Seend Cleeve, Seend, Wiltshire, SN12

A fabulous and imaginative conversion of an old Methodist Chapel juxtaposed with a modern, state of the art extension sitting side by side creating a spacious and unique home.

Worship ceased in the chapel in 1979 and, whilst the church retained the graveyard behind the house, the current owners have added a linked extension and created modern and light living spaces, using high quality materials, whilst maintaining the original character and features of the old building. The extension has a pre-weathered, zinc roof and elevation with Iroko cladding on the south side, the wooden floors are engineered oak as are all the doors. The ground floor also benefits from underfloor heating and all the toilets are fed using a rainwater harvest system.
Inside, contemporary styling in the kitchen and huge, open-plan living space downstairs sit alongside the smaller, user-friendly utility and office spaces. Cleverly making use of the large ceiling heights, they have created an open reception space which sits, ‘floating’ over the main living area. Glass walls allow the space to maintain the original openness and look out across the fabulous views to the south. Perfect as a secondary seating area for socialising there are wall mounted sockets for tv and plenty of room for any style of furniture.
From this central space there is access to two double bedrooms at the front of the house which retain the delightful arched windows of the original chapel and which would also make good office space. Between the two bedrooms is a shower room.
In the new, contemporary side of the property are a basement living area - currently a cinema room - with bifold doors out to the covered terrace and garden beyond. Above this is a bedroom/reception room also with full width bifold doors and balcony, again overlooking the beautiful southerly views. On the top floor is the master bedroom with fitted cupboards lining one wall and sliding doors open on to the garden and views, with juliet balcony and ensuite bath and shower room with double sinks. A further bedroom, again with a long run of fitted cupboards, sits to the front of the house and has an ensuite shower room.
On the ground level, to the front of the property is the double garage which provides parking for two cars behind the electric doors. There is room for one car to pull up off the road to the front and an electric car charging point.
The garden to the rear is partially walled and laid to lawn. There is a shed for storage and a range of fruit trees.
For those who like high tech features, the property has been fitted with a security alarm system, cctv with remote monitoring, interconnecting smoke and fire detection, sonos music system with in-ceiling sonance speakers in all key rooms and the cinema room has dolby in-wall speakers, amplifier, blu-ray DVD system and auto drop down hi resolution screen and 4k projector.


AT A GLANCE
Ground floor:
glazed entrance hall
open plan kitchen / dining / living space with wine store and double doors to the rear
utility room
spacious study / bedroom with terrace
bath / shower room
access to double garage
First floor:
glazed central seating area
two bedrooms and a shower room
study with separate stairs and vaulted ceiling
Second floor:
two double bedrooms both with ensuite bathrooms
Lower ground floor:
large cinema / media room with terrace
plant room
Outside:
to the front, parking in front of garage and onstreet
to the rear, a pretty, largely old walled garden with mature fruit trees, lawn and paved terrace.
graveyard (maintained by the church)

Seend Cleeve is part of the pretty village of Seend, together home to a thriving community which between them have a variety of village amenities including a Post office/general store, two public houses, a village hall, playing field and church. There is an excellent primary school in Seend with secondary schools within five miles. In the private sector, St Margaret's and St Mary's Calne, Dauntsey's and Warminster schools are all within easy daily commuting.

The pretty market town of Devizes is just five miles away and has several supermarkets including M and S Food and Sainsbury plus plenty of independent shops and bars plus a vibrant weekly produce and antiques market. There is a lively annual timetable of festivals and events in the town along with a cinema (due to reopen soon), theatre, library and museum.

The historic Kennet and Avon Canal runs next to the Barge Inn and it is a super walk up the locks to the town. There is beautiful countryside all around with opportunities for riding, cycling and walking with golf clubs at nearby North Wilts and Bowood and plenty of gyms and sports clubs in the nearby towns and villages.

The histoirc cities of Bath and Salisbury are nearby and there are stations within half an hour at Chippenham and Pewsey running into Paddington in just over an hour.