APARTMENT 5, WARDOUR CASTLE WARDOUR, TISBURY, WILTSHIRE An attractive apartment in an important Grade I Listed Georgian house

Features • Large Drawing/Dining Room • Kitchen • Cloakroom • Two Bedrooms with En-Suite Bathrooms

Location • Tisbury 2 miles (London Waterloo connection) • Shaftesbury 7 miles • Salisbury 16 miles (all distances approximate)

Situation Surrounded by some of the most beautiful country in this part of West Wiltshire, Wardour Castle is within 2 miles of Tisbury and lies in the heart of the Nadder Valley. Tisbury has a wide range of everyday facilities including shops, banks, hotels and a mainline railway station (London/Waterloo). For more extensive facilities, there is the Saxon Market town of Shaftesbury to the west and the Cathedral city of Salisbury to the east. A splendid Roman Catholic Chapel at Wardour Castle has regular Sunday services. The A303 lies some 8 miles to the north giving access to the southwest and London, via the M3. Historical Note Started in 1768 and completed in 1776 for the 8th Lord Arundel from designs by James Payne, Wardour Castle is the largest Georgian house in Wiltshire and is listed Grade I as being of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. A magnificent domestic chapel, was added, decorated by Quarenghi, a Venetian who later went on to design the Hermitage at St. Petersberg and the English Palace at Peterhof, and where there are still regular Sunday services. In 1960, Wardour Castle was taken over by Cranborne Chase School and then subsequently converted into apartments between 1993 – 1995. The Apartment Apartment Five is situated on the second floor of Wardour Castle and extends across its facade. It has a large impressive reception room with double doors opening into two bedroom wings, both en-suite. Of particular note are the oak floors, bold architrave and skirting boards in stripped pine, a handsome stone fireplace and views over the drive and park. The Grounds Wardour Castle is approached from the north up a tarmacadam drive, leading to a car parking and turning area in front of the house. The gardens are beautifully landscaped, and maintained to a high standard. They are laid principally to lawn, intersected by mature hedging studded with a variety of specimen trees including some fine native Scots Pine and Oak trees. Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating. Education The area is particularly well catered for with educational facilities. In the private sector in Salisbury, these include Chafyn Grove, The Cathedral School, Leaden Hall, Godolphin, and further to the west Clayesmore, Bryanston, St Mary’s Shaftesbury, Canford, Sherborne Girls and Boys schools. Prep schools within striking distance include; Sandroyd, Hanford, Knighton House, Clayesmore Prep, Sherborne Prep, Port Regis and Hazlegrove. Wardour itself has a renowned Roman Catholic primary school, there is also a Primary School in Semley and Dinton while Salisbury has a number of Secondary Schools, including two Grammar Schools; Bishop Wordsworth for boys and South and West Wilts for girls. Sporting and recreation There is racing at Wincanton, Salisbury and Bath; fishing in the chalk streams in the area; golf at Rushmore Park and Salisbury. Theatres at Salisbury, Poole, Bournemouth and Bath. Annual events include the Salisbury Festival and the Chalke Valley History Festival. Extensive walking, cycling and riding in this unspoilt part of Wiltshire. There are excellent sailing facilities in Poole harbour.

Shaftesbury 01747 850858 [email protected] 6 The Commons, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8JU jackson-stops.co.uk

Approximate Gross Internal Area :- 261.1 sq m / 2810 sq ft

Local Authority Council Tax Directions (SP3 6RH) Wiltshire Council. Telephone: 0300 4560100 Band G From Shaftesbury follow to A350 signed to Warminster, taking the second turning to Semley, also signed Old Wardour Castle. Continue Tenure Viewing into Semley, passing The Bennett Arms Pub on the left and, just Leasehold, an original 99 year lease from 1994. Full vacant possession Strictly by appointment with Jackson-Stops and Staff, Shaftesbury. before the Church, turn left signed Tisbury and Wardour. Continue on completion. Telephone: 01747 850858 round Semley Green towards Wardour and at the T junction, turn left signed Wardour and Tisbury. Just after passing the Wardour RC Service Charge Primary School, a sign to Old Wardour Castle will be seen on the right. An inclusive service charge of £2,105 is payable quarterly (2014-15) Continue up this lane and at the sharp left hand bend, proceed straight for the management and maintenance of the building and the grounds. on into Wardour Castle. Upkeep of the interior is the responsibility of the leaseholder.

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