Ash Priors, Taunton

Guide Price: £425,000

Agent: Stags

Agent's Tel: 01823 256625

This delightful, semi-detached cottage is situated in a conservation area in one of the most attractive and highly favoured villages in the area. The property has views overlooking Ash Priors Common and is close to the nearby villages of Halse and Bishops Lydeard, and just six miles from Taunton.

The house, named The Old Farmhouse Cottage, has been in the same family ownership for 70 years. It retains a wealth of period features and has tremendous scope for modernisation and extension, subject to planning consents.

Somerset County Gazette: Pictures: Stags, Taunton

Inside, the sitting room is light and spacious with a beamed ceiling, a secondary staircase to the first floor and a deep inglenook fireplace with an inset wood-burning stove and stone mantle. The dining room has a door to the side garden and a chimney with an inset wood-burning stove. The kitchen has a range of matching units throughout.

On the first floor, there are two double bedrooms, both with fitted wardrobes and views overlooking the common. There is also a family bathroom on this level.

Outside, the beautiful cottage gardens are mainly laid to lawn and feature well-established Chestnut, Cherry, Wysteria and Juniper trees. The patio area is a perfect spot for entertaining.

At the front of the property, there is off-street parking accessed by a short driveway.

The cottage is offered with no onward chain.