House For Sale £750,000
Unlisted and originally two cottages of period origins, Roseneath has a handsome dressed green sandstone facade under a pitched slate roof, and stands in grounds of approximately 4.75 acres, set back from the lane behind tall hedging. Roseneath offers an exciting opportunity to completely re-furbish and extend (subject to the normal consents). The property has a large well proportioned sitting room and dining room both with open fireplaces with inset woodburners, the latter having an attractive blue lias stone floor. On the first floor there is a large principal bedroom with en-suite bathroom and three further bedrooms. In addition there is a former garage outbuilding which could be put to a variety of alternative uses including ancillary accommodation (subject to the usual consents).
OUTSIDE:
The property is approached off the lane onto a car parking area in front of the garage. There is a small area of garden at the front bordered by tall hedging screening Roseneath from the lane. The majority of the garden is to the rear with a paved terrace extending along the rear facade. The garden in principally to grass with flower and shrub beds with a wide variety of trees including silver birch, eucalyptus, oak, hazel, acacia and weeping willow. To the side of the property there is a former vegetable garden with greenhouse, and a number of soft fruit trees including apple and plum.
THE LAND:
The paddock extends to approximately 4 acres, adjoins the rear garden and has vehicular access off Leigh Lane; it is level and well screened from the road by a thick belt of indigenous trees including oak, chestnut, field maple and hazel. The former stables can be approached off Leigh Lane and there is a field gate at the end of the lane providing access for agricultural machinery.
EPC: Band F
Roseneath is situated on the southern fringe of East Knoyle, a popular and pretty village which is also the birthplace of Sir Christopher Wren. East Knoyle has a highly regarded village post office and shop while Shaftesbury has an excellent range of facilities including supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, niche retailers, a boutique hotel, banks, a small hospital, a library, a health centre and an arts centre. In nearby Gillingham and Tisbury there are mainline railway stations (London Waterloo), while the former also has a good selection of supermarkets; there are a wider range of facilities in Sherborne, Bath and Salisbury. The A303 lies approximately a mile and a half to the north giving access to the south west and London, via the M3.
OUTSIDE:
The property is approached off the lane onto a car parking area in front of the garage. There is a small area of garden at the front bordered by tall hedging screening Roseneath from the lane. The majority of the garden is to the rear with a paved terrace extending along the rear facade. The garden in principally to grass with flower and shrub beds with a wide variety of trees including silver birch, eucalyptus, oak, hazel, acacia and weeping willow. To the side of the property there is a former vegetable garden with greenhouse, and a number of soft fruit trees including apple and plum.
THE LAND:
The paddock extends to approximately 4 acres, adjoins the rear garden and has vehicular access off Leigh Lane; it is level and well screened from the road by a thick belt of indigenous trees including oak, chestnut, field maple and hazel. The former stables can be approached off Leigh Lane and there is a field gate at the end of the lane providing access for agricultural machinery.
EPC: Band F
Roseneath is situated on the southern fringe of East Knoyle, a popular and pretty village which is also the birthplace of Sir Christopher Wren. East Knoyle has a highly regarded village post office and shop while Shaftesbury has an excellent range of facilities including supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, niche retailers, a boutique hotel, banks, a small hospital, a library, a health centre and an arts centre. In nearby Gillingham and Tisbury there are mainline railway stations (London Waterloo), while the former also has a good selection of supermarkets; there are a wider range of facilities in Sherborne, Bath and Salisbury. The A303 lies approximately a mile and a half to the north giving access to the south west and London, via the M3.
