Queen Street, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11

An attractive, well-presented, semi-detached Blue Lias home with fantastic garden in the heart of ever-popular Keinton Mandeville. Recently updated, featuring four double bedrooms and ample living accommodation with impressive kitchen/diner.



Coming to market for the first time in nearly 30 years, Gifford House is a well-proportioned and characterful home, which has undergone a scheme of modernisation by the present owners. The property is accessed from the side through a solic wood door which leads into the reception hall, laid with flagstone flooring and featuring a brick fireplace with stone hearth and wood-burning stove inset, along with shelving and a small cupboard space and double doors through to the kitchen. Adjacent to the reception hall is the dual aspect sitting room, enjoying a pair of sash windows and a similar brick fireplace with slate hearth and wood-burning stove inset.

The kitchen/diner is a fabulous space – perfect for entertaining – laid to engineered oak flooring throughout and hosting a number of windows and skylights to create a light and airy room. The kitchen has been fitted with a modern range of shelving and shaker style base units with solid wood worktops and upstands over, 4-ring electric hob with double oven and grill under, ceramic Belfast sink with grooved drainer and an integrated dishwasher. The gas-fired boiler is housed in the kitchen whilst an alcove to the side offers ample space for a large fridge freezer and shelving under the stairs offer storage options. The dining area is large enough to comfortably fit a family sized dining table, sofa, and chairs for the breakfast bar integrated with the kitchen units, whilst enjoying vaulted ceilings and glazed patio doors that offer an uninterrupted view the length of the garden and beyond. A further door leads through into a large utility/boot room – laid to tile and fitted with a range of floor-to-ceiling windows and a glazed door that allow in plenty of light, the room also features a handful of base units with worktops over, a stainless steel sink with drainer, along with space and plumbing for a washer/dryer. Additionally, a downstairs cloakroom with WC and hand basin is accessed from the utility.

Stairs rise from the kitchen to the first floor landing, carpeted and featuring a built in desk area underneath the stairs to the second floor. On the first floor are two double bedrooms, both with exposed floorboards and a pair of sash windows, with Bedroom two being dual aspect and featuring a decorative fireplace. The family bathroom is located on this floor – a large room laid to vinyl flooring and tiled in all the right places, featuring a suite of bath, corner shower cubicle, WC and pedestal basin, in addition to an airing cupboard and small loft. On the second floor are two further double bedrooms, both dual aspect and featuring exposed floorboards, with Bedroom One enjoying a delightful elevated outlook across the garden.

Gifford House occupies a peaceful plot, set back from Queen Street in the popular village of Keinton Mandeville, which sits midway between the market towns of Somerton to the West, and Castle Cary to the East. It dates back to the Roman times and owes its growth to the local Blue Lias stone and its easy accessibility from London to the South West. The village has a population of around 1,000 people and has a local store, village pub and other amenities as well as Keinton Mandeville Primary School which is located near the centre of the village and achieves some of the highest academic standards in the area. The village hall is the hub of the community and regularly hosts adult education classes, Pilates, short mat bowling, Sea Scouts, Brownies and a daily doctor’s surgery.

The land around Keinton Mandeville is mixed agriculture with five farms surrounding the village – two providing popular farm shops. There are also playing fields with children’s play area, tennis court and a skateboard park - making Keinton Mandeville a wonderful and vibrant place to live.

Gifford House features a spectacular, generous garden, in a plot just shy of 1/5th of an acre. Immediately to the rear of the property are two patio areas, both enjoying a pleasant outlook to the end of the garden, which is fully enclosed and bordered by an array of established shrubs and mature trees, including a pair of silver birches. The majority of the rest of the garden is laid to lawn, with the remainder planted nicely with flowers and bushes along with a pair of large garden sheds – one equipped with power – and a pleasant seating area at the very end of the garden offering a delightful and private sun trap. A gravelled path runs along the side of the house, leading to the front garden; another area laid mostly to lawn with some established shrubs and young trees, in addition to a gravelled, off-road parking area.