House For Sale £600,000
A delightful country cottage with beautifully maintained characterful accommodation throughout, including a traditional kitchen with an oil fired Rayburn, utility and cloakroom, sitting room with a fireplace and a separate dining room, three bedrooms and a lovely modern bathroom suite. Externally the property features a beautiful rear garden, several workshops and barns and a log cabin with its own garden and parking space. The property is situated in the small village of Horsington, which has a delightful village pub and an excellent primary school.
Accommodation
The front door opens into the dining hall, which has windows to the front and rear, a radiator and stairs rising to the first floor. From the dining hall is access into the sitting room and kitchen.
The sitting room is a lovely room with a window to the front and French doors to the rear. There is a stone fireplace with a multi-fuel burner inset and a radiator.
The kitchen is a lovely traditional fitted kitchen with a window to the front. There are wall, base and drawer units, a stainless steel sink, oil fired Rayburn, which also heats the water and central heating, space/connections for a dishwasher, fridge/freezer and an electric cooker.
There is a utility room off the kitchen with windows to the rear and side and French doors giving access out to the garden, there is a Belfast sink, space/connections for washing machine, tumble dryer and further appliances and two cupboards. Off the utility is the cloakroom with a WC and a shower.
On the first floor is a landing with two windows overlooking the garden and access to all first floor rooms.
The master bedroom is double aspect with built in wardrobes, the second bedroom has a window to the front and an airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder and there is a third bedroom, currently being used as an office with a window overlooking the garden. All bedrooms have radiators.
The bathroom is a lovely modern suite comprising WC, wash basin, Jacuzzi bath with a shower over and a heated towel rail. There is an opaque window to the front, the bathroom is fully tiled and benefits from underfloor heating.
Outside
The property has a sweeping driveway leading round to a generous parking area at the rear. This also leads to the workshops, garages and barns.
All the workshops/garages have 3-phase electric and a connection from the house, lpg gas central heating and the workshop office has a broadband connection. The barns also have light/power connected. Within the workshop is an office, WC, machine shops and storage, all is fully insulated.
There is a log cabin with its own lawned garden with views over to King Alfred’s tower, there is also a parking space. Within the cabin is an open plan living/sleeping space, kitchen with hob and fridge and a shower room comprising WC, wash basin and shower.
The workshops and log cabin also have excellent potential for home offices and/or ancillary accommodation.
The main garden for the house is mainly laid to lawn with block paved paths, there is a patio, an outside tap, greenhouse with power and beautifully stocked borders. The oil tank is also sited within the garden.
Horsington is a beautiful historic village meaning ‘the settlement of horse keepers’. The village is mostly made up of period stone properties and is in a conservation area. There is also a lovely pub (The Half Moon Inn) a 15th century church and a wildlife pond. Horsington has good road links via the A303 (4 miles) and Templecombe Railway Station to London Waterloo (2.5 hours), about a mile away. The historic Abbey town of Sherborne is about 8 miles to the west. There are many independent schools in the area including the Sherborne schools, Chilton Cantelo, Millfield, Bruton, Port Regis and Bryanston. There is a state school in nearby Wincanton as well as the primary school in Horsington itself. From the property there is excellent walking, cycling and riding. There is National Hunt racing at Wincanton and Taunton, flat racing at Bath and Salisbury and hunting with the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale. Golf can be found at Wincanton, Sherborne, Yeovil and Wheathill.<br/><br/>
Accommodation
The front door opens into the dining hall, which has windows to the front and rear, a radiator and stairs rising to the first floor. From the dining hall is access into the sitting room and kitchen.
The sitting room is a lovely room with a window to the front and French doors to the rear. There is a stone fireplace with a multi-fuel burner inset and a radiator.
The kitchen is a lovely traditional fitted kitchen with a window to the front. There are wall, base and drawer units, a stainless steel sink, oil fired Rayburn, which also heats the water and central heating, space/connections for a dishwasher, fridge/freezer and an electric cooker.
There is a utility room off the kitchen with windows to the rear and side and French doors giving access out to the garden, there is a Belfast sink, space/connections for washing machine, tumble dryer and further appliances and two cupboards. Off the utility is the cloakroom with a WC and a shower.
On the first floor is a landing with two windows overlooking the garden and access to all first floor rooms.
The master bedroom is double aspect with built in wardrobes, the second bedroom has a window to the front and an airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder and there is a third bedroom, currently being used as an office with a window overlooking the garden. All bedrooms have radiators.
The bathroom is a lovely modern suite comprising WC, wash basin, Jacuzzi bath with a shower over and a heated towel rail. There is an opaque window to the front, the bathroom is fully tiled and benefits from underfloor heating.
Outside
The property has a sweeping driveway leading round to a generous parking area at the rear. This also leads to the workshops, garages and barns.
All the workshops/garages have 3-phase electric and a connection from the house, lpg gas central heating and the workshop office has a broadband connection. The barns also have light/power connected. Within the workshop is an office, WC, machine shops and storage, all is fully insulated.
There is a log cabin with its own lawned garden with views over to King Alfred’s tower, there is also a parking space. Within the cabin is an open plan living/sleeping space, kitchen with hob and fridge and a shower room comprising WC, wash basin and shower.
The workshops and log cabin also have excellent potential for home offices and/or ancillary accommodation.
The main garden for the house is mainly laid to lawn with block paved paths, there is a patio, an outside tap, greenhouse with power and beautifully stocked borders. The oil tank is also sited within the garden.
Horsington is a beautiful historic village meaning ‘the settlement of horse keepers’. The village is mostly made up of period stone properties and is in a conservation area. There is also a lovely pub (The Half Moon Inn) a 15th century church and a wildlife pond. Horsington has good road links via the A303 (4 miles) and Templecombe Railway Station to London Waterloo (2.5 hours), about a mile away. The historic Abbey town of Sherborne is about 8 miles to the west. There are many independent schools in the area including the Sherborne schools, Chilton Cantelo, Millfield, Bruton, Port Regis and Bryanston. There is a state school in nearby Wincanton as well as the primary school in Horsington itself. From the property there is excellent walking, cycling and riding. There is National Hunt racing at Wincanton and Taunton, flat racing at Bath and Salisbury and hunting with the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale. Golf can be found at Wincanton, Sherborne, Yeovil and Wheathill.<br/><br/>
