New Street, Somerton, Somerset, TA11

Built in 1907, Littleton House is an attractive Edwardian townhouse with well-proportioned rooms that are light and airy with good ceiling heights and sash windows throughout. It has been renovated over the years to a high standard by its current owners, ensuring that it is now not only fit for the demands of modern day living, but presented in an elegant style throughout. The impressive front door opens into a vestibule for coats and has a stained-glass inner door which opens into the generous and welcoming hallway decorated with William Morris wallpaper and Concrete Project tiles with underfloor heating. The stylish sitting room has generously proportioned sash-windows with architraves, and a multi-fuel wood burner set amongst vintage tiled surround, a perfect focal point for those cooler winter evenings. The smaller snug/study, with views onto the garden, is a more intimate, casual space currently used as a study and ideal for those wishing to work from home. Next to this is a useful cloakroom with basin, shower and WC with marble wall and floor tiles. The wonderful kitchen/breakfast room encompasses oak shaker style wall and base units with oak worktops over, plumbing for a dishwasher, space and plumbing for an American style fridge freezer and space for a range style cooker with an industrial extraction fan above. The large dining area ensures there is plenty of room for family gatherings and entertaining. Adjoining the kitchen is a utility room with plumbing for a washing machine and a door that leads out to the beautiful rear garden.
From the hallway, stairs rise to the first floor where there are four bedrooms, three of which are large doubles and one that overlooks the south facing garden. There is a bathroom with a bathtub, a basin, WC, marble tiles and underfloor heating together with plenty of storage for linen. From the landing, stairs rise again to the second floor where two further large doubles and a new shower room with shower cubicle, basin, WC, travertine tiling and underfloor heating can be found. Worth a special mention is the copious amount of eaves storage (insulated) which runs to the front and rear of the property as well as the top loft which was fully boarded and insulated when the house was re-roofed around six years ago. An appealing feature of this house is its versatile nature, with the second floor available to overflow into when necessary or shut off as desired (it is on a separate/independent heating zone to the rest of the house).

All things considered, Littleton House is a fine example of a beautifully presented townhouse with pleasing proportions, great light, sympathetic modernisations and eminent practicality.

OUTSIDE:
A notable feature of Littleton House is the delightful walled south facing garden to the rear. It is well stocked with a variety ancient roses, shrubs and trees providing a high degree of privacy and seclusion. The garden is a real suntrap and has been completely re-landscaped by the current owners to include two new limestone terraces, providing excellent space for al-fresco dining. There is a new Aco mains linked drainage system allowing for easy cleaning of the terraces. The wooden pergola, that provides vertical accents, is adorned with jasmine, passion flower and clematis climbers giving this garden year round interest and colour. There is plenty of outside storage with a stone store at the end of the house and a large garden shed to the rear of the garden. There are many shops and amenities just a short walk away and plenty of on-street parking to the front of the house which provides easy access to this superb central location.


LOCATION:
The hilltop town of Somerton dates back to the Anglo Saxon era when it was the capital of Wessex and an important political and commercial centre. In the centre of the town is a wide market square with its octagonal roofed market cross, surrounded by charming period houses. This attractive small town has an excellent range of facilities including shops, public houses and schools, with the larger commercial centre of Yeovil within an easy drive, as is the pretty Abbey town of Sherborne.

EDUCATION
Village primary schools in Somerton, Charlton Mackrell (2 miles) and in Kenton Mandeville (6 miles). Nearby private schools Millfield School at Street 8 miles, Hazlegrove School 7 miles, Sherborne Boys’ and Sherborne Girls’ (12 miles).

SPORTING AND RECREATION
The area is well provided for with bridleways, quiet lanes and footpaths. Fishing and sailing (by permit) at Sutton Bingham Reservoir near Yeovil and the Jurassic coast is just over 20 miles away. Racing at Wincanton, Salisbury and Taunton. Numerous golf courses including Wheathill and Yeovil. Theatres in Bath, Yeovil, Bristol and Salisbury. The Newt Country Estate and Bruton are also just an easy drive.