On the edge of Compton Bishop, with rural views to the Mendip slopes, a detached, south-facing, pretty cottage created from a barn with its own drive and entrance alongside the owners’ cottage.
Gravelled courtyard (table/chairs) with established plants and, under an arch, drying area and lockable storage for bicycles (popular mountain biking and road cycling area).
Fly and coarse fishing locally.
Door from courtyard into smart kitchen (dishwasher, washer-drier, microwave, fridge-freezer, electric cooker) with steep stairs up to dining room with views over fields.
Beyond this, large and comfortable living room with woodburner, TV/DVD/Blu-ray and views over fields.
Double bedroom (TV/DVD) with smart en suite shower-room (suite).
No children, except pre-crawling babies.
A super place at any time of year; a great base for exploring this pretty part of Somerset with its historic houses, beautiful gardens, RSPB reserves, festivals and the open spaces of Exmoor and the Quantocks.
Compton Bishop: tiny farmland village (pretty 13th cent.
church) on the Mendips’ southern slopes - splendid walking, with views across the Somerset Levels.
Axbridge (shops), 2 miles; Cheddar Gorge (caves), 4; sea/sandy beaches at Weston-super-Mare, 8, or Burnham (good golf), 9.
Riding locally; Blagdon Lake (fishing), 7 miles.
Bristol, 18; Bath, 30.
Nearest pub, 1½ miles.
