Occupying an appealing position within the Somerset countryside at Wrantage, on the southern side of Taunton, this substantial end-terrace period property offers an excellent combination of space, character and everyday practicality. The house has been renovated and is presented to a great standard throughout, with an internal footprint of approximately 1,470 sq ft and an adaptable arrangement particularly well suited to family life.
One of the home's defining qualities is its setting. Open countryside surrounds the immediate area, creating far-reaching rural outlooks to both the front and rear and giving the property a genuine sense of connection with its Somerset surroundings. Period touches remain evident within the house, including exposed timbers and a particularly attractive arched window, while the interiors have been updated to provide comfortable, usable living space.
The ground floor is centred around the superb kitchen/dining room, an impressive space measuring approximately 37'10" in length. Extending across the rear of the house, this is very much the everyday heart of the property, with extensive fitted cabinetry and work surfaces, space for a substantial dining table and an additional informal seating area. French doors provide direct access to the rear courtyard, making the room equally well suited to family meals and entertaining.
A separate lounge provides a more traditional reception room, with a feature fireplace, creating an attractive focal point. Completing the ground-floor accommodation is a generous bedroom/study measuring approximately 12'2" x 11'1". Its proportions make this a genuinely versatile room, equally useful as a home office, playroom, additional sitting room or occasional bedroom.
George Loves - "For me, it is the combination of the outlook and the amount of space on offer that makes this property particularly interesting. You have a substantial period home with a wonderfully long kitchen/dining room and five bedrooms, but it is the large area of land and parking alongside the house that really sets it apart. Together with the countryside views to the front and rear, there is a sense of space here that you simply do not expect from this property looking from the outside."
The first floor provides five bedrooms arranged around the central landing. The principal bedroom is a particularly attractive room, measuring approximately 13'9" x 8'10" and featuring the property's distinctive arched period window, framing views across the surrounding countryside. Four further bedrooms provide plenty of flexibility for children, guests or working from home.
There is a flying freehold, with bedroom five, accessed through bedroom four. A family bathroom and an ensuite shower room to the master serve the first-floor accommodation, a particularly useful feature for a house of this size. The combination of five bedrooms upstairs and the additional ground-floor bedroom/study also means the layout can readily adapt as a household's requirements change over time.
Owners Love - "The rural outlook is one of the things most enjoyed in day-to-day life here. Our daughter loves to wake up and see the ponies grazing in the field below her bedroom window! Looking out across open fields and wooded countryside gives the house a lovely sense of openness, while the generous kitchen/dining space creates somewhere everyone can naturally come together as a big family. Having extensive parking immediately alongside the house is another unusual benefit of a house like this, particularly for a larger family or when friends come to visit."
Outside, the property becomes even more compelling. A large plot lies predominantly to the side of the house and currently provides a substantial amount of off-road parking. Its scale creates considerable scope for a future owner to landscape, reconfigure or otherwise enhance the space, and there may be potential for further development subject, of course, to the necessary planning permissions and consents. To the rear is an enclosed paved courtyard garden, providing a manageable outside entertaining area immediately accessible from the kitchen/dining room. The courtyard offers space for outdoor seating and dining, with the adjoining countryside reinforcing the property's appealing rural character.
Tenure - Freehold. Council Tax - Band C. Heating - LPG Central Heating. Water - Mains Supply. Electric - Mains Supply. Drainage - Septic Tank. EPC - E. Internet - Mobile.
