4 bed detached house for sale

Box Road, Bath BA1

One Two Five Box Road is a sympathetically extended 4 bedroom multi-functional property, offering spacious accommodation arranged over 2 floors, with the benefit of a self-contained one bedroom annexe, art studio and a pottery studio, all positioned beautifully in a large plot with plenty of driveway parking and beautifully stocked mature gardens, enjoying lovely views

The property is currently occupied by a well known artist, and has been used as an occasional exhibition space and full time family home and offers tastefully presented, light and airy accommodation with attractive strategically placed bespoke glass and textile installations.

On the ground floor there is a welcoming hallway with painted floorboards which leads through to a multi-use bay fronted room to the front and a generous double aspect kitchen and breakfast room to the rear. A pretty sitting room with wall to wall glass sliding doors leading to the gardens spans the width of the property to the rear. Accessed from the hallway to the right there is a self-contained one-bedroom studio which enjoys both independent access to the front and rear. There are 2 further spacious double bedrooms on the 1st floor with plenty of built in storage, along with a family bathroom.

Externally to the front there is an in-out driveway with free standing parking for several cars and to the rear accessed from the sitting room there is a pretty paved landscaped sun terrace with steps that lead up to beautiful well-stocked mature gardens, enjoying fine elevated views.

In addition, and significantly there is a large art studio and further studio with phase one electrics along with 2 timber framed garden sheds. Both studios lend themselves to other uses.

One Two Five Box Road is positioned conveniently on Bath’s eastern fringes, within close proximity of nearby villages, Batheaston, Bathford and Box. The neighbouring towns of Chippenham and Bradford on Avon are within easy reach and Bath city centre is approximately a 10 minutes drive. Excellent local amenities are on hand in Bathford village and include a good primary school, local shop, public house, church and rugby club. A national chain supermarket is about a mile away towards Box and a regular bus service is available into Bath and Chippenham

The unesco World Heritage City of Bath has a wonderful array of chain and independent retail outlets, many fine restaurants, cafes and wine bars along with a number of well-respected cultural activities which include museums and art galleries, The Roman Baths, Pump Rooms, Abbey and world-famous international music and literary festivals.

World class sporting facilities are available at Bath Rugby and Cricket Clubs and Bath University and there are a number of fine hotels and country clubs with excellent spa memberships along with The Thermae Spa.

Several good state and independent schools are within easy reach. They include Kingswood and The Royal High Schools on Lansdown Road, King Edward’s Schools on North Road and Beechen Cliff, Hayesfield and Ralph Allen Schools on Bath’s southern slopes, along with Hardenhuish and Sheldon Schools in Chippeham

Communications include a direct service to London Paddington, Bristol and South Wales from Bath Spa and Chippenham Railway Stations, The M4 Motorway Junctions17 and 18 are approximately 10 miles both to the north and east and Bristol Airport is 18 miles to the west. There is also a regular bus service into the city centre.