4 bedroom house

A charming Grade II listed country house situated in the heart of the Blackdown Hills, with adjoining land in all approaching 12 acres. The property comprises of four bedrooms with a family bathroom.

Situation - Lower Willand Farm lies in the parish of Churchstanton one of the most beautiful parts of the Blackdown Hills, which is a nationally designated area of outstanding natural beauty. With a wide range of outdoor pursuits, numerous walks literally on the door step. Within the immediate facilities is a well regarded Churchstanton Primary School, which feeds into Castle School in Taunton or Uffculme School in Devon. The local church of St. Peter and St. Paul are within walking distance. The village of Churchinford has a community shop, doctors’ surgery and a public house that is just under two miles away. Wellington is approximately only eight miles away, providing a comprehensive range of both independently run shops and larger national stores including a Waitrose store. Taunton is approximately nine miles away and can be accessed via the M5 from Junction 26 at Wellington or 25 at Taunton. The A30, A35 and A303 at Honiton are all equally accessible.

Description - Lower Willand Farm is believed to date back to the mid-16th century and is Grade II listed. There have been various extensions over the years, including a two-story extension to the rear of the property, which has been built of local flint stone elevations under a tiled roof.

Accommodation - The house retains many period features including an inglenook fireplace, a plank and muntin elm screening in the dining room and hallway with cruck beams around the house. The accommodation includes an original front door opening to an entrance hallway. The sitting room is centred upon a deep inglenook fireplace with exposed beams, an inset wood burning stove and a spiral staircase leading up to the first floor. There are steps leading up to a secondary living area with an open fire and exposed stone chimney breast, beamed ceiling and a door to the study/5th bedroom. The dining room also has a stone-built fireplace with a beamed ceiling, dual aspect windows and a door that enters through to the kitchen. The kitchen is fitted with a range of oak fronted wall and base units, laminate work surfaces, an inset double drainer sink unit. There are double aspect windows overlooking the rear garden and a two-oven Alpha range cooker. A door leads to the rear porch with access to the outside. On the first floor there are four bedrooms, the master bedroom being of a good size with a part vaulted ceiling, exposed beams and an exposed wooden floor. There are three further bedrooms and a family bathroom suite with a jacuzzi bath, corner shower cubicle, low level WC and wash basin. The property also provides hyper fast gigaclear fibre broadband up to 1000Mbps.

Outside - At the front of the house the garden is enclosed by low stone walling, with a concrete paved area at the front and a lawn area that provides access to the double garage with attached single-story stone outbuildings, which needs improvement but could be adapted to create more accommodation if required. There is a very recently lapsed planning permission to convert the garage into two storey accommodation attached to the main house (Taunton Deane Application 10/17/0026). There is a shared drive way that leads around to the side of the house to a parking area. There is a single-story store, which could easily be converted. There remain the footings of a large (44m x 11m) outbuilding previously used for cider production and general storage. The site, ‘Lower Willand Farm Stables’ was cleared in 2020 but retains its own electricity supply and offers considerable scope for a future rebuild. There are three connecting paddocks all laid to pasture, which extends to approximately 11.77 acres. There is also separate access on to the village lane.

Directions - From the centre of Taunton, Proceed through Taunton and Blagdon Hill in a Southernly direction on to the top road towards Churchinford. Continue past Tricky Warren, just after turn right where it is sign posted Churchstanton. Take the first turning on the right just past Glebe Farm and follow this road, taking the second turning on the left just after the bus shelter, sign posted to Churchstanton School and Willand. Upon reaching a triangle on the left-hand side Lower Willand Farm is located just behind and can be identified by a Stags ‘For Sale’ board by the green triangle.



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