3 Bed Detached House For Sale

A beautifully refurbished former mill house offering spacious accommodation with superb kitchen and planning permission to extend, set within attractive gardens and with extensive parking. EPC Band E.

Situation - Mill House is situated within the village of Lopen where there is a church and at Lopen Head can be found an organic farm shop, together with an Indian and Tai Restaurant. For day-to-day needs both South Petherton and Merriott are within 2 miles where a good range of facilities can be found. Crewkerne is 3.5 miles where an excellent range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities can be found, together with a mainline rail link to Exeter and London Waterloo. The A303 is also readily available with 1.5 miles providing excellent road links to the rest of the country.

Description - Mill House is a striking detached house which has recently undergone a refurbishment programme. It is constructed partly of stone and brick exterior elevations and is contained beneath a tiled roof. The property still retains many of its historic past including flagstone flooring, but has all the modern conveniences such has gas fired central heating, along with under floor heating within the dining room and kitchen. The proportion of the rooms are superb being light and airy. On the ground floor is a spacious hallway, with cloakroom, two reception rooms and a superb kitchen with bi-fold doors opening out onto the garden. On the first floor are three double bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room, together with a wonderful family bathroom and planning permission for a fourth double bedroom with en suite. Outside are enclosed gardens which have recently been landscaped together with extensive parking.

Accommodation - Georgian style canopy porch with lights on either side and glazed door opening into a spacious hallway with flagstone flooring throughout, stairs rising to the first floor with cupboard under and glazed door to rear. Cloakroom with boxed in WC, vanity unit with inset wash hand basin and flagstone flooring. The sitting room is spacious with views from three aspects including glazed French doors to rear. Flagstone flooring throughout, brick fireplace with hamstone Bessemer over. The dining room has a window to front, engineered oak flooring with under floor heating, thermostat, down lighter and central light. Adjoining is a magnificent kitchen with views from three aspects including bi-fold doors to the rear garden, 1 ½ bowl stainless steel sink with mixer tap over and Corian style worktops, extensive range of floor and wall mounted cupboards and drawers, including a larder unit and central island unit, also with Corian style worktop and breakfast bar. Newly installed Flavel electric range cooker with multi oven, five hot-plates and a warming plate, two contemporary extractors over. Pendant lighting and downlighters, porcelain tiled flooring with under floor heating, together with thermostat, plumbing for American style fridge/freezer and stable door to side. Adjoining utility room with Belfast sink with mixer taps over and cupboards under, together with boiler cupboard housing the LPG boiler and pressurised hot water cylinder, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer.

On the first floor is a spacious landing area with windows on two aspects together with thermostatic controls for central heating and trap access to the roof void. Bedroom one enjoys a window to front along with a Victorian style grate and en suite shower room comprising large walk-in shower, vanity unit with inset twin basins with drawers and shelving beneath, boxed in WC and heated towel rail. Bedroom two enjoys views to the front aspect. Bedroom three has views to the side. The family bathroom comprises a large bath with waterfall tap, large walk-in shower and vanity unit with inset wash hand basin along with no-touch illuminated mirror over, boxed in WC and heated towel rail.

Outside - The property is approached over a gravelled driveway with parking for five vehicles and additional gravelled parking to the side of the property for another two vehicles. The private front garden is fully fenced, it is laid mainly to lawn, together with a mature weeping silver Birch and a line of newly planted Crab Apple trees. The garden is approached through a side gate with gravelled pathway which leads around to the side of the property with a further lawned garden and a fully fenced rear garden with large gravelled entertaining area, further lawn, sun terrace and recently planted borders.

Services - Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected. LPG central heating.
Broadband Available: Standard under 24 Mbps Ultrafast 100 - 999 Mbps (ofcom)
Mobile Available: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone (all limited service) (ofcom)

Viewings - Strictly by appointment through the vendors selling agent. Stags, Yeovil office, telephone .

Directions - From Hayes End roundabout on the A303 near South Petherton take the exit passing the garage signposted Ilminster. Continue and at the next roundabout at Lopen Head turn left continuing down the hill into the village of Lopen. Continue through the village and just before the turning to Hinton St George, Mill House will be seen on the right hand side clearly identified by our For Sale board.

Flood Risk Status - Low risk (environmental agency)