Beautifully appointed family home with wonderful proportions, outstanding gardens with a further two paddocks totaling 3.54 acres and wide range of outbuildings including two home offices.

Description

The Croft sits in a beautiful, semi-rural position with open countryside views, yet accessible to major road links. The village of Appley has a primary school, village store/post office with a popular cafe and pub called The Globe Inn.

Wellington town has an excellent range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities with easy access to the M5 motorway at junction 26. The County Town of Taunton is within 11.5 miles of the property where a greater selection of facilities can be found together with a mainline railway link to London Paddington.

Tiverton is 12.5 miles distant and enjoys a thriving community with a selection of independent shops, cafes and restaurants as well as a number of supermarkets including a Marks & Spencer food hall. The Exe Valley Leisure Centre offers a swimming pool, gym facilities and tennis courts, whilst Tiverton also has active football and rugby clubs.

There is an excellent selection of state and independent schools including the renowned Blundell’s School, Taunton School, King’s College, Queen’s College and King’s Hall.

Further afield is the cathedral city of Exeter, with its thriving university, well regarded schools, theatres and wide selection of shopping and leisure facilities, including the Princesshay Shopping Centre and a John Lewis department store.

Location

The Croft is a wonderful family home sitting in a delightful, elevated position enjoying views out over the beautiful gardens and grounds. Inside, the accommodation flows incredibly well whilst benefiting from grand proportions and period features, the inviting garden room is perfect for welcoming guests and in turn leads into the entrance hallway in the centre of the home. To the right are two excellent south facing, double aspect reception rooms both with feature fireplaces and pretty bay windows capturing the wonderful outlook over the formal gardens.

The kitchen/dining room is clearly the heart of the home and runs the full depth of the property, this provides an abundance of natural light and is great for family life or entertaining. The kitchen itself has a wide range of wall, base and drawer units in a shaker style with a central island and Aga. Adjacent to the kitchen is an incredibly useful utility room with access to outside and further accommodation on the ground floor includes a study with views over the paddock, cloakroom and gardener’s toilet with shower.

An impressive staircase rises to the first floor landing where there are five well-proportioned bedrooms and three bathrooms in total. Bedroom one is of particular interest as it has the most wonderful outlook over the paddock and gardens via the two bay windows. Bedroom two and three also enjoy a similar outlook respectively whilst bedroom five has access into valuable storage space in the eaves.

Gardens and Grounds
Outside does not disappoint and has clearly been a labour of love. The south facing veranda is perfectly placed to make the most of the formal gardens with the terrace area providing a wonderful spot for alfresco dining. The south facing garden is mostly laid to lawn whilst benefiting from numerous established borders and trees providing colour all year round. There is a pretty path meandering through the garden with a pergola heading towards the fruitful vegetable garden and beyond to one of two paddocks, this particular space has been used for a private wedding/party in the past and is a very special and unique part of the overall grounds. A further paddock is located to the east of the house and there is a orchard in front of the outbuildings. To the front, the approach is impressive with a driveway leading to an ample parking area alongside a patio area and greenhouse.

There is a vast number of outbuildings including two all-important offices - perfect for working from home, a music room, two workshops, car port and store. There is a detached double garage with stairs leading to a first floor studio, again providing a superb space for a home office if required.

In total the land equates to approximately 3.54 acres.

Square Footage: 3,509 sq ft


Acreage: 3.54 Acres

Directions

When on the A38, take the turning signposted Greenham After 0.8 miles turn right and continue onto Bishop’s Hill and take the next right into Appley. When entering the village take the first left and The Croft will be found on your left hand side.

Additional Info

Wellington about 5.6 miles m5 junction 27 (Tiverton) about 7.1 miles Taunton about 11.5 miles

Services
Mains water and electricity. Private drainage and oil central heating. Solar hot water and PV panels.