Gratton House Crowcombe, Nr Taunton, Somerset
Fast Find 60187 People Property Places A well-presented contemporary house situated in this highly sought after village
Features • Canopy Porch • Reception Hall • Kitchen / Dining Room • Sitting Room • Garden Room • Study • Cloakroom • Utility Room • Principal En Suite Bedroom • Three Further Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • Shower Room • Ample Parking • Integral Double Garage • Well-Designed & Low Maintenance Gardens • Lovely Rural Views • Terraces • Traditional Greenhouse Mileages • Williton 5 miles • Taunton 10.5 miles • Exeter 45.5 miles • Bristol 49.5 miles (all distances/times approximate) The Location Gratton House lies on the edge of the village of Crowcombe, with its popular village inn, ancient church, majestic Crowcombe Court, community run post office and modern village hall. Crowcombe is situated on the Quantock Hills, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where there is endless walking and riding countryside and heather topped beacons enjoying the glorious panoramic views. The small town of Williton is within easy reach to the north with day to day amenities, whilst Taunton, the County Town of Somerset, offers an excellent shopping centre, good schools, both in the state and independent sectors and Richard Huish Sixth Form College. Taunton is also well placed for good communications, with a main line station and trains scheduled to arrive at London Paddington with an hour and forty five minutes on the fast service and M5 motorway Junction 25 providing fast and easy access to London and Exeter.
The Property Gratton House is one of only two similar, traditionally designed houses and yet a contemporary interior lies beyond its façade. A high, double ceiling reception hall opens out into a particularly light and airy, well fitted kitchen / dining room enjoying glorious views. The sitting room has a wood burning stove and opens out into a delightful garden room with bi-fold doors leading out onto a south- westerly facing terrace. There is also a study on the ground floor. The bedrooms are all of good size and enjoy wonderful outlooks.
The Gardens A traditional five bar gate leads down the gravel drive and opens up in front of the garage to provide Ample Parking. The Double Integral Garage has up-and-over doors and a door through to the inner hall. The gardens to the front of the house have recently been re-landscaped to provide a lawned area with well-planted borders, a number of specimen trees, namely copper beech, weeping willow, apple, pears and a rowan. There is a pretty traditional Greenhouse and Cold Frame. A garden gate leads through to the side garden with hornbeams, magnolia and birch and a cleverly designed Terrace surrounded by clipped yew hedging and a path leading round to the side of the house where there is a lavender bed and raised vegetable beds. There is also a Utility Area to the rear of the property where the oil storage tank, composting area and a small garden Store Shed. Property Information Directions Postcode: TA4 4AA Services Mains electricity, water and drainage. Proceed out of Taunton in a northerly direction on the Oil fired central heating. A358 and continue for approximately 8 miles, passing signs on the right to ‘Triscombe’ and just after look Local Authority West Somerset District Council, West Somerset out for the turning right to ‘Crowcombe’. On House, Killick Way, Williton, Taunton, Somerset. entering the village, pass a thatched farmhouse on the TA4 4QA Telephone: 01643 703704 left and the entrance into ‘The Paddocks’ will be seen www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk on the left hand side. Proceed down the drive bearing right and drop down to Gratton House. Contents, Fixtures and Fittings: Unless specifically mentioned as included in these particulars, all contents, fixtures and fittings, Photographs taken & details prepared March 2015 garden ornaments and statues, carpets and curtains are specifically excluded from the sale. Certain items may be available by separate negotiation. Tax Band G FAST FIND: 60187
Based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with permission of the Controller H.M.S.O. Crown Copyright reserved. Approximate Gross Internal Area 303.5 sq m / 3267 sq ft (exclude restricted head height/includes garage)
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Ground Floor
Measured in accordance with RICS guidelines. Every attempt is made to ensure accuracy, however all measurements are approximate. This floor plan is for illustrative purposes only and is not to scale.
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