3 bedroom end of terrace house

Set towards the fringe of the town on a spacious corner plot offering easy access to wonderful countryside, a variety of footpaths through Herne Hill and the playing fields. This spacious family house offers huge potential to create a wonderful home, being sold for the first time since built in the 1970s.


5 Higher Mead has been under the same occupation since originally built in the 1970s and for many years provided a much cherished retirement home.
The clients also purchased additional land to the side to give more space around the house, potentially offering scope to extend subject to any necessary consents required.
The accommodation offers a external store with the door in to the side of this area. The hallway is a nice open space with a ground floor cloakroom and stairs to the first floor. The living room is a generous size and features a bay window to the front.
The kitchen/dining room extends across the rear of the house with a door out into the garden. There is a fitted kitchen area, with the boiler being found mounted on the back wall.
On the first floor the landing gives access to the family bathroom, 2 good size double bedrooms and a further single bedroom.
The property has gardens to the front and rear, now in need of landscaping but giving good useable outside space.

Ilminster is a medieval former market town, situated about 12 miles south east of the county town of Taunton. Surrounded by undulating open countryside designated a Special Landscape area, the majority of the town falls within a Conservation Area with many character properties built of the local mellow Hamstone. The ancient Minster dominates the centre of the town. Ilminster offers a full range of amenities including doctors, dentist, shopping facilities and weekly market. The town also benefits from an arts centre and theatre. There is schooling at primary and intermediate levels and churches of various denominations. Ilminster has convenient road access to both the M5, junction 25 lies 11 miles to the north-west and to the A303, now dual carriageway most of the way to the M3. Mainline railway stations are situated at Crewkerne 7 miles (London Waterloo) and Taunton 13 miles (London Paddington). Berrys coaches offer a service to London twice a day. Bath, Bristol and Exeter offer excellent cultural and shopping facilities within easy travelling distance. The World Heritage designated coastline lies 18 miles to the South.

The property is approached off Higher Mead with a section of front garden with lawn and paved section, walkway to the front and access to the internal store at the front of the house . The garden then extends to the side with tiered lawns and pedestrian gate through to the rear, together with raised block planters and a wonderful large Magnolia tree.