House For Sale £850,000
An extended and beautifully presented stone house located off a peaceful lane with excellent family accommodation, gardens, stables, arena and field. In all about 2 acres.
Furlong is a detached house of stone elevations under a pitched tiled roof with origins dating back to around 1800. The house was significantly extended and remodelled in 2015 and now offers extremely well presented and spacious family accommodation combining original period character with contemporary modern day family living.
A solid wooden door in a stone porch opens into the hall with flagstone floor and staircase to the first floor. The two original reception rooms being sitting room and playroom are either side of the hall, both with good proportions, open fires and windows to the front overlooking the garden. The extension is at the rear of the house and on the ground floor is a fantastic 28' family / dining room, stone tiled floor and bi-fold doors to the private south facing terrace. A step up leads to the kitchen which also has a stone tiled floor, an excellent range of wall mounted and floor standing units with solid oak worksurfaces, island unit, space for range cooker, integrated appliances and a Belfast sink. Steps lead up to a very spacious utility room with a sink, worksurfaces and space for appliances. Beyond the utility room is a ground floor bathroom and a large boot room with back door to outside.
Stairs from the hall rise to the first floor landing off which are four double bedrooms and a family shower room.
The bedrooms at the back look out over the garden and field and the master bedroom has a large ensuite shower room. The house is presented in beautiful decorative order throughout with high quality kitchen and bathroom fittings, excellent finish and attention to detail.
Outside the gardens are to the front and rear and there is a garage, workshop, stable block and field. In all about 2 acres.
The property is approached from the lane on to a gravel drive with ample parking and turning for a number of cars. The front garden is laid to lawn and to the side there is a 5-bar gate giving vehicular access on to a track leading to the field, stables and arena. There is a south facing terrace accessed from the house which is private and a real sun trap.
Steps from the terrace go up to the garden which is level with a neat, well maintained lawn, flower and shrub borders, hedging and some mature trees.
To the side of the house is a 32' garage / workshop with up and over garage door at the front, personnel door, power and light. Behind the garage / workshop is an area with raised vegetable beds and a second significant timber outbuilding. Beyond the garden and adjacent to the field entrance there is a concrete yard and timber L-shaped stable block comprising 3 stables (approx. 12' x 12') tack and feed rooms. A five bar gate opens into the field which is pasture with post and rail fencing and there is a 40m x 20m arena. In all the property measures 2 acres.
The property is situated just outside the village of Templecombe and enjoys a quiet and secluded position set back from a no-through road.
Templecombe is to the west of the Blackmore Vale, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to the North Dorset and South Somerset borders and is easily accessible by road and rail. The village has a primary school, village shop, post office, public house and a thriving village community.
Templecombe has a mainline railway station to London Waterloo and Exeter. The A303 is a few miles away at Wincanton and the towns of Sherborne, Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton are within easy reach.<br/><br/>
Furlong is a detached house of stone elevations under a pitched tiled roof with origins dating back to around 1800. The house was significantly extended and remodelled in 2015 and now offers extremely well presented and spacious family accommodation combining original period character with contemporary modern day family living.
A solid wooden door in a stone porch opens into the hall with flagstone floor and staircase to the first floor. The two original reception rooms being sitting room and playroom are either side of the hall, both with good proportions, open fires and windows to the front overlooking the garden. The extension is at the rear of the house and on the ground floor is a fantastic 28' family / dining room, stone tiled floor and bi-fold doors to the private south facing terrace. A step up leads to the kitchen which also has a stone tiled floor, an excellent range of wall mounted and floor standing units with solid oak worksurfaces, island unit, space for range cooker, integrated appliances and a Belfast sink. Steps lead up to a very spacious utility room with a sink, worksurfaces and space for appliances. Beyond the utility room is a ground floor bathroom and a large boot room with back door to outside.
Stairs from the hall rise to the first floor landing off which are four double bedrooms and a family shower room.
The bedrooms at the back look out over the garden and field and the master bedroom has a large ensuite shower room. The house is presented in beautiful decorative order throughout with high quality kitchen and bathroom fittings, excellent finish and attention to detail.
Outside the gardens are to the front and rear and there is a garage, workshop, stable block and field. In all about 2 acres.
The property is approached from the lane on to a gravel drive with ample parking and turning for a number of cars. The front garden is laid to lawn and to the side there is a 5-bar gate giving vehicular access on to a track leading to the field, stables and arena. There is a south facing terrace accessed from the house which is private and a real sun trap.
Steps from the terrace go up to the garden which is level with a neat, well maintained lawn, flower and shrub borders, hedging and some mature trees.
To the side of the house is a 32' garage / workshop with up and over garage door at the front, personnel door, power and light. Behind the garage / workshop is an area with raised vegetable beds and a second significant timber outbuilding. Beyond the garden and adjacent to the field entrance there is a concrete yard and timber L-shaped stable block comprising 3 stables (approx. 12' x 12') tack and feed rooms. A five bar gate opens into the field which is pasture with post and rail fencing and there is a 40m x 20m arena. In all the property measures 2 acres.
The property is situated just outside the village of Templecombe and enjoys a quiet and secluded position set back from a no-through road.
Templecombe is to the west of the Blackmore Vale, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to the North Dorset and South Somerset borders and is easily accessible by road and rail. The village has a primary school, village shop, post office, public house and a thriving village community.
Templecombe has a mainline railway station to London Waterloo and Exeter. The A303 is a few miles away at Wincanton and the towns of Sherborne, Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton are within easy reach.<br/><br/>
