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Knoll Hill Farm & Guest Accommodation
Trudoxhill, Nr Frome, Somerset

Knoll Hill Farm & Guest Accommodation,
Trudoxhill, Nr Frome, Somerset, BA11 5DP
High quality B & B barn conversions set on the edge of the
village with panoramic countryside views.
Located south of Bath and Bristol with Longleat Safari Park and
Stourhead Gardens (National Trust) being close by.
On the edge of the village within walking distance of local amenities.
Detached period 5 bedroom farmhouse.
Barn conversion with 5 high quality AA rated five star letting rooms.
Guest suite including 2 bedrooms, bathroom and sitting room area in
conservatory with countryside views; under construction.
Outbuildings include garden room, garaging, stores and stabling.
Set in approximately 3.03 acres.
Website:- www.theplacetostayuk.com
Chesterton Humberts
Mansfield House,
Taunton
Somerset TA1 3DN
01823 331234
stephen.richards@chestertonhumberts.com www.chestertonhumberts.com
Location
Knoll Hill Farm and Guest Accommodation is located on the edge of the village of Trudoxhill and is
within walking distance of the village hall and the White Hart Inn which is well known for its good
food within the area. Frome is 3 miles to the east with further shopping, theatres and cinema.
Shepton Mallett is 8 miles to the west.
Local tourist attractions in the area include Longleat Safari Park, near Frome; Fleet Air Arm
Museum, near Yeovil; Stourhead gardens (National Trust), near Mere; the Cathedral City of Wells,
Glastonbury with its Tor and Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford. Further afield the Cathedral City
of Salisbury is ideal for a day trip. The spa City of Bath is 15 miles away with it’s Abbey, Royal
Crescent and Roman Baths.
Knoll Hill Farm is located on the Somerset/Wiltshire border and is easily accessible from London
and the Home Counties via the A303. There is a primary school at Nunney and a secondary
school at Frome; along with a number of private schools in the area including Kings and Sexey’s,
Sunnyhill at Bruton along with Millfield private school near Glastonbury, which has an international
reputation for excellence. There are also public schools further afield in Bath.

The Property
The property provides a period 5 bedroom, three
bathroom farmhouse (two rooms en-suite); two of the
rooms are currently used for the B&B trade and the
kitchen/breakfast room is used as a dining area for the
business. Previously the farmhouse has been used as a
private residence with all the business being carried out
within the courtyard to give the farmhouse a high degree
of privacy.
The guest accommodation is located in a separate barn
conversion and provides 5 high quality B&B rooms rated
by the AA as 5 star. Outbuildings include garaging,
workshop, storage buildings and stabling. Set in 3.03
acres including formal gardens and paddocks.
Knoll Hill Farmhouse
Ground Floor:-
Entrance Porch 2.90 x 1.42 (9’6 x 4’7) With quarry tiled
floor with heavy wooden and stain glass door into:-
Hall Victorian style patterned floor. Staircase with
polished balustrade leading to first floor accommodation.
Wooden doors to rooms. Understairs cupboard. Wooden
door to:-
Study 4.27 x 3.91 (14’0 x 12’9) Window to front. Picture
rail. Marble open fireplace.
Sitting Room 4.22 x 4.19 (13’10 x 13’8) Currently used
as the reception to business. Accessed off hall. Open
fireplace with wooden surround and mantle housing wood
burning stove. Picture rail. Windows to front. French
glazed doors into:-

Drawing Room 5.65 x 4.97 (18’6 x 16’4) Windows to side.
Open fireplace with ‘Minster’ stone surround and mantle
housing woodburning stove. Exposed stone walls.
Beamed ceiling. Wooden ledge and brace door into:-
Dining Room 4.66 x 3.41 (15’2 x 11’1) Window to rear
and side overlooking gardens. Exposed stone wall.
Beamed ceiling. Ceramic tiled floor. Doorway into:-
Butler’s Pantry 3.84 x 3.58 (12’6 x 11’8) Range of builtin
shelving. Built-in cupboards. Aga oven. Wooden door
to:-
Boot Room With quarry tiled floor. Built-in cupboards.
Glazed door to outside. Door leading into kitchen.
Window to rear overlooking gardens. Wooden door to:-
Cloakroom White suite of low level WC and window to
rear.
Cloakroom Access off Hall. Fabric lined room with white
suite of coupled WC and wash hand basin in a vanity unit
with cupboards below. Ceramic tiled floor. Extractor fan.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room 10.42 x 3.92 (34’1 x 12’10)
Accessed from hall. Modern wooden hand-made shaker
style kitchen of wall and base units with roll edged work
surface with inset 1 ½ bowl sink unit. Built-in larder fridge.
Built-in Bosch dishwasher. AEG double electric oven and
DeDietrich induction hob. Waste disposal unit and cooker
extractor fan. Ceramic tiled floor. Glazed windows to three
sides giving panoramic countryside views. French doors to
outside leading onto gardens. Concealed lighting.
Spotlights. Currently used as the dining room for the B&B
Business. Wooden door to:-
Utility Room 4.19 x2.69 (13’8 x 8’10) Built-in kitchen
cupboards. Grant boiler. Plumbing for automatic washing
machine. Commercial stainless steel deep bowl sink unit.
Venting for tumble dryer. Laminate flooring. Window to
rear. (used as a laundry for the business).
First Floor:-
Landing Galleried landing with wooden doors to rooms.
Access to roof voids. Built-in airing cupboard housing
modern factory insulated hot water cylinder. High level
windows to front. Cast iron open fireplace. Picture rail.
Wooden door to:-
Bedroom 1 5.68 x 3.52 (18’7 x 11’6) Oak flooring and
steps down into room. Skylight. Window to side.
Spotlight. Opening into:-
En-suite Bathroom White suite of coupled WC, his and
her’s wash hand basins in vanity unit with cupboard
below. Panelled bath. Walk-in double shower cubicle with
drencher shower. Access to roof void. Ceramic tiled floor.
Bedroom 2 4.18 x 2.72 (15’5 x 8’11) Accessed off
landing. Window to front. Picture rail.
Bedroom 3 4.27 x 3.92 (14 x 12’10) Accessed off
landing. Window to front and side. Cast iron open
fireplace. Picture rail. (double guest room.)

Bedroom 4 4.24 x 3.91 (13’11 x 12’10) Accessed from
landing. Window to rear with panoramic countryside
views. Picture rail. Cast iron fireplace. (King sized guest
room). Opening into:-
En-suite Shower Room Modern white suite of coupled
WC, two wash hand basins in vanity units with cupboards
below. Curved shower cubicle with drencher shower.
Heated towel rail radiator. Spotlights. Extractor fan.
Window to rear with panoramic countryside views.
Bedroom 5 3.23 x 2.29 (10’6 x 7’6) Accessed from
landing. Window to rear with panoramic countryside
views. Picture rail. Cast iron fireplace.
Bathroom Accessed from landing. White suite of
coupled WC, pedestal wash hand basin and panelled bath
with shower attachment. Window to rear with panoramic
countryside views. Heated towel rail radiator.
Outside:-
Detached Garden Room 4.49 x 4.16 (14’8 x 13’7) Under
a clay tiled roof with decking floor with built-in lighting.
Exposed two walls overlooking gardens. Power, lighting
and heating.
Gardens are well landscaped and laid mainly to lawn with
flower and shrub borders leading out onto paddocks.
Guest Accommodation
The guest accommodation is located in a separate barn
conversion; meaning the house has a high degree of
privacy from the business.
The barn conversion is set around a gravelled court yard
with block paved paths to rooms with a patio area with
seating for guests.
There are 5 high quality double rooms; all 5 star rated by
the AA. All rooms have en-suite shower rooms/bathrooms
with new modern suites with drencher showers; ceramic
tiled floors and tiled walls. They include hanging area for
clothes. Flat screen colour TV with DVD & digital
Freeview. Tea & coffee making facilities and such
features as exposed roof trusses and exposed natural
stone walls.
Guest Suite
Sitting Room 6.4 x 3 x 3.23 (21’ x 10’6) Conservatory
with panoramic countryside views with ceramic tiled floor.
Stable door to bedroom 2. French glazed door:-
Bedroom 1 4.93 x 4.0 (16’1 x 13’1) Access from dining
room. With vaulted ceiling with exposed roof trusses and
exposed natural stoned wall. Oak flooring. Raised brick
hearth to place a roll top slipper bath with ball & claw feet.
Wooden glazed door to outside courtyard. Ledge & brace
door into:-
Bedroom 2 3.96 x 2.74 (12’11 x 8’11) Under construction.
Window to side overlooking countryside. Vaulted ceiling
with exposed roof trusses and exposed natural stone wall.
En-suite Shower Room under construction.

PIGGERY
4.32 x 3.96 (14’1 x 12’11) With a double sized bed.
Exposed brick herringbone patterned floor. En-suite
shower room.
STABLE
4.57 x 3.99 (14’11 x 13’0) With super kingsize bed and
en-suite bathroom and separate shower cubicle. Sofa.
THE BYRE (with shared entrance)
3.39 x 3.38 (11’1 x 11’0) Four poster bed and en-suite
bathroom and separate shower cubicle. Sofa.
TACK ROOM (with shared entrance)
4.55 x3.09 (14’11 x 10’1) With king sized bed with ensuite
shower room. Sofa.
THE BARN
4.66 x 4.60 (15’2 x 15’) Super king sized bed and ensuite
bathroom with separate shower cubicle and his
and hers wash hand basins. Sofa.
Outside
Storage Building 4.55 x 3.16 (14’11 x 10’4). With power
and lighting. Used as a log store and tractor store.
Timber stable block With tack room. With power, lighting
and mains water supply. Leading out onto a concrete
yard enclosed by post and rail fencing with water leading
out onto paddocks.
Double Garage and Workshop 9.39 x 4.71 (30’8 x 15’5)
With two up and over doors (one electrically operated),
concrete floor, lighting, power and water. Workshop with
double wooden access doors leading out onto rear
courtyard.
Storage Room 4.68 x 1.28 (15’4 x 4’1) With power and
lighting. Houses boiler for the guest accommodation.
(Double garage, workshop and storage room have
planning permission for additional 2 en-suite B&B rooms).
Set in 3.03 acres of garden and paddocks.
Local Authority
Mendip District Council
Cannards Grave Road
Shepton Mallett
BA4 5BT
Tel: 01749 648999
Website: http://www.mendip.gov.uk
Tenure
Freehold.
It should be noted that there is a footpath across the drive
and car park.

The Business
The present owners do not use an agent, but market
their property themselves through the local tourist guides
and also their own website www.theplacetostayuk.com
Currently the guest accommodation is open all year
round and has high levels of recommendations from
nearby country house hotels and wedding venues.
Trading information can be provided to bona fide
purchasers.
Method of Sale
The property is offered by private Treaty, inclusive of
trade inventory to include furnishings, equipment and
fixtures relating to the Bed & Breakfast business.
Directions
From the A303 Podimore roundabout take the A37
signed to Bath and Shepton Mallett. Follow the A37
until you reach Shepton Mallett at the roundabout take
the A361 signed to Frome. Pass the Focus DIY store
and follow this road for a ¼ mile until you get to a set of
traffic lights. Turn right following the A361 signed to
Frome and Trowbridge; follow this road for just over 7
miles passing through the villages of Cranmore, Deane
and Leighton.
At the Nunney Catch roundabout next to the Esso
garage; continue on the A361 to Frome. After ¼ of a
mile take the first turning right signed; Trudoxhill 1 mile
and Witham Friary 3 miles.
Continue down this road for a ¼ of a mile and the
property is clearly signed on the left as you enter the
village.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with agents Chesterton
Humberts. For further information contact Stephen
Richards.
Joint Agent Mr John Kinsey - King Sturge, Exeter
(01392) 423696.
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