LET'S MOVE TO Ilminster

WHERE OLD-WORLD SOMERSET CHARM MEETS HIGH END FASHION

- SOPHIE GALE

Deep in the south Somerset countryside, the historic town of Ilminster lies just east of the River Isle, from which the first part of its name derives. The latter part can be traced to St Mary’s Church, still known to the town’s six thousand locals as ‘the Minster’. It is ornamented with gargoyles and trefoils, and boasts an imposing tower whose chimes mark the hours, and the quarters. Only a stone’s throw away, the main route through town, Silver Street, is pleasingly packed with Georgian inns and stone cottages… plus a few ostentatious treats. Heading out of town, old textile mills, fertile farmland and orchards, proliferate.

IN THE ESTATE AGENT’S WINDOW