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ABBEYMEAD COURT SHERBORNE, DORSET ARCHITECTURE • Come home to Sherborne HISTORY ...an ancient English market town • COUNTRYSIDE • GARDENS • SHOPPING • GOLF • entertainmENT • mARkET • ART • COMMUNITY • HORSE RAcING • WALKING • SOCIALISING • COMMUNITY • ARCHITECTURE • HISTORY • COUNTRYSIDE • GARDENS • SHOPPING • GOLF • entertainmENT • mARkET 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 1 30/5/08 15:26:08 ABBEYMEAD COURT SHERBORNE, DORSET WElcOmE to sherborne… There can be no doubt that historic Sherborne is one of the most beautiful towns in England, and a very sought after location. Ideally located on the Dorset and Somerset border, nestling in green valleys and wooded hills, it has excellent transport links to both business and leisure destinations. The town is characterised by an abundance of medieval buildings, the superb Abbey, world-famous schools, a picturesque almshouse, two castles and a Capability Brown lake. Sherborne has a busy business and market centre serving a wide area. It still retains small and specialist Sherborne Town businesses and has a delightful shopping centre with a large choice of handcrafted goods and elegant fashions. It has also become an important town in the region for art and antique dealers. The annual Sherborne Abbey Festival held its first concert in May 2000, and the festival has been held each year since as a four- or five-day event based around the liturgy and its music. The festival is run by volunteers and brings high quality classical events to the town. Any profits made are used to fund future festivals and to promote music within the Parish of Sherborne. The Old Castle, Sherborne Sherborne can lay claim to being the prettiest small town in Dorset. No other town can “ boast one of England’s finest Abbeys, a lake and two castles. Christopher Somerville,” The Times 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 2 30/5/08 15:26:22 F INTERESTING FAcTS SHERbORNE’S history Sherborne was written about by Thomas Hardy as ‘Sherton Abbas’ and by John le Carré (who went to school here) as ‘Carne’ in his novel ‘A Murder of Quality’. As the Abbey, castles and elegant time-worn buildings suggest, Sherborne is a town with a rich and ancient Sir John Betjeman called Sherborne “An Abbey town of Sherborne history. In fact, it takes its name from the Saxon word golden ironstone – a town of schools”. ‘scir burne’, which means ‘clear stream’. The town was once the capital of Wessex, one of the seven Saxon kingdoms of England. The school which became Sherborne School was founded at that time and counts King Alfred himself as one of its first pupils. 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 3 30/5/08 15:26:24 ABBEYMEAD COURT SHERBORNE, DORSET the lOcAl area The glorious Abbey is the jewel in the local crown. Founded in AD 705, the present building combines Norman elements and stunning fan-vaulting, the earliest large- scale example to be built in England, dating from 1425. Kings of Wessex are buried here, including Alfred the Great’s elder brothers Ethelbald and Ethelbert. There is a beautiful etched glass window by Whistler, and the great West Window was inaugurated by HM the Queen in 1998. The border region between south Somerset and north Sherborne Town Centre Dorset forms a demarcation line between the low-lying dairy-farming country and peat moors of Somerset, and the rolling downlands that drop southward to the On Monday Fisher took me a magnificent World Heritage chalk-and-freestone coast of Dorset. ride to Sherborne: a fine old Town – This is verdant countryside peppered with towns and “ with a magnificent Church finer than villages built in honey-gold Ham stone. Salisbury Cathedral. Tudor and Jacobean merchants built hundreds of fine country houses, and before them the monasteries John Constable, 1776 – 1837 produced major masterpieces such as Sherborne Abbey ” and Milton Abbey. At the same time, rich wool producers endowed a great number of smaller parish churches. Sherborne is unique in being tranquil and traditional, yet fully up to date in terms of amenities, services and communications. F INTERESTING FAcTS Sir Walter Raleigh coveted old Sherborne Castle and in 1592 induced the elderly Queen Elizabeth to grant Country walks at Sherborne it to him. Unfortunately she soon discovered his secret marriage to one of her ladies-in-waiting and threw them both in the Tower. 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 4 30/5/08 15:26:35 sherborne town Location Specialist shops are a feature of this market town 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 5 30/5/08 15:26:51 ABBEYMEAD COURT SHERBORNE, DORSET Abbeymead Court At Archstone we specialise in creating beautiful All properties are designed to provide comfort and space homes for the ‘leisure years’ generation. Our for couples and individuals wishing to maintain their active customers typically down-size from a larger, older lifestyle. There is excellent accommodation for everyday living, entertaining and family gatherings. property and love the comfort and convenience of an energy efficient new home. For more The cottages offer two bedrooms and a study and benefit information on Archstone’s ‘leisure Years concept’ from a discreet ground floor walk-in shower room and WC, request a copy of our ‘leisure Years’ brochure*. ideal for guests or those less able. It’s full of useful information about our approach, the services we provide and shows examples of All cottages feature a private ‘patio-style’ garden and tool similar developments. shed. The gardens are low maintenance and readied to allow residents to personalise with their own planting. Nestling within easy strolling distance of the Abbey and town centre, Abbeymead Court is built in a traditional Abbeymead Court is a secure estate-managed development. style, yet filled with modern conveniences. It comprises An Estates Manager’s office is provided at the entrance to the 11 three-bedroomed cottages, 1 detached cottage and courtyard. The central courtyard garden areas are maintained 2 two-bedroomed apartments (one being a duplex), set by the Estates Manager. Abbeymead Court’s security means around a landscaped communal courtyard. The development residents can confidently leave their home either for a short has secure allocated parking in a courtyard. Most properties trip or for longer periods. benefit from a covered carport and there is a parking area for visitors. 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 6 30/5/08 15:26:56 Because Abbeymead Court is age exclusive, your neighbours will be like-minded and have similar lifestyle tastes and values. Archstone is synonymous with building quality homes across the south of England. Abbeymead Court is the latest of many in a long line of exclusive developments for the ‘Leisure Years’ generation. ‘Your Leisure Years – time for a better way of life’ *To request a copy of our brochure please ring 01425 481225 or email [email protected] or visit our website at www.archstone.co.uk Abbeymead Court 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 7 30/5/08 15:27:09 ABBEYMEAD COURT SHERBORNE, DORSET welcOmE to Abbeymead cOurt 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 8 30/5/08 15:27:21 Abbeymead Court 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 9 30/5/08 15:27:25 ABBEYMEAD COURT SHERBORNE, DORSET site plan N 13 14 10 11 12 9 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 Units 1, 6, 7, 13 and 14 sold. 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 10 30/5/08 15:27:47 Floor plan – UNITS 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11 Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor gargardengarden rdenoom room room bedrbedroombedroom oom3 3 3 kitchenkitchenkitchen dining room diningdining room room w w bedrbedroombedroom oom2 2 2w a/ca/ca/c wwwwwww w w st st st studystudystudy area ar eaarea showershowershower livinglivingliving room room room bathbathbath hallhallhall bedroom 1 bedrbedroomoom 1 1 loft/storloft/storloft/store e e wcwcwc ensuiteensuiteensuite SecondSecondSecond Floor Floor Floor GrGroundGroundound Floor Floor Floor FirstFirstFirst Floor Floor Floor living Room: bedroom 1: Study Area: 4224mm x 3875mm 3572mm x 3426mm 3875mm x 2906mm Site Plan & Floor Plans (13'10" x 12'8") (11'8" x 11'2") (12'8" x 9'6") Dining Room: bedroom 2: 3875mm x 3041mm 3223mm x 3041mm (12'8" x 9'11") (10'6" x 9'11") kitchen: bedroom 3: 3025mm max. x 2900mm 3025mm x 2042mm (9'11" max. x 9'6") (9'11" x 6'8") Garden Room: 3675mm x 2497mm (12'0" x 8'2") The Abbeymead court plans shown are for overall guidance only and are not representative of specific plots and layouts. positions of rooms and room sizes will vary for each plot. Detailed plans are available from our sales team. please note: All dimensions are approximate and plans are not to scale. They are for illustrative purposes only. 18796 Abbeymead Court A4 aw9bb.indd 11 30/5/08 15:27:50 ABBEYMEAD COURT SHERBORNE, DORSET Floor plan – UNITS 8 & 9 Ground Floor (Unit 8) First Floor (Unit 9) Second Floor (Unit 9) ensuite ensuite bedroom 1 bedroombedr oom2 2 bedroom 2 study study wc a/c wc a/c a/c hall st st lobby hall hall bath st st st ensuite ensuite kitchen kitchen w w bedroom 1 bedroom 1 living room kitchen/ living/dining room living/dining room dining w w First Floor First Floor Second Floor Second Floor Ground Floor living Room: living/Dining: bedroom 1: 3337mm x 3275mm 6000mm x 3275mm & 2667mm 3451mm x 3336mm (10'11" x 10'8") (19'8" x 10'8" & 8'9") (11'3" x 10'11") kitchen/Dining: kitchen: Study: 4000mm x 2573mm 2573mm x 2466mm 4111mm x 3079mm (13'1" x 8'5") (8'5" x 8'1") (13'5" x 10'1") bedroom 1: bedroom 2: 3462mm x 3056mm max.