Town Farmhouse is a beautiful Grade II listed period property set within its own delightful gardens and grounds extending to just over 5.43 acres. Believed to be one of the oldest dwellings in Penn and dating to the early 16th century, the house has been extended over time and sympathetically restored to retain the original character and charm while combining natural light and contemporary styling.

The front door opens into the entrance hall/ dining room which is the oldest part of the property featuring a wood burning stove and magnificent exposed timbers and leaded windows which continue throughout the house. The drawing room is adjacent to the entrance hall and is an excellent entertaining space, with a wood burning stove and French doors which open on to the front garden. Also accessed from the entrance hall is a separate sitting room with a wood-burning stove and views of both the front and back gardens.

The kitchen/breakfast room is the central hub of the house. It is well equipped with a range of bespoke fitted cupboards and units in maple, made by the cabinet makers Pietersen Fine Furniture. The worktops are in stone and the floor is in limestone. There is a gas Aga, fitted dishwasher and fridge/ freezer. The utility room to the back of the kitchen is equipped with a range of units and an electric oven and hob and has access to the back garden. The contemporary garden room was added in 2005 and is a wonderful addition leading out onto the west facing terrace and overlooking the beautiful gardens.

The spacious family/party reception room is a magnificent entertaining space, almost 40 feet long, with travertine stone flooring, a wood burning stove and French doors which open onto the garden terraces. Beyond this room there is a ground floor guest suite with an en suite bathroom. A study and W/C complete the ground floor.

There are six bedrooms on the first floor including the lovely principal bedroom suite which benefits from having a dual aspect and fitted wardrobes which have a secret door that opens into the en suite bathroom. There are five further double bedrooms and a family bathroom. A staircase from bedroom five leads into the attic which has the potential to be converted into further accommodation, subject to the correct planning permissions.


Gardens and grounds

Town Farmhouse is accessed by a private driveway to a gravelled parking area with additional generous parking areas at the back of the house. A former stable block near the front of the house has been converted to provide two covered car parking areas and two workshop/storage areas that have the potential to be converted for a multitude of uses including a home office or gym.

The gardens at Town Farmhouse are simply stunning. Both front and back gardens adjoining the house are attractively landscaped with areas of lawn surrounded by well-stocked herbaceous flower beds and interspersed with a variety of attractive specimen trees. There are several strategically placed seating and al fresco dining areas close to the house and elsewhere throughout the grounds. Below the front lawn there is a pond and a pretty summer house, with paths leading down to small wildflower meadow areas, hard tennis court, fruit trees and timber-framed tractor and garden storage shed.

The majority of the rest of the land is kept in a more natural low-maintenance style with further wildflower meadows, hazel coppice, bramble and other natural areas to encourage wild life and biodiversity, and two orchards containing cherry, apple, pear, plum, damson and quince trees. The gardens and orchards are all bordered by mature trees and hedging providing privacy.

There is a secondary access from Beacon Hill on the northern boundary of the property, via a gravel drive that runs through the orchard and leads to a traditional timber-framed outbuilding which provides spaces for car parking, additional garden storage and a log store. This access drive has the potential to be upgraded to serve as an alternative main entrance to the property, it being the original access route into Town Farm before commercial farming operations ceased there in the mid C20th.

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