House for sale in Angersleigh, Taunton, Somerset - 5 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms

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An imposing country house, the former Rectory, beautifully situated on high ground and enjoying glorious outlooks to the Blackdown Hills and the Vale of Taunton Deane.
Pillared Entrance Porch, Entrance Vestibule, Reception Hall, Study, Dining Room, Drawing Room, Sitting Room, Cloakroom, Well Fitted Kitchen with Aga \ Breakfast Room, Galleried Landing, Five Bedrooms (One En Suite), Two Family Bathrooms. Established Gardens, Swimming Pool, Detached Triple Garage with Studio / Hobbies Room Over, Planning Permission to Create Two Bedroom Annexe Cottage, Stable Yard with Three Loose Boxes and Tack Room, Outside WC, Timber Garden Store, Soft Fruit Garden, Two Pasture Fields. In all about 3.2 Hectares (8 Acres).

Occupying an enviable position within the tiny scattered village of Angersleigh with its enchanting Church of St Michael, The Glebe House enjoys glorious views over beautiful unspoilt farmland and to the Blackdown Hills, designated ïAn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Í The villages of Blagdon Hill and Trull are close by, both being within a couple of miles, Blagdon Hill with its two village Inns and Primary School, while Trull has a larger community with Primary School, Inns, Post Office and an old fashioned village store. Taunton, the County Town of Somerset, is situated some four miles away, has an excellent shopping centre with many of the well known high street stores and a number of well respected Independent Schools including Taunton School and KingÍs and QueenÍs Colleges. A little further afield Wellington also has a popular Independent School. For those needing to travel to London, Taunton has a main line railway with fast trains scheduled to arrive at London, Paddington in an hour and forty five minutes. The M5 motorway can be joined at both Taunton (Junction 25) or Wellington (Junction 26) for fast and easy access to Exeter, Cornwall or Bristol, The Midlands and London.

THE PROPERTY

The Glebe House dates back to 1909 and was originally built as the Rectory to Angersleigh Church and was sold by the Church on the open market in 1977. It is a handsome property built of colour washed rendered elevations under a tiled roof, and has in recent years beengreatly improved to provide a spacious family house. All rooms are of generous proportions and have the character one would expect to find in a house of the period. The present owners have created a fabulous kitchen with Aga and a range of wood fronted furniture, which leads through to a breakfast room enjoying outlooks over the pool and the distant hillside. The property is approached by impressive drive gates leading into a gravel drive and parking area, which is bounded on one side by asubstantial triple garage which has a studio / hobbies room on the first floor. Planning Permission has been granted to convert this building into a two bedroom annexe / cottage. The property would be ideally suited for those who may wish to keep horses and ponies as there is an attractive stable block and two good sized paddocks. In all The Glebe House presents an ideal property for a family to enjoy the peaceful country setting and yet be close to schools, amenities and good communications.

ACCOMMODATION

Pillared Entrance Porch: With flagstone floor and oak panelled door to:

Entrance Vestibule: With picture rail, mat well and tessellated floor. Partly glazed double doors to:

Reception Hall: With turning staircase to first floor and cupboard below.

Study: Being ïLÍ shaped and providing space for two desks. Ample power and telephone points.

Dining Room: A lovely light room enjoying the glorious views. Ceiling cornice, picture rail and fireplace with high wooden mantle piece with marble slips, hearth and open grate. Serving hatch from hall.

Drawing Room: With ceiling cornice and impressive fireplace with high painted mantle piece with marble slips, hearth and Jet Master fire. Triple aspect with French doors leading to the front garden. Further windows with leaded light panels enjoying glorious views to the hills.

Sitting Room: With period style fireplace and marble slips, hearth and open grate. Ample book storage with recessed arch topped bookcase with cupboards below. Further low level storage and book cases. Double aspect enjoying glorious outlooks. (Planning Permission has been granted to extend this room.)

Rear Hall: With mat well and glazed panel door to pool terrace.

Cloakroom: With tessellated floor. Corner wash basin with tiled surrounds, WC and coat hooks.

Kitchen / Breakfast Room: A large family area of the house cleverly arranged to provide a well fitted kitchen with wooden fronted wall and floor mounted furniture with stainless steel handles and deep granite work surfaces. Deep china sink with mixer tap and space fordishwasher below. Under counter refrigerator and double oven including grill and four ring halogen hob. Deep display shelves and shelved storage cupboard. An island provides further work surface with cold marbletablet with storage cupboards below which lies opposite the two oven oil fired Aga set in the original chimney which has tiled surrounds and wide openings leading through into:

Breakfast Area: With granite work surface with plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer. A travertine tiled floor extends through both kitchen and breakfast room. The breakfast room has double leaded French doors to the pool terrace.

First Floor

Galleried Landing: Being particularly spacious and having hatch to loft space and range of original storage cupboards providing good hanging and shelf storage.

Family Bathroom: Well fitted having panelled bath with period style mixer tap and hand held shower set within tongue and groove panelled surrounds. WC with wooden seat. Pedestal wash basin with shelf and strip light with shaver socket over. Tiled shower cubicle with Mira Select shower with glazed screen. Tongue and groove boarding to dado level and built in linen cupboard with ample slatted shelves. Ladder styleheated towel rail / radiator.

Bedroom: With art deco style mantel piece with pretty shelved cupboard.

Principal Bedroom: Enjoying glorious views and being well fitted with a range of built in cupboards providing good hanging space, shelf storage and book cases with cupboards below. Further original recessed cupboard providing good hanging space.

Bedroom: A beautifully light room with double aspect, a pretty art deco fireplace and an original cupboard providing good hanging space.

Bedroom: A pretty corner fireplace, picture rail. Enchanting view across to the Church.

Bathroom: Well fitted with Aqualisa shower and glazed screen. Period style pedestal wash basin with shelf, strip light and shaver socket over. WC with high flush cistern and panelled bath with period style mixer and hand held shower. Bidet. Low voltage down lighting.

Bedroom: With window looking towards the stable yard. Fireplace with high cast iron mantelpiece. Original recessed cupboard providing good shelved storage. Door to:

En Suite Shower Room: With pedestal wash basin with tiled surrounds, glass shelf and strip light with shaver socket over. Tiled Mira Sport shower and glazed screen. WC. Half tiled walls and marble tiled floor. Halogen down lighting and shelved cupboard.

OUTSIDE

The Glebe House is set along a country lane leading up to the Blackdown Hills, has a pillared entrance with remote control double timber gates leading to a gravelled entrance drive. The house is set well within its grounds the front elevation being adorned by a magnoliagrandiflora. The gardens lie mainly to the south and to the west of the house and include expanses of lawn interspersed with a number of shrub beds and are shaded by established trees including a lovely weepingwillow. There is a colourful shrub bed with a variety of mature camellias providing a good screen from the lane. A mature privet hedge provides good shelter for the pool with an oval SWIMMING POOL which measures approximately 9.0m (29Í6). The gardens extend around to the north where there is a large level garden, ideal as a playground for small children, and is protected on one side by a bank of mature trees. The DETACHED TRIPLE GARAGE lies to the north of the drive, has a double and single up and over doors and measures 8.79m x 5.94m (28Í10 x 19Í6). There is an understair storage cupboard, doors to the rear garden and to the FIRST FLOOR STUDIO / HOBBIES ROOM. This is an ideal room for teenagers, or those wishing to work from home with an overall measurement of 9.77m x 3.41m (32Í1 x 11Í2) and two wall mounted electric room heaters. As previously mentioned, planning permission has been granted to create a two bedroom cottage annexe within this building. From the drive a five bar gate leads into the STABLE YARD giving access to the stable block including THREE LOOSE BOXES two of which measure approximately 4.27m x 3.55m (14Í x 11Í8) both having windows to the rear. THE TACK ROOM measures 4.31m x 1.68m (14Í2 x 5Í6) and a FOALING BOX measures 4.28m x 4.15m (14Í1 x 13Í7). A gravelled path leads from the property down to the PADDOCKS, crosses over the footpath, one of the paddocks amount to approximately 1.4 acres and the second being much larger amounting to approximately 5.7. The gardens and grounds amount to approximately 3.2 hectares (8 acres).

OTHER INFORMATION

Services Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Oil fired Aga.

Local Authority Taunton Deane Borough Council, The Deane House, Belvedere Road, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1HE. Telephone: 01823 356356.

Tax Band G (2006 - £2,085.19)

property reference: JATA170383

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