Wells Offers in Excess of £950,000

A large and delightful house standing in half an acre of grounds in an excellent residential area of Wells. The house includes a hall, cloakroom, drawing room, dining room, snug, an open-plan kitchen & breakfast room and an adjacent utility room/workshop storage room leading into the double integral garage. Upstairs are 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, two being en suite. There’s also a large loft with plenty of scope for further rooms if required. Outside there is a wonderful, mature harden of around half an acre. It’s very private and has parking space for several cars and Outside are attractive mature gardens which complement the house beautifully.

Ash Lane is one of the prime residential areas of Wells. It’s within walking distance of the schools, the Cathedral, the Market Place and High Street.

No 17 is a substantial and handsome house built in the 1920s to a scale and standard rarely in evidence in later times. The house has architectural merit, considerable character and also a warmth and charm benefitting from improvements in recent years. The house has brick and rendered elevations under a tiled roof with a porch opening into the reception hall. This has an oak floor, an attractive staircase, store cupboard and a cloakroom with basin and loo.

The hall is central and leads to all the main ground floor rooms of which the drawing room, dining room and breakfast room all face southwards into the gardens and are all light and airy. The drawing room has a fireplace with an efficient Jetmaster open fire, a door to the dining room, a large bay, fully glazed, window, and double french doors into the garden. The dining room is another excellent reception room with a bay window and the third reception room is a comfortable snug/study with fitted bookshelves.

The kitchen and dining room is a large open plan room. The kitchen area has a range of units, pantry cupboards and a central island. Integrated appliances include a dishwasher, fridge/freezer, microwave, double oven and extractor. The breakfast area has a lantern roof light, a door to the front drive and double french doors to the garden terrace. Beyond the breakfast room is a combined utility room and workshop. This has a sink and space for a washing machine and dryer and houses the gas boiler and hot water cylinder. A door also leads ito the garage with two up-and-over doors (one is electric).

The staircase leads to a large central landing. The main bedroom faces south and has fitted wardrobes and an en suite shower room with a large shower area. A second bedroom also faces south and again has fitted wardrobes plus a hand basin. The third bedroom has fitted wardrobes and a basin and there is a fourth bedroom. Also off the landing are a family bathroom and a separate shower room. The accommodation is generous and there’s a folding ladder to a large, boarded loft which gives scope for further rooms space if required – subject to all necessary consents.

The property totals around half an acre with a mature garden which provides great privacy. A tarmac drove leads in and there is ample parking space for several cars, bounded by lawns and shrubs and a magnificent beech tree. The gardens are mainly on the south and western side and include lawns, paved terraces, a greenhouse and a wide variety of trees and shrubs. These include beech, birch, cedars, apple, holly, laurel, sweet gum, mahonia, lilac, flowering dogwood, maple and ivy.

Freehold. Not listed. Council tax band G. EPC rating 47 band E. Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage connected. Gas central heating.

Wells is the smallest city in England (population about 11,000) lying in beautiful countryside between the Somerset Levels and the Mendip Hills – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Wells medieval centre has local markets twice a week, good restaurants, a thriving high street and many important ancient buildings, including the Cathedral and moated Bishops Palace and gardens. There are four major supermarkets on the edge of the city. Wells Leisure Centre has the usual facilities of gym and swimming pool to add to Wells Rugby Club, Tennis club, Bowling club and Golf course.

Throughout the year Wells hosts festivals for Music, Literature, Art and Food, and has twinned links with Burgundy, the Rhineland and Northern Italy. There are many societies and clubs for those who would like to join a diverse social community. The major towns of the area, Bristol, Bath, Taunton and Yeovil are all within commuting distance. There are excellent state & independent schools in the area that include several good primary schools, Wells Blue School, Strode College, Wells Cathedral School, All Hallows, Downside and Millfield. Wells is a transport hub for bus services, including daily services to London. Main line trains run from Castle Cary (25 minutes drive) and Bristol International Airport is 35 minutes drive away.

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From our office continue to the junction and turn right. Continue through the lights, pass the petrol station, turn left at the mini roundabout. Pass Waitrose and turn left at the lights. Continue and at the lights turn right. Take the next right fork and at the t junction turn right in Ash Lane. No. 17 is on the right.