Mowbarton House Mowbarton House , , TA2 8AS Kingston St Mary 2 Miles, Taunton 4.5 Miles

• Barn Conversion with character • 4 double bedrooms (2 en-suite) • Kitchen • 3 reception rooms • Outbuildings • Stable block with tack room and hay barn • 3.25 acres of gardens and land

Guide price £750,000

Situation Mowbarton House enjoys a fantastic rural setting in the small hamlet of Pickney, between the villages of Kingston St Mary and Bishops Lydeard, on the foot of The . Kingston St Mary and Bishops Lydeard are both within approximately 3 miles of the property and between them provide an excellent range of day to day amenities to include, parish churches, a primary school, garage, playing field, post office, doctors surgery, pharmacy, convenience store and several quality pubs. Mowbarton House is located in the Parish of Kingston St Mary. Taunton, the County Town, is a little further to the south and has an excellent A delightful 4 bedroom equestrian property, in a peaceful shopping centre with many well-known high street and independent retailers as well as an extensive range of leisure, recreational and scholastic facilities convenient setting near the popular village of Kingston St Mary including three well regarded public schools. Taunton also has convenient transport links with an easily accessible mainline railway station, with frequent services to London Paddington, and a junction onto the motorway network at junction 25 of the M5. Mowbarton House is also perfectly positioned for those with walking and riding interests, with the miles of footpaths and bridleways that wind through The Quantock Hills, right on the doorstep. There are also two International Airports within 40 miles, at Exeter and Bristol. Description Mowbarton House is a detached 4 bedroom barn conversion in an enviable rural setting. The barn is thought to have been converted in the mid 1990s, to create a well-proportioned property with accommodation arranged over two floors, built primarily of stones elevations, with brick quoins, under a pitched tiled roof. The developers were very sympathetic during the conversion and have retained a number of period features, none more so than a wooden wheel that is still in situ on the first floor landing.

Accommodation The wooden front door opens into a spacious cross passage style hallway, with partially exposed brick walls, an external door to the rear courtyard, door to the sitting room and a wooden stair case, with under-stairs cupboard. The oak wooden floor continues in an L-shape past a study area overlooking the rear courtyard, towards the kitchen, dining room and cloakroom. The kitchen is fitted with a range of wooden fronted wall and base units and finished with laminate worktops with an inset sink and drainer unit set under one of the two frontal aspect windows. The kitchen also has a tiled floor, exposed beams in the ceiling and a stable style external door to the front. The dining room is beautifully proportioned, has a dual aspect and again a wonderful beamed ceiling which is also evident in the sitting room, which enjoys a delightful fireplace with an inset high quality Clearview wood burning stove set on a slate hearth with heavy beam over and exposed brick surround and back. The sitting room also has a large floor to ceiling side window and partially glazed double doors which open into the south westerly facing side garden. The adjoining study is again a good size, has an external door into the rear courtyard and could have a number of other uses depending on requirements. The first floor landing links all four double bedrooms, the airing cupboard and the family bathroom, has an exposed wooden floor, and as previously stated has a feature old wooden wheel still within the beamed apex ceiling in situ, which is thought to have been well used in the barns former life. Bedrooms 1 and 2 are situated at either end of the property and both have built in wardrobes, side windows and en suite facilities comprising a walk in shower enclosure, WC and wash hand basin. Bedrooms 3 and 4 enjoy a similar frontal aspect through windows and roof lights and bedroom 4 also benefits from a built in wardrobe. The family bathroom is fitted with a white bathroom suite. Outside Mowbarton House is approached along a quiet country lane, with wooden five bar gates that open onto the tarmac driveway. The driveway leads to a large parking and turning area which is enclosed by a combination of low brick walling, gardens and the double garage. There is also vehicular access to the wooden stable block which has power and water and comprises a tack room, hay barn and two stables with a concrete turnout yard enclosed by post and rail fencing. A gate from the turnout yard opens into the first of two paddocks which has a large open dutch barn with a third stable, water and concrete floor. The paddock runs gently down to a bordering stream which also forms the westerly boundary of the smaller adjoining paddock with field shelter and road frontage. Under the frontal elevation of the property is a large patio area with pedestrian gate to the lane and a path that leads to the private enclosed south westerly side garden. To the rear is a courtyard garden enclosed by high stone walling and an attached barn which has been converted into the study and separate outhouse which is used by our vendors as a kennel with plumbing for a washing machine and sink with drainer unit. The courtyard is primarily laid to gravel with a number of planted beds and shrub borders. Services Mains water and electricity. Septic tank drainage. External high efficiency condensing oil fired central heating boiler (installed in 2014). Broadband. Directions From Taunton head in a northerly direction towards Kingston St Mary, taking the second turning on the left after Kings Hall School, signposted Nailsbourne. Continue through the village of Nailsbourne passing the turning onto Park Lane and proceed for just over a mile before you will come to Mowbarton House on your left hand side. Mowbarton House, Kingston St Mary, Taunton, TA2 8AS

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