Keepers Cottage • Keepers Cottage Chilton Cantelo • Somerset

An attractive family home with adjacent detached annexe situated in a rural position with garden and adjoining land

Dining hall • Sitting room • Drawing room • Study Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room • Boot room • WC

Master bedroom with ensuite bathroom Guest bedroom suite • 2 Further bedrooms • Bathroom 3

Annexe: Hall • Kitchen/dining room Sitting room • Shower/WC • Mezzanine bedroom

Double carport • Oak framed building with workshop, store and machinery store • Field shelter • Greenhouse

Garden and paddocks

In all about 4.17 acres (1.69 hectares)

Yeovil 4½ miles, Sherborne 6 miles (Waterloo 2¼ hours). Castle Cary 10 miles (Paddington 110 minutes). A303 3½ miles. (Distances and times approximate) raspberries and gooseberries. To the south of the house there is a stone paved terrace with low stone wall ideal for alfresco dining. The annexe has a small enclosed area of gravelled terrace on the western side giving it privacy from the main house. The land is divided into two main paddocks and a further smaller area. There is also an area of kitchen garden surrounded by hedging and incorporating an aluminium framed greenhouse. Within the main paddock there is a timber field shelter and the land is well suited for either horses or for other livestock.

Situation Keepers Cottage is situated on the edge of the small village of Chilton Cantelo which has a small private school. The parish church of St James is located adjacent to the school. Schools: Chilton Cantelo School. There are a number of additional private schools in the area including Hazlegrove at Sparkford, Sherborne Preparatory School, Sherborne Schools, at Street and Taunton Schools. Entertainment: Sherborne, , Taunton, Bath, Bristol and Exeter. Keepers Cottage Located close to the property is a self-contained detached Golf: Sherborne and Yeovil. The property is an attractive individual property constructed of annexe constructed of timber clad elevations under a tiled roof. Restaurants: A wide range of bistro pubs and stone and timber clad elevations under a tiled roof with brick This provides excellent accommodation for either a dependent restaurants within the local area. chimneys and dormer windows. There is a tiled overhang on the relative or to provide a letting income. It incorporates hall, sitting eastern elevation with a decked verandah with timber room, kitchen/dining/living room with limestone flooring, wall and Walking/Riding: There are a number of balustrading. In the main house there are a number of stone base units, stainless steel sink, cooker point, plumbed for footpaths and bridleways giving access to the mullion windows and attractive oak front door with stone washing machine, partly fully vaulted with mezzanine, surrounding countryside. surround. The property offers spacious accommodation with woodburning stove on raised base, glazed doors onto gravelled Shopping: The regional centre of Yeovil and the dining hall with oak flooring, open fireplace with carved stone sitting area to the rear, sitting room and shower room/WC. The Abbey town of Sherborne are both easily mantel and slips, sitting room with a range of fitted bespoke ash bedroom is accessed via a spiral staircase and is located on a accessible. units with shelving, drawing room, a well-proportioned room with mezzanine level. open fireplace with carved stone mantel and slips, twin double Travel: The A303 is accessed about 3½ miles to doors onto the decked verandah. Kitchen/breakfast room with Gardens, grounds and outbuildings the north and provides a direct east/west route oak flooring, range of fitted base units incorporating Belfast sink The property is approached over a long driveway surrounded on linking with the M3 to London. with timber work surfaces, electric cooker point, tiled alcove inset one side by an area of level lawn and on the other by post and Mainline rail service from Yeovil and Sherborne to with oil-fired Rayburn Royal, archway to breakfast room with rail fencing with access to the paddocks. The driveway leads London (Waterloo) taking about 2¼ hours. Castle through a 5 bar timber gate onto an extensive area of gravelled stable door onto exterior decking, window seats, utility room with Cary, about 10 miles to London (Paddington) in Belfast sink with units below, Firebird 150 oil-fired boiler, plumbed parking and turning with access to both the main house and circa 110 minutes. for dishwasher, tumble dryer and washing machine. First floor annexe. The main area of formal garden lies predominately on comprises a spacious open landing accessing a master the east with a level expanse of lawn with a number of stocked Bristol, Bournemouth & Exeter Airports are all bedroom with balcony and ensuite bathroom, guest bedroom borders and mixed shrubs. There are also a variety of mature within about 1 hours drive offering connections with ensuite bathroom, 2 further double bedrooms and family deciduous and coniferous trees. At the far eastern end of the around the UK, Europe and to other destinations. bathroom with separate shower. garden there is a garden store and a fruit cage stocked with Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House: 3345 Sq Ft - 311 Sq M The Annexe: 595 Sq Ft - 55 Sq M Outbuilding: 431 Sq Ft - 40 Sq M Services (Including Garage) Mains water and electricity. Oil-fired central heating and Carport: 376 Sq Ft - 35 Sq M Rayburn.

Council Tax Main house Band: D The Annexe Band: A

Fixtures and Fittings All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, together with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are specifically excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available by separate negotiation.

Tenure Freehold

First Floor Local Authority The Annexe First Floor South Somerset District Council: 01935 462462

Directions (Postcode BA22 8BQ ) From Sherborne proceed north on the B3148 towards Marston Magna. After just over 4 miles reach a T-junction by the Marston Inn. Turn left on the A359 and after ¾ mile take the right turn (on a left bend) signed to Chilton Cantelo. Continue along this lane for about ¾ mile and the entrance to Keepers Cottage will be found clearly marked on the left.

Viewings Viewings are by appointment with the sole agents Knight Frank LLP.

Ground Floor The Annexe Ground Floor Annexe

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