… in Combe Raleigh, a handsome, Georgian, Grade II listed house, once the manor to the 3,000 acre Combe Raleigh estate, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Abbots Manor is a big, three-storey, family home, warm and well-equipped with period features and antique furniture but all the modern comforts of the 21st cent.. Attached to, but very private from, one other house. 

Behind, a good-sized, enclosed garden with large level lawn (shallow ditch - caution small children), sitting-out area (tables/chairs, barbecue) and lovely rural views over fields; for young children, a well-equipped play area (swings, slide, sandpit, play fort, Swiss play house, trampoline, ride-on toys), and for supervised/older children, a terrific campfire area with rustic log seating - ideal for toasting marshmallows and storytelling around the fire. Wedding marquees etc may be erected, by arrangement. 

Gravelled drive to impressive porch and front door; entrance hall (half-sized snooker table/dining table for 6); elegant drawing room (woodburner, TV/DVD) with Bechstein grand piano; formal dining room with table seating 12 comfortably, 16 with less elbow-room; big heart-of-home kitchen (dishwasher, combi-microwave, 4-oven electric Aga, enormous larder fridge) with door to garden; utility/boot room (additional gas cooker and larder fridge, washing machine, tumble drier, freezer, sink, table football, cross-trainer) and larder; small office (desk, freezer); loo. 

Stairs (stairgates) up to half-landing and lovely, light morning room (TV/DVD, PlayStation2) with sofas and beanbags, and a few more stairs (stairgates) up to first floor and four bedrooms:

master double (zip-linked 6’ bed or twin) with TV/DVD/video and en suite

bathroom (suite, shower over bath, two washbasins)

double (5’ bed) with en

suite shower-room (suite)

twin (zip-linkable to 6’

double) with washbasin

twin (zip-linkable

to 6’ double) with washbasin

Bathroom

(suite, shower over bath). 

More stairs (stairgates) up to second floor

and four more large bedrooms (some sloping ceilings, apex beams from 6’2”, door

lintels from 5’8”):

double (zip-linked

6’ bed or twin) with en suite bathroom (suite, shower over bath)

double (zip-linked

6’ bed or twin) with en suite bathroom (suite, shower over bath)

twin

(zip-linkable to 6’ double) with en suite bathroom (suite, shower over bath)

twin

(zip-linkable to 6’ double) with en suite bathroom (suite plus hand-shower and

separate

shower) 

Professional catering, ready meals and meals in the owners' house available. Fishing/shooting available locally. Arrival after 4pm. Damages Deposit £500. Abbots Manor provides comfort, space and character, ideal for family gatherings and well located for exploring with easy access from the A30. 

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