• Charming, extended cottage +
• Beautifully presented throughout +
• Peaceful, semi-rual edge-of-town location +
• Three quarter acre plot featuring ample wildlife including deer +
• Large garage and attached office with annexe potential +
• Flexible, social accommodation +

A beautifully presented and charming, extended cottage occupying a peaceful semi-rural situation. With a host of well-appointed internal accommodation, pleasant and varied 3/4 acre plot, solar panels, and large garage with attached office offering superb annexe potential.

DESCRIPTION
Occupying an idyllic position in the highly desirable South Somerset village of Huish Episcopi is this characterful family home, which has been significantly extended from the original 1860’s cottage to create a wonderful home full of light, charm, and space. The home has been sympathetically updated throughout the years, including a recent scheme of works by the current owner.
The property is accessed from the front through a beautiful solid oak door with original features and furniture, leading into an entrance porch with flagstone flooring that continues through to the large hallway, which features a downstairs shower room with WC and hand basin. At the rear, the original cottage downstairs has been turned into one large, open sitting room with an attractive fireplace with stone mantle and Lias hearth with woodburning stove inset, whilst a trio of glazed windows/door to the south elevation bring in a wealth of light. The room is carpeted and pleasantly decorated, offering a superb reception space.
The kitchen enjoys a central position within the house and has been fitted with a range of chic wall and base units with quartz-effect laminate worktops and tiled splashbacks, 5-ring gas hob, eye-level double oven/grill, full-height pantry cupboard, sink with drainer, and space for a dishwasher. The modern kitchen design elegantly contrasts with the flagstone floors, which feature in the room. To the opposite end of the kitchen is ample space for a large dining table, with glazed patio doors leading out to the courtyard-style part of the garden, offering a seamless and sociable transition to the outside space. Adjacent to the kitchen/diner is the superb family/garden room. With its vaulted ceiling, solid oak floor, attractive stone fireplace with woodburner inset, and wall of windows and sliding patio doors overlooking the garden, the room is a superb addition to the home. Completing the downstairs accommodation is firstly a utility room with space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumbledrier, and rear door providing external access. Finally, at the opposite end of the house is an additional room which doubles as an ideal office - located away from the main hubs of the house - or a fifth bedroom, benefiting from close access to the downstairs shower room. An attractive solid oak staircase leads up from the hall to the first floor landing, providing access to all the principal rooms upstairs and boasting a boarded loft with ladder and light. The master bedroom is an impressive size, benefitting from a large walk-in-wardrobe and en-suite fitted with a large shower cubicle, WC, and his/her basins within large vanity unit. The remaining bedrooms consist of two good sized double rooms - one carpeted and one with exposed floorboards - and a further bedroom which is currently used as a craft room but would fit a double bed. Completing upstairs is the family bathroom consisting of a bath with shower over, WC, and hand basin. OUTSIDE One of the stand out features of Trystings is its superb, 0.76 acre plot, enjoying a peaceful and scenic setting. Immediately adjacent to the property on the south side is an open faux-courtyard-style garden, where a patio immediately adjacent to the kitchen/diner with a stylish glazed veranda over offers the ideal al fresco dining area within a gravelled garden interspersed with established shrubs and trees, and a stone wall forming the southern boundary. This leads round to the rear garden which consists of a large area of lawn with several mature trees backing onto a further small paddock, where ample wildlife can be seen including foxes, deer, badgers, rabbits, and more. To one corner of the plot is a gardeners patch, with greenhouse, raised beds, and potting shed, whilst back towards the house is a large summer house which has been utilised as a bar, equipped with power and lighting, hosting a small woodburning stove, and offering a pleasant covered seating area which overlooks the rear garden. Immediately adjacent to the garden room is a decking with heated hot tub; yet another social space to sit and enjoy the garden whilst remaining connected to the property. To the front of the home is a large gravelled driveway, at the centre of which sits a large double garage, equipped with power and lighting with mezzanine storage area and electric roller door. Attached to the rear of the garage is a large office with windows looking out to the garden, suitable as a superb office space as is, whilst also offering superb annexe potential, with water and drainage already being connected to a sink and WC in the room. The property is fronted by a high stone wall offering security and privacy, whilst numerous other features can be found throughout the outside, including a well, a treehouse, log store, garden store, and more. Overall, the garden boasts a scenic and private setting with highly social elements and relatively low maintenance, given the size.