Overseale House is a fine George II Grade 2* Country House. It was probably
built around 1770-80 but when its present owners Mr and Mrs Robinson bought
the house in 1996 it had fallen into disrepair. When they bought Overseale
House, offering AA rating four star bed and breakfast accommodation seemed
a lot of hard work away. They have painstakingly restored it to its former
glory with careful consideration to preservation of original features
and period colours and decoration.
The house boasts eight bedrooms plus three bathrooms running along a central
corridor which extends the full length of the house. There are three separate
landings. Each bedroom has a different style of decoration and individual
fireplace. The main kitchen is the original kitchen and still has its
original wall cupboards. The four-oven aga range is used for cooking and
heating water. The room at the rear of the kitchen would have been the servant's
kitchen and incorporated a bread oven.
The Dining Room's main feature is its late Georgian fireplace and its
original windows with rare side catches. The cornice is very distinctive
and an excellent example of the type decoration found in stately homes
of this period. The room is framed by its mahogany doors which are accentuated
in this room by the Barbadian mahogany dining table.
