through the agents
Roderick Thomas, 1 Priory Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1SR
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Available
For Sale
6 beds
Detached
12 days on market
