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" The English Courtyard Association and The Beechcroft Trust -synonymous with the very best in retirement housing since the 1980s.An extremely sought after one bedroom ground floor apartment with dining room/second bedroom and a private terrace garden.Ilminster is a busy Somerset country town largely built of the mellow honey-coloured stone from Ham Hill. The centre of the town, a short walk from Ashcombe Court, is arranged around a square with its pillared market building, and offers a full range of shopping facilities, banks, and public houses. The splendid perpendicular Minster Church is the glory of the town and one of the grandest 15th century Parish Churches in the country.12 Ashcombe Court is a well presented ground floor floor apartment enjoys an open plan reception room, one spacious double bedroom, dining room/second bedroom, and a private terrace garden.Ilminster is approximately 14 miles to both Yeovil and Taunton and within 12 miles of the M5 motorway. The Dorset coast is less than 20 miles away and there are train stations at Crewkerne, Yeovil and Taunton (1¾ hours to London). Ilminster is served by buses to all the major local centres. One of Somerset's many charming market towns, lies in the beautiful countryside of South Somerset half way between Yeovil and Taunton, close to the A303 and within easy reach of the M5.The town gets its name from the nearby River Ile and its beautiful 15th century Minster. The early town grew up around this church and its soaring perpendicular architecture and fan vaulting in both the tower and Wadham Chapel and the addition of engraved glass doors at the nave entrance, commissioned to celebrate the Millennium, make it well worth a visit. To the north of the Minster is Court Barton, a collection of attractive ham stone buildings which include the Chantry, Cross House and the old Grammar School founded in 1459. One of the first chapels to be built in the area, around 1719, can be found in East Street. Known as the Meeting House, it has been converted an exhibition gallery, with an information centre and cafe. "