A Somerset house designed by the architect of one of Oxford's most famous landmarks, complete with helipad and clocktower

A Somerset house designed by the architect of Oxford’s Bridge of Sighs has come to the market.

Grade II-listed Thorne House, in the village of Thorne on the outskirts of Yeovil, was commissioned by a local judge, James Hooper, and built on the site of a much smaller property in 1882. It's not small these days, incidentally: this £3.5 million property includes 10 bedrooms and a helipad.

As well as his work at the University of Oxford, the architect T. G. Jackson (later Sir Thomas Jackson) designed the chapel at Radley College in Oxfordshire, various buildings at Brighton College in East Sussex (where he was educated) and the front entrance hall in Burlington House, London W1.

Thorne House may not be as grand as those buildings, but in the context of a West Country village it's an enormously impressive — and beautiful — house set within 5¾ acres.

It's also absolutely huge, with almost 8,000sq ft of space between the main hosue and the separate two-bedroom cottage, which is attached to the main house at the north-west corner — and ideal, therefore, for multi-generational living.

The main house is arranged on a square floorplan, with the four corners of the ground floor taken up by a dining room, sitting room, library and a large kitchen-diner.

On the first floor there are six bedrooms, and for those in need of more that that there is plenty of scope on the second floor to create more.

Beyond the main house and cottage there is also a large coach house with its own kitchen, a 36ft wood-panelled entertaining room and outbuildings with offices. It also has a clocktower.

The gardens feature lawns, a pond, a kitchen garden and the aforementioned helipad.

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A further four-acre paddock, ideal for horses or livestock, is available by separate negotiation.

Thorne House is on the market for £3.5 million through Savills in Wimborne — see more details.