House For Sale £900,000
This four-bedroom cottage was originally built around 1850’s with striking gardens and associated land is set on a plot of approximately 3 acres. Inside it offers a perfect family home comprising of two lounges, a kitchen-diner, office, four bedrooms all offering garden views and upstairs and downstairs bath/shower rooms. Its gardens offer considerable outside space perfect for a family wanting to enjoy rural life and include a patio, gazebo, and a range of outbuildings and a double garage. The property is surrounded on all sides by agricultural land that comes with the property, one of which contains a large polytunnel. Additional land adjacent to the property is also available as a separate negotiation. Despite its rural surroundings the property has excellent access to the A358 allowing quick links to Taunton, Ilminster, the M5 and A303. The property is ideal for those looking to set up home in a countryside location with great access to the rest of the country, particularly those looking for a good amount of outdoor space to enjoy. There is plenty of space to extend STPP.
Walk Through
Turning off the lane into a private drive leads to this four bedroomed family home set in approximately 3 acres of land and surrounded by countryside. The property has two entrances from the drive, however, the striking original entrance, beautifully framed by the impressive gardens is accessed by a garden gate. Secluded from the drive and with garden path running out from an eaved porch to patio and hot tub, this entrance is the family’s doorway to the impressive outdoor space.
Heading back to the drive and taking the side entrance into the house leads into right, an entrance hall which acts as the day-to-day main entrance bringing you straight into the kitchen from the drive. This hall has charming stone walls with an original lintel and provides space for coats and boots. Following through into the kitchen reveals a modern and well fitted room with a Belling range cooker, induction hob and extractor; a butler sink that overlooks the garden, and ample worksurfaces and storage from high and low units and worksurface areas on two walls. There is also plenty of space for a six-seater kitchen table, an American-style fridge freezer and dishwasher. From the kitchen, a door opens into the lounge. This cosy room with wood burning fireplace looks out through triple windows onto the gardens. It has space for a three-person sofa, two armchairs and a large bookcase. A further door leads through from the lounge to the property’s original entrance hall.
This hall connects the kitchen-diner and lounge with stairs to the first floor and the snug beyond them, as well as to the office, utility and downstairs bathroom. It also hosts the original entrance to the house leading out to the garden path and outdoor space. Turning right through the hall from the lounge leads to a utility room with a sink, further worksurfaces and units. There is also the space, electrics and plumbing for washing machine and dryer. An external door leads from the utility through to the drive adjacent to the garage, whilst to the right an internal door leads into the office. The office offers fitted storage on a wall and has space for additional storage, office desk, chair and filing; It has a triple window looking out to the drive. At the other end of the utility is a modern bathroom with bath, over bath rainfall shower, heated towel rails, WC and sink.
The snug, located off the original entrance hall, is a second family room offering plenty of space for two three-seater, and a two-seater sofa. It has a feature fireplace and, with dual aspect windows looking out to the gardens and to the side of the property, it offers lots of natural light.
Heading upstairs leads to a landing that connects the four bedrooms and family shower-room. All bedrooms have views of the gardens with the bedrooms at the two ends of the property having dual aspect views over garden and countryside. The family shower-room offers a rainfall shower, sink and WC and heated towel rails.
Outside, the property is set in approximately 3 acres of land including a large lawned garden and three grass fields that sweep around the property. It also hosts a double garage and a range of outbuildings (including a woodstore, workshop and poly tunnel). There is plenty of room to extend STPP.
Leaving the house from the original hallway leads directly to the main garden: An attractive lawned area with beds of mature plants, bushes and trees and surrounded by hedge. In front, a paved garden path leads up a central strip of lawn bordered by mature trees, plants and shrubs to a patio and gazebo part way down the lawn. To the right of the garden from the house, a path leads to a further lawned area that is currently set up for croquet. The garden stretches further from the house beyond both the croquet and patio into a further lawn area with mature bushes and trees to the white gate in the far hedge that links the land that surrounds the property on all sides.
This land includes a self-contained field to the east; a western field that sweeps around the bottom of the garden alongside a stream, and final field currently used for the family to camp in! There is a polytunnel in the western field. This is connected to mains water and initial work has been undertaken to prepare it for power (a sunken power cable has been fitted, but power has not yet been connected). Included in the sale is a piece of land that acted as the old driveway to the property linking to Folley Drive; this driveway could be reinstated to provide an impressive 300m oak lined entrance approaching the Cottage from the original direction.
There is extra land adjacent to the property available through a separate negotiation.
The property has solar panels and is on mains electricity and water. It has oil-fired central heating and has its own sewage treatment plant.
Council Tax Band F
Situation
This rural family home is located at the end of a quiet lane and is separated from its neighbors by agricultural fields on all sides beyond its own acreage. However, despite its rural location it has excellent access to services with direct access to the A358 providing easy links to Ilminster and Taunton. Ilminster is a thriving Somerset market town is only 4.6 miles away and offers a Tesco, Boots and a great range of other shops, many of which are independent. It also has its own theatre and is well provided with services and has its own library, petrol station, pharmacy and post office and offers pubs, cafes and eating places as well as an impressive 15th Century church. Taunton is somerset’s County town, is only 7.6 miles away and offers a wide range of high street stores. Nearer to the property a spar and Petrol Station are located just up the A358, and Hatch Green ( mile) provides a garage. Nearby Hatch Beauchamp (pronounced “bee-chum”) offers a great local pub (The Hatch Inn), a local school and a range of village clubs and societies (including produce markets, bridge and garden club and its very own amateur theatre society!), whilst a number of the nearby villages offer well respected pubs including the Hatch Inn, the Flying Fish Inn at Windmill Hill (1.6miles), the Five Dials at Horton (3.0 miles) and the Bell at Broadway (3.1 miles) all of which have 4.5 stars on tripadvisor.
With the A358 offering great access to both the M5 (6 miles) and the A303 (4 miles), the property is very well connected to the rest of the country. This provides great opportunities for exploring Exeter, Devon and Cornwall to the west as well as access to London and the rest of England to the east. Taunton railway station (9 miles) provide trains to London Paddington in under 2 hours as well as routes through to the north and west of England whilst Crewkerne station (13 miles) provides an alternative route that links through to London Waterloo. Both Bristol and Exeter Airports are also within easy reach at 33 and 40 miles each. Better still, the Jurassic coast (20 miles) and Exmoor (30 miles) are both within easy visiting distance meaning you can really enjoy the best of the scenic beauty that the Westcountry has to offer.
Walk Through
Turning off the lane into a private drive leads to this four bedroomed family home set in approximately 3 acres of land and surrounded by countryside. The property has two entrances from the drive, however, the striking original entrance, beautifully framed by the impressive gardens is accessed by a garden gate. Secluded from the drive and with garden path running out from an eaved porch to patio and hot tub, this entrance is the family’s doorway to the impressive outdoor space.
Heading back to the drive and taking the side entrance into the house leads into right, an entrance hall which acts as the day-to-day main entrance bringing you straight into the kitchen from the drive. This hall has charming stone walls with an original lintel and provides space for coats and boots. Following through into the kitchen reveals a modern and well fitted room with a Belling range cooker, induction hob and extractor; a butler sink that overlooks the garden, and ample worksurfaces and storage from high and low units and worksurface areas on two walls. There is also plenty of space for a six-seater kitchen table, an American-style fridge freezer and dishwasher. From the kitchen, a door opens into the lounge. This cosy room with wood burning fireplace looks out through triple windows onto the gardens. It has space for a three-person sofa, two armchairs and a large bookcase. A further door leads through from the lounge to the property’s original entrance hall.
This hall connects the kitchen-diner and lounge with stairs to the first floor and the snug beyond them, as well as to the office, utility and downstairs bathroom. It also hosts the original entrance to the house leading out to the garden path and outdoor space. Turning right through the hall from the lounge leads to a utility room with a sink, further worksurfaces and units. There is also the space, electrics and plumbing for washing machine and dryer. An external door leads from the utility through to the drive adjacent to the garage, whilst to the right an internal door leads into the office. The office offers fitted storage on a wall and has space for additional storage, office desk, chair and filing; It has a triple window looking out to the drive. At the other end of the utility is a modern bathroom with bath, over bath rainfall shower, heated towel rails, WC and sink.
The snug, located off the original entrance hall, is a second family room offering plenty of space for two three-seater, and a two-seater sofa. It has a feature fireplace and, with dual aspect windows looking out to the gardens and to the side of the property, it offers lots of natural light.
Heading upstairs leads to a landing that connects the four bedrooms and family shower-room. All bedrooms have views of the gardens with the bedrooms at the two ends of the property having dual aspect views over garden and countryside. The family shower-room offers a rainfall shower, sink and WC and heated towel rails.
Outside, the property is set in approximately 3 acres of land including a large lawned garden and three grass fields that sweep around the property. It also hosts a double garage and a range of outbuildings (including a woodstore, workshop and poly tunnel). There is plenty of room to extend STPP.
Leaving the house from the original hallway leads directly to the main garden: An attractive lawned area with beds of mature plants, bushes and trees and surrounded by hedge. In front, a paved garden path leads up a central strip of lawn bordered by mature trees, plants and shrubs to a patio and gazebo part way down the lawn. To the right of the garden from the house, a path leads to a further lawned area that is currently set up for croquet. The garden stretches further from the house beyond both the croquet and patio into a further lawn area with mature bushes and trees to the white gate in the far hedge that links the land that surrounds the property on all sides.
This land includes a self-contained field to the east; a western field that sweeps around the bottom of the garden alongside a stream, and final field currently used for the family to camp in! There is a polytunnel in the western field. This is connected to mains water and initial work has been undertaken to prepare it for power (a sunken power cable has been fitted, but power has not yet been connected). Included in the sale is a piece of land that acted as the old driveway to the property linking to Folley Drive; this driveway could be reinstated to provide an impressive 300m oak lined entrance approaching the Cottage from the original direction.
There is extra land adjacent to the property available through a separate negotiation.
The property has solar panels and is on mains electricity and water. It has oil-fired central heating and has its own sewage treatment plant.
Council Tax Band F
Situation
This rural family home is located at the end of a quiet lane and is separated from its neighbors by agricultural fields on all sides beyond its own acreage. However, despite its rural location it has excellent access to services with direct access to the A358 providing easy links to Ilminster and Taunton. Ilminster is a thriving Somerset market town is only 4.6 miles away and offers a Tesco, Boots and a great range of other shops, many of which are independent. It also has its own theatre and is well provided with services and has its own library, petrol station, pharmacy and post office and offers pubs, cafes and eating places as well as an impressive 15th Century church. Taunton is somerset’s County town, is only 7.6 miles away and offers a wide range of high street stores. Nearer to the property a spar and Petrol Station are located just up the A358, and Hatch Green ( mile) provides a garage. Nearby Hatch Beauchamp (pronounced “bee-chum”) offers a great local pub (The Hatch Inn), a local school and a range of village clubs and societies (including produce markets, bridge and garden club and its very own amateur theatre society!), whilst a number of the nearby villages offer well respected pubs including the Hatch Inn, the Flying Fish Inn at Windmill Hill (1.6miles), the Five Dials at Horton (3.0 miles) and the Bell at Broadway (3.1 miles) all of which have 4.5 stars on tripadvisor.
With the A358 offering great access to both the M5 (6 miles) and the A303 (4 miles), the property is very well connected to the rest of the country. This provides great opportunities for exploring Exeter, Devon and Cornwall to the west as well as access to London and the rest of England to the east. Taunton railway station (9 miles) provide trains to London Paddington in under 2 hours as well as routes through to the north and west of England whilst Crewkerne station (13 miles) provides an alternative route that links through to London Waterloo. Both Bristol and Exeter Airports are also within easy reach at 33 and 40 miles each. Better still, the Jurassic coast (20 miles) and Exmoor (30 miles) are both within easy visiting distance meaning you can really enjoy the best of the scenic beauty that the Westcountry has to offer.
