PROPERTY DETAILS

Cross Tree House is a beautiful 17th Century thatched farmhouse in a small village in South Somerset. It is constructed of yellow Hamstone and listed Grade 2.

The house has many original features, including flagstone floors, beamed ceilings, inglenook fireplace, etc. The rooms are spacious with robust antique furniture and Turkish rugs. The large kitchen is capable of seating 28 at two oak refectory tables. There are two sitting rooms with four sofas and four armchairs, open fire and club fender, piano and further seating for up to 24. One of the sitting rooms has a sofa bed to provide a further bedroom if required.

It has a private walled garden with tree house hollowed out of a massive cypress, swing, BBQ, a croquet lawn and small orchard with oak timber frame games barn with table tennis and table football.

It is a small village close to the Fosse Way Roman road and has the remains of several Roman villas discovered nearby. It is surrounded by lovely countryside with a profusion of historic houses, abbeys and gardens. To the south are the rolling hills of Dorset with the coast half an hour away and to the north the fascinating Somerset levels and moors. It is excellent for walking, cycling, golf and visiting the many cider farms and cider brandy distillery.