saddle street farm thorncombe • dorseT Saddle Street Farm Thorncombe, Dorset

A charming thatched farmhouse and separate annexe Chard and Crewkerne (London Waterloo 2½ hours) set in landscaped gardens with views of the surrounding 7½ miles. Lyme Regis/Dorset coast 13 miles West Dorset countryside - an Area of Outstanding (Distances and time approximate) Natural Beauty.

Accommodation and amenities • Golf at Windwhistle (near Chard), Taunton and Porch • Dining/family room • Sitting room Lyme Regis Kitchen/breakfast room • Study • National Hunt racing at Wincanton, Taunton and Devon Master bedroom with ensuite shower room and Exeter (Haldon) 2 Further bedrooms • 2 Further bathrooms Guest annexe: Open plan kitchen/living room • The area is particularly well known for an excellent range Wet room/WC • 2 Bedrooms – (original planning for 1 of independent schools with the towns of Sherborne and bed and further room of similar size) Taunton being particular popular.

Open fronted garaging • Barns/stores • Henley office • Colyton Grammar School is also within reach unit with broadband, telephone, electricity and water • National Hunt racing at Wincanton and Taunton; Outdoor heated swimming pool flat racing at Bath and Salisbury Garden and land In all about 6 acres (2.43 hectares) The Property • Saddle Street Farm is Grade II listed Situation • The property is a detached thatched farm house Thorncombe village has an excellent shop, parish church, • constructed of colour washed stone and flint elevations primary school and active village hall under a thatched roof with brick chimney • The towns of Crewkerne and Chard are both within easy • There are some exposed flint areas and a rendered single driving distance (approximately 7½ miles) and provide storey rear extension a wide range of shopping, business and recreational facilities. Crewkerne has a Waitrose supermarket • Library/Sitting room with range of bookshelves, open • Other towns in the vicinity include Lyme Regis, Bridport, fireplaces, marble mantel and tiled slips, window seat Taunton and Yeovil • Dining room/family room with oak floorboards, inglenook • Mainline rail service from Crewkerne to London with woodburning stove on raised hearth, window seats (Waterloo) taking about 2½ hours • Kitchen/breakfast room with extensive range of fitted • Master bedroom with ensuite shower room and principal M5 (J25) is accessed at Taunton linking with the national • wall and base pine units incorporating twin bowl Belfast guest bedroom on the first floor with adjacent bathroom motorway network sink with mixer tap and timber drainer, Bosch washing • Third bedroom with bathroom located on the ground • The popular coastal town of Lyme Regis is about 13 miles machine and tumble dryer, integrated fridge and floor and gives access to the World Heritage designated Dorset integrated Bosch dishwasher, 4 oven oil-fired AGA (blue) Jurassic coastline with tiled splashback • The property was re-thatched in 2008 Annexe

Guest Annexe Gardens and grounds Firebird oil-fired boiler, filtration equipment and hot • This has been converted from a former barn in 2006 • The property is approached through a 5 bar gate onto a water cylinder (for annexe). The oil tank is located part concrete drive leading to a gravelled drive to the rear • Constructed of stone and flint elevations under a slate roof with Conservation roof lights • The main drive sweeps around towards an area of • There is a further area of garden to the south west of the gravelled parking and is flanked by some laurel hedging • The accommodation is arranged for guests with an main house which comprises an area of slightly sloping and a raised bank on one side and on the other by cherry attractive full height vaulted main room with timbers lawn with children’s play area and wicket gate directly on trees with post and rail fencing incorporating a kitchen area with range of fitted wall and to Saddle Street • The principal level area of lawn is located behind the base units with a ceramic sink with mixer tap, integrated • There is an enclosed area of raised potager kitchen raised bank Neff electric oven and hob and a Neff washing machine garden close to the main drive • From the area of parking there are stone steps leading down • Wet room with open shower with bulb head shower and to the house and annexe with an area of paved terrace • The area of land lies on two sides of the garden separate hand held shower attachment, Belfast sink, WC and Velux window • Located south west of the annexe is the outdoor heated • The main paddock is located adjacent to the driveway swimming pool with paved surround and timber trellis and includes a Henley office unit in one corner (a water • Access to swimmig pool with vine pipe is connected). A further paddock lies on the western • 2 Bedrooms (1 ground floor, 1 first floor) • Located close to the pool there is a brick, flint and slate side with direct access onto an adjacent footpath into the • Underfloor heating throughout pool house (on the end of the annexe) housing a village centre. These paddocks are suitable for equine use Annexe

• There is an area of small paddock below the house which • Pole barn with corrugated sides and roof providing an Services has been planted with a variety of mixed fruit trees open fronted garage with a further store at the rear Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating and AGA. • The position of Saddle Street Farm is outstanding with • Located close to the entrance there is a large Pole barn superb views over stunning rolling West Dorset countryside with corrugated and timber cladding and roof suitable Council Tax Band: F • Outbuildings include a stone, brick and corrugated for hay, straw, machinery and general storage – this has a Local authority garden store with main oil tank to the rear concrete splay on one end West Dorset District Council: 01305 251010

SADDLE STREET FARM Fixtures and fittings APPROXIMATE GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA All fitted carpets, curtains and House: 163.5 sq m – 1759 sq ft (excluding eaves) garden ornaments are excluded Annexe: 70.9 sq m – 762 sq ft (including where headroom is less than 1.5m) from the sale but could be made available by separate negotiation.

Postcode TA20 4PY (Note that the postcode denotes a Somerset address but the property actually lies in Dorset)

Viewings Viewings are strictly by prior appointment with the sole agents.

Directions From Crewkerne proceed on GROUND FLOOR the B3165 and pass through the village of Clapton continuing for about 2½ miles. Shortly after passing the turn to Forde Abbey (brown tourist sign) take the next right hand turning signed to Thorncombe, which is on a left hand bend. After about 200 yards turn right, then left and then right again going down the hill passing ANNEXE GROUND FLOOR ANNEXE FIRST FLOOR the sign to Synderford. Proceed uphill and turn left into Saddle ANNEXE Street (signed). Saddle Street Farm will be found on the right after a short distance (the drive is located FIRST FLOOR just past the house and annexe). 01935 812236 15 Cheap Street, These plans are for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice. Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3PU Important notice [email protected] Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names. Photographs and plans dated: 2011, 2012 & 2014. Particulars dated: May 2014.