Chedington Court Chedington • Dorset
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CHEDINGTON COURT CHEDINGTON • DORSET Crewkerne 5 miles (London Waterloo 155 minutes) • Beaminster 6 miles • Yeovil 10 miles • Bridport 13 miles Sherborne 14 miles (London Waterloo 138 minutes) • Dorchester 17 miles • A303 10 miles • Central London 140 miles (Mileages and times are approximate) LOT 1 Chedington Court: Vestibule • Reception Hall • Sitting Room • Dining Room • Morning Room • Drawing Room Magnificent Great Hall with Gallery • Library • Orangery • Study • Kitchen • Breakfast Room • Play Room • Laundry Room Cinema • Games Room • Studio • Cellar • 2 x Cloak Rooms • Integrated Garage Master Bedroom with Dressing Room, Bathroom and Large Roof Terrace Principal Guest Bedroom with en-suite Bathroom • 7 further Bedrooms and 7 Bathrooms (6 en-suite) Gym • Lift to all floors Coach House with four garages and two offices, kitchen and WC Beautiful irrigated Formal Gardens and Terrace • Vegetable Garden • Ornamental Lake Ponds set amongst Water Gardens and Parkland • Pasture About 57.63 acres (23.316 ha) LOT 2 Chedington Lodge: Entrance Hall • Open plan Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Double Reception Room • Sitting Room Utility Room • Study/Bedroom • Shower Room Master Bedroom with Dressing Room and Shower en-suite • Three Further Bedrooms and Bathroom Private drive and screened gardens About 0.93 acres (0.375 ha) LOT 3 2 Coach House Cottages: Hall • Sitting Room • Dining Room • Kitchen • Cloak Room An impressive Grade II Two Bedrooms • Bathroom Terraced Garden and Single Garage Listed country house, About 0.09 acres (0.039 ha) FOR SALE AS A WHOLE OR IN 3 LOTS forming a small estate IN ALL ABOUT 58.65 ACRES (23.730 ha) with astonishing Savills Country Department Savills Wimborne 33 Margaret Street Wessex House, Priors Walk London East Borough, Wimborne W1G 0JD Dorset, BH21 1PB panoramic views. Contact: Camilla Foster Contact: Peter Lane Tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 3718 +44 (0) 1202 856 800 [email protected] savills.co.uksavills.co.uk [email protected] SITUATION Chedington Court is situated in an elevated name but a few, provide a larger range of • Racing at Wincanton, Taunton, Devon position on the periphery of the small village facilities. & Exeter (Haldon), Newton Abbot and Salisbury of Chedington in West Dorset. The property Communications to and from Chedington benefits from spectacular panoramic views Court are excellent with the A303 (providing • Sailing and water sports on the Dorset coast over its own land and the surrounding Dorset access to the national motorway network) and Somerset countryside. just 10 miles away. Crewkerne, Sherborne • Hunting with the Cattistock Hunt and Yeovil have mainline stations to London Chedington Court is very well situated for • There is excellent walking, riding and Waterloo with all taking about 2½ hours. the very popular small West Dorset town of country pursuits Beaminster, about 6 miles away, providing The area offers a wealth of sporting pursuits The area is well known for its excellent excellent local facilities. These include a good including: schooling both private and public. Those range of shops, churches, post office, library, 2 • Golf at Cricket St. Thomas, Yeovil, of particular note are Perrott Hill at North schools and health centres. The larger towns Bridport, Lyme Regis and Dorchester Perrott, the Sherborne schools, Wellington of Bridport, Sherborne and Dorchester, to (Came Down) and Millfield. DESCRIPTION Sitting in an elevated position, overlooking families until it appears close to its current in recent times. The works completed its beautiful gardens, Chedington Court is form in around 1840. Sir Henry Peto, in 1999 saw the completion of the most a magnificent Grade II Listed house with the son of the Victorian railway magnate, extensive project with the help of historic unrivalled panoramic views across the upper Sir Samuel Morton Peto, baronet and MP, and conservation architects. The Great Hall valley of the River Parrett. bought Chedington Court and its estate in was constructed on the western side of the Chedington Court is approached through 1893. Sir Henry was High Sheriff in 1897 house featuring a hammer beam ceiling of elegant electric wrought iron gates, fixed on and a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of green oak. The room is decorated with a stone pillars. The gravel drive leads to the Dorset, and among the first members of the beautifully hand carved frieze that blends front of the house, past the lake on one side new Dorset County Council, a position he seamlessly with the older parts of the house. and to the other are the sensational views. retained from 1888 until 1913. Sir Henry and The orangery and study were added at The house has been built in a Jacobean Lady Peto lived in the house until 1938. the same time. The current owners have manor style of local dressed Hamstone ashlar fully redeveloped Chedington Lodge after under a slate roof. Leaded lights, profiled When Pevsner visited the area he described acquiring it separately, creating a space that gables with ball and spear finials complete the village of Chedington as “very is in-tune with modern family living whilst the look. The earliest reference to a dwelling beautifully situated contouring round making the most of the beautiful views. They at Chedington goes as far back as 1285 the wooded hillside”. The house and its have also built the office block adjacent to listed as Wellelmus de Cedington. The house associated buildings have been subject to the house which incorporates the estate was passed through a number of associated various renovation and improvement projects offices above the garages. The accommodation is arranged over TECHNOLOGY four floors accessed by a service lift and A range of systems are built in to the two staircases. The characterful features house, providing a complete integrated also include Hamstone flooring, ornate communications, entertainment and security fireplaces, meticulous plasterwork, fine installation. The property’s structured cabling panelling and excellent ceiling heights. system offers a great deal of flexibility should Apart from the Great Hall the other any further customisation of the system be rooms of considerable note are the dining required at a later date. room with its ornate strapwork ceiling, the breakfast room with full oak panelling An overall control system ties together the and the orangery which opens up to the operation of all the independent systems terraced gardens. The morning room and enabling the whole house to be run from a drawing room, which are separated by single location. The intuitive touch screen Doric columns, have large bay windows AMX displays the system status, including which flood the rooms in natural light. temperature and lighting levels, and gives The drawing room has triple French doors complete control over the sophisticated to the garden terrace and overlook the music and TV systems. Following changes gardens and the valley. in technology, the AMX system has been ROOM LAYOUT AND DIMENSIONS updated to allow iPads to operate the CAN BE REFERRED TO IN THE system. A detailed list of the technology FLOOR PLANS. features can be supplied by the agents. Master Bedroom Roof Terrace Master Bedroom Master En Suite main house floorSecond Floorplans Ground Floor Lower Ground Floor First Floor For illustrative purposes only - Not to scale GARDENS AND GROUNDS Chedington Court has terrific gardens to some lower ponds. Further to the south and grounds, they are well established and is an enclosed kitchen garden area with complement the house perfectly. To the greenhouses, fruit cages, machinery stores and front of the house, and adjacent to the gravel a staff room, this area can be accessed via a driveway, is the spring fed ornamental lake, separate drive from the village lane. which is headed by a working fountain. On the southern side of the house is a The rolling lawns drop down to the west of series of attractive stone terraces which the house to a glasshouse and nursery beds. can be accessed from the drawing room Adjacent to this is a man made plateau in the and orangery. The terraces are surrounded hillside which has been used in the past for by smart stone ballustrading and a pair of marquees. mirrored stairs lead from here to the croquet The gardens are interspersed with lighting lawn which is surrounded by beautiful herbaceous borders. and watered by automatic systems that are discreetly hidden in the lawns and borders. A smart gravel path meanders through the lawns to the south and west of the house. The remainder of the land is made up of One spur leads to a succession of ponds paddocks, pasture and woodland totalling which form an attractive water garden, the approximately 50 acres. Approximately 34 water being supplied directly via the source acres of this is currently let on an annual of the River Parrett which runs through grazing license to a neighbouring farmer, the estate. Beyond this is a rockery garden please speak to the selling agents for more passing under a series of wooden bridges information. COACH HOUSE Adjacent to the main house is a smart Coach House that was constructed by the current owners in 2007. Built of similar stone to the house it complements the original house perfectly. On the ground floor are four garages, with smart wooden electric up and over doors. A centrally positioned wooden door leads into the reception area with a downstairs cloak room. A set of stairs lead to the first floor where there are two offices of about 700 sq/ft each. Both offer fantastic views and are fitted to a high specification to be used as offices, one has a small kitchen. Approximate Gross Internal Area Offices: 1,400 sq ft / 130 sq m Garages gross internal area = 1,205 sq ft / 112 sq m Total gross internal area = 2,605 sq ft / 242 sq m Quoted Area Excludes ‘External C/B’ For illustrative purposes only - Not to scale First Floor Ground Floor LOT 2: CHEDINGTON LODGE The Lodge was acquired separately by the owners of Chedington Court and hugely improved and extended.