House For Sale £475,000
A gardeners paradise! Beautiful thatched character cottage with half an acre of delightful, landscaped gardens, parking and garage.
Waterrow is a small, rural village with village hall and the popular public house The Rock Inn. The property is situated on a quiet country lane, approximately 2 miles from the popular market town of Wiveliscombe which offers a wide range of local amenities including a small supermarket, doctors surgery, bank, primary and secondary schools and sports facilities including tennis courts and swimming pool. The county town of Taunton lies approximately 13 miles to the east and has an excellent range of facilities including access to the M5 at Junction 25 and a mainline railway station which provides a rapid intercity link with London Paddington.
Rock Cottage is an attractive stone built, semi-detached thatched cottage with over an acre of the most beautiful landscaped cottage gardens. Believed to date from 1710, this charming cottage has been sympathetically updated and very well maintained by the current owners to provide a beautifully presented country home with lots of character and features including ample ceiling and wall beams, latch doors, window seats and a large inglenook fireplace in the sitting room. On the ground floor, a pretty entrance porch leads into the spacious, double aspect sitting room with inglenook fireplace and woodburning stove, window seat and oak flooring. The sitting room leads through to the kitchen/ dining room, the dining area with a window seat and a charming arched door to a useful under stair cupboard. The kitchen is fitted with painted oak cabinets and granite worktops with Belfast sink, integrated fridge/freezer and two ring induction hob, in addition there is an oil-fired Rayburn for cooking. There is a door to outside and steps lead down to the WC and the double garage with electric garage door and a utility area with space/ plumbing for white goods, wall cupboards and the Grant combi boiler.
Upstairs, leading off the landing, there are two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes, and a family bathroom with both a separate shower and freestanding bath. From the landing there is access to the loft space via a ladder.
Outside
The gardens are a real feature of the property, beautifully landscaped on different levels with many specimen trees, fruit trees, plants and shrubs. Paths and steps wind through the gardens to hidden seating areas with some lovely views, and there are two summer houses, one with with light and power connected and one with insulated walls and a woodburning stove. At the top of the garden is a vegetable plot with a fruit cage and polytunnel, a water supply is connected from the mains. There is also a useful garden shed/log store. Immediately to the rear of the cottage is a stone paved, secluded patio with a garden/log store which houses the oil tank, and there are double doors to the driveway. To the front of the house, in front of the garage, there is a driveway with space to park two vehicles. A side gate gives access to the garden. In all c. 0.58 acre.
Tenure: Freehold
Council Tax: D
Services: Mains electricity and water, private drainage by way of a shared water treatment plant. Further details available from Seddons.<br /><br />
Waterrow is a small, rural village with village hall and the popular public house The Rock Inn. The property is situated on a quiet country lane, approximately 2 miles from the popular market town of Wiveliscombe which offers a wide range of local amenities including a small supermarket, doctors surgery, bank, primary and secondary schools and sports facilities including tennis courts and swimming pool. The county town of Taunton lies approximately 13 miles to the east and has an excellent range of facilities including access to the M5 at Junction 25 and a mainline railway station which provides a rapid intercity link with London Paddington.
Rock Cottage is an attractive stone built, semi-detached thatched cottage with over an acre of the most beautiful landscaped cottage gardens. Believed to date from 1710, this charming cottage has been sympathetically updated and very well maintained by the current owners to provide a beautifully presented country home with lots of character and features including ample ceiling and wall beams, latch doors, window seats and a large inglenook fireplace in the sitting room. On the ground floor, a pretty entrance porch leads into the spacious, double aspect sitting room with inglenook fireplace and woodburning stove, window seat and oak flooring. The sitting room leads through to the kitchen/ dining room, the dining area with a window seat and a charming arched door to a useful under stair cupboard. The kitchen is fitted with painted oak cabinets and granite worktops with Belfast sink, integrated fridge/freezer and two ring induction hob, in addition there is an oil-fired Rayburn for cooking. There is a door to outside and steps lead down to the WC and the double garage with electric garage door and a utility area with space/ plumbing for white goods, wall cupboards and the Grant combi boiler.
Upstairs, leading off the landing, there are two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes, and a family bathroom with both a separate shower and freestanding bath. From the landing there is access to the loft space via a ladder.
Outside
The gardens are a real feature of the property, beautifully landscaped on different levels with many specimen trees, fruit trees, plants and shrubs. Paths and steps wind through the gardens to hidden seating areas with some lovely views, and there are two summer houses, one with with light and power connected and one with insulated walls and a woodburning stove. At the top of the garden is a vegetable plot with a fruit cage and polytunnel, a water supply is connected from the mains. There is also a useful garden shed/log store. Immediately to the rear of the cottage is a stone paved, secluded patio with a garden/log store which houses the oil tank, and there are double doors to the driveway. To the front of the house, in front of the garage, there is a driveway with space to park two vehicles. A side gate gives access to the garden. In all c. 0.58 acre.
Tenure: Freehold
Council Tax: D
Services: Mains electricity and water, private drainage by way of a shared water treatment plant. Further details available from Seddons.<br /><br />
