House For Sale £530,000
Station Road, Ilminster

A spacious and versatile six bedroom, three storey town house, occupying an elevated position within this favoured town, benefitting from extensive off road parking and fine southerly views. EPC Band E.

Situation - Shipley House is situated in an elevated position within a 1/4 of a mile walk of the town centre, where an excellent range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities can be found. The A303 is within 1 mile providing excellent links to the southwest and London to the east. The county town of Taunton is within 13 miles with its mainline railway station to London Paddington and access to the M5 motorway. The Jurassic coastline is also within easy reach of the property..

Description - Shipley House comprises a well proportioned six bedroom, three storey semi-detached town house constructed partly of brick and hamstone elevations together with brick quoins and is set beneath a slate roof. The property boasts a wealth of features associated with a property of its age, including bay windows, picture rails and tessellated flooring. This well proportioned and spacious house benefits from uPVC double glazed windows and doors throughout together with gas fired central heating. The property is versatile and has the added benefit of a cellar, together with good size gardens and grounds, along with extensive off road parking..

Accommodation - entrance porch with glazed front door leading to the entrance hall with mat well and attractive leaded stained glass door opening into the hallway with original tessellated floor and pine floorboards together with stairs rising to the first floor. Sitting room with bay window to front. Ilminster stone fireplace with inset multi-fuel stove, picture rail and opening into the dining room with moulded cornice and picture rail, together with window to rear. To the rear of the hallway is a door with steps leading down to the cellar with a concrete floor and electric light. The rear hallway has a quarry tiled floor with glazed door to side and useful cloakroom with high level WC and wash hand basin. Towards the rear of the property is a good size kitchen with breakfast room comprising 1 1/4 bowl single drainer sink unit with mixer taps over, adjoining worktop with a range of floor and wall mounted cupboards and drawers, space for range cooker with stainless steel hood over and space for dishwasher. Attractive tiled flooring, window to side and wall mounted gas boiler. Beyond the kitchen is a rear lobby with pantry with shelving and uPVC door to the boot room which is glazed on two sides again with a tiled floor, with door to side and adjoining utility room with space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, single drainer sink unit with mixer taps and shelving.

First floor landing with stairs to second floor and airing cupboard housing the factory lagged copper cylinder, immersion heater and slatted shelving. Rear landing with trap access to roof void which is fully boarded. Bedroom three with uPVC window to side and fitted shelving. Bathroom with bath with electric shower over, pedestal wash hand basin and heated towel rail. cloakroom with low level WC and vanity unit with inset wash hand basin. Bedroom two with views from two aspects and wash hand basin. Bedroom one with bay window to front, with delightful view to Herne Hill, vanity unit with inset wash hand basin. Bedroom six currently used as a craft room/study with window to front.

Second floor landing with Velux roof light and trap access to roof void. Bedroom four with views from two aspects, including Velux window and eaves storage, together with doorway leading to the Jack and Jill en suite shower room with large walk-in shower cubicle, low level WC, vanity unit with wash hand basin and heated towel rail. Bedroom five with window to front with wonderful views of Herne Hill, Velux window and eaves storage.

Outside - To the front of the property is a wrought iron gate hung from brick pillars with pathway leading to the front door, together with three lawned areas, together with various shrubs and bushes. Pathway leads around to the side of the property with a courtyard area, leading to a further courtyard, ideal for outdoor entertaining as it is close to the kitchen, together with a secondary driveway. The top garden is laid mainly to lawn together with useful garden shed, bike shed and its main driveway approached through timber gates, with parking for four vehicles.

Services - All mains services are connected. Gas fired central heating.

Viewings - Strictly by appointment through the vendors selling agent, Stags Yeovil office. Telephone[use Contact Agent Button].

Directions - On entering Ilminster from the Taunton direction, at the roundabout take the 2nd exit towards the town centre. Continue along here and at the next roundabout take the 1st exit, passing the petrol station and The Shrubbery Hotel on your right hand side. Continue further along Station Road whereupon Shipley House will be seen just before the left hand turning to New Road, off of which are its two driveways.