The Grange THORNFORD • NR SHERBORNE • DORSET The Grange THORNFORD NR SHERBORNE DORSET

The property forms the ground floor of a large country house which is divided into 3 dwellings with a private drive and large garden and has easy access to the Abbey town of Sherborne.

Entrance hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Study Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room

3 Bedrooms • Bathroom • Shower room

Garage • Greenhouse

Garden with private parking

Sherborne 2½ miles (London Waterloo 2¼ hours) Yeovil 6 miles Dorchester 19 miles (Distances & time approximate) The Grange The property is a large unlisted edge of village country house built stone mantle and slips with two carved stone angels and a in 1861 which has been converted to provide three individual carved timber over mantel, picture rail, working window shutters, dwellings each self-contained and with their own drives and stripped flooring and shelved alcoves. The dining room is also well gardens. The property is constructed of stone elevations under a proportioned with a large bay window, stripped flooring, picture clay tiled roof with a rendered and flat roofed extension lying on rail and downlighters. The kitchen/breakfast room comprises the north east elevation. There is a bay window forming part of a range of pine wall and base units with timber worktops the dining room and an ornate carved stone porch inscribed with incorporating a ceramic single bowl sink, AEG dishwasher, tiled raised wording ‘‘The Lord be with you’’. alcove inset with a Smeg electric hob and a Britannia electric oven, quarry tiled flooring and cupboard housing the Teda oil-fired These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be The property offers a well proportioned entrance hall and two boiler. Study with shelved alcoves and cupboards below. There relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the excellent principal reception rooms, most notably the drawing are three bedrooms, all doubles together with a shower room and Important Notice on the last page of the text. room with its high ceiling and cross timbers, ornate carved separate bathroom. Situation The Grange is situated on the edge of the village of Thornford which has a number of period and modern houses, parish church of St Mary Magdalene, primary school, public house, village shop/post office, active village hall and a playing field.

Schools: Thornford Primary School. A number of excellent state and private schools nearby including Sherborne Schools and The Gryphon School (secondary) in Sherborne.

Entertainment: Sherborne, Yeovil, Salisbury, Bath and Bristol.

Restaurants: A wide range of bistro pubs and restaurants within the local area.

Shopping: The Abbey town of Sherborne (Waitrose) and regional centre of Yeovil provide a wide range of shopping and business facilities.

Travel: Access onto the A30 and A303 are both within easy reach providing a direct east/west route. The A303 links with the M3 to London.

Mainline rail service from Sherborne to London (Waterloo) taking about 2¼ hours.

Bristol & Exeter Airports are both within about 1 hour’s drive offering connections around the UK, Europe and to other destinations.

Gardens and outbuildings The property is approached off the village road through a timber 5 bar gate onto a gravelled driveway leading to gravelled parking at the front of the house. There is direct access here to the single garage constructed of block and render under a flat roof with timber doors. Situated nearby is an aluminium framed greenhouse. There is direct access from the gravelled parking onto a large expanse of level lawn (SE) which is surrounded by a number of trees, both coniferous and deciduous varieties giving excellent privacy. The lawn provides enough space for a tennis court and swimming pool if desired (subject to obtaining the necessary planning consent). The oil tank is located on a gravelled area at the rear of the house. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 2562 sq ft (238 sq m)

Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil-fired central heating

Council Tax Band: E

Fixtures and Fittings All fitted carpets, curtains, chandeliers and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale but could be made available by separate negotiation.

Tenure Freehold.

Local Authority West Dorset District Council: 01305 251010

Directions (Postcode DT9 6QG) From Sherborne proceed south on the A352 towards Dorchester. A short distance after crossing over the railway bridge take the Ground Floor first right turn (small crossroads) signed to Thornford. Proceed for just under 4 miles and just after the village hall turn right into Boot Lane (signed to the church). Go past the village primary school on the right and at the T-junction turn right. Continue a short distance and just past Bembury Lane (on the left) take the next left driveway, keeping right, and The Grange will be found directly in front of you.

Viewings Viewings are with the joint sole agents Knight Frank LLP and Symonds and Sampson LLP.

Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not 01935 812236 01935 814488 rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP or Symonds and Sampson 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 15 Cheap Street, 4 Abbey Corner, Half Moon Street, Frank LLP or Symonds and Sampson LLP has any authority to make any representations about the property, and Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3PU Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LN accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. [email protected] [email protected] Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. 3. 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 KnightFrank.co.uk symondsandsampson.co.uk been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Photographs: June 2014. Particulars: June 2014 (amended November 2014). 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.