5 bedroom house

A superbly renovated and extended contemporary modern house with grounds extending to approximately 1.5 acres. Additional 5.25 acres available.

Situation - Orchards can be found close to the centre of Langford Budville, a small Somerset village, which offers access to great local Primary Schools, a picturesque church and a popular 17th century popular house known as the Martlet Inn. Surrounded by beautiful countryside including the Langford Heathfield nature reserve, an area of lovely woodland with an extensive network of footbaths and bridle ways. The village lies just a four-mile distance from Wellington, which provides a wider range of amenities including banking, shopping, excellent sporting facilities, a theatre and a range of Primary and Secondary Schools.

Description - Orchard House is a substantial contemporary modern property, which has been skilfully extended and refurbished by the current owners. The house has been architecturally designed and features a split level layout with well proportioned accommodation that is arranged over two floors. The accommodation has been further enhanced by a recent extension, which has been added to create a stunning open planned kitchen/breakfast room with glazed gable end wall, which has bi-folding doors that opens out directly onto the newly laid terrace. The bathrooms and shower rooms have been recently replaced and the exterior has been re-rendered and clad with cedar.

Accommodation - The accommodation includes an entrance porch with a cloakroom and doors opening through to the reception hall. There are full height vaulted ceilings, staircase to first floor and a glazed balustrading leading to the living room. The living room enjoys an elevated position with triple aspect windows that enjoys far reaching and a fireplace with wood burning stove and exposed stone chimney breast. Doors provide access to the newly built open planned kitchen/breakfast room, which has recently been completed with exposed A frames. There is a glazed wall at one end and by folding doors opening out to the patio and rear garden. The kitchen area includes a range of painted shaker style wall and base units, a space for a range cooker and an American style fridge/freezer. There are granite work surfaces with a sink, tiled splash backs and a central island unit with fitted cupboards. There are also electrically operated roof lights and engineered wooden floors. From the kitchen there is access through to the utility room, which in turn leads to an integral double garage. There are five well proportioned bedrooms. The master bedroom has an en-suite shower and dressing room, as well as a separate shower room serving the four further bedrooms. One of the bedrooms is accessed via a staircase from the internal hallway, which provides a generous bedroom or reception room and provides flexibility for many incoming buyers.

Outside - There is a driveway that provides ample parking for numerous vehicles and a turning space, which in turn leads to the twin garages. One internal garage with insulated up and over door and built in side door, as well as a separate single garage, with up and over door and has connected electric. The front garden is planted with herbaceous borders. There is an access to the rear garden via the side of the house, where there is a newly laid deep paved patio area, fencing dividing the garden into individual areas and is mainly laid to lawn with again deep herbaceous borders. A post and rail fence separates the formal garden from the orchard, which extends to approximately 1 acre with a selection of fruit bearing apple trees. There is a further five acres paddock with an outbuilding to the rear of the property with its own separate access. This includes a hard-standing area for a number of vehicles and a timber framed barn providing use for storage. This is available through sperate negotiation. More information can be found by contacting the agent.

Viewing - Strictly by appointment with the vendor's selling agents, Messrs Stags, Wellington Office.

Directions - From our offices follow the road out of Wellington towards Milverton, taking the turning on the left-hand side towards Langford budville. Follow the road for a further 0.5 miles to the top of the hill and turn right just past the village hall. Follow this road for approximately 0.5 miles before taking the right hand turning on the sharp left-hand bend where the property can be found a short distance along this road on the left-hand side.

Services - Oil fired central heating. Mains water, electricity and drainage.



Marketed by: Stags, Wellington