Thurlands Chetnole, Dorset DT9
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Thurlands Chetnole, Dorset DT9 A beautifully restored village house with a large garden in a peaceful setting. Situation Thurlands is located on a quiet lane running through the small village of Chetnole set in the unspoilt countryside of the Blackmore Vale. The village has a church, pub, village hall and playing fields with the neighbouring village of Yetminster providing a shop/post office, health centre, veterinary surgery, gallery/cafe and Montessori nursery. The town of Sherborne is easily accessible and has a wide range of shopping and business facilities including both Waitrose & Sainsburys supermarkets. The larger towns of Yeovil and Dorchester also within easy reach. For transport links Sherborne has regular rail services to Waterloo and Chetnole to Bath/Bristol and Weymouth. Bournemouth and Exeter Airports are both about an hour’s drive away offering UK and international connections. There is a wide choice of schools locally from both the state and independent sectors. There are primary schools in Yetminster and Evershot feeding to The Gryphon School for secondary education in Sherborne. School bus services take pupils from the village to Yetminster and Sherborne. Nearby private schools include Hazlegrove, the Sherborne schools, Leweston and Perrott Hill. Yetminster 2.1 miles, Evershot 4.6 miles, Sherborne 8 miles (Waterloo 2.25 hours), Yeovil 8.1 miles, Dorchester 14.9 miles, Bournemouth Airport 44.7 miles, Exeter Airport 48.2 miles. (Distances and time approximate). Thurlands Built in about 1760 with later Victorian and 20th century extensions, Thurlands is built of stone with its later extensions rendered and painted, all under a Welsh slate roof. The house is set back off a village lane and at the rear its attractive and level garden backs onto a field with a backdrop of mature, broadleaf woodland. It was bought by the current owners about 11 years ago when it was in a very tired state. They have since undertaken wholescale and sympathetic renovation of the property, its outbuildings and the garden and today it is beautifully presented throughout. It is also unlisted and this enabled extensive changes to be made throughout the house. They created a superb kitchen/dining room which is fitted with bespoke, painted timber units including a large island and is equipped with a full range of Neff appliances and an electric 2-oven AGA. The kitchen has bi-fold doors opening onto the terrace which enable the house to be opened up in fine weather and for entertaining. Internally it has a light and airy feeling and great care has been taken to enhance the house’s original charm with attractive pale stone flooring in the reception hall and kitchen/ dining room and a carved stone fireplace in the sitting room. In addition to the three reception rooms, the ground floor also includes a good-sized reception hall, two cloakrooms, boot room and large laundry room with a walk-in pantry. On the first floor is a part-galleried landing which leads to the guest bedroom with en suite shower room, two further double bedrooms and the family bathroom which also has a separate shower. At one end of the landing and extending above the 4 3 3 kitchen and laundry room is the principal bedroom suite which incorporates an en suite bathroom with separate shower and a walk-through dressing room. All of the bedrooms are fitted 1 with generously sized, built-in wardrobes. acre 4+ Outbuildings & Garden Thurlands is approached via a short, gravelled driveway leading to a parking area in front of a timber-built double carport with an integral storage room and a covered log store. Immediately adjacent to the back door from the boot room is a large home office (6.00m x 5.55m) with power and central heating that could also be used as a studio or gym if required. The garden is level and private behind a screen of mature hedging and close-boarded fencing with deer fencing enclosing one side and the rear. It comprises a paved terrace extending out behind the house with a sizeable lawn beyond and looks across to an ornate parterre garden with a gravelled seating area on one side and a tall hornbeam hedge on the other. To one side of the formal garden are two mature silver birch trees, a wildlife pond, a small mixed orchard and the kitchen garden which has compost bins, a soft fruit cage and raised beds for vegetables and cut flowers. A secondary drive on the opposite side of the house leads to a further parking area and a single garage currently used as a machinery/tool store. In all about 1 acre (0.4 hectare). Tenure Freehold Services Mains water, electricity & drainage. Oil-fired central heating. Electric AGA. Solar panels provide hot water during the summer months. Local Authority & Council Tax Band Dorset Council (www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk) Tax Band: F Directions (Postcode DT9 6PE) From Sherborne take the A352 towards Dorchester. After 1.8 miles turn right, signed to Leigh. Continue for about 3.3 miles, passing onto Dyke Head and then Bailey Ridge to a T-junction. Turn right and proceed for about 0.5 mile to the centre of Leigh and turn left by the war memorial, signed to Chetnole. Follow the road for about 1.5 miles into Chetnole to a T-junction with the church on the left and the Chetnole Inn pub on the right. Turn left and the property will be found on the right after about 400 yards. Please use the driveway before the property and park in front of the carport. Reception Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen/Utility Storage Terrace First Floor Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House: 297.4 sq m / 3,201 sq ft Outbuildings: 56.8 sq m / 611 sq ft Total: 354.2 sq m / 3,812 sq ft (Including Garage / Excluding Carport) Including Limited Use Area (3.4 sq m / 36 sq ft) This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars. Ground Floor Knight Frank I would be delighted to tell you more. 15 Cheap Street Sherborne, DT9 3PU Simon Barker knightfrank.co.uk 01935 810064 [email protected] Your partners in property for 125 years. Fixtures and fittings: A list of the fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings and other items fixed to the property which are included in the sale (or may be available by separate negotiation) will be provided by the Seller’s Solicitors. Important Notice: 1. 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