3 bedroom detached house

A detached three-bed Grade II listed former toll house on the outskirts of Aller, requiring some modernisation. Enjoying ample parking and garden in a 0.24 acre plot with beautiful countryside views all around. No onward chain.

Sited along the A372 between Aller and Langport, Turnpike House is a detached three bedroom home traditionally built from red brick. The property is – as the name suggests – a former toll house situated along one of Somerset’s former turnpike roads; built in 1824 under the Langport & Somerton Turnpike Trust, designated Plotstream. More information on turnpikes can be found at The property is accessed from the side via a timber door that leads into a small entrance porch, and then into the sitting/dining room. At 21ft long the room is a generous size, enjoying a feature Victorian era tiled fireplace with stove and open fire (untested) and three further windows benefitting from internal secondary glazing, which is present throughout the property.
To one side of the sitting room is the study; featuring a trio of arched gothic windows along the angled exterior wall, the study forms the original composition of the toll house, having been extended later, likely later on in the 19th Century and again in the 20th. At the opposite side of the sitting room is the kitchen, laid to tiled flooring and featuring a range of wall and base units with predominantly solid wood worktops and upstands over, a feature brick fireplace with 5-burner gas range in situ and tiled splashback over, one-and-a-half stainless steel sink with drainer, and space/plumbing for a washing machine/tumble dryer. Glazed timber doors lead out into the garden, whilst a pair of windows either side allow in plenty of light.

Carpeted stairs rise from the sitting room to the first floor landing, providing access to each of the rooms. Bedrooms one and two are both doubles, with the larger of the two sitting at the rear of the property, enjoying attractive views over the neighbouring farmland. Bedroom two is a further double, with former fireplace (blocked off) whilst bedroom three is a good sized single room. Completing the internal accommodation is the family bathroom, with Edwardian style design of decorative half-tiled walls, painted floorboards, and a suite of corner shower cubicle, bath, low-level WC and pedestal basin.

The ancient village of Aller is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086 (Alae) and enjoys a popular inn/restaurant, 11th Century parish church and village hall. The market town of Langport, approximately 1.5 miles, has an excellent range of everyday amenities including shops, primary school, churches, inns, doctors' and dentists' surgeries, fuel station, library, veterinary surgery etc. Huish Academy with its adjoining sixth form and sports centre, with sporting facilities for all ages, is nearby at Huish Episcopi.

Aller is ideally placed for commuting to Bridgwater, the county town of Taunton, and a number of other surrounding towns. There are main line rail links at Taunton, Yeovil and Castle Cary. The M5 Motorway can be accessed at J25 (Taunton) Southbound and J23 (Bridgwater) Northbound.

Turnpike House enjoys a generous 0.24 acre plot, with ample off road parking and garden space. The rear garden is predominantly laid to turf with a myriad of flowers, shrubs, bushes and trees, with post and rail fencing bordering the majority of the plot. Beyond the initial enclosed section of garden is a further area again laid mostly to turf, with a space to the end reserved for parking. A large pine tree features at the end of the garden whilst a section to the side would’ve been reserved for gardening, with raised beds betwixt a pair of garden sheds. The entire plot is fully enclosed, bar the vehicular entranceway – a side track leads off the main road to the parking at the rear of the plot.