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Price: £1,800,000

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TRG Lawrence and Son
4 Station Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1NH

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Property Reference: 10000620


Full Property Description:

There are approximately 10 business tenants at the moment with the longest contract running until 2024, the building is well maintained and presented in very good order throughout with extensive parking and a garage block. Set between Taunton and Wellington gives convenient access to both towns and junction 25 and 26 being within easy reach. The gardens/parkland are beautiful with open countryside views offering an abundance of trees and shrubs.

Below is a timeline for the known history of Rumwell Hall that you may find interesting.
? Owned by Solomon Andrewes; passed to John Colborne, then his widow Grace. Known as Colborne`s.
? 1671 sold to John Crosse, a gentleman of Trull.
? 1701 settled on his daughter Joan and her husband Peter Risdon of Exeter.
? Further land purchased.
? 1724 premises assigned to son Benjamin Crosse Risdon of Trull.
? 1731 further land purchased.
? 1733 house rebuilt and estate mortgaged to Sir Edward Seymour, Baronet, with ?1,500 owed on the property. Sir Edward Seymour lived in Wiltshire but also owned Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon. Rumwell probably represented a convenient stopping-off point.
? 1739 mortgage undischarged and Sir Edward took possession, with Seymours as occupiers. Sir Edward`s son succeeded his distant cousin as Duke of Somerset, followed in 1757 by his own son, also called Edward. Probably from this tenure that the story of Rumwell having been built for the Duke of Wellington stems.
? 1792 final disposition of Risdon property. Benjamin, son of Benjamin Crosse Risdon occupied main house; part of the estate leased to his brother-in-law Thomas Govier.
? 1796 sold to John Cape of Wellington, with Risdon occupying until 1803-4.
? 1804 John Cape (substantial Wellington merchant and leading member of Baptist Church, who donated site of present Baptist Church in 1833 and was a deacon there for 41 years), died leaving estate to nephew William Cadbury of Wellington ? probably related to the Cadbury ?chocolate` family, originally from Exeter.
? 1805 ? 1815 present house built by Cadbury; known as Rumwell House. ?
? 1834 leased to Colonel Shapland.
? 1836 leased to Colonel Pearse.
? 1839 re-occupied by Cadburys ? William, wife Mary and 4 servants.
? 1847 William Cadbury died; widow Mary continued to live at Rumwell (now known as Rumhill House).
? 1856 sold to Adjutant of the West Somerset Yeomanry, Captain (later Major) Thomas Belsey Tomlin; family of 2 daughters and 3 sons.
? 1872 renamed Rumwell Hall.
? 1885 Tomlin moved to Dawlish; leased house to Major Samuel Martin Gully.
? 1892 leased to Charles Leslie Fox, JP ? member of Fox clothing manufacturers of Wellington. Later bought house with his new bride, Lilian Pease.
? 1933 Fox died.
? 1944 (Aerial Photos in gallery taken by grandson of Charles Leslie Fox; Peter Bucknall when he was in the Fleet Air Arm).
? 1949 widow died.
? 1954 Arther Mortimer occupied the property.
? 1976 owned by Hr and Hrs Hoare as a family home. Sold to Mr Brian Adams who converted the old coach house into extra accomodation and ran a bed and breakfast/guest house.
? 1980s became a hotel with stable block and coach house wing becoming 10 addtional bedrooms and conference room.
? 1991 taken over by Coles family; second conference room and updating of bedrooms and gardens.
? 2007 hotel taken over by Styles Hotels.
? 2011 purchased by a local business consortium; Conferencing facilities and business centre.
? Renamed Rumwell Hall.


Directions
Proceed out of Taunton on the Wellington Road and Rumwell Hall will be found on your left hand side just after the bus stop.

Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurement


Property Features:

  • AN ELEGANT GRADE 2 LISTED CONFREANCE, MEETING, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  • IN THE HEART OF RURAL SOMERSET
  • BETWEEN TAUNTON & WELLINGTON
  • TENANTS PRODUCING APPROXIMATLEY ?150,000 PER YEAR (to be confirmed)
  • SET IN BEAUTIFUL PARKLAND
  • LOVELY COUNTRYSIDE VIEWS
  • PRESENTED IN VERY GOOD ORDER THROUGHOUT
  • WELL MAINTAINED
  • EXTENSIVE PARKING & GARAGE BLOCK
  • EASY ACCESS TO THE M5

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Agent Contact details:

Company: TRG Lawrence and Son
Address: 4 Station Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1NH
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Website: http://www.trglawrenceandson.co.uk

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