House For Sale £625,000
An extremely rare opportunity to acquire a former Primitive Methodist Chapel which was converted to a residential dwelling in 1983 retaining many of the Chapel's original features lying in this highly sought after village within a conservation area.
Barford St Martin is a small, picturesque village in South Wiltshire which has a church, The Barford Inn which is a sixteenth century Coaching Inn, a children's nursery and a fuel station which has a shop. Much of the surrounding farm land is owned by the Wilton Estate and is located 2 miles from Wilton, the ancient capital of Wessex and some 13 miles from Shaftesbury. It is located on the junction of the A30 and the B3089 and is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The river Nadder runs through the village and Barford is known as one of the Nadder valley villages. Its history can be traced back to the 11th Century and there was reference to Barford in the Domesday Book.
On entering the property through the leaded light glazed door you have the original black and white tiled floor with a vaulted pitch pine ceiling and dado rail with a step up to a pair of leaded light pitch pine doors which open to the entrance hall with Karndean flooring and stairs rising to the first floor.
Off the entrance hall you have a study with double aspect leaded light windows a pitch pine dado rail with a decorative dado rail and a large built in bookcase.
Opposite the study you will find a double bedroom again with double aspect leaded light windows and decorative dado panelling and rail. Off the bedroom is a Jack and Jill bathroom with a large curved corner shower cubicle with fully tiled walls and Aqualisa shower a built in low level wc with useful marble shelf and built in vanity unit with inset sink and marble top and underfloor heating.
To the rear of the property you enter the dining room where the Karndean flooring continues where there is a pair of glazed doors opening to the south facing rear garden. A feature fireplace compliments the room.
Off the dining room is the kitchen with a range of wall and base units with granite worktops over with a built in Neff double oven, inset electric hob with extractor hood over, inset sink and integrated dish washer and underfloor heating. A glazed door gives you access to the side of the property.
Off the entrance hall the staircase rises to a half landing with an impressive full length stained glass window with the stairs rising up to a spectacular sitting room with the original vaulted timber ceiling and a feature large stained glass window set in stone mullions. There is also a feature brick fireplace with a log burning stove.
At the rear of the first floor there is a double bedroom with views over the rear garden again with timber vaulted ceiling and built in wardrobe. Another double bedroom again with views over the rear garden and benefitting from an
en-suite bathroom.
Externally to the front of the property there is a block paved drive for parking two cars with a shrub border. Access down the side of the Chapel gives you access to the south facing rear garden fenced on all sides with the lawn flanked by mature flower and shrub borders. Adjacent to the rear of the property is a patio area with electric awning giving shade from the sun.
Additional Information:
Converted Chapel
First floor sitting room with log burner
South facing garden
Many original features
Freehold
Council Tax:
Band E
Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Rating:
Band F (21-38)
Marketed by EweMove Sales & Lettings (Salisbury) - Property Reference 43790
Barford St Martin is a small, picturesque village in South Wiltshire which has a church, The Barford Inn which is a sixteenth century Coaching Inn, a children's nursery and a fuel station which has a shop. Much of the surrounding farm land is owned by the Wilton Estate and is located 2 miles from Wilton, the ancient capital of Wessex and some 13 miles from Shaftesbury. It is located on the junction of the A30 and the B3089 and is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The river Nadder runs through the village and Barford is known as one of the Nadder valley villages. Its history can be traced back to the 11th Century and there was reference to Barford in the Domesday Book.
On entering the property through the leaded light glazed door you have the original black and white tiled floor with a vaulted pitch pine ceiling and dado rail with a step up to a pair of leaded light pitch pine doors which open to the entrance hall with Karndean flooring and stairs rising to the first floor.
Off the entrance hall you have a study with double aspect leaded light windows a pitch pine dado rail with a decorative dado rail and a large built in bookcase.
Opposite the study you will find a double bedroom again with double aspect leaded light windows and decorative dado panelling and rail. Off the bedroom is a Jack and Jill bathroom with a large curved corner shower cubicle with fully tiled walls and Aqualisa shower a built in low level wc with useful marble shelf and built in vanity unit with inset sink and marble top and underfloor heating.
To the rear of the property you enter the dining room where the Karndean flooring continues where there is a pair of glazed doors opening to the south facing rear garden. A feature fireplace compliments the room.
Off the dining room is the kitchen with a range of wall and base units with granite worktops over with a built in Neff double oven, inset electric hob with extractor hood over, inset sink and integrated dish washer and underfloor heating. A glazed door gives you access to the side of the property.
Off the entrance hall the staircase rises to a half landing with an impressive full length stained glass window with the stairs rising up to a spectacular sitting room with the original vaulted timber ceiling and a feature large stained glass window set in stone mullions. There is also a feature brick fireplace with a log burning stove.
At the rear of the first floor there is a double bedroom with views over the rear garden again with timber vaulted ceiling and built in wardrobe. Another double bedroom again with views over the rear garden and benefitting from an
en-suite bathroom.
Externally to the front of the property there is a block paved drive for parking two cars with a shrub border. Access down the side of the Chapel gives you access to the south facing rear garden fenced on all sides with the lawn flanked by mature flower and shrub borders. Adjacent to the rear of the property is a patio area with electric awning giving shade from the sun.
Additional Information:
Band E
Band F (21-38)
Marketed by EweMove Sales & Lettings (Salisbury) - Property Reference 43790
