Public exhibition of proposed extra care housing at Lyngford House, Taunton

You can see the plans at the event at Lyngford House, off Selworthy Road, Taunton, between 10am and 2pm today (Saturday)

The development would see three one-bedroom apartments in the upper floor of the listed main house, which would house communal facilities on the ground floor, including a dining room, bar, activity rooms, treatment room, communal lounges, a library and IT room.

A three-storey extension would contain six two-bedroom apartments, while the listed coach house and stables would features three two-bedroom houses.

There would also be 15 two-bedroom houses and 18 three-bedroom houses in the grounds, as well as 37 car parking spaces and landscaped features.

A planning application is to be lodged with Taunton Deane Borough Council at the end of February.

A further exhibition is planned for April or May.

Property company Quantum, which bought the site from the NHS for £1.1 million, hopes the plans would then be debated by the council's planning committee in June or July.

And if permission is granted, construction could start in August and the first residents could move in two years later in August 2020.

The development would see three one-bedroom apartments in the upper floor of the listed main house, which would house communal facilities on the ground floor, including a dining room, bar, activity rooms, treatment room, communal lounges, a library and IT room.

A three-storey extension would contain six two-bedroom apartments, while the listed coach house and stables would features three two-bedroom houses.

There would also be 15 two-bedroom houses and 18 three-bedroom houses in the grounds, as well as 37 car parking spaces and landscaped features.