6 Bed Detached House For Sale

A beautiful, double fronted 6 bedroom detached Victorian house, situated down a quiet street in Draycott. The property has been lovingly refurbished over the duration of the current ownership and boasts a range of original features and further improvements throughout. The property benefits from ample living accommodation, enclosed rear garden and driveway parking.
EPC rating D.


Laxton House is an impressive and well proportioned period home with a wealth of character features throughout and has been tastefully extended through conversion of the adjoining barn. In a tranquil setting in the heart if this charming village, located at the foot of the Mendip Hills, set well down from the Cheddar to Wells road. This spacious Victorian family home was built circa 1904 and offers fantastic amounts of space. Due to the layout and different access points, the house could also very well lend itself as offering self contained living accommodation, subject to the correct alterations and necessary consents. Accessed mainly from the front, you are welcomed into an inviting entrance hall with Welsh quarry tiles. From here, you will find the living room off to the right with its stripped wooden flooring and coal effect gas fire, whilst to the left, you will find the dining room which offers Blue Lias flagstone flooring and a Villager log burner, with built-in cupboards to either side of the chimney breast. Both offer double glazed windows to the front aspect. At the rear of the ground floor, you will find a well-appointed kitchen that comprises a range of traditional wall, base and drawer units with Galaxy marble worktops over, as well as access to the conservatory. Included within the kitchen are an integrated dishwasher and a Rangemaster double oven. The conservatory has windows to all sides, French doors onto the garden and there is an original well which has been made into a feature with a toughened safety glass top laid into the floor. To the other side of the entrance hall, you will find access to the cloakroom, utility room and snug. The utility room offers space and plumbing for washing facilities, as well as being fitted with additional worktops and a Belfast sink. The snug enjoys an outlook to the front, as well as a separate door to the side of the property.

On the first floor, there is access to all six bedrooms and three further bathrooms, as well as built-in storage. The bedrooms are all of a good size, with many still retaining beautiful features, such as exposed wooden flooring and fitted fireplaces. The spacious main bedroom is situated to the front of the property and offers original stripped flooring and a feature fireplace, whilst next door is another generous double with fitted wash facilities and a rear aspect. Also towards this same end of the landing is a further double bedroom with a front aspect, as well as a smaller bedroom which is currently being used as an office. The main family bathroom offers a white four-piece suite comprising a lovely roll top bath, fitted shower cubicle, as well as a traditional style pedestal wash basin and W/C. To the far end of the barn conversion landing, you will find two further bedrooms and an additional two bathrooms, making this perfect for guests. The larger of the two bedrooms is a generous double with windows to the front aspect and a spacious en-suite shower room, whilst the smaller of the two is still a pleasant and accommodating size. Both feature vaulted ceilings and exposed beams.

Draycott is a village in Somerset, England, neighbouring the village of Cheddar on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is within the parish of Rodney Stoke. It is conveniently located 7 miles from the historic Cathedral City of Wells and 3 miles from Cheddar.

A neat walled front garden greets you and is largely laid to shingle, with a small selection of established plants and ornamental trees. To the side of the property there is cobblestone concrete off road parking and covered carport, which also provides a side entrance into the property and barn doors which open up and lead through to the rear garden.

The garden to the rear is south-east facing and offers an attractive lawn which is bordered by a variety of mature shrubs and plants, as well as a small pond and a variety of small trees. The garden is wonderfully quiet and private, with very little light pollution and so offers a great space to enjoy the evenings. There is a patio seating area, as well as a secondary seating area laid to shingle, whilst additionally, there is a very useful and generously sized open barn for storage or further development, subject to the necessary consents.