Situated in a South Somerset village conservation area, close to the borders with Devon and Dorset, the 19th century stone (rebuilt after fire) farmhouse situated in just under half an acre of gardens occupies a central location near to the local shop, post office, primary school, village hall, greens and church.
There is a regular bus service to major towns and the A30 and A303 are close by.
The village
The house itself has an extended ground floor with two large reception rooms containing ingle nook fireplace with wood burner and two other open fireplaces.
The kitchen has an ancient but working Aga that heats the water as well as the surrounds, dries and irons the clothes.
Adjoining the kitchen is an extended area with side entry from outside containing a large outdoor or kitchen extension room with skylights, in which we keep the freezers, outdoor stuff, etc etc. In the summer it makes a delightful room to eat and watch TV.
There are also two toilets, bathroom, boiler room, closet, utility room and conservatory.
The main house has double glazing and central heating which we rarely use.
Upstairs the original five bedrooms have now been knocked into three since the children left but all the original doors have been left in case anyone wants to convert it back to five. There is also a bathroom/toilet and a floored/veluxed loft which covers the whole and provides useful storage.
Outside there is a polytunnel, three sheds, greenhouse and off road parking in the side entrance. We have never felt the need to build a garage.
We've lived here for thirty years and at some stage will probably have to downsize. It's a scary thought.
The property is valued at around 450K which is a bit different from the 60K we paid in 1984.
