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£1,750,0006 bedroom detached house for sale
Crowcombe Heathfield, Taunton
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Chain-free
Detached house
6 beds
5 baths
1 sq ft / 0 sq m
EPC rating: D
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band H
Broadband: Basic 14Mbps *
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Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- Impressive country house
- Beautiful mature gardens
- Four reception rooms plus conservatory
- Kitchen/breakfast room plus utility
- Six bedrooms, three en suite
- Attached double garage, swimming pool
- Grounds of just under two acres
- No onward chain
- Council Tax band H
- Freehold
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Broad Oak House is a stunning modern house which has been cleverly designed to make the most of it's superb setting. The house provides spacious and flexible accommodation arranged over two floors with all the principle rooms enjoying views over the gardens and grounds of just under two acres. Council Tax band H, EPC rating D, Freehold.
Situation - Broad Oak House is situated in a lovely rural location, being totally secluded and peaceful with fantastic views to The Quantock Hills, the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the country. There are numerous footpaths and bridleways within the vicinity that offer excellent riding and walking. Crowcombe Heatfield has its own steam railway station on the Taunton to Minehead steam railway line. The village of Crowcombe is nearby and offers Crowcombe Court, a church, village inn and community run shop/post office. Wiliton is approximately 4 miles to the west and here there is a good range of facilities. Taunton, the County Town is readily accessible via the A358 and it offers a great range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities. Junction 25 of the M5 is found to the east of Taunton and there is a main railway station with links to London Paddington with fast trains arriving in 1 hour 45 minutes. Taunton is also the home of Somerset Cricket, Taunton Racecourse and there are many popular golf courses.
The whole area is well known for its beauty and The North Somerset coast is nearby and the Brendons and Exmoor National Park are a short drive away.
Although rural, the communications from Broad Oak House are superb and there is easy access by both road and rail to Bristol, Exeter and the South East.
Description - Broad Oak House is a stunning modern house which has been cleverly designed to make the most of it's superb setting. The house provides spacious and flexible accommodation arranged over two floors with all the principle rooms enjoying views over the gardens and grounds.
This fabulous Tudor-style manor house, complete with a traditional facade and characterful exposed beam work inside and out, was Individually built some 24 years ago. The accommodation includes four reception rooms plus a conservatory, a kitchen/dining room with AGA and a separate utility room. On the first floor are six bedrooms, 3 with en-suite facilities and a family bathroom with fitted suite including claw foot bath and shower.
It is the setting that is so special, set within delightful mature gardens which extend to just under two acres, including a swimming pool, double garage and plenty of off road parking.
Acccommodation - The accommodation includes reception hall with impressive staircase leading to the first floor with galleried landing, exposed timber and door to downstairs cloakroom. The sitting room centres upon an inglenook fireplace with a woodburning stove, exposed brick surround and beam over. There are double doors opening out on to a conservatory which enjoys wonderful views over the garden. There is a separate office and snug, wooden panelled dining room with fireplace and kitchen with traditional oak fronted units and includes an AGA with companion set into an inglenook fireplace. There is a separate range cooker with extractor hood over, granite work surfaces, many exposed beams, double aspect windows and doors opening on to the rear garden. There is access through to the utility room which in turn leads to the garage and also provides access to a staircase leading up to the second bedroom which has an en-suite situated above the garage.
In the main house there a further five bedrooms, the principle suite having walk in dressing room, en-suite shower, and doors leading out to a balcony which enjoys wonderful views over the garden. The third bedroom also has an en-suite, the further bedrooms have built in wardrobes and fitted sinks. There is a newly fitted family bathroom suite including a roll-top claw foot bath, shower, wash basin, wc and bidet and bay window to the front.
Outside - Outside, to the front of the house there are twin, electrically operated gates leading on to parking and turning area and in turn leading to a double garage which has twin up and over doors and including a shower room and pump room to the rear with door to rear garden
The front gardens include a range of plants and borders on either side of the property. At the back of the house is the swimming pool which is enclosed by picket fencing and is surrounded by a paved terrace and planted borders.
The main area of garden includes many separate areas, there is a hot tub to one side, a thatched summer house, orchard, a number of specimen trees and shrubs. The gardens are also enclosed by some magnificent mature beech trees which provide a good degree of privacy
Services - Mains water, electricity, private drainage
Directions - From Taunton take the A358 towards Minehead and proceed past the villages of Bishops Lydeard and West Bagborough, up Greens Hill and turn left at the crossroads signposted to Crowcombe Heathfield, Lydeard St Lawrence and Crowcombe Station. Follow this road over the West Somerset Railway bridge and take the first right. Broad Oak House is the first property on the right hand side.
Situation - Broad Oak House is situated in a lovely rural location, being totally secluded and peaceful with fantastic views to The Quantock Hills, the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the country. There are numerous footpaths and bridleways within the vicinity that offer excellent riding and walking. Crowcombe Heatfield has its own steam railway station on the Taunton to Minehead steam railway line. The village of Crowcombe is nearby and offers Crowcombe Court, a church, village inn and community run shop/post office. Wiliton is approximately 4 miles to the west and here there is a good range of facilities. Taunton, the County Town is readily accessible via the A358 and it offers a great range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities. Junction 25 of the M5 is found to the east of Taunton and there is a main railway station with links to London Paddington with fast trains arriving in 1 hour 45 minutes. Taunton is also the home of Somerset Cricket, Taunton Racecourse and there are many popular golf courses.
The whole area is well known for its beauty and The North Somerset coast is nearby and the Brendons and Exmoor National Park are a short drive away.
Although rural, the communications from Broad Oak House are superb and there is easy access by both road and rail to Bristol, Exeter and the South East.
Description - Broad Oak House is a stunning modern house which has been cleverly designed to make the most of it's superb setting. The house provides spacious and flexible accommodation arranged over two floors with all the principle rooms enjoying views over the gardens and grounds.
This fabulous Tudor-style manor house, complete with a traditional facade and characterful exposed beam work inside and out, was Individually built some 24 years ago. The accommodation includes four reception rooms plus a conservatory, a kitchen/dining room with AGA and a separate utility room. On the first floor are six bedrooms, 3 with en-suite facilities and a family bathroom with fitted suite including claw foot bath and shower.
It is the setting that is so special, set within delightful mature gardens which extend to just under two acres, including a swimming pool, double garage and plenty of off road parking.
Acccommodation - The accommodation includes reception hall with impressive staircase leading to the first floor with galleried landing, exposed timber and door to downstairs cloakroom. The sitting room centres upon an inglenook fireplace with a woodburning stove, exposed brick surround and beam over. There are double doors opening out on to a conservatory which enjoys wonderful views over the garden. There is a separate office and snug, wooden panelled dining room with fireplace and kitchen with traditional oak fronted units and includes an AGA with companion set into an inglenook fireplace. There is a separate range cooker with extractor hood over, granite work surfaces, many exposed beams, double aspect windows and doors opening on to the rear garden. There is access through to the utility room which in turn leads to the garage and also provides access to a staircase leading up to the second bedroom which has an en-suite situated above the garage.
In the main house there a further five bedrooms, the principle suite having walk in dressing room, en-suite shower, and doors leading out to a balcony which enjoys wonderful views over the garden. The third bedroom also has an en-suite, the further bedrooms have built in wardrobes and fitted sinks. There is a newly fitted family bathroom suite including a roll-top claw foot bath, shower, wash basin, wc and bidet and bay window to the front.
Outside - Outside, to the front of the house there are twin, electrically operated gates leading on to parking and turning area and in turn leading to a double garage which has twin up and over doors and including a shower room and pump room to the rear with door to rear garden
The front gardens include a range of plants and borders on either side of the property. At the back of the house is the swimming pool which is enclosed by picket fencing and is surrounded by a paved terrace and planted borders.
The main area of garden includes many separate areas, there is a hot tub to one side, a thatched summer house, orchard, a number of specimen trees and shrubs. The gardens are also enclosed by some magnificent mature beech trees which provide a good degree of privacy
Services - Mains water, electricity, private drainage
Directions - From Taunton take the A358 towards Minehead and proceed past the villages of Bishops Lydeard and West Bagborough, up Greens Hill and turn left at the crossroads signposted to Crowcombe Heathfield, Lydeard St Lawrence and Crowcombe Station. Follow this road over the West Somerset Railway bridge and take the first right. Broad Oak House is the first property on the right hand side.
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Stags Taunton office is situated in Hammet Street, only 50m from the heart of the main shopping area. Taunton is the county town of Somerset, with over 1,000 years of religious and military history, its name comes from "Town on the River Tone", which is the river that flows through the town. Taunton has a number of fine historic buildings, including Taunton Castle, which now incorporates the Somerset County Museum and the Castle Hotel, Gray's Almhouses, St James Church, Priory Barn (Somerset County Cricket Museum), Bath Place and the Tudor Tavern (now Café Nero). As one of the Government's "Strategically important towns or cities", Taunton has received funding for a number of large-scale regeneration projects, which have further established the town as a major business destination in the South West. Taunton has excellent shopping and leisure facilities, with a number of indoor shopping complexes, high street multiples and quality independent shops, as well as restaurants and cafes. As a sporting centre, Taunton has much to offer, with horse racing at Taunton Racecourse, just two miles from the town centre, and cricket at the County Ground, which is home to Somerset County Cricket Club. In addition, there are excellent tennis and general sports facilities available at Tone Leisure Centre.