This Grade II listed Georgian country house featured on the Great British Bake Off in Somerset’s Chew Valley is listed on the market for £6.75m.
The home features 12 bedrooms, nine bathrooms, and 51 acres of grounds with a Victorian stable yard and a treehouse with a copper bath. Bristol and Bath are about 30 minutes away by car.
A wide doorway with a patterned fanlight opens into a spacious entrance hall with a welcoming fireplace and ample room for ornate pieces of furniture.
The dual-aspect drawing room, featuring a magnificent fireplace, leads to the dining room which has tall ceilings and a bay window overlooking the grounds.
At the end of the ground floor, a triple-aspect, panelled reception room opens onto a south-facing terrace, ideal for outdoor entertaining. The crescent-shaped morning room suits a study or reading nook.
The staircase hall, lit by a circular ceiling light, leads to a kitchen/breakfast room with a four-oven AGA, adjacent to a prep kitchen and pantry.
The main staircase leads to a spacious landing and a wide corridor accessing all principal bedrooms. The principal bedroom has a bay window allowing in ample natural light, an en-suite bathroom, and a dressing room with stunning views. Three more bedrooms have en-suites and another shares a bathroom or shower room.
The west wing features a guest bedroom with an attached nursery, sharing a new shower room. Four additional bedrooms, a refurbished bathroom, laundry room, and drying room complete this wing, with a separate staircase leading to the rear hallway.
The home has a staff flat with a kitchen, sitting room, bedroom, and bathroom which has its own entrance via a side door to a courtyard with storage areas.
Built in 2011, a treehouse is hidden amongst mature trees north of the main house. It features a veranda, king-size bed, copper bath, shower, WC, and a kitchen/living area with a wood-burning stove.
Harptree Court, built in 1797 for Joshua Scrope, was designed by Charles Harcourt Masters of Bath. However, before the stonework was completed, Scrope sold the classical East Harptree property to the Waldegrave family, who added a service wing to the symmetrical manse in the early 1800s.
The formal gardens and lawns of this Grade II-listed Georgian property were designed around the same time. (Fans of the hit show The Great British Bake Off may recognise it from seasons three and four).
The home is listed for £6,750,000.