Palmer Street, South Petherton

A stylish and surprisingly spacious cottage just a short walk from the pretty village centre amenities.

The Property - With off-road parking and a generous, sun-filled garden, this charming and stylish cottage offers more than meets the eye. Arranged over three floors, it combines original character with versatile living space that can be tailored to suit a variety of needs—whether for family life, entertaining guests, working from home, or accommodating a lodger. Believed to date from the mid-1800s, the property is thought to have originally been two cottages later combined to create a more spacious home.

Having undergone numerous improvements in recent years, the accommodation offers particularly generous bedroom space, including a large master suite on the second floor and three well-proportioned bedrooms with an attractive family bathroom on the first floor. The ground floor balances this out by way of a side conservatory, currently used as a workroom / study space by the owner, which could equally serve as a delightful additional living area overlooking the garden.

Accommodation - A useful front porch opens through a cottage-style ledge-and-brace door into the entrance area, where practical flagstone flooring continues into a generous, light-filled living room. Currently arranged as a combined sitting and dining space, it features two doors that lead into the spacious open-plan kitchen/breakfast room at the rear, creating an easy flow throughout the ground floor. The current owner had considered opening up the layout further, but if you prefer simple repositioning of freestanding furniture allows ample room for a more formal dining area within the kitchen while keeping the front room for socialising and relaxation.

The additional conservatory off the entrance area is a real advantage, providing a wonderful connection to the garden during the warmer months. Traditional cottage stairs rise from the corner of the kitchen to the first-floor landing, with a further staircase leading up to the second floor.

At the front of the house are two well-proportioned double bedrooms, each featuring an attractive fireplace. A fourth bedroom offers a spacious single or comfortable small double—ideal for guests—though the current owner uses it as a dressing room. The adjacent family bathroom is stylishly appointed with a freestanding bath, concealed-cistern WC, and vanity washbasin, complemented by a period-style chrome towel radiator and sleek duck-egg-blue tiling.

Outside - To the side of the cottage a driveway provides off road parking. Previous owners had been granted planning permission to create a new single storey extension and additional parking to the side of the property, which has now expired, but this may be of interest to prospective buyers who might like to consider reapplying for something similar. The driveway also provides access to the garden which is located to the side and enjoys a surprisingly good level of privacy. Slightly elevated from the road, steps lead up to a more level lawned garden with rockery style raised border to one side, and raised beds for vegetable gardening along with a timber garden shed / summerhouse. Closer to the house, the path wraps around the rear of the cottage to a really useful store area with power and light, perfect for a tumble dryer and / or extra freezer. Adjoining the back door of the cottage the small courtyard area includes an outside WC providing a handy extra set of facilities when you're out in the garden including a wash hand basin, with an adjoining extra store / outbuilding to one side.

Situation - This end of Palmer Street is slightly tucked-away from the main village road, being part of the quieter country lane that becomes Careys Hollow. It's within easy reach of the village centre. It's an attractive setting with a range of individual modern and period properties. South Petherton itself is a picture postcard village with excellent village amenities including OFSTED “Outstanding” Infant and Junior schools, tennis courts and club, recreation ground, independent shops including butchers, and a co-op store. It also has a recently opened and well-regarded restaurant "Holm", a recently reopened Wine shop that opens as a Wine Bar on some evenings, and the local pub The Brewers Arms, which is also a very popular venue. The village has its own modern hospital that carries out a range of NHS services and a has a useful late-opening Pharmacy. Not far away at Lopenhead is the iconic “Pip's Café” and adjoining Trading Post Farm shop loved by residents for its delicious locally sourced produce. Frogmary Green Farm on the outskirts of South Petherton offers lakeside walks and a small outdoor cafe / cake shop called Daisies. From the Esso station on the edge of the village is the regular Berry’s Superfast bus service to London Hammersmith.

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Services - Mains gas, electric, water and drainage are connected.

Mains gas central heating via boiler, replaced in 2019.

Material Information - Council Tax Band C

There may be CCTV / Ring doorbell recording at the time of any viewings.