The Park, Yeovil

A handsome six bedroom semi-detached Victorian town house, with a one bedroom annexe, overlooking Sidney Gardens and set within spacious gardens, with extensive parking and garage. EPC Band D.

SITUATION
This handsome Victorian townhouse occupies an enviable position on one of Yeovil's most prestigious roads, surrounded by attractive detached and semi-detached homes within a designated conservation area. The property enjoys open views across Sidney Gardens, laid out in 1898 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Ideally located, the house is within easy walking distance of Yeovil Hospital and Yeovil College, whilst the town centre lies just half a mile away. Here, residents benefit from an excellent range of shopping, recreational, and educational facilities, together with a mainline rail service providing direct connections to Exeter and London Waterloo.

DESCRIPTION
This delightful semi-detached Victorian townhouse is constructed primarily of attractive brick elevations, complemented by quarried Hamstone detailing and set beneath a slate roof. The property showcases a wealth of period charm and character, typical of its era, including open fireplaces, a sweeping staircase, tessellated flooring, and traditional high ceilings adorned with deep cornicing, picture rails, and decorative ceiling roses. The ground floor is centred around a welcoming reception hall, leading to two elegant reception rooms, both featuring bay windows. To the rear lies a contemporary open-plan kitchen with an adjoining living/dining area, together with a utility room and cloakroom. In addition, the property benefits from a self-contained one-bedroom annexe, providing excellent flexibility for extended family living or income potential.

On the first floor are three generous double bedrooms, two of which enjoy en-suite facilities, along with a well-appointed family bathroom. The second floor offers three further bedrooms and a cloakroom, making the accommodation ideal for larger families. Externally, the property enjoys extensive off-road parking, including a twin-outlet EV charging points, side access gates, and a brick-built garage with an adjoining outdoor kitchen area. The enclosed gardens, which are largely walled, provide a high degree of privacy and include a substantial sun terrace and a highly useful timber workshop/studio.

ACCOMMODATION
The property is entered via an entrance lobby featuring an attractive tessellated tiled floor, leading through to a welcoming entrance hall with a staircase rising to the first floor, storage cupboard beneath, and decorative moulded cornicing and ceiling rose. The drawing room is a beautifully proportioned reception room with an open fireplace, large front-facing bay window, oak flooring, and a wealth of period features including moulded cornicing, picture rails, and a ceiling rose. Built-in shelving and cupboards flank the fireplace. Adjoining this is the family room, again enjoying a similar open fireplace, built-in shelving with cupboards to either side, timber flooring, decorative cornicing, picture rails, and ceiling rose, together with a large bay window overlooking the rear.

At the heart of the home lies a superb contemporary open-plan kitchen/living/dining room. The kitchen is fitted with a 1¼-bowl single drainer sink with mixer tap, granite work surfaces, and an excellent range of wall and base units and drawers. Appliances include a Neff induction hob with stainless-steel extractor hood, double oven and grill, and a useful larder cupboard. Further features include a central island, sealed fireplace, and a walk-in pantry. Attractive Travertine flooring flows seamlessly through the space into the dining area, which benefits from a large bay window overlooking the rear garden and glazed French doors opening onto the garden. A rear hall with slate flooring provides side access via a glazed door. The utility room includes a 1¼-bowl sink with mixer tap, adjoining work surfaces, cupboards, and space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, with a window to the rear. A cloakroom completes the ground floor, fitted with a low-level WC, wash hand basin, window to the side, and slate flooring.

The first-floor half-landing benefits from a side window, with the main landing providing stairs rising to the second floor. Bedroom Three enjoys dual-aspect views, wooden flooring, and period detailing including moulded cornicing and picture rails. The principal bedroom (Bedroom One) features a bay window to the front, wooden flooring, built-in wardrobes and cupboards, and decorative cornicing and picture rails. The en-suite shower room comprises a large walk-in shower, vanity unit, low-level WC, part-tiled walls, and a heated towel rail. Bedroom Two offers wooden flooring, period detailing, a rear-facing window, and a well-appointed en-suite shower room with large shower, vanity unit, low-level WC, heated towel rail, and rear window. The family bathroom includes a shower cubicle, freestanding bath with waterfall tap and shower attachment, vanity unit, low-level WC, heated towel rail, and an airing cupboard housing the pressurised hot water cylinder with slatted shelving.

The second floor comprises a half-landing with storage area and roof light, leading to the main landing with trap access to the roof void and a store cupboard. Bedroom Four enjoys a window overlooking a Hamstone balcony and features a sloping ceiling.
Bedroom Five has a sloping ceiling and dormer window overlooking the rear garden. A cloakroom serves this level, fitted with low-level WC, vanity unit, heated towel rail, roof light, and tiled flooring. Bedroom Six features a sloping ceiling and Velux roof light.

ANNEXE
To the side of the property, an obscure-glazed door provides independent access to the annexe entrance hall, which includes a useful storage cupboard.
The lounge/dining room is a comfortable and versatile space with a window to the front. The kitchen is fitted with a single drainer stainless-steel sink with mixer tap, adjoining work surfaces, and a range of wall and base cupboards and drawers. Appliances include a built-in oven and grill with electric hob, together with plumbing for a washing machine and the Worcester gas-fired boiler. A window provides natural light from the side aspect.
The bedroom enjoys a side-facing window, while the shower room comprises a walk-in shower, low-level WC, vanity unit, fully tiled walls and floor, and a heated towel rail.

OUTSIDE
The property is approached via a tarmac driveway, flanked by raised planted borders and a log store. The front garden, enclosed by hedging and walling, provides extensive off-road parking for approximately 10-12 vehicles, together with a twin-outlet EV charging point. To the side of the house, the driveway continues through a pair of double timber gates, leading to a detached brick-built garage set beneath a tiled roof. The garage is accessed via timber and glazed doors and is fitted with power and lighting. To the rear of the garage, an opening leads through to an outdoor kitchen area, which includes a 1¼-bowl ceramic sink with mixer tap, adjoining work surfaces, and power and lighting.

The rear garden is walled and fenced, providing a good degree of privacy, and is laid predominantly to lawn. A large block-paved patio area offers excellent space for outdoor entertaining, complemented by external lighting and attractive flower and shrub borders. Also located within the garden is a useful timber workshop/studio, featuring double doors to the side, double-glazed windows, and cable ducting in place for electrics.

SERVICES
All mains services are connected.
Gas fired central heating.
Solar Panels (5.6 kw) and 10kw battery storage.
Broadband : Standard, Superfast and Ultrafast (ofcom)
Mobile Coverage : EE, Three, Os and Vodafone (ofcom)
Flood Risk Status : Very low risk (environment agency)

VIEWINGS
Strictly by appointment through the vendors selling agents. Stags, Yeovil office, telephone 01935 475000.

DIRECTIONS
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From the hospital roundabout in the centre of Yeovil, head north to the college roundabout, taking the first exit onto Preston Road. After a short distance turn left immediately opposite Yeovil cemetry into The Park and Sidney Gardens. No 53 can be found after a short distance on the right hand side.