North Street, Babcary, TA11 7EA

THREE TREES, NORTH STREET, BABCARY, SOMERTON, SOMERSET, TA11 7EA A charming and substantial five-bedroom detached period home, set in grounds of 0.75 acres, within an idyllic no-through-lane position, in the village of Babcary.

The property enjoys great character and excellent views in all directions with accommodation including a reception hall, sitting room, drawing room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, a utility room, cloakroom, boot room, five bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms.

There are large gardens and grounds enjoying total privacy, as well as ample parking, a double garage and several stores.

Accommodation Three Trees is a wonderful home which has been owned by the same family for nearly 50 years.

It comes to the market as a rare example of a family home with immense potential, large mature grounds, beautiful surrounding countryside, and all within walking distance of an exceptional village pub.

The property is thought to have been three cottages at one stage and has later been a much-loved family home with an impressive rear wing extension added in 1988.

It features handsome local blue lias stone elevations, adorned by a mature climbing rose, under a clay double Roman tile roof.

The house is set along a peaceful no-through-lane, which is populated by just a handful of attractive period stone properties.

This is well regarded as one of the best residential lanes in this already revered Somerset village.

At the far end of the lane, there are meadows and a brook which provide ideal dog walks right from the property’s doorstep.

Internally, there is significant character and stunning views from almost every aspect. There are some cosmetic updates required, but few properties enjoy such potential.

The property is accessible from the parking area directly into the boot room, where there is plenty of room for coats and mucky boots.

With a separate door out the garden, the reception hall adjoins the boot room and connects through to the drawing room, dining room and cloakroom.

The drawing room was part of the 1988 extension and is a superb addition, ideally suited to family living.

The room enjoys excellent dual aspect views to the garden, and features a jet master fire as the internal focal point.

Within the original part of the property, there are two adjoining reception rooms which are the dining and sitting rooms.

These are connected by glass-panelled French doors and both have lovely inglenook fireplaces, most likely serving the separate cottages once upon a time.

The sitting room/snug fireplace has an inglenook fireplace with inset wood burner and remnants of the old bread oven.

In the alcove, there is shelving for books and beneath the window is a pretty window seat. This is the perfect winter room to cosy up in.

The dining room is a larger room, also ideally suited for family gatherings and dinner parties, and features the staircase rising to the first floor with storage beneath, and a front-facing bay window.

A doorway leads into the kitchen, which has a great range of fitted units and ample space for a kitchen table. There is an integrated oven with grill above, and an electric hob with an extractor.

The kitchen units are built timelessly from high-quality oak, and in the opposite corner, there is a most useful ladder cupboard.

Adjoining the kitchen, there is a utility room which houses the central heating boiler, the white goods and has a stable-style door heading out to the rear garden.

On the first floor, there are five bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms.

The master and guest rooms are both substantial double rooms with built-in storage and a bathroom/shower room adjacent, respectively.

The fifth bedroom would be equally suited to use as a study, and the fourth bedroom could be incorporated into the master suite as a substantial dressing room if preferred.

Above the first floor, there is a loft hatch to a partially boarded attic with lighting, and also accessed from the landing, there is a spacious airing cupboard, an essential addition to any working family home.

Outside The property is accessed from the quiet no-through-lane to a large gravel parking area in front of the double garage.

The garage has two separate sets of up-and-over doors and three adjoining stores.

Two of the stores have their own external accesses, making them perfectly suited for storage of garden tools and machinery and the third is accessed from within the double garage and has been well-designed for cool, lockable wine storage.

The gardens completely surround the property in all directions, meaning the privacy is superb and the sun can be followed throughout the day.

Few gardens enjoy such diverse, established planting, and the perfect balance between countryside farmland views and the retention of privacy makes it perfectly suited to adults and children alike.

Many a family gathering has been had on the rear formal lawn. The rear garden is partially walled and surrounded by thick hedgerows of mixed variety.

There are well-positioned flower beds which are each filled with thoughtful planting, ensuring year-round colour.

Notable planting additions include a huge diversity of roses, a grape vine arch, many fruit trees and a magnificent flowering wisteria which adorns the rear elevation.

Immediately outside the back door from the utility, there is a sunny seating terrace, perfect for alfresco dining.

Not far from the house, and well obscured by thick beech hedging, is a kitchen garden with rose arches and a nearby compost heap, the perfect set-up for a vegetable garden.

At the backside of the garages along the northern boundary, there is a summerhouse with light and power, previously used as a novel camp-out destination for the grandchildren, but equally well suited as a home office or tranquil place to sit.

Nearby, there is a garden shed and the LPG gas tank, which is well screened by timber fencing. In total, the gardens and grounds amount to about three-quarters of an acre.

About the area Babcary is one of Somerset’s charming and historic villages set in beautiful countryside between Somerton, Glastonbury and Castle Cary.

Recorded in the Domesday Book, it’s an attractive small village bordering of the Sparkford Vale. The medieval church is close by where one of the earliest games of ‘fives’ was recorded.

Elsewhere in the village is the Red Lion, an excellent 'destination' pub and restaurant dating from the 17th century, and the well-used Village Hall and playing fields.

All these factors contribute to the friendly and active village community.

Glastonbury, Wells, Castle Cary and Sherborne are all within a short drive as are Castle Cary and Yeovil Rail Stations with main lines to London, Castle Cary to Paddington taking as little as 90 mins on certain routes.

There are many golf courses in the area (Long Sutton, Wheathill, Yeovil, Sherborne and Wells), as well as National Hunt racing at Wincanton and Taunton and flat racing at Bath.

There are excellent state and independent schools in the area, including Millfield, King's Bruton, Sexey’s, Hazelgrove, Wells Cathedral, Downside and Sherborne.

“The Newt in Somerset” just outside Castle Cary, is home to beautiful countryside walks set in the grounds of a Georgian country estate.

Within the estate there are a Hotel & Spa, a farm shop, restaurants and a house & garden shop.

Babcary is a sought-after village, being very accessible but well away from the main road and with virtually no through traffic. Services Mains water and electricity. LPG gas central heating.

Mains drainage. Tenure: Freehold.

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