Taperdine, Old Common, Minchinhampton, GL6 9EH

Taperdine is a detached 1950s bungalow which has been thoughtfully extended and updated by the current owners to create spacious and flexible accommodation of approximately 1,800 sq ft.

The property also incorporates a separate annexe, providing excellent additional accommodation for a family member or guests, with potential for other uses subject to any necessary consents.

Presented to a high standard throughout, the property enjoys pleasant views over its own gardens.

The entrance hall leads through to a generous sitting room, where a red brick chimney breast houses a Morso wood burning stove.

French doors and windows overlook the rear garden, while four Velux windows allow for plenty of natural light.

An inner hall provides useful storage and access to the bedrooms and second reception room.

Currently used as a gym, this versatile room features a further wood burning stove and a large picture window overlooking the front.

The kitchen/dining room is fitted with a range of dark blue wall and base units with soft-close cupboards and drawers, together with an induction hob, electric oven and extractor.

There is ample space for dining, with French doors opening directly onto the garden.

A useful utility room provides further storage and plumbing for a washing machine and also incorporates a concealed WC.

The principal bedroom benefits from a deep built-in wardrobe, while bedroom two is a good sized double with windows to two aspects.

Bedroom three is currently used as a study, and the main accommodation is completed by a contemporary shower room.

Accessed internally from the kitchen, the self contained annexe comprises an open-plan sitting/dining room and kitchen with French doors opening onto the garden, together with a double bedroom and en-suite shower room.

This provides a flexible additional space, well suited to a family member, guests or a variety of other uses.

The property is approached via a gravelled driveway secured by a five bar gate, providing ample parking for at least three cars.

The gardens wrap around the property and are level, private and well established, with areas of formal lawn, raised vegetable beds and attractive paved seating and entertaining areas, creating an excellent setting for family gatherings and outdoor entertaining.

This ancient market town sits on the edge of Minchinhampton Common and is made up of pretty stone cottages, many dating back to the medieval wool trade.

There is a weekly country market and charming cafes, as well as a butcher, grocer and post office.

The town also has a doctors’ surgery, community library, well regarded primary school and a stylish camra award winning pub, The Crown Inn.

There are breath taking views from the common, which sits on the Cotswold escarpment, and offers a golf course and excellent walking, riding and gliding opportunities.

The National Trust common is also known for its free roaming horses and cows, rare orchids and butterflies, and is home to the famous Giffords Circus every summer.

The town’s good looks have also attracted film crews and famous residents, including the Princess Royal, who lives at Gatcombe Park.

More extensive facilities are available in nearby Nailsworth and Stroud.

Junctions of the M4 and M5 motorways are within easy reach and railway stations at Stroud (6 Miles) and Kemble (10 miles) provide main line services to Gloucester, Swindon and London.

Property Information The property is freehold. Electric storage heating, mains water and drainage. The council tax band is D.

We have checked the service and reception levels available locally through the ofcom network checker and the broadband services available include superfast and ultrafast connections, and you are likely to have service from the main service providers (EE, Three, O2, Vodafone) although reception from Vodafone, Three and O2 may be limited inside the house.

These results are predictions and not a guarantee. Actual services available may be different depending on the particular circumstances and the precise location of the user.