Property for sale in Forton, Chard TA20

Located in the heart of the village, this substantial, attached double-fronted period home offers well-proportioned accommodation with many lovely features typical of the era, yet updated for modern living.

The Property

The attractive and typically symmetrical front entrance takes you into a bright entrance hall with its original decorative encaustic tiles. To your left a formal dining room has a lovely bright feel, flooded with natural light from the bay window, and tastefully presented with original picture rail, stripped timber floorboards and feature fire place. Across the hall is a versatile and spacious family room with further fireplace (see note in Property Information) and bay window with views across the village. Further along the hall there is a handy downstairs w/c with white suite.

At the rear, a further spacious sitting room has practical stone effect tiled flooring, and a further feature fireplace with stone hearth and woodburning stove. A lobby with flagstone flooring opens out to the rear garden and includes a useful utility area with space for washing machine and tumble dryer and useful extra contemporary sink and worktop space. This makes great use of the space under the stairs and provides useful extra storage too. It also houses the boiler.

The kitchen / breakfast room is a good size with Karndean oak effect flooring, and attractive modern units that incorporate a built in dishwasher, double oven, gas hob and cooker hood. The kitchen enjoys a pleasant outlook over your garden.

First Floor

From the traditional hallway the stairs lead up to a bright, airy landing space with access to the loft via a hatch and a built-in airing cupboard with slatted shelving. There are four bedrooms including a master bedroom with views over the garden, and an en suite shower room fitted in a period style including walk-in shower with electric shower unit. The other bedrooms have their own period features too such as picture rails and feature fireplaces. The family bathroom complements the period style of the house with tongue and groove panelling and painted floorboards, fitted with a white suite and chrome fittings including p-shaped bath with shower over.

Outside

To the front of the property is laid to shingle with side access to the rear garden. The majority of the rear garden is laid to to lawn and include useful sheds, mature flower borders with paths meandering between, fruit trees and raised vegetable patches. For all year round structure the garden also has a wooden pergola and metal structures introduce height in the winter months. The at the end of the garden is a back gate which leads to the parking for this property, this includes a right of way for this property over the initial section of driveway.

Situation

The small village of Forton lies approximately one mile south of the market town of Chard, and is effectively on the borders of Somerset, Devon and Dorset. This area of South Somerset remains unspoilt and whilst it lies within easy reach of the lovely Jurassic coastline, with historic seaside towns such as Lyme Regis within 20 minutes’ drive, it also offers the best of both worlds with excellent road links such as the A30 and A358 (which in turn connects to the M5 and A303). A whole range of local market towns provide everything you need for day to day living. Whilst Chard has plenty to offer including a brand-new leisure centre / swimming pool, high street banks, independent shops, three supermarkets and B&Q store, there are also the smaller market towns of Ilminster and Crewkerne within easy driving distance.

The pretty market town of Ilminster has a lovely range of independent stores, butchers, delicatessen and hardware store mostly clustered around the historic Minster church. Crewkerne has a mainline station and Waitrose supermarket, whilst Axminster also has a railway station on the same mainline. The village of Forton itself has a bus-stop serving the local area. It’s a thriving community, brought together under the “Tatworth and Forton” parish which includes several small historic hamlets which now share facilities including a post office and store, pubs and newsagent. A village hall in Tatworth serves as the centre of the community for many events and meetings, including those of the local residents group (rag) which really helps to unite the parish and act as a catalyst for community spirit. Forton also now has its own Village Hall.

By its nature, the rolling South Somerset countryside offers great possibilities for walking and cycling, indeed the Sustrans Route 33 cycle path runs along a traffic-free railway path from Chard to Ilminster. The village also has its own Site of Special Scientific Interest. Stowell Meadow is unspoilt meadowland dotted with natural springs which is let via an age old annual custom to certain members of the parish.

Services

Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage are connected.
Standard broadband is available at the property.
Mobile signal is available from all four major networks outdoors at the property, however when indoors you may not receive a signal from O2. Information provided by

Tenure

Freehold

Council Tax

Somerset Council - Band D

Property Information

The family room fireplace includes a woodburner, however please note this is not currently in working order and will require correct installation including a liner etc.
The title documents refer to covenants and easements, and mention historic use of a well. If you would like us to send a copy of the title to you in advance of booking a viewing please contact the office.
The vendors are not aware of any local planning applications that will detrimentally affect the property, however local planning applications can be viewed at the following link by inputting the property postcode and using the planning applications tab on the left hand dropdown box:
The water authority have a right to access the drains in the garden if required. The vendors inform us this has happened once in the past five years.
According to the govenment website, this location has a high risk of surface water flooding, however the vendors have informed us that the property has not suffered from any flooding. It also is at very low risk from flooding from rivers, and unlikely to flood from any other source.