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3 bedroom detached house

Chain-free
Study
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Detached house
3 bed
2 bath
EPC rating: F*
1,658 sq ft / 154 sq m

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Broadband: Super-fast 62Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
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Property description & features

  • Georgian Style Family Home
  • 2 Reception Rooms
  • Kitchen
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • Study
  • Cellar
  • Private Gardens & Parking
  • No Chain
  • Freehold
  • Council Tax E
A beautifully appointed detached Grade II Listed Georgian style house set within its own private gardens with ample parking and views to the Blackdown Hills and Wellington Monument, comprising entrance hallway, 2 reception rooms, study, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, shower room, cellar, private gardens, and ample parking. Council Tax E. EPC F. Freehold.

Situation - Melbury lies in a unique position close to Wellington School with first and second floor views across its playing fields and towards the Blackdown Hills. It is ideally located within a few minutes walk of Wellington School and within easy reach of the Town Centre where an excellent selection of shopping and recreational facilities can be found. The M5 motorway is within 3 miles and the County Town of Taunton 7 miles where a greater selection of facilities can be found together with a main line rail link to London Paddington.

Desription - A detached Grade II Listed Georgian style house full of character and charm with high ceilings and spacious rooms set within its own private gardens with parking and views to the Blackdown Hills and Wellington Monument comprising entrance hallway, 2 reception rooms, study, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, shower room, cellar, private gardens, and off road parking.

Accommodation - Through the solid wooden front door into the hallway with stairs rising to the first floor. Study with window to the front. Sitting room with an open fireplace with carved Adams style mantlepiece, dado rail. Dining room with fireplace and door to rear hall, window overlooking rear garden and Travertine flooring. Archway leading into Kitchen with attractive Travertine flooring, fitted with wall and base units with worksurfaces over, built in electric oven, one and a half bowl single drainer sink unit with mixer tap, space and plumbing for washing machine and dishwasher and views from two aspects and door to rear garden. From the inner hallway, a staircase leads down to cellar and door to the Cloakroom with large fully tiled double shower cubicle, low level WC and wash hand basin and window to the side.

First floor landing leads to all rooms and a further staircase leading up to bedroom 3. Bathroom with an attractive fireplace, panelled bath, pedestal wash hand basin, low level WC and fine views from both aspects, heated towel rail and large linen cupboard. Bedroom 1 is a spacious double room with a dual aspect and views to the countryside. Bedroom 2 with built in cupboard and shelf with window to the rear. Bedroom 3 is again a delightful spacious double room with vaulted ceiling and exposed beams with a hanging rail with shelf and views of Wellington School playing fields.

Outside - To the front of the property is a fully enclosed garden being partly walled and protected by laurel hedging, mainly to lawn with mature trees and a path leading to front door. The sunny southerly aspect rear garden offers seclusion and is accessed via a large panelled gate with gravelled drive leading to an area of parking suitable for two cars. The garden offers a fine selection of fruit trees including apple and pear, damson and an ornate candle tree. There is a south facing gravelled patio area ideal for entertaining and alfresco dining along with a useful greenhouse and garden shed.

Services - All mains services are connected. Gas fired central heating.

Viewings - Strictly by appointment with the vendors selling agents, Messrs Stags, Wellington Office.

Directions - From our office in the High Street head in a southerly direction towards Wellington School and at the first mini roundabout turn right into Bulford and after a short distance on a sharp right hand bend turn left. Follow this lane towards the playing fields of Wellington School bearing around to the right whereupon Melbury will be found a short distance along on the right hand side on the corner of Martins Close.

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Places of interest

    Stags Wellington office is situated in the town centre with plenty of car parking close by. From here the highly successful team works alongside the Professional Services department who give expert advice on all planning, estate management and rural business issues, as well as carrying out professional valuations for probate, matrimonial disputes and inheritance tax to name but a few. Wellington is an attractive country town situated near the Somerset/Devon border between the Quantock Hills to the north and the Blackdown Hills to the south, each designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Following a fire in 1731, the town was rebuilt and became a centre for cloth making. It now has a thriving population of around 15,000 and is made up of independent speciality shops, as well as three independent supermarkets, the most recent of which is Waitrose. Wellington has a good sports centre, a cinema, a wide choice of clubs and societies and an excellent selection of schools including Wellington School, a co educational independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 2-18 years. The town also hosts an annual food festival and is renowned for its Wellington Monument, completed in 1854 this was built in honour of the Duke of Wellington and stands high on the Blackdown Hills overlooking the town below. Wellington is situated within two miles of Junction 26 of the M5 motorway, which provides excellent links to both Exeter and Bristol.

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