This period home for sale comes with its own library, snooker room and gym - as well as views out to the Bristol Channel.

Swillbridge House, in Doniford, dates back to the 1200s offers original features throughout, but has been updated to provide a modern home.

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The lounge features a stone fireplace. (Fox & Sons)

Entered through a period door, the hall leads to a lounge with exposed beams and a stone fireplace, a study, and a library with fitted shelving and an archway. 

The dining room also boasts a period fireplace with a mantle over, while the kitchen and breakfast room has French doors to the garden, a breakfast bar, and integrated appliances. 

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The library, which leads to the study. (Fox & Sons)

There are further recreation areas on the ground floor, including a snooker room, a gym, and a games room. 

Rounding out this level are a utility room, a cloakroom and a bathroom. 

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The house includes a snooker room. (Fox & Sons)

Upstairs, the first floor has a family bathroom and five bedrooms, three of which have built-in wardrobes, one with an en-suite bathroom, one with a period fireplace, and one with its own dressing room. 

On the second floor is the master bedroom, with views of the Bristol Channel, hidden walk-in wardrobes, a dressing room and a bathroom with a fitted sauna. 

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The house has six bedooms and six reception rooms. (Fox & Sons)

Outside, to the front and side, there is a lawned garden with vegetable beds, a greenhouse and flower beds, as well as a border with the nearby river. 

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The garden borders a river. (Fox & Sons)

There is also a detached garage and workshop, which is approached via a gravelled driveway. 

The property is being sold by estate agent Fox & Sons for a price of £750,000. 

Simon Hawley of Fox & Sons commented: “Positioned in the coastal hamlet of Doniford, Swillbridge House dates, in parts, back to the early 1200s and has been sympathetically renovated to now offer over 4,500 sq ft of spacious and versatile living accommodation, with six principle reception rooms and six bedrooms (most of which feature a dressing room or en-suite) the property is equally suited as a large family home or for those looking for dual family occupation or letting potential. 

“The house stands in generous gardens bordered by the river with driveway parking for numerous vehicles and a double garage/workshop.”