Lower Chilton, Chilton Cantelo, Somerset, BA22

Property Details: • Type: End of Terrace • Tenure: N/A • Floor Area: N/A

Key Features: • A charming cottage with appealing features • Well presented throughout • Pretty rear garden • Large timber shed/workshop and greenhouse • Semi-rural setting with pleasant views • No onward chain

Location: • Nearest Station: N/A • Distance to Station: N/A

Agent Information: • Address: 22 Princes Street, Yeovil, BA20 1EQ

Full Description: A charming attached three bedroom, two bathroom cottage situated on the village outskirts and fronting a no through lane. No onward chain.Hicks Cottage is peacefully situated alongside a no-through country lane on the outskirts of Chillton Cantelo. Formerly farm workers’ cottages built in 1867, and built in rows of three, Hicks Cottage is a character property (not listed) that contains appealing features to include some stone mullion windows (double glazed), together with a working fireplace with wood burner in the sitting room and brick external elevations with stone quoins. It is named after Dorchester Architect John Hicks for whom Thomas Hardy worked as an apprentice and paid assistant before pursuing a career in writing and later becoming one of the most renowned poets and novelists in English literary history. His poem, ‘The Abbey Mason’ is dedicated to Hicks.The property is well presented throughout and comprises a pretty front porch that leads to a large reception room, with the focal point being a stone fireplace with inset wood burner, and beyond which is a modern fitted kitchen with an integrated double oven and hob. Behind the kitchen is a most useful boot room/rear hallway that in turn opens directly in the large utility room. From the sitting room a corner door opens to a concealed and split staircase, accessing a ground floor shower room, whilst upstairs are three bedrooms with one featuring an en-suite bathroom.Backing onto farmland, there are very pleasant views to be enjoyed and the semi-rural setting makes this a most appealing dwelling. Please note there is no onward chain involved with the sale.SERVICES & OUTGOINGSWe understand that mains electricity, water and drainage are connected to the property. Oil fired central heating. Council Tax: Somerset Council—Band B.ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONBroadband: FTTC—Superfast broadband is available—highest available download speed 76 Mbps, highest available upload speed 15 Mbps. (Openreach).Mobile Coverage: Available via EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. For an indication of specific speeds and supply or coverage in the area we recommend contacting your own provider. Flooding: The property is in an area at a very low risk from River/Sea Flooding (defined as the chance of flooding each year as less than 0.1%) and at a high risk from Surface Water flooding (defined as the chance of flooding each year is more than 3.3%).Chilton Cantelo is a small, rural hamlet situated between the villages of Mudford and Marston Magna. There are nearby village primary schools together with public houses and farm shops. The large commercial town of Yeovil is a short drive to the south, home to a regional hospital, two mainline railway stations and all day-to-day amenities. Close by is the pretty Abbey town of Sherborne, which also has a mainline railway station, as well an excellent selection of shops.In addition to parking directly on the lane, there is a gated and gravelled driveway to one side where parking is available for at least two cars. To one side, and set back, is a garage that belongs to the neighbouring property and to which the owner has pedestrian access. Directly in front of the cottage is a further gravelled area with a mature front hedge and archway. The pretty rear garden starts with a generous, enclosed paved courtyard immediately outside the kitchen and boot room, ideal for garden furniture, barbecues, etc. A short path opens to the main lawned garden that backs on to pasture, within the garden is a large timber shed/workshop, greenhouse and planted beds and borders.BrochuresParticulars