Our lovely Freshford home may be back on the market in Spring 2026
A Grade II listed Georgian terraced house, built c.1780; five bedrooms; family bathroom with underfloor heating; downstairs loo; and a well-equipped kitchen with oak doors, granite worktops, integrated Whirlpool dishwasher, Bosch fridge and freezer, gas hob with new extractor, and a double oven (half gas, half electric).
There is a new Vaillant combi boiler with gas central heating, and two wood-burning stoves with lined chimneys, one in the dining room and one in the sitting room. Outside is a beautiful cottage garden with two decks and exceptional views. At the front there is a huge double garage/workshop and off-street parking for two cars.
Storage is excellent. As well as the garage and a large attic, all bedrooms have substantial cupboards/wardrobes, with two additional wardrobes in the top Bedroom 1. The house is full of bespoke floating shelves made by Tony, in the living room, dining room, bedrooms 2 and 3, and along the upper stairs.
Freshford has one of the best primary schools in the country, an outstanding pre-school, a community-run village shop (The Archers came here for research), and a railway station a ten-minute walk from the house. Trains take eight minutes to Bath, thirty to Bristol, and two hours door-to-door to Paddington.
The walks are extraordinary; straight out of the front door into an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. All the landscape photos below are walks from the house, no driving required, including the river at the bottom of the hill where I’m paddleboarding and we all swam (a lot). Iford Manor is a twenty-minute walk and has the most amazing pastries, (better than Copenhagen!). The award-winning and beautiful, 16th century Inn at Freshford is a five minute walk down the hill and has just been taken over by Iford, with food to match.
Guide price £750,000 - £800,000
Email Holly if you are interested: hollytarquini@gmail.com
Front of house and huge double garage (fully insulated, with electricity). We used it as a workshop and storage.
Main bedroom 1: on top floor with windows on both sides of house
Main bedroom 1: on top floor with windows on both sides of house: with three built in wardrobes
Dining room leading to kitchen, ground floor
Dining room leading to kitchen, ground floor (showing stove). Built in "floating" shelves plus wood burning stove
Bedroom 3 on first floor with built in "floating" shelves
Bedroom 3 on first floor: the door next to the window houses a large built in wardrobe/cupboard
Bedroom 2 on first floor
Bedroom 2 on first floor - has two lovely alcoves and a little iron fireplace, plus a large, built in wardrobe/cupboard
Bedroom 2 on first floor - showing door (on right) and wardrobe on left. These wardrobes are huge: similar storage is in bedroom 1, 2, 3 and 4 (study)
Kitchen, at back of house on ground floor
Kitchen with wooden cabinets, granite countertops, a gas stove, a window, and various kitchen utensils and spices.
Kitchen - made from oak and granite. Beyond the kitchen is a utility area with a larder, belfast sink, area for a washing machine, cupboards and the door to the back garden.
Kitchen, at back of house on ground floor
Siting room on ground floor (not in vision, wood burning stove): room is now pale pink
Bedroom 4 on top flor - dual aspect. Built in "floating" shelves
Bedroom 4 on top flor - dual aspect
Bedroom 5 on first floor facing garden (green wall is now white).
Bathroom, on first floor
Bathroom, on first floor
View from the top of the stairs (shelves are built in)
View from the stairs
Deck at top of garden (unlike most of Freshford, Sharpstone and Limpley Stoke this gets evening sun!)
Garden (as seen from bedroom 5), this area includes an apple tree (there are 3 apple trees in total) and a plum tree
Deck near house (gets morning sun)
Early morning
Top of the garden - three raised beds plus raspberries, 2 apple trees, a gooseberry bush, smoke tree and hazelnut!
View from the kitchen window
View from the garden
Our house is the second from the right
The Tyning in Freshford
Iford Manor - 20 min walk
The Inn at Freshford - 5 mins walk

