Hodgeditch Farm & Cottages Chard Junction, near Chard, Somerset

Hodgeditch Farm & Cottages Chard Junction, near Chard, Somerset

Hodgeditch Farm & Cottages, Chard Junction, near Chard, Somerset TA20 4LN Holiday letting business for sale on the Dorset and Somerset border. Ideal home with income set within the rural countryside. Detached 4 bedroomed farmhouse. A Adjoining delightful 1 bedroomed detached annexe. five bedroom farmhouse, enjoying an elevated position Two detached with holiday the benefit letting barns of (3 far bed and 2 bed). reaching southerly views. Established business let through a holiday letting agent. Excellent family accommodation with Range of outbuildings including garaging with lean-to light, airy and spacious rooms. storage attached. A formal courtyard of traditional stone Set in approximately 3.5 acres of gardens, grounds and and slate barns which have recently paddocks with stream running through the grounds. been re-roofed. Additional 3 bedroom cottage (Chantry Cottage) available Three modern storage buildings, by separate negotiation. together with a further separate range of modern buildings. Location Hodgeditch Farm is located in a rural location near to Chard Junction located between Chard and Axminster. Axminster has a railway station with a London Waterloo service and is also home to Hugh Whittingstall s deli restaurant. The village of Tatworth has a primary school and village shop/post office. The thatched public house of The Olde Pope Inn, known for good food within the area, or The Golden Fleece, are both situated in Tatworth. Chard is just under 3 miles away and offers further amenities and facilities including supermarkets, shopping and the secondary school of Holyrood Academy. The county town of Taunton is 16 miles away and the university and cathedral city of Exeter is also within easy reach. The pretty fishing villages of Beer, Branscombe and the coastal resort of Sidmouth make ideal day trips, along with the Seaton to Colyton tramway There are golf courses at Chard, Honiton and Lyme Regis; sailing and boating along the coast with moorings at Lyme Regis and West Bay. The property is well situated to explore the Dorset and East Devon coastline approximately 12 miles away which has World Heritage Status and is now known as the Jurassic Coastline due to the fossils that can be found within the area. The main visitors centre for the Heritage Coastline is located at Charmouth. The historic coastal resort of Lyme Regis is within 12 miles with its famous cobb harbour. Humberts Set within nearly 31 acres of pasture and woodland. Mansfield House Taunton Further land available by separate Somerset negotiation. TA1 3DN 01823 331234 stephen.richards@humberts.com www.humberts.com

The Business Rose Garden Cottage (Annexe) Hodgeditch Farm & Cottages have been in the same ownership for the last 20 years. They have built up an established and successful holiday letting business with the cottages being let out through a national holiday letting agents, Hoseasons. Currently they let out the annexe known as Rose Garden along with two further barn conversions and currently have a gross turnover in the region of 22,000 per annum. There is potential to increase the business by establishing a dedicated website for the property coupled with internet advertising to increase trade. Hodgeditch Farm Detached period farmhouse with countryside views providing on ground floor utility room, hall, cloakroom, kitchen fitted with a handmade Shaker style units with polished granite worktops, opening through into sitting room with woodburning stove. The kitchen opens through into a timber framed open plan sunroom which leads out via French doors onto a patio area and gardens. The cottage adjoins the main farmhouse and could be occupied by a family member or reincorporated into the main farmhouse. Rose Garden Cottage is currently let out as a holiday letting property and provides on ground floor hall, sitting room and at first floor landing, kitchen and bedroom with en suite bathroom. Outside there is a landscaped formal garden which has a high degree of privacy and is where the property takes its name from due to the planting. Bedroom 1 is also on the ground floor with an en suite shower room. At first floor landing, 3 further bedrooms, shower room and family bathroom. Outside to the rear is a patio area and private garden with steps leading up to a gravelled area for parking.

The Cottages The holiday letting cottages provide high quality letting accommodation with oil-fired central heating. The Stables Outside All the bathroom suites are white. Each cottage has a flat screen television, DVD player and CD music system. The kitchens include modern wall and base units, electric cookers, microwave ovens and fridge/ freezers. The Old Barn Single storey barn conversion providing hall, open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen area with vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and woodburning stove. 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Outside to rear a patio area and an enclosed garden laid mainly to lawn. The property is set in 3.5 acres including formal gardens, the majority laid to paddock and with a stream that runs under the driveway into a nature pond before joining the river Axe. The property is approached via an asphalt driveway and half way down the driveway is a parking area along with a garage with lean-to storage attached. Next to the holiday letting cottages is a further gravelled car parking area with garaging. Attached to Hodgeditch Farmhouse is a laundry room fitted with a Belfast sink and kitchen units used by the guests and the complex. Two storey barn conversion providing on ground floor hall, utility/cloakroom, kitchen/dining room, conservatory and sitting room with Inglenook fireplace with woodburning stove. At first floor landing, bedroom 1 with en suite shower room, 2 further bedrooms and bathroom. Outside an enclosed courtyard accessed from French doors in the sitting room leading out on to a patio area with seating.

Viewing Strictly by appointment with agents Humberts. For further information contact Stephen Richards on (01823) 331234. Tenure Freehold. It should be noted that the driveway is owned by the property but the neighbouring properties, being Hodgeditch Cottage and Chantry Cottage, have vehicular right of way. Method of Sale The property is offered by private treaty including a trade inventory to include furnishings, equipment and fixtures and fittings in the holiday letting cottages excluding any personal items. Directions From Chard follow the A358 south heading towards Axminster. At Tatworth, turn left and follow the road through the village to get to the B3167 at Perry Street. At the staggered crossroad, follow the road straight over the railway line at Chard Junction, pass over the River Axe and at the Dairycrest premises turn left and follow the road for ¼ mile. The property can be found on the left hand side, clearly signed. If you get to Ford Abbey or the railway line at Bridge you have gone too far. File No. C6375 Mansfield House Silver Street Taunton Somerset TA1 3DN T: 01823 331234 E: stephen.richards@humberts.com