Thatchcombe

A charming four bedroom detached village residence boasting a wealth of character features set within attractive gardens and grounds with off road parking, garaging and useful range of outbuildings. EPC Band E.

Situation - Thatchcombe Is situated within the popular village of Haselbury Plucknett and close to the neighbouring village of North Perrott where amenities between them include a primary school, two pubs, garden centre with farm shop and coffee shop. Crewkerne is within 3 miles where an excellent range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities can be found including a Waitrose supermarket, together with a general hospital. Transport links are also good with the A303 being within 7 miles and a mainline railway station in Crewkerne offering a regular rail service to Exeter and London Waterloo.

Description - Thatchcombe is centred on a four bedroom detached character residence situated within attractive gardens and grounds. It is constructed principally of stone and is contained beneath a thatched roof with the ridge having been redone approximately 3 years ago. The property boasts a wealth of character features associated with a house of this age, including exposed ceiling timbers, cruck beams, inglenook fireplace and elm staircase. The property also benefits from oil fired central heating together with secondary glazed windows, many of which are leaded. The accommodation is well planned with two good size reception rooms, cloakroom, kitchen/breakfast room with Aga and adjoining laundry cupboard, all on the ground floor. On the first floor are four bedrooms, one currently used as a studio, one with an en suite shower room, together with a family bathroom. Outside are delightful gardens and grounds benefitting from an integral garage with store room over, off road parking and an excellent range of outbuildings, including workshop and summerhouse.

Accommodation - Solid wooden door leads into the entrance hall with quarry tiled flooring, exposed hamstone to one wall, exposed beams and elm staircase rising to the first floor. Cloakroom with vanity unit and inset ceramic sink, WC and quarry tiled flooring. Living room with hamstone fireplace with inset log burner, mullion windows to front, exposed beams, fitted bookshelves and glazed French doors to garden. Sitting/dining room with views from two aspects including mullion window to front, open fireplace with carved hamstone surround, exposed ceiling timbers and stable door leading to kitchen/breakfast room comprising; sink with mixer tap over, adjoining worktop with a range of floor and wall mounted cupboards and drawers, electric Aga and space for dishwasher, secondary glazed window to front and secondary front door, together with exposed stonework to one wall and glazed door to rear garden. Laundry/store cupboard with space for fridge/freezer, plumbing for washing machine and shelving.

On the first floor is a spacious landing on two levels with windows to rear, useful store cupboard, trap access to roof void and feature cruck beam. Principle bedroom with exposed cruck beam, secondary glazed leaded window to front with deep quarry tiled window sill and wardrobe with hanging rail and shelf. En suite shower room comprising; large walk in shower, vanity unit with inset wash hand basin, WC and attractive glass tiled splashbacks. Bedroom two is secondary glazed with leaded window to front, wardrobe with hanging rail and shelving. Bedroom three with views from two aspects, exposed beams, cast iron fireplace and trap access to roof void. Bathroom comprising enamel bath, low level WC, wash hand basin, heated towel rail/radiator and airing cupboard housing the factory lagged copper cylinder with immersion heater and slatted shelving. Bedroom four is currently used as a studio with secondary glazed leaded window to rear and fitted shelving.

Outside - The property is approached over a gravelled driveway providing parking to front and a gated parking space to side. Integral garage/workshop connected with power and light with loft access and folding ladder leading to a useful store room over which is fully boarded and has a window to side. The property is protected from the village road by a low stone wall with beech hedging and pedestrian pathway leading to the front door. A gateway to the far side leads around to the rear garden with a large south west facing sun terrace bounded by a low stone wall, with steps leading up to the lawned garden. The gardens are well fenced and hedged giving much privacy and are laid to lawn with deep borders stocked with attractive flowers and shrubs, along with a fine selection of trees including Bay, Yew, Beech, Silver Birch, Magnolia and a selection of apple trees. Within the garden is a productive kitchen garden with raised beds and an ornamental pond with waterfall. Within the grounds are a useful range of outbuildings including a timber workshop connected with power and light with window on two aspects, adjoining garden store and lock-up shed. Boat store, large enough for housing various kayaks and garden furniture, along with a superb summerhouse with leaded glazed windows on four aspects, French doors and large sun patio to front. Two wood sheds, brick and stone outbuilding used as a potting shed and connected with power. Also, to the side of the property is an external oil fired boiler and cold water tap with twin raised Belfast sinks. In total the grounds extend to just under 1/3 of an acre.

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

Viewings - Strictly by appointment through the vendors selling agent, Stags Yeovil office. Telephone .

Directions - From Yeovil head west on the A30 towards Crewkerne. Having passed through the villages of West Coker and East Chinnock turn left signposted Haselbury Plucknett onto the A3066 and after a short distance Thatchcombe will be seen on the right hand side just before The White Horse public house.



Marketed by: Stags, Yeovil