Walnut Tree Farm Barn

About this property

Walnut Tree Farm Barn is a timber and brick threshing barn, converted to an exacting standard and improved since, set around a landscaped gravel courtyard on the edge of Abbots Mere. The full-height glazed gable is the defining feature, flooding the vaulted sitting room with light beneath the exposed oak frame, with glazed doors opening directly onto the courtyard.

Floors run in polished concrete and oak, with underfloor heating throughout the ground floor, and the decoration keeps to a quiet palette of linen and charcoal. The kitchen and dining room sit beneath the vaulted oak trusses, fitted with a contemporary in-frame kitchen around a central island, with a pantry and boot room beyond. A ground-floor bedroom with en suite suits guests; upstairs, a galleried landing leads to three further bedrooms, the principal vaulted with exposed brick to the gable, plus a family shower room.

Outside, the gardens wrap around the barn beyond the gravel courtyard, largely laid to lawn within native hedging, with a flagstone terrace, raised vegetable beds and a small orchard of apple and walnut. A five-bar gate opens to the parking court and an oak-framed double carport with a store behind. Abbots Mere's green, church and the Lamb and Flag are within half a mile.