Bruton Somerset - The Modern Houseapproximately 40 minutes drive from Bristol and Bath. Bruton is a...
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Bruton Somerset SOLD This remarkable apartment in the centre of the picturesque town of Bruton forms the upper part of a converted 1940s grain mill. The highly-regarded London-based architect Paul Fineberg has carefully and extensively configured the space to provide a spectacular main living room, with wonderful views across the town and surrounding countryside, and up to four bedrooms. Bruton is a beautiful, historic town that has an outstanding reputation for its schooling, excellent restaurants and, due to be completed soon, a new arts centre. The property is entered via the ground floor where there is a room, currently used as a studio, that leads to a courtyard garden. Stairs lead from the ground floor to the second floor. Here there is a large living / dining room that features floor-to-ceiling glazing, original Douglas Fir flooring and original steel beams. There is also a kitchen, a bathroom and a bedroom with large dressing room (the themodernhouse.com [email protected] 020 3795 5920
Transcript of Bruton Somerset - The Modern Houseapproximately 40 minutes drive from Bristol and Bath. Bruton is a...
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This remarkable apartment in the centre of the picturesquetown of Bruton forms the upper part of a converted 1940sgrain mill. The highly-regarded London-based architect PaulFineberg has carefully and extensively configured the spaceto provide a spectacular main living room, with wonderfulviews across the town and surrounding countryside, and upto four bedrooms. Bruton is a beautiful, historic town thathas an outstanding reputation for its schooling, excellentrestaurants and, due to be completed soon, a new artscentre.
The property is entered via the ground floor where there isa room, currently used as a studio, that leads to acourtyard garden. Stairs lead from the ground floor to thesecond floor. Here there is a large living / dining room thatfeatures floor-to-ceiling glazing, original Douglas Fir flooringand original steel beams. There is also a kitchen, abathroom and a bedroom with large dressing room (the
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latter being potentially usable as another bedroom). Theupper level includes another bedroom with en-suite showerroom, an office / studio and ladder access to a tower room.The tower room provides a small, secluded space withspectacular views. Apart from the ground floor courtyardgarden, other outdoor spaces include a generous deckedterrace and a balcony. Total internal usable floor areaapproximates 188 sq m / 2,020 sq ft.
The mill was originally built in the 1940s as a grain mill. Theconstruction, primarily steel, suggests that it was based onan American design. The conversion, completed in 2000 bythe architect Stanley Merer, won a William Stansell awardfor the conversion and preservation of a historic building.Paul Fineberg's work on the upper part of the mill has onlyadded to the overall high quality and interest of thisoutstanding property. The mill will feature in theforthcoming revised edition of Pevsner's The Buildings ofEngland: South and West Somerset.
The Mill occupies an elevated position in the attractivemarket town of Bruton. Set in the Brue Valley amongst therolling hills of South Somerset, Bruton is a small town thatis well-equipped with local services including qualityschools, pleasant pubs and a renowned local restaurant (AtThe Chapel). There is also a new arts centre currentlyunder construction by the renowned London gallerist IwanWirth.
Rich in buildings of architectural interest, including somefine Jacobean almshouses, Bruton is a town of immensecharacter with origins that date back to Saxon times. Thereis a rail service from Bruton Station to London Paddingtonwith an easy change at Westbury, as well as direct servicesto Bath and Bristol. Direct services to London Paddingtonand London Waterloo run from nearby Castle Cary (10mins) and Gillingham stations (20 mins) respectively. Brutoncan be easily reached by car – it is five miles from the A303,a road that links with the M3 from London. Bruton isapproximately 40 minutes drive from Bristol and Bath.Bruton is a fifteen minute drive from Stourhead, thePalladian mansion and world-famous eighteenth-centurylandscape garden.
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