Cothelstone, Taunton, Somerset, TA4
£1,400,000
Guide price
Guide price
Sold STC
Bedrooms: 6
A wonderfully situated period farmhouse with stables and land occupying an enviable setting on the Quantock Hills and within the AONB.
Lot 2 comprises a barn with planning permission to create a four bedroom detached dwelling, Guide Price £350,000.
Toulton Farmhouse occupies a private setting at the end of a drive and has a handsome façade with central entrance set between small pane windows. It was a farmhouse of Cothelstone Estate farm and occupies a perfect setting for those who may wish to keep horses, having a stable yard, a good parcel of land and of course excellent riding across the Quantock Hills, with direct access to the hills from the lane.
The house itself offers well proportioned, high ceiling rooms and include a dining/ reception hall with fireplace with woodburning stove, with doors leading into the drawing room, an elegant room with arched small pane windows set either side of the open fire with fine marble mantelpiece. There are doors out into the garden, a further window and a second fireplace with smaller open grate. A staircase hall is particularly light with high window, a turning staircase. A door from the hall leads to the sitting room with woodburning stove and windows looking out to the hills. To the other side of the hall there is a cloakroom and a study. The kitchen/breakfast room has wall and floor mounted cabinets with wooden work surfaces, central island and an oil-fired four oven AGA with a mantel and chimney piece over. A door leads out to the front of the house and a further door leads into the spacious secondary kitchen / utility with sink unit, a Firebird oil fired boiler set into an original fireplace.
A long gallery landing leads to the bedrooms and include a spacious and particularly light double aspect principal bedroom enjoying glorious views, with en suite bathroom with wc, wash hand basin and shower and panelled bath. There is a dressing room with open fronted hanging space, which could alternatively provide a sixth bedroom. There is an adjoining bedroom with views to the front of the house and a further large bedroom with a recessed wash hand basin, shelves and walk-in dressing area. A family bathroom has panelled bath, wash hand basin, shower and a recessed cupboard. A further bedroom lies to the east of the house, is light, with double aspect enjoying glorious views, a recessed wash hand basin and hanging space. A lower landing with built-in cupboard leads to a guest bedroom with adjoining shower room with wc, wash basin and shower.
Tax Band F
Lot 2
An intriguing single storey stock barn with two, two storey towers at either end, has detailed planning permission for the development for five-bedroom dwelling. There is a courtyard to the front of the property to create a courtyard garden and a lawned area behind the property, to the north add further scope to create additional gardens. A parcel of land has also been designated and will be sold with the barn to provide space for garaging and further gardens.
Dining Reception Hall
Kitchen Breakfast Room With Aga
Drawing Room
Sitting Room And Study
Principle En-Suite Bedroom
Four/ Five Further Bedrooms And Family Bathroom
Attractive Lawned Gardens, Kitchen Garden
Stables And Barn, Two Enclosures
South Facing Pasture, In All Approximately 11.83 Acres
Lot 2 Barn With Planning Permission For 4 Bed Dwelling
Lot 2 comprises a barn with planning permission to create a four bedroom detached dwelling, Guide Price £350,000.
Toulton Farmhouse occupies a private setting at the end of a drive and has a handsome façade with central entrance set between small pane windows. It was a farmhouse of Cothelstone Estate farm and occupies a perfect setting for those who may wish to keep horses, having a stable yard, a good parcel of land and of course excellent riding across the Quantock Hills, with direct access to the hills from the lane.
The house itself offers well proportioned, high ceiling rooms and include a dining/ reception hall with fireplace with woodburning stove, with doors leading into the drawing room, an elegant room with arched small pane windows set either side of the open fire with fine marble mantelpiece. There are doors out into the garden, a further window and a second fireplace with smaller open grate. A staircase hall is particularly light with high window, a turning staircase. A door from the hall leads to the sitting room with woodburning stove and windows looking out to the hills. To the other side of the hall there is a cloakroom and a study. The kitchen/breakfast room has wall and floor mounted cabinets with wooden work surfaces, central island and an oil-fired four oven AGA with a mantel and chimney piece over. A door leads out to the front of the house and a further door leads into the spacious secondary kitchen / utility with sink unit, a Firebird oil fired boiler set into an original fireplace.
A long gallery landing leads to the bedrooms and include a spacious and particularly light double aspect principal bedroom enjoying glorious views, with en suite bathroom with wc, wash hand basin and shower and panelled bath. There is a dressing room with open fronted hanging space, which could alternatively provide a sixth bedroom. There is an adjoining bedroom with views to the front of the house and a further large bedroom with a recessed wash hand basin, shelves and walk-in dressing area. A family bathroom has panelled bath, wash hand basin, shower and a recessed cupboard. A further bedroom lies to the east of the house, is light, with double aspect enjoying glorious views, a recessed wash hand basin and hanging space. A lower landing with built-in cupboard leads to a guest bedroom with adjoining shower room with wc, wash basin and shower.
Tax Band F
Lot 2
An intriguing single storey stock barn with two, two storey towers at either end, has detailed planning permission for the development for five-bedroom dwelling. There is a courtyard to the front of the property to create a courtyard garden and a lawned area behind the property, to the north add further scope to create additional gardens. A parcel of land has also been designated and will be sold with the barn to provide space for garaging and further gardens.
Dining Reception Hall
Kitchen Breakfast Room With Aga
Drawing Room
Sitting Room And Study
Principle En-Suite Bedroom
Four/ Five Further Bedrooms And Family Bathroom
Attractive Lawned Gardens, Kitchen Garden
Stables And Barn, Two Enclosures
South Facing Pasture, In All Approximately 11.83 Acres
Lot 2 Barn With Planning Permission For 4 Bed Dwelling
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