Taunton, Somerset · TA4

Hartswell, Wiveliscombe

Hartswell, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset, TA4

£1,100,000Freehold
Agent's summary

This lovely old Georgian house, with its classical façade, enjoys glorious southerly outlooks over beautifully timbered gardens and surrounding fields. It has provided a perfect family home for many years and has an excellent combination of reception space with an attractive drawing room with double doors leading through to a sitting room, a separate dining room and a large, family kitchen with Aga and an adjoining breakfast room that could also be used as an office.

Beds5
Baths3
TypeHouse
Council taxBand G
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This lovely old Georgian house, with its classical façade, enjoys glorious southerly outlooks over beautifully timbered gardens and surrounding fields. It has provided a perfect family home for many years and has an excellent combination of reception space with an attractive drawing room with double doors leading through to a sitting room, a separate dining room and a large, family kitchen with Aga and an adjoining breakfast room that could also be used as an office. Good sized bedrooms, including three principal bedrooms, enjoying glorious outlooks and two further doubles. In addition to the main house a detached three bedroom cottage, with its own garden lies adjacent and provides an ideal opportunity for those wishing to accommodate elderly relatives or wanting a letting income. The drive into the property passes between a kitchen garden to the east and lovely lawned gardens that stretch out and extend across the front of the property, being shaded by a number of magnificent trees. A lovely former lawn tennis court provides an excellent play area or perfect setting for a marquee. There are useful outbuildings to the rear of the house, including an Original Stable and a useful garden/log store. Tax Band: G **Key facts** - Council tax band: G. - EPC rating: D \(score 63; potential rating C\). - Parking: off street. - Outside: garden, patio.

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Off street

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Outdoor space

Lawned garden · patio

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Broadband

Up to 30 Mbps

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Tenure

Freehold

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Band G

Council tax, Band G

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Energy rating

Rated D. Check the assessment date on the certificate.

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5.3 miles

to Bishop's Lydeard Rail Station

Approximate straight-line distance · DfT NaPTAN · 13 Sept 2026

Background air quality

Fine particles · PM₂.₅
5.1 µg/m³ · Above the WHO guideline · well within the UK legal limit
Nitrogen dioxide · NO₂
3.7 µg/m³ · Meets the WHO guideline

Annual background levels. For scale: the WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ for PM₂.₅ and 10 for NO₂; the UK legal limit is 20 and 40. Lower is better; this is a 1 km model, not a reading at the door.

Defra · 2024 annual model · 1 km area

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