When it comes to property, what can £6.5 million buy you? A quick search on Rightmove reveals it could get you a three-bedroom apartment in Knightsbridge or perhaps a four-bedroom mews house in the heart of Belgravia, London. But what if you want a lot more for your money? Here in Somerset, £6,500,000 could make you the proprietor of your very own nine- to 22-bedroom estate.
An estate that not only extends to more than 890 acres, it lies in the heart of the stunning Exmoor National Park. Found in Simonsbath, near Minehead, Emmetts Grange is an attractive estate within a private ring-fence with gently sloping, south-facing pasture land surrounding the farmstead. The farmstead is approached by a long tree-lined drive from the north.
To the south side of Kinsford Water, the dramatic slope of Moorland known as Hangley Cleave rises to form the stunning view from the Grade II listed Georgian house. The house and surrounding traditional farm buildings and courtyards were built in the 1840s by John Knight who had bought the entire Exmoor Forest from The Crown. Emmetts is generally considered to be the best example of a Knight House and the estate boasts a plethora of features dating back to the time referred to as the reclamation of Exmoor, including a large section of the old road to Simonsbath, a waterfall created by the Knights, extensive beech banks and a vast field gutter system.
The house has recently undergone a programme of modernisation but, happily, many period features, .