FROME FARMHOUSE FROME ST QUINTIN DORCHESTER, FROME FARMHOUSE FROME ST QUINTIN DORCHESTER, DORSET

An unlisted, traditional farmhouse with a period barn, outbuildings and about 8 acres situated on the edge of a small, pretty village

Entrance hall • Sitting room • Dining room • Study Kitchen/breakfast room • Office • Boot room • Cloakroom

2 Double bedrooms with en-suite shower rooms 4 Further bedrooms (1 single) Family bathroom • Shower room

Parking • Single garage • 2 Barns Yard with two former milking parlours, workshop and machinery store • Modern 3-bay barn • Further store 2 Garden sheds • Swimming pool (above ground) Garden Paddocks • Cider orchard

In all about 7.9 acres (3.2 hectares)

Cattistock 2¼ miles • Evershot 3 miles • Yeovil 10 miles (London Waterloo 2¼ hours) • 11¾ miles Dorchester 12½ miles (Distances and time approximate)

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Frome Farmhouse Situation & Amenities Believed to date originally from the 16th century with later additions Frome Farmhouse is situated just outside the small and pretty and the much-loved family home of the current owners for the past village of Frome St. Quintin, set amidst beautiful, rolling West 33 years, Frome Farmhouse is a traditional Dorset farmhouse, with Dorset countryside. The village only has a parish church but it lies flint and greenstone walls covered in painted render under concrete/ between two larger villages; Evershot and . Evershot is slate tiled roofs. The property has retained many period features the larger of the two and has The Acorn Inn public house, post including inglenook fireplaces in the sitting and dining rooms, window office/shop, bakery, village hall, doctor’s surgery, primary school seats, beamed ceilings throughout much of the original ground and the 5-star Summer Lodge Country House Hotel. For further floor and a Victorian tiled floor in the entrance hall. A large extension details go to www.evershot.org. was added to the rear of the property in 2000 to greatly enlarge Sticklands CEVA Primary School is in Evershot, with two the kitchen and provide two further double bedrooms with en-suite E further primary schools to choose from within a five-mile shower rooms on the first floor. On the ground floor, there is a short radius. The closest secondary school is in and central entrance hall with a staircase rising to the first floor and (10 miles). Alternatively, the Thomas Hardye School in doors off to the sitting and dining rooms, which both have fireplaces Dorchester is 13 miles away. Nearby private schools fitted with wood-burning stoves and have beamed ceilings with include Hazlegrove, the Sherborne schools, Bryanston excellent head room. A further door from the dining room leads to and Perrott Hill. a large study. The entrance hall widens out to the rear hall, which has doors to the garden and to the kitchen/breakfast room, which is The Abbey town of Sherborne (11¾ miles) has a good fitted with a range of floor and wall-mounted units with rolled edged S range of shops and services including a Waitrose work surfaces, with a 4-ring induction hob and an eye level double supermarket. The regional centre of Yeovil and the county oven and spaces below for free-standing electrical appliances. town of Dorchester are also only 10 and 12½ miles away Beyond the kitchen is the boot room with doors leading to the office, respectively. cloakroom and the garden. On the first floor is a split landing with Sherborne, Dorchester, Yeovil and Exeter all provide doors off to two double bedrooms with en-suite shower rooms, three t excellent entertainment venues. further double bedrooms, one good-sized single bedroom, family bathroom and a separate shower room. In addition to the facilities in Evershot and Cattistock, Outbuildings, Garden & Land e there is a wide selection of gastro pubs and restaurants within the local area. The quiet, narrow lane passing through the village bisects the property. The house sits back from one side of the road, with a tarmac drive The property is conveniently located for quick access to curling around to the rear to parking and a turning circle. To one side M the main road network via the A37 (1 mile) and the A356 is the garden, which is comprised of areas of lawn interspersed with (5¾ miles). many mature specimen trees. Beyond are paddocks, a vegetable garden with two timber garden sheds and a low flint and brick-built There is a mainline rail service nearby from Yeovil and barn. On the other side of the road is a traditional concrete yard, a T Sherborne to London Waterloo, taking about 2¼ hours. period flint and stone built barn (currently used for social occasions), , Exeter and Bristol Airports are all just over two ranges of traditional milking parlours (used for storage), workshop, A an hour’s drive away offering connections within the UK machinery store, free-standing swimming pool and single garage. and to many international destinations. Behind the yard is a modern 3-bay, steel portal-framed barn and beyond are two paddocks, a stream and a small cider apple orchard. In all about 7.9 acres (3.2 hectares). Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Services 271.8 sq m / 2926 sq ft Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fi red central heating.

Fixtures & Fittings All those items regarded as tenant’s fi xtures and fi ttings, together with the fi tted carpets, curtains and light fi ttings, are specifi cally excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available by separate negotiation.

Tenure Freehold

Council Tax Band First Floor G

Local Authority District Council: 01305 251010

Directions (Postcode DT2 0HF) From Yeovil travel south on the A37 for about 7½ miles and turn right, signed to Frome St. Quintin. Continue for a further mile, passing through the village and the property will be found on the left just beyond the main village, approximately 200 yards after the sharp right-hand bend.

Viewings All viewings are by appointment with the sole agents Knight Frank LLP. Ground Floor

This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan,please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them.

Important Notice: 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 01935 812236 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 15 Cheap Street, Sherborne, 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, Dorset DT9 3PU 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 [email protected] that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must fi nd out by inspection or in other ways that these KnightFrank.co.uk 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 with registered number OC305934. Our registered offi ce is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names. Particulars: June 2017. Kingfi sher Print and Design. 01803 867087.