House For Sale £700,000
*A beautiful Victorian former school headmistress house*Good sized triple aspect sitting/dining room with wood burning stove*South facing garden room with access to a generous and well stocked garden with a vegetable plot, summer house and green house*Three double sized bedrooms including a ground floor studio/*Off road parking and a double garage
Situation: The property lies within this small hamlet of approximately 10 dwellings which is close to the Somerset/Wilts border and the acclaimed Longleat Estate. Superb views maybe enjoyed across the neighbouring countryside, and the market towns of Frome, Shaftesbury, Bruton, Gillingham, Warminster and Wincanton are all within a 10 miles radius.
Description: Believed to have been built in 1856 this former headmistress' house has been in the same occupation over the last 26 years during which time it has been renovated and the studio/third bedroom extension created offering versatile and characterful accommodation. The sitting room/dining room enjoys triple aspect with French doors to the front and superb views across the valley. It has a fireplace with a wood burning stove and part solid wood flooring. The property has oil fired central heating to radiators and mainly double glazed windows throughout. Situated at the end of this small lane the garden wraps around the front and side of the house and is well stocked with many shrubs, flowers and bushes together with a productive vegetable garden, green house and a placed summer house.
Accommodation: All dimensions being approximate.
Entrance Porch: With a hardwood front door, window to the front, recess and access through to:
Sitting Room/Dining Room: 21'9"x18' narrowing to 12'1" With a hardwood floor to the dining area extending through to the entrance hall and with a hardwood staircase rising to the first floor. The sitting room area has windows to the side and French doors to the front with a stone fireplace and wood burning stove and a fitted book case. There are three radiators in total, part glazed door to the kitchen/breakfast room and French doors through to:
Garden Room: 11'9"x9' Of upvc sealed construction on low walls with a double radiator and a French door to the front.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room: 12'4"x11'7" With a range of base units incorporating a circular stainless steel sink and circular draining board, space and plumbing for a dishwasher and freezer, Rangemaster electric cooker and a separate island unit and further base unit. Tiled floor, double glazed roof light, double radiator, double glazed window to the rear, door to the utility and stable door to:
Studio/Bedroom 3: 10'x9'11" Enjoying dual aspect with double glazed windows to the rear and side elevation, an oak floor, double radiator and a part glazed door to the side. Double glazed roof light.
Utility: With space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble drier and with a Grant floor standing oil fired boiler supplying domestic hot water and central heating to radiators. Tiled floor and door to:
Bathroom: With a corner bath with a wall mounted thermostatic shower with overhead rain shower and separate hand shower. Pedestal wash basin, quarry tiled floor, chrome finish vertical towel rail/radiator and a double glazed window to the side.
Cloakroom: With a white low level WC, quarry tiled floor and a window to the side.
First Floor:
Landing: With a double glazed window to the front from which far reaching views maybe enjoyed, door to:
Cloakroom: With a low level WC, corner wash basin and a linen cupboard with slatted shelves and a factory lagged hot water cylinder.
Bedroom 1: 12'3"x12' With a double glazed window to the side with a window seat and double radiator.
Bedroom 2: 11'9"x9'1" With a double radiator and double glazed window to the rear.
Outside: The property is approached via a wrought iron gate adjacent to which is an area of hardstanding and access to a double garage. Immediately to the front of the house is an area of lawn with flower beds, shrubs and bushes, established trees, a water feature and steps leading to a further lawned area with a raised wooden deck and an area reserved for the cultivation of vegetables surround by low box hedging. There is a greenhouse and a wooden summer house with veranda which is facing west overlooking the surrounding countryside. There is a small area immediately to the rear of the property adjacent to open fields. The garden has been lovingly tended and is mainly to the east, south and west of the house.<br /><br />
Situation: The property lies within this small hamlet of approximately 10 dwellings which is close to the Somerset/Wilts border and the acclaimed Longleat Estate. Superb views maybe enjoyed across the neighbouring countryside, and the market towns of Frome, Shaftesbury, Bruton, Gillingham, Warminster and Wincanton are all within a 10 miles radius.
Description: Believed to have been built in 1856 this former headmistress' house has been in the same occupation over the last 26 years during which time it has been renovated and the studio/third bedroom extension created offering versatile and characterful accommodation. The sitting room/dining room enjoys triple aspect with French doors to the front and superb views across the valley. It has a fireplace with a wood burning stove and part solid wood flooring. The property has oil fired central heating to radiators and mainly double glazed windows throughout. Situated at the end of this small lane the garden wraps around the front and side of the house and is well stocked with many shrubs, flowers and bushes together with a productive vegetable garden, green house and a placed summer house.
Accommodation: All dimensions being approximate.
Entrance Porch: With a hardwood front door, window to the front, recess and access through to:
Sitting Room/Dining Room: 21'9"x18' narrowing to 12'1" With a hardwood floor to the dining area extending through to the entrance hall and with a hardwood staircase rising to the first floor. The sitting room area has windows to the side and French doors to the front with a stone fireplace and wood burning stove and a fitted book case. There are three radiators in total, part glazed door to the kitchen/breakfast room and French doors through to:
Garden Room: 11'9"x9' Of upvc sealed construction on low walls with a double radiator and a French door to the front.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room: 12'4"x11'7" With a range of base units incorporating a circular stainless steel sink and circular draining board, space and plumbing for a dishwasher and freezer, Rangemaster electric cooker and a separate island unit and further base unit. Tiled floor, double glazed roof light, double radiator, double glazed window to the rear, door to the utility and stable door to:
Studio/Bedroom 3: 10'x9'11" Enjoying dual aspect with double glazed windows to the rear and side elevation, an oak floor, double radiator and a part glazed door to the side. Double glazed roof light.
Utility: With space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble drier and with a Grant floor standing oil fired boiler supplying domestic hot water and central heating to radiators. Tiled floor and door to:
Bathroom: With a corner bath with a wall mounted thermostatic shower with overhead rain shower and separate hand shower. Pedestal wash basin, quarry tiled floor, chrome finish vertical towel rail/radiator and a double glazed window to the side.
Cloakroom: With a white low level WC, quarry tiled floor and a window to the side.
First Floor:
Landing: With a double glazed window to the front from which far reaching views maybe enjoyed, door to:
Cloakroom: With a low level WC, corner wash basin and a linen cupboard with slatted shelves and a factory lagged hot water cylinder.
Bedroom 1: 12'3"x12' With a double glazed window to the side with a window seat and double radiator.
Bedroom 2: 11'9"x9'1" With a double radiator and double glazed window to the rear.
Outside: The property is approached via a wrought iron gate adjacent to which is an area of hardstanding and access to a double garage. Immediately to the front of the house is an area of lawn with flower beds, shrubs and bushes, established trees, a water feature and steps leading to a further lawned area with a raised wooden deck and an area reserved for the cultivation of vegetables surround by low box hedging. There is a greenhouse and a wooden summer house with veranda which is facing west overlooking the surrounding countryside. There is a small area immediately to the rear of the property adjacent to open fields. The garden has been lovingly tended and is mainly to the east, south and west of the house.<br /><br />
