Yeovil Road, Montacute

An extended three bedroom terraced house in need of some updating and set within large gardens with useful outbuilding/studio. EPC Band F

Situation - Fernside is set in the heart of this picturesque village famous for its National Trust owned Montacute House and close to its parkland grounds. Facilities within the village include two pubs, church, primary school, village hall, petrol station and village stores/post office. The village is surrounded by National Trust woodland and with wonderful walks up onto Ham Hill. Yeovil is within 4 miles where an excellent range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities can be found, together with a mainline railway station to London Waterloo, Exeter and Bristol.

Description - Fernside comprises an extended three bedroom terraced house constructed principally of Hamstone and contained beneath a mainly tiled roof with a small flat roof extension to the rear. Although the property is in need of some improvements, it offers enormous potential for buyers to refurbish to their own particular taste, in what is one of the most sought after villages in the area. The property benefits from two reception rooms, separated by sliding glass doors, together with a hobbies room, kitchen and cloakroom. On the first floor can be found three bedrooms together with a shower room. Outside the property benefits from large gardens which have been lovingly landscaped over the years. Including a most productive kitchen garden and more formal gardens, along with greenhouse and a useful stone and block outbuilding, offering great potential as a home office/studio. There is also a chicken run and summerhouse

Accommodation - Covered entrance porch with door leading to entrance hallway with original tessalated floor and staircase rising to the first floor. Doorway leads into the dining room with newly installed large glazed door leading to the rear. Recessed bookshelves with cupboards under, picture rails, one wall light point and under stairs cupboard. Glazed sliding doors lead to the sitting room with a square bay window to front, log burner, picture rail and two wall light points. Hobbies room with built in desk/table, with triple pendant lights over, two lots of built in shelving and window to side. Glazed door to kitchen comprising belfast sink with space and plumbing for washing machine and fridge. Opposite can be found a built in dresser unit, space for cooker and adjoining worktops with cupboards and drawers beneath. window to side and adjoining boot room with newly installed glazed door to rear and adjoining cloakroom with low level WC and wash hand basin.

On the first floor can be found the main landing with useful built in wardrobe with hanging rail and cupboard over and trap access to roof void, with access ladder being fully boarded and with dormer window to the rear. Bedroom one enjoys two large windows to the front, picture rails and two wall light points.. Bedroom three with sash window to rear, recessed shelving, picture rail and one wall light point. Rear landing providing access to the shower room with large walk-in shower, vanity unit with inset bowl, low level WC and part panelled walls. Bedroom two with windows on two aspects, providing fine views of the garden and surrounding hills. Fitted open fronted wardrobes with hanging rail, shelf and cupboard over and two wall light points.

Outside - To the front of the property is a small garden area. There is also a pedestrian gate a short distance away to the right of the front of the house, that gives access onto the road. Pathway leads to the garden with useful fuel store and garden shed. Beyond here the gardens open onto a large kitchen garden which are walled and protected by a mature Beech hedge. There are various vegetable beds, together with fruit cage and a further shed. Beyond the Beech hedge is a large walled garden which is laid mainly to lawn with large central beds which are well stocked with various shrubs, bushes and trees. Within the garden is a useful aluminium greenhouse, 2nd fuel storage area and various water butts. Within the corner of the garden is useful stone and block outbuilding contained beneath a tiled roof. It benefits from power and light and a window overlooking the garden. It would make an excellent studio/home office, other buildings include a summerhouse and enclosed chicken run.

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

Services - Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected.
Mobile Available : EE, VODAFONE and O2 (ofcom)
Broadband Available: ADSL under 24 Mbps Superfast 24 - 100 Mbps (ofcom)

Directions - From Yeovil take the A3088 towards Exeter and before reaching Cartgate roundabout turn left towards Montacute. At the end of the road turn left and continue into the village. Continue past the main entrance to Montacute House and the Phelips Arms public house on your left and after a short distance the road bears left by the village stores/post office, whereupon Fernside, 2 Yeovil Road will be seen on the right hand side, clearly identified by our For Sale board.

Flood Risk Status - Low Risk (Environmental agency)