Highbridge SOMERSET

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● Spacious Detached Three Bedroom Bungalow (A/EOC)
● Triple Garage and Games Room
● Stable Yards with Eight Loose Boxes
● Level Pasture Paddocks
● Approx. 4.5 Acres In All
● Set on the Fringe of the Village with Views to the Mendip Hills

Sold - Similar Properties Required

 A spacious detached three bedroom bungalow (A/EOC) set in approx. 4.5 acres, with a good range of outbuildings, stables and level paddocks, set on the fringe of a village with fine views towards the Mendip Hills.

We understand that the property was built around 1980 and was originally subject to an agricultural occupancy condition, although this condition was altered in 1987 to include agriculture, forestry or the commercial breeding of horses.

The property is currently vacant, and a swift completion can be accommodated.

The property lies on the fringe of the village and is within walking distance of Highbridge. There is a range of local amenities nearby in Burnham-on-Sea and much wider ranges of shops in Bridgwater and Weston-Super-Mare. There is easy access onto the M5 Motorway at J22 and the beautiful Somerset Levels countryside.

Price Guide £650,000 Sold. Similar properties required.Ref: EO7483

THE RESIDENCE

Understood to have been built around 1980, providing a spacious home with good room sizes and ceiling heights throughout. There is oil-fired central heating and the windows are double glazed.

The accommodation in brief is as follows, please refer to the floor plan for approximate room sizes.

The Main Entrance is through a glazed front door, leading into a Reception Hall with built-in storage, airing cupboard and boiler cupboard.

A door to the left opens into the main Sitting Room, which is a good-sized room with glazed external rear door opening to the garden, and a stone fireplace.

The Kitchen is fitted with a range of built-in units with laminate worksurfaces, electric oven, four ring hob with extractor hood, 1½ bowl stainless steel sink, plumbing for dishwasher and an archway opening into the Dining Room which has a rear window.

From the Kitchen there is also a door to the rear Boot Room which has an external door leading to the Garden.

There are Three Bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes, and a Family Shower Room fitted with a cubicle with electric shower, WC, wash  hand basin, fully tiled walls and floor and built-in storage.

Price Guide £650,000Sold. Similar properties required.Ref: EO7483

OUTSIDE, OUTBUILDINGS & LAND

The property is set well back from the village road and is approached through a private gated entrance with a tarmac drive, providing plenty of parking and turning space.

There is a Front Lawn with a feature mature weeping willow and a Further Lawn to the rear.

Set adjacent to the bungalow is a Detached Garage Block built of brick and block under a tiled roof, with light and power supplies and providing Three Garages; 19’6 x 14’1 (6m x 4.3m), 18’7 x 12’ (5.7m x 3.6m), 18’9 x 16’3 (5.8m x 4.9m) each with roller shutter doors, plus a Games Room 22’4 x 17’6 (6.8m x 5.3m)

Adjoining the Garage Block to the rear is a Stable Barn built of block and tile on a concrete base with a water supply providing a Store 16’ x 11’7 (4.9m x 3.5m), Two Loose Boxes 16’10 x 9’4 (5.1m x 2.8m) and 18’9 x 11’9 (5.8m x 3.6m) and a Pony Box 9’3 x 9’ (2.8m x 2.8m)

There is an Enclosed Concrete Yard leading to the Main Stable Block which is built of block under a tiled roof and provides Five Loose Boxes each 11’6 x 11’6 (3.5m x 3.5m)

The Land adjoins in Two Level Paddocks, plus an additional Enclosed Turnout Area. There are mature hedges along the main borders and some post and rail fencing.

IN ALL APPROX. 4.5 ACRES
(About 1.8 Hectares)

 

PLANNING NOTE

The residence was originally built subject to an agricultural occupancy condition, which was amended on 19/06/1987 as follows:

"The occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to persons solely or mainly employed or last employed in the locality in agriculture as defined in Section 290(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, in forestry or in the commercial breeding of horses (including any dependents of such person residing with him (or a widow or widower of such person)).

Price Guide £650,000Sold. Similar properties required.Ref: EO7483