This impressive eight-bedroom home in St Thomas Street, Wells, Somerset, is on the market with agents Jeanes Holland Burnell, with an asking price of £1,300,000.

The agents say it is a “truly unique Grade II-listed house set in the shadow of St Thomas Church with flexible and spacious accommodation”.

The property currently provides excellent “live/work” facilities but could be divided and adapted to provide a substantial annexe. Properties of this nature are rarely available, say the agents.

It includes an entrance hall, three reception rooms, conservatory, stunning 38ft long great hall with vaulted ceiling, studio, kitchen with Aga, utility room, eight bedrooms, two bathrooms, shower room, three cloakrooms, cellerage and has gas-fired central heating and a mature garden with a view of Wells Cathedral. There is extensive parking.

It is set within one of the oldest streets in Wells and within easy walking distance of the city centre this is one of the most unusual and exciting houses to have come to the market in many years. Wells is the smallest cathedral city in England and offers a wide choice of shops and facilities including a particularly good range of schools – both state and private. Bristol and Bath lie around 22 miles to the north and north east respectively.

To the east side of the property is a pedestrian gate and double gates leading to a gravelled driveway measuring 64ft (19.51m) in length. A high brick wall with gate leads onto a gravelled courtyard with access to the Great Hall, studio and chapel. There is also a water feature.

The bulk of the garden lies to the south of the property and is mainly laid to lawn with a cathedral view. The gardens are mainly laid to lawn with a parterre garden and water feature beyond the studio. Two wooden sheds. Gated access to a further extensive area of parking to the south of the property which is accessed via Woodbury Avenue and Woodbury Close.

Directions: From Wells city centre follow signs for the B3139 The Horringtons into St Thomas Street.