This property is no longer on the market
3 bedroom semi-detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- An attractive 1800’s cottage situated in approx. 0.6 acres
- Three bedroom home
- Beautifully presented throughout
- Log Cabin studio with annexe potential
- Picturesque setting with orchard and stream
- Nestled within the foothills of The Quantocks
- EPC rating 'D'
Entrance Porch,
Extended in recent years to now offer an attractive and welcoming entrance to this lovely home. Leading to…
Living Room,
A bright and naturally well-lit room with character and charm served by dual aspect windows facing to the front and into the rear gardens of the property. Benefiting from inbuilt shelving and storage and a multi-fuel 6-8kw log burner sitting within the original brick built hearth and surround.
Snug,
With peaceful views overlooking the front garden the snug offers ample space and lends itself to multitude of uses. Decorated with an original brick fireplace and hearth and 5.5 kW Hunter log burner.
Kitchen and Dining Room,
Sitting within an extended part of this property, the kitchen offers a triple aspect room with front side and rear views. The kitchen operates as the hub of this home and has been designed with a breakfast and dining space to entertain family and friends. With a range of base and mid height units and display cabinets, with worktops that are in keeping with the oak that is prominent throughout the house. The kitchen island and breakfast bar is a particular nice feature of this room along with the character provided by the dual fuel range master cooker. Designed with the perfect mix of cottage and contemporary.
Cloakroom,
Offering a low level WC and butlers sink with brass mounted tap.
Landing,
Leading along the rear of the property offering Easterly facing windows that frame its garden views with Wisteria. Two in-built cupboards provide ample storage.
Leading to…
Master Bedroom,
A beautifully bright Easterly facing bedroom with dual aspect 12 paned sash windows that overlooks the sprawling gardens, stream and neighbouring countryside. Vaulted ceiling with Oak beams and access to…
En-suite,
The en-suite bathroom has been designed with relaxation in mind. Offering a large luxurious rolled topped bath tub upon cast iron feet, Central taps and rainforest shower head above with Ceiling fixed rail for shower curtains.
Bedroom Two,
A double bedroom with front aspect sash window, sizable enough to take a king or super king size bed, exposed beams and built in wardrobe.
Bedroom Three,
A good sized third and double bedroom with front aspect sash window and exposed beam. Shelving has been created within one of this bedrooms natural wall arches to provide a characterful and useful storage space.
Family Bathroom,
A modern shower room offering a large walk-in shower, low-level WC and wall fixed basin with attractive Victorian style splashback tiles.
Workshop,
This log cabin measures 7.89m x 6.84m and is currently being run as a pottery studio but could easily be utilized for many other uses, such as a home office or annex potential for guests or business venture. It is fully insulated with solid footings and concrete base, built by a local company to a high standard. Benefitting from a log burner, double glazed windows and door, lighting, multiple sockets and timber decking to the front overlooking the stream.
Summerhouse,
Positioned to attract the last of the days sunlight and drink in the surroundings. A perfect place to dine al fresco next to a fire pit with friends and family and watch the sun set.
Outside
Access from the lane onto the property is via two five bar gates at either end of the driveway creating an ‘in and out’ with parking for up to 15 cars. The water treatment plant is located at the far end and understand it complies with the new legislation.
The front door is accessed via a wooden cottage gate and gravel pathway. The front garden has been planted with an array of cottage garden plants and mixture of traditional roses, oxeye daisies, and hydrangea all enclosed by a stone wall and shrubs.
The rear garden is a gardener’s paradise and has been landscaped by the current owner with the help of garden designer Jenny Short. It features a sweeping Indian sandstone patio with seating area protected by a wooden pergola, carefully selected decorative plants and shrubs and planned to bring the stream that flows through the gardens to the forefront as a unique feature and focal point.
The gardens stretch into the tree lined boundary to the rear of the gardens and also offers a covered timber work space.
Location
Coombe Cottage enjoys a quiet superb location, tucked away within a hamlet on the southern side of the beautiful Quantock Hills, designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The area is renowned for its superb walking and riding, with many miles of footpaths and bridle ways. Lying close by is the highly sought after village of West Monkton with local inn, village church and nearby farm shop, whilst Taunton provides a comprehensive range of shopping with excellent independent schooling, racecourse, theatre, county cricket ground and mainline rail station linking to London Paddington. The hamlet is located just off of the A38 road, connecting Taunton and Bridgwater with junction 25 of the M5 motorway about three miles to the south and junction 24 about four miles to the north.
Services
This property is served by oil fired central heating. Mains water and mains electricity. Private drainage provided by a recently fitted sewage treatment plant that complies with the latest environmental BS EN12566/3 standard.
Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
Somerset West and Taunton Council Band ‘D’
EPC Rating
'D'
From Creech Castle junction with the A358 and A38 roads, bear northwards towards Bridgwater on the A38 road following on along the dual carriage way for just over a mile and ascending Adsborough Hill. At the top of the hill turn first left, continuing along to the triangle in the road and bearing left again. Follow the road along down and into the hamlet, bearing around to the left at the bottom, where Coombe Cottage will be found shortly after on the left hand side.
Property information from this agent
Places of interest
See more properties like this:
*DISCLAIMER
Property reference TAU220294. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Fine & Country - Taunton.
OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:
Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on April 14, 2022
Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:
Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s
The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2
Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on April 14, 2022
Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:
Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Energy Performance data and Internal floor area: obtained on July 31, 2022 from The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Home Report if in relation to a residential property in Scotland.
Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.