Property for sale in Church Street, Winsham, Chard TA20

A beautiful period home with attractive façade, character features and well placed for local amenities.

The Property

Porch Cottage is a beautiful period home with attractive façade, character features and well placed for local amenities. The property features stunning established gardens, garaging and no onward chain.

Accommodation

On entering the property, you are greeted with a central hallway which provides access to the principal reception rooms, both of which include impressive fireplaces with wood burning stoves. Running along the rear elevation of the original cottage is a modern garden room extension with double doors leading out to the gardens, and a step up to the kitchen, which includes a wide range of units and space for appliances. There is an adjoining utility room proving further storage and a downstairs shower room. To the first floor are four bedrooms and a spacious family bathroom which has been remodelled in recent times with a triple width shower cubicle. The cottage oozes charm and character, along with excellent ceiling heights and well proportioned rooms. An ideal property for any prospective purchasers who are looking for the allure of village life and the opportunity to put their own stamp on a property.

Outside

To the right of the cottage is the garage, this leads through to workshop/further garaging area and small studio room. The gardens are a sheer delight and are full of colour and interest, interspersed with a wide variety of shrubs, seasonal flowers and established trees. They offer a good degree of privacy and are a haven for wildlife. Adjoining the garden room is a private paved seating area and side access to the garage/workshop.

Situation

The property is part of a picturesque street scene towards the southern end of pretty village centre. Winsham is set in the heart of the South Somerset countryside and near to the Devon and West Dorset borders. It’s the ideal base to enjoy everything this beautiful part of the countryside has to offer - not far from the coast, and yet within easy reach of good road links via the A358, A30 and A303. Winsham has a thriving community with a village shop/post office, primary school, church, a village pub and village hall, playing fields and many local social societies and clubs. A bus service run through the village Monday to Saturday.

It is well placed for access to the nearby country towns of Chard (4 miles), Beaminster (8 miles) and Crewkerne (6 miles) with a Waitrose supermarket and mainline station on the London Waterloo line. Each town offers a wider range of day-to-day amenities and facilities and both have leisure centres with full sized swimming pools. The unesco Jurassic coast with the lovely resorts of Lyme Regis, Charmouth and West Bay are all within half an hour’s drive, offering excellent opportunities for walking, fossil-hunting, fishing and swimming. The county town of Taunton (18 miles) offers a wider range of facilities and cultural activities, as well as a connection to the M5 and a mainline rail service to London Paddington. Other leisure facilities in the district include Forde Abbey, Cricket St Thomas Lakes and Gardens and Cricket St Thomas Golf Club.

Services

Mains electric, water and drainage. Oil fired central heating
Broadband : Superfast available
Mobile Network Coverage : Like inside. Likely outside. Source :

Local Authority
South Somerset District Council. Council Tax Band D.

Material Information

The vendors own a section ground beyond the rear boundary on which they are applying for planning permission for a single dwelling. The nature of the site with its mature trees and hedgerows means that this property will retain its good level of privacy. There is a covered well which is situated in the eastern boundary with pump that has been disconnected. The area above the garage is subject to a flying freehold. A lease agreement of 999 years as of May 1996 is in place and transfers with the property.

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