Old Star Cottage Old Star Cottage Beercrocombe, Taunton, TA3 6AJ M5 (Junction 25) 7.5 Miles
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Old Star Cottage Old Star Cottage Beercrocombe, Taunton, TA3 6AJ M5 (Junction 25) 7.5 Miles. Taunton 8 Miles. A303 (Ilminster) 8 Miles. • 3 Reception Rooms • Kitchen, Utility & Study • Downstairs Shower Room • Bedroom/Family Room • 2 Further Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • Garage, Workshop & Store • Landscaped Gardens Guide price £430,000 Situation Old Star Cottage is situated in the village of Beercrocombe which is approximately 10 miles south east of Taunton. The village has a number of individual period properties and its church is even mentioned in the Dooms Day book (1086). The nearby villages of Hatch Beauchamp and Curry Mallet offer day to day amenities in the form of a general store, post office, restaurant and public houses as well as a primary school in Curry Mallet. Taunton, the County Town, provides a more extensive range of shopping and leisure facilities together with excellent schools in both the private and state sectors. There is an intercity mainline railway station in Taunton which offers a service to London Paddington in under 2 hours. The M5 can be accessed at junction 25 and provides direct north/south links onto the motorway network. A delightful period cottage with a wealth of charm and character Description with gardens and grounds extending to approximately 1.5 acres. Old Star Cottage is a wonderful period detached cottage, which retains a wealth of charm and character to include three fireplaces, two with wood burning stoves. The house has an attractive appearance with mellow blue lias stone elevations beneath a pitched tiled roof. The house has been extended by the current owners to create an extra ground floor bedroom/family room. The accommodation includes an entrance hallway leading through to a dining room, with open fireplace. There is a separate sitting room, again with an open fireplace and there is a study, kitchen, breakfast room, utility and ground floor shower room, as well as the ground floor bedroom/family room. On the first floor there two further bedrooms and a fitted bathroom suite. Externally the house has wonderful gardens, which extend to approximately 1.5 acres and have been used almost extensively for recreational use. The gardens include a number of mature specimen trees and a pond, which has been created from part of the former Taunton to Chard canal. Accommodation Multi-pane glazed door to Entrance Porch With window to side. Heavy panelled door to Entrance Hallway With door to understairs cupboards and door through to Dining Room Front aspect window. Open fireplace with exposed blue lias stone and inset wood burning stove. Recess cupboard. Opening though to the kitchen. Door to Inner Hallway With stairs to first floor, door to study and further door to Sitting Room Front aspect window. Open fireplace with exposed stone surround and inset wood burning stove. Beamed ceiling. Double doors to rear garden and door to Ground Floor Bedroom/Family Room Dual aspect windows. Built-in wardrobes. Radiator. Study Rear aspect window. Range of fitted shelving. Kitchen Fitted with a range of wall and base units and a Belfast sink with mixer tap. Inglenook with space and point for cooker. Plumbing and space for dishwasher. Dual aspect windows. Space for fridge. Part granite worktop. Quarry tiled floor. Opening through to rear hall and Breakfast Room Dual aspect windows. Door to side. Exposed stone walling. Door to Utility Room Stable door to outside. Shower Room Enclosed double tiled shower cubicle. Low level WC. Wash basin. Window. Wooden panelling. First Floor Master Bedroom Dual aspect windows. Bedroom Two Dual aspect windows. Door to airing cupboard with hot water tank and slatted wooden shelving. Bathroom Fitted with a suite comprising panelled bath with tiled surround, low level WC and pedestal wash basin. Window. Outside The front garden is enclosed by a painted picket fence and there is a driveway to one side leading to a parking and turning area, which backs directly onto the rear garden. To one side there is a detached garden room/workshop and on the other side of the house there is a garage/store of corrugated iron construction. The cottage lies inside the front boundary with the grounds running away on both sides of the property to the rear. The gardens are a delightful and varied feature providing excellent scope for a hobby/recreational garden. At the back of the house there is a paved patio with seating area and flower beds. This leads onto a larger patio and from here there is an area of garden, which stretches out from the back of the house and falls away down to the basin, where there is a large pond from what was once the canal. The grounds are laid to grass with a number of mature specimen trees and shrubs. On the far boundary there is a steep copse with a range of deciduous trees. Directions From the Taunton exit of the M5 junction 25, proceed east towards Ilminster on the A358. Continue straight on at the Thornefalcon traffic lights and just after descending the hill, turn left signposted to Hatch Beauchamp. On entering the village you will see the village inn immediately in front of you. Turn left at this junction and proceed towards Beercrocombe and Curry Mallet. Continue along this road for approximately 1 mile and take the turning right signposted to Beecrocombe. Follow this road and Old Star Cottage can be found after a short distance on the left hand side. Old Star Cottage, Beercrocombe, Taunton, TA3 6AJ These particulars are a guide only and should not be relied upon for any purpose. 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