Langport area Guide Price £900,000

Somerton 5 miles, Street 11 miles, Glastonbury 13 miles, Bridgwater11 miles, Wells 19 miles, Taunton 16 miles, Yeovil 14 miles, M5 (J24) 11 miles (all distances approx.)

A very comfortable and appealing house in an idyllic, tranquil setting with beautiful rural views and easy access to the surrounding countryside. Langport is about a mile away by road, or a pleasant riverbank walk. Accommodation includes a hall, cloakroom, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, laundry, studio, 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The property of about one and a half acres is bounded by mature hedges, and includes an easily managed, totally private garden, a delightful orchard and extensive parking.

Combe is a small hamlet about a mile west of the small country town of Langport and is approached by a small country lane with no through traffic. A spur from this lane leads to Combe Farm and continues as an unmade lane past this house and to Lower Combe House. It then continues to give access to farmland, a fishing lake and the River Parrett. Langport lies between Street, Somerton Bridgwater and Taunton and has good access in all directions.

Close by are walks through the countryside and along the riverside east to Langport and west to Aller. These all link to a vast network giving wonderful access to farmland, woodland, droves and riverbanks.

Lower Combe House is a period house which has been extended over the years and is now a comfortable home centred around a large sunny and sheltered south westly facing terrace. This provides a wonderful, very private, outside living area maximising the views. Internally practically all the rooms have a southerly aspect, and the house has limestone or oak flooring, secondary double glazing, oil central heating, a wood burning stove and open working fireplaces.

A driveway enters through double gates to a large, gravelled area bounded by lawns, laurel hedges and sheltered by a splendid walnut tree. The front door opens to a hall with a cloakroom (loo and basin) and continues to double doors to the drawing room. This has two double French doors to the garden, wall lights and an open fireplace. The hall continues to the sitting room which also has an open fireplace and a door leading into the kitchen. This is well equipped with plenty of storage units, marble worksurfaces, a Belfast sink, two dishwashers, a range cooker (plus extractor) and plenty of space for two large fridges. From the kitchen a door leads out to the terrace.

The kitchen continues into the dining room which has a high vaulted (and well insulated) ceiling, double French doors to the garden and a wood burning stove. Other accommodation includes a laundry room with the boiler and space and plumbing for a washing machine and dryer. This room opens into a studio/workshop – equally suited as a home office.

There are two staircases to the first floor. The first leads from the hall to a landing and serves three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The main bedroom has a double aspect with windows and a Juliet balcony, all having great south and westerly views. It also has several built-in wardrobes and cupboards and an en suite shower room. The second bedroom has built in wardrobes and extensive storage. Adjacent is the second bathroom. Also off the landing is a walk-in wardrobe and a door leads into the third bedroom. The second staircase rises from the kitchen to a small landing which serves the third bathroom and the fourth bedroom. There’s also another door to the third bedroom which links all the first floor rooms.

In front of the house is a large, paved terrace with steps leading down to lawns, with a fine old apple tree, another splendid walnut tree all bounded by flower and shrub beds, and mature hedges. Beyond are various garden storage sheds, a composting area and a charming mature orchard. The orchard has an abundance of apple, pear, plum, quince, medlar and mulberry and another spectacular walnut tree.

Freehold. Oil central heating. EPC rating is Band E. Council Tax Band G. The property is owned by a member of the firm Roderick Thomas.

Enter Langport from Somerton (east). On entering take the right turn immediately after the petrol station. Continue for half a mile, as the road goes downhill take the first left turning into Combe Lane. Continue on this lane, follow a slightly right-hand uphill bend (ignore drive to the left) and 50 yards on turn left onto a no-through lane and continue past Combe Farm. Continue and turn right into the entrance of Lower Combe House.

Langport is an historic town alongside the River Parrett which was the Roman accessway to Avalon and Wessex and also later to the invading Danes. It was also the site of an important battle in the Civil War. It's now an idyllic small Somerset town which has changed little over the years which gives it great charm and character. Individual shops remain without large chain outlets other than the useful Tescos. It also has very pleasant and popular cafe/restaurants alongside the river much used by walkers and nowadays cyclists as well as the local townspeople. The surrounding countryside is absolutely beautiful and is accessible with many footpaths and bridleways. It is also ideal for cycling with its small lanes and little traffic (see Somerset Cycle Route).

The nearby towns of Street, Glastonbury, Taunton, Wells and Sherborne offer a wide range of amenities and the area offers a good choice of country pubs and restaurants. The award winning Halfway House being just a short drive eastward. Communications are excellent via the M5 motorway linking the north and south and the A303 to the east and west. Nearby Castle Cary provides a fast train link to London Paddington.

There is an excellent choice of state and independent schools including Millfield, Sherborne, Bruton, Taunton School, Wells Cathedral School, Huish Episcopi Academy and Sixth Form colleges at both Richard Huish, Taunton and Strode College in Street; Hazlegrove and Leweston are very popular local Preparatory schools. Sporting facilities several good golf courses and numerous clubs for a wide variety of sports (cricket, tennis, squash, rugby, soccer, etc.) There are also many cultural and artistic societies and organizations within this very active and friendly community of Somerset.

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The property is owned by a member of the firm, Roderick Thomas Ltd.