Church Road Combe Down, Bath
£350,000

Description

The Old School House was built in 1830 and was the principal school for Combe Down's children and those from the surrounding villages. The early Victorian building was converted to two apartments and house back in the 1990's. It sits in an elevated location on the corner of Church Road and Belmont Road and is afforded beautiful far reaching views of the Midford valley and beyond. It is a very elegant building with tall Gothic style windows to its facade and is Grade II listed as a building with architectural importance.

Accommodation

You enter the apartment to the side aspect of the building, accessed via the communal courtyard. The entrance hallway provides access to stairs to the upper floor, a storage cupboard, space for a washing machine and a further door leads to another storage area. A flight of stairs lead you up to the upper floor landing. The landing provides access to the bedroom, bathroom, sitting room, storage cupboard and kitchen diner. The kitchen diner is a delight with modern wall and floor units with worktop, inset sink, single oven, gas hob and those tall dual aspect Gothic windows letting light flood in with a south and westerly aspect. The views from here stretch across the Midford valley and the rolling countryside beyond. There is space for appliances and a large dining table, if required. At the end of the hallway you enter into the spacious sitting room which also provides the tall Gothic style windows which make this a light and airy room and afford those far reaching views again.

The bedroom is a good size double room with space for wardrobes, feature fireplace and window providing those views. The bathroom is very nicely presented with large wall and floor tiles, bath, shower, washbasin, WC and heated towel rail. Externally to the side aspect of the building is a stone slab laid garden seating area and to the front aspect you have access to the large garage where this apartment has dedicated storage space. There is the possibility to create a further single bedroom in the property by dividing the kitchen diner. It would be ideal for a professional couple, downsizers, buy-to-let investors or used as a pied-a-terre.

Location

Combe Down sits on a level ridge approximately 1.25 mile (2 km) to the south of Bath city centre. It sits at an altitude of 500ft and hence has always been renowned for its clean air quality with many moving from the city for this reason. The village is adjoined to the north by large areas of natural woodland with public footpaths offering stunning panoramic views overlooking the city and equally gratifying views of the Cotswold (AONB) valleys to the south. There is simply no other village like it on the outskirts of the city with such a wide range of local amenities and schooling. This makes it a very popular place for families and those looking for an area with a rural feeling but still within walking distance of the city. You will find every level of schooling in the local vicinity with three nurseries, two academy primary schools, Ralph Allen academy senior school and two independent schools in Prior Park and Monkton Combe, both with pre-prep, prep and senior schools. There is also Threeways School which provides for special education needs from ages 4 to 19 years.

Locally there is an abundance of amenities with doctor’s surgery, Bath BMI Clinic, dentist, pharmacy, highly reputed car garage, award winning delicatessen, fish and chip shop, hair salon, builders merchants, beauty therapist, bakery and Nisa mini-markets. On the western edge of the village is a Tesco Express with petrol station and a large Sainsburys supermarket can also be found in neighbouring Odd Down. Nearby you will also find the excellent country club spa hotel Combe Grove Manor, which provides dining, gymnasium, spa treatments, swimming facilities and tennis courts both indoor and outdoor. There is also a new development being built in the village called Mulberry Park. An award winning development of 700 new homes and currently becoming one of Bath’s finest, new residential communities. With a new primary school, children’s nursery, cafe and state-of-the-art leisure and business facilities, with further amenities to follow, Mulberry Park will also build Bath’s first new park for 100 years. The local bus service provides quarter hourly services during the day into the city. For the walkers among you Bath Spa station is a shade over 1.2 mile from the village and you are also afforded a plethora of countryside walks into the Cotswold 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' minutes from the village itself.

Tenure

Share of freehold No management charge or company. Any issues or repairs are discussed between the three parties in the building. Any repairs are split and paid for as and when required.

Services

Mains gas, electric, water and drainage.

EPC Rating

Band - C

Council Tax

Band - C

Viewings

This property is marketed by TYNINGS Ltd as a sole agent and viewings are strictly by appointment only. All viewings are accompanied and by prior arrangement. Please contact us and ask for Ben to arrange a viewing.

Disclaimer

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