Blue Slates is an idyllically situated barn conversion, set within the sought-after village of Pitney. The spacious accommodation includes four bedrooms, three shower rooms, and three reception rooms. Outside, this charming Grade II Listed attached property occupies a generous plot of 1.30 acres, and includes beautiful gardens, a detached double garage, and ample off-road parking.

At the front of the house, a central door with frosted panel windows to either side opens into a well-proportioned hall. Incorporating the staircase to the first floor accommodation. , The hall includes a built-in storage cupboard housing a newly installed (2023) ‘Grant’ boiler for the oil-fired central heating.

The sitting room is dual-aspect, with timber framed double glazed windows (continued throughout) to the rear and side. This spacious room has exposed beams and an attractive Blue Lias fireplace with a large inset wood burning stove. Across the hall, there is a second reception room, also dual-aspect, and currently presented as a dining room.

The kitchen is fitted with a range of matching wooden fronted floor and wall units, an integrated electric oven with a Neff induction hob and extractor hood over. There is space and plumbing for a freestanding washing machine, dishwasher, and a fridge/freezer. The kitchen has a tiled floor, offers plenty of space for a breakfast table and chairs; adjacent is a useful boot room with a further external door opening to the front of the house.

Also on the ground floor is a spacious home office, with a fully glazed door to the rear courtyard garden, with glazed panel windows both sides (and top-opening windows), giving plenty of natural light.

Also located downstairs is a further room, which has built-in under-stairs storage and an adjoining shower room, providing potential separate ground floor bedroom space. The versatility of the ground floor accommodation provides purchasers with a number of different options.

On the first floor, a large glazed (frosted) arch window on the landing is an impressive feature and allows in lots of light. The landing gives access to the loft space, which is partly boarded, has a light and a pull-down ladder. Also on the landing is a large L-shaped airing cupboard.

All four first floor bedrooms are generous in size; the master bedroom is particularly spacious, and includes an en-suite shower room. Both the second and third bedrooms are comfortable doubles and offer built-in double wardrobes. Completing the first floor accommodation is another modern shower room with half height tiling, fitted with a matching white suite comprising a low level WC, a corner shower cubicle, a wash hand basin, and a heated towel rail.

The attractive village of Pitney is home to St. John the Baptist Church, the Pitney Farm Shop and Café, and the well-known Halfway House, recently awarded the ‘Somerset CAMRA Pub of the Year 2023’. There is a good mix of listed, period and modern properties in the village, providing homes for an active community centred on the church, village hall and playing field.

The busy market towns of Langport, 2.5 miles to the west, and Somerton, 3 miles to the east, offer a good range of everyday amenities including shops, banking and Post Office services, doctors' and dentists' surgeries, opticians, solicitors, churches, libraries, veterinary surgeries, garages, and primary schools. Huish Academy, adjoining Langport at Huish Episcopi, includes a sixth form and sports centre with sporting facilities for all ages

The surrounding towns of Street, Glastonbury and Yeovil are within c. 13 miles' travelling distance.

Pitney is on a Taunton to Yeovil bus route (stops at The Halfway House). There are mainline railway stations at Yeovil and Castle Cary. There is access to the A303 at Ilchester, and to the M5 motorway at Taunton (junction 25) and Bridgwater (junctions 23 and 24).

A block paved driveway with a cattle grid gives access to Blue Slates and the neighbouring barn conversion, Milton Barn, which has a right of access leading to its own gated parking area beyond.

Blue Slates benefits from having parking space for numerous vehicles, within a designated area in front of the detached double garage.

The property has beautiful gardens to the front, predominantly laid to lawn with well-tended, planted borders and a central pathway entered via double gates. Enclosed by stone walling, the front garden includes outside lighting and a patio seating area. There are two sections of orchard within the grounds, offering a variety of established fruit trees including apple, plum and pear. To the south of the parking area there is a paddock, measuring approx. 0.80 acre, which is laid to grass with some mature trees and enclosed by hedgerows and fencing. The total plot approaches 1.30 acres.

To the rear of the property there is a delightful walled courtyard, which provides an ideal space for outdoor seating.

The double garage (27’5’’ x 26’8’’) has two ‘up and over’ doors at the front, a personal door to the side, light, power, water, and some accessible storage into the roof space. Beyond, an inner door leads through to a superb workshop, which can also be accessed externally from the side. A spacious log store adjoins the garages.