4 Bedrooms Detached house for sale in Seavington, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 | £ 695,000

Property Description

A quintessential former Grade II listed farmhouse in the heart of the village, with spacious family size accommodation, beautiful mature gardens and a two-storey coach house / double garage with potential studio space over.

The Property
The History of Somerset notes the existence of an inventory of the farm in 1640, the property was then in the ownership of John Buckrell. It is one of two surviving 17th century farmhouses in the Seavingtons. Buckrells is a beautifully presented home with a real presence about it. It manages to give a feeling of grandeur and space, yet still remains cosy.

Within walking distance of village facilities including the village shop, café and recreation ground, it's the perfect family home whether you have younger children or a plethora of grandchildren as there's plenty of room for you all to have your own space. It has been sympathetically modernised over the years and benefits from oil fired central heating. The sense of flow throughout the house makes it ideal for day to day living and entertaining as well. The driveway and Coach House are accessed off Water Street, and lead through a personnel gate to a gravel pathway taking you to the garden room French doors. This is a lovely space, overlooking the gardens with a triple aspect and serves as both a welcoming entrance and having an insulated slated roof, this room is an all-year-round living space. To one side the original well has been capped but the Victorian pump is in situ making a focal point.

The downstairs cloakroom is in a convenient spot if you're coming in from the garden and a doorway leads from the adjacent hall into the kitchen / breakfast room. There's plenty of room for a central table, whilst limed effect units incorporate an integrated dishwasher, electric hob and double oven. An oil-fired Rayburn gives the kitchen that farmhouse feel and also powers the central heating and hot water system. To the north side of the kitchen is a large utility room with flagstone floor, previously the farmhouse dairy. An unusual feature of this room is the original victualling hatch for the farm workers. An inner lobby gives access to the second staircase leading up to the first floor. At this end of the house are two further good-sized bedrooms, one double with a front aspect and a lovely twin room with original stone fireplace and double aspect with small side window and window seat. The family bathroom is fitted with a Savoy Heritage suite including bath with shower over, WC and bidet. Background heat is provided by a white towel rail / radiator whilst the airing cupboard is adjacent to the bathroom with hot water cylinder and electric immersion.

On the second floor the family room is a lovely size with plenty of light from triple aspect windows and makes a super play room, hobby space or occasional guest room.

As you walk further along the first-floor landing there's more character to greet you. A mullion window overlooks the front with a window seat and plenty of original panelling. The second bedroom is a superb double room with generous ceiling height, and a pretty period fireplace. On the south side the window seat overlooks the gardens. At the top of the main staircase is a study (or nursery perhaps) with lovely view. The master bedroom is spacious and boasts a dual aspect built-in wardrobes. An en-suite shower-room has been incorporated into the corner with power shower, low level WC and wash hand basin.

The main staircase leads back down to the main hall where a rather majestic hamstone doorway and flagstone steps lead out to the garden room. This cross-passage hall has plank and muntin panelling which forms one wall of the dining room. A substantial oak door leads out to the front whilst the main staircase has a storage cupboard under. The sitting room with brick fireplace and a woodburning stove is roomy and cosy, and is on the west side of the property. A window seat overlooks the rear garden. The formal dining room is everything you might expect of a property of this age. Flagstone floors, panelling and a superb stone fireplace that now houses a further woodburner. Stone steps lead down into the kitchen / breakfast room.

Outside
Whilst the gardens are large enough for space and privacy, they are quite manageable being laid predominantly to lawn with mature ornamental trees and shrubs including a lovely Magnolia. Immediately adjacent to the house is a substantial patio / sun terrace, perfect for entertaining sheltered by the old stone wall on the west side. There's a stone-built workshop / barn with power and light. Beyond is a timber pergola with mature rose and grapevine, whilst flower borders are stocked with spring bulbs and perennials. A gravelled pathway from the house leads past a hexagonal arbour, providing a shady spot to sit in the summer months. The former piggery now encompasses a potting shed and discreet garden storage area. The oil tank is screened by trellis and the original stone walls.

Beyond this, a gate opens into the driveway which provides ample parking for several cars and access to the two-storey coach house. On the lower storey is a double garage with two sets of timber double doors under brick arches. Power and light are connected. External stone steps lead up to the loft / studio space that could make a perfect office, studio or games room. There is already a WC, alongside water and power. Along the southern boundary the garden is screened by trellis, allowing you an outlook over the neighbouring paddock and countryside beyond. On the east side of the garden an ivy-clad stone wall screens a lower area of garden with more mature trees including a copper beech and apple.. The boundary is delineated by the spring fed stream to one side, although the current owners have erected a substantial timber fence to provide more enclosure and privacy with a gateway out to the stream itself. The front garden is screened from the road by mature laurel hedging, a flagstone pathway leading to the front door.

Seavington is an attractive village made up of two small parishes, Seavington St Mary and Seavington St Michael, both with their own parish churches and sharing a lovely community shop and café, recreation ground with children's playground, village hall and pub. Nearby, the pretty village of South Petherton also offers a range of day to day amenities although almost equidistant is the Medieval market town of Ilminster, the centre of which is dominated by the ancient Minster and a thriving range of independent stores including butchers, delicatessen, hardware store, antiques and homeware stores as well as two supermarkets. Ilminster has a convenient road access to both the M5, junction 25 lies 13 miles to the north-west and 1 mile to the A303, now dual carriageway most of the way to the M3. There is a mainline railway station at Crewkerne c.5 miles (London Waterloo) which also has a Waitrose supermarket, and the county town of Taunton c.15 miles has a further mainline station (London Paddington) and a wider range of shopping facilities. Bath, Bristol and Exeter offer excellent cultural and shopping facilities within approximately an hour's drive. The World Heritage designated Jurassic coastline lies c.20 miles to the south.

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