Country Life

Those gorgeous Georgians

Somerset £2.95 million

The owners of classically Georgian, Grade II-listed Haygrass House, in the village of Shoreditch, near Taunton, must have been thrilled to hunker down last year. Beyond the grand, but not too grand, portico's double doors lie a wine cellar, study, two kitchens, a library, ballroom, cinema room and six reception rooms, some with floor-to-ceiling sash windows and open fires. The south-facing drawing room's bay window looks out over extensive formal gardens in grounds that extend to almost 30 acres and contain a tennis court, swimming pool, American-style barn, stables and

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