- Interesting detached period cottage +
- Potential to improve +
- Useful outbuildings +
- Gardens, grounds and native woodland extending to just over 5 Acres +
- 2 Reception rooms +
- 4 Bedrooms +
- Useful outbuildings including studio and garages +
An interesting Detached 4 Bedroom Period Cottage with potential to improve together with useful outbuildings, gardens, grounds and native woodland extending to just over 5 acres located in the heart of the Blackdown Hills AONB.
Robustly built with rendered elevations set beneath a tiled roof and believed to date from the early 19th century, the property has been a much loved family home for over forty years and offers generous accommodation that would now benefit from some general updating. Briefly this comprises an entrance hallway with utility and cloakroom off, double aspect sitting room with garden views and a spacious triple aspect kitchen/family room with inglenook and superb bread oven. There are four generous bedrooms at first floor level and a bathroom. Oil fired central heating is installed together with modern upvc double glazing.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Broadband: FTTP—Ultrafast broadband is not yet available—highest current available download speed 21 Mbps, highest available upload speed 1 Mbps. (Openreach).
Mobile Coverage: For an indication of specific speeds and supply or coverage in the area we recommend contacting your own provider.
Flooding: The property is in an area at a VERY LOW RISK from River/Sea and Surface Water flooding (defined as the chance of flooding each year as less than 0.1%). Flooding from groundwater and reservoirs is unlikely in this area.
Set right in the heart of the Blackdown Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and some 7 miles from Taunton, the property enjoys a secluded location offering privacy without isolation. The surrounding hills and
valleys are dotted with small villages and farmsteads, creating a stunning patchwork of traditional English countryside, all within easy
reach of the county town. Local village amenities in Churchinford, Bishopswood and Buckland St Mary include a shop/cafe, pub and popular primary school. Taunton offers excellent
retail, educational and leisure facilities together with a good rail service (London Paddington) and easy access to the M5 motorway.Rural and countryside pursuits abound in the locality and the World Heritage Jurassic Coast is some 20 miles to the south.
The property is set in glorious grounds that extend to an estimated 5 acres with a mix of informal garden, largely lawned with shrubs and trees, areas of mature native woodland with blubells natural pond and a haven for wildlife and birds, There is a small pasture paddock and a range of very useful outbuildings that include a superb studio building, some 40 ft x 19 ft, double and single garages.