The Old Rectory Nether Compton • Dorset • DT9 4QL The Old Rectory Nether Compton • Dorset • DT9 4QL

A fine listed Grade II former Rectory of great charm and character located on the edge of this most favoured village

Accommodation Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room Inner hall • Kitchen/breakfast room • Garden room • Extensive cellars

Master bedroom with en suite bathroom • Guest bedroom with en suite bathroom 3 further bedrooms • Family bathroom tree-lined drive leading to large gravelled parking/turning area • Coach house and stables with cobbled forecourt All weather tennis court • Attractive garden and grounds including terrace Extensive lawns and variety of mature trees

total area approximately 3.13 acres

SaviIls Wimborne Strutt & Parker Wessex House 41 Milford Street Wimborne Salisbury Dorset SP1 2BP BH21 1PB [email protected] [email protected] T: 01202 856800 T: 01722 344010

Situation Description Outside The Old Rectory is located close to the edge of the much sought after village The Old Rectory has handsome rendered stone and ashlar elevations under A long tree lined driveway through stone gates and passing over 2 cattle grids of Nether Compton which includes many attractive local stone period a slate hipped roof with deep eaves. The property has Georgian origins circa leads to an extensive parking/turning area with adjacent coach house and barn cottages and houses as well as a parish church, public house and active 1820 with a later Victorian extension circa 1860-1870. There is excellent with cobbled forecourt. Close to that is a tennis court bordered by hedging. village hall. The nearby Abbey town of Sherborne and regional centre of spacious accommodation including 3 fine reception rooms, a kitchen/ and well stocked beds and borders as well as a raised paved and gravelled Yeovil provide an excellent variety of shopping, educational and recreational breakfast room with Aga, garden room, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, 2 of terrace along the front of the property. There is also a veranda and the majority facilities. Communications in the area include mainline railway services at which are en suite. Features of note include excellent ceiling heights to the of the gardens which are located to the front of the property include extensive Sherborne or Yeovil Junction to London Waterloo or Yeovil Penn Mill to main reception rooms, shutters to many windows, ornate marble fireplaces park land areas laid to grass and planted with a variety of mature deciduous Weymouth or Bristol. The A303 can be joined to the north at Wincanton and in dining room, drawing room and sitting room, many moulded plaster trees including oak, beech and ash. this provides a route to London/Home Counties along the M3. Sporting ceiling cornices and an elegant reception hall with encaustic floor tiles and facilities in the area include golf courses at Sherborne and Yeovil, sailing at Greek key pattern with guilloche border, as well as superb cellar with barrel Sutton Bingham Reservoir, horse racing at Exeter, Wincanton or Bath, and roof (often used as party rooms by our clients). other water-sports can be enjoyed to the south along the Dorset coastline. The area is well served by independent schools at Sherborne Preparatory School, Sherborne School for Girls, Sherborne School for Boys, Leweston, Hazelgrove, Perrott Hill or Port Regis.

Directions (DT9 4QL) From Sherborne proceed along the A30 and turn right into the village. In the centre of the village take the left hand turn by the telephone box. Proceed along this lane for approximately 200 metres and you will find the entrance gates to The Old Rectory on your right hand side. Accommodation Please see floor plans. Services Mains water. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. High speed broadband. Local Authority West Dorset District Council, Stratton House, 58-60 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1UZ Purchasers’ Note The vendors currently hold an assignable lease on the surrounding glebeland of approximately 10.08 acres which expires in 2022 but this can be extended. Planning We are advised that the Coach House has planning consent and listed building consent (WD/D/16/000882) to convert to ancillary annexe accommodation. Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills and Strutt & Parker.

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1.267ha 3.13ac Nether Compton

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Drain 7 Sewage Pump © Crown Copyright Licence Number Savills (UK) Ltd 100024244 Malabar

El Sub Sta N The Old Rectory, Nether Compton, Sherborne Gross internal area ( approx ) :-

House 570 sq m / 6135 sq ft : Outbuildings 99 sq m / 1070 sq ft For identification only. Not to scale. N © Floor Plans Southern Ltd ref :- S8070/BD NOT TO SCALE

Groom's Parlour Bedroom 3 4.66 x 3.89 7.58 x 4.49 15'3 x 12'9 24'10 x 14'9 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 1 5.66 x 4.55 5.21 x 4.50 18'7 x 14'11 17'1 x 14'9

Up Stable Bedroom 5 4.66 x 4.10 Dn T 3.62 x 2.76 15'3 x 13'5 11'11 x 9'1 Dn Coach House T (hay loft over) Linen 6.16 x 5.04 20'3 x 16'6

First Floor Bedroom 2 Stable 5.39 x 4.61 4.66 x 4.12 15'4 x 6'4 Fuel Store

17'8 x 15'1 4.68 x 1.94 15'3 x 13'6 Coach House

Stables

Drawing Room 7.56 x 4.49 Cellar 1 24'10 x 14'9 7.00 x 4.56 Wine Cellar 4.96 x 3.04 Sitting Room 23'0 x 15'0 16'3 x 10'0 5.66 x 4.28 18'7 x 14'1 Kitchen/ Breakfast Room Cellar 4 7.30 x 5.17 7.09 x 5.05 © Crown Copyright Licence Number Savills (UK) Ltd 100024244 23'11 x 17'0 23'3 x 16'7

Cellar 2 Inner Hall 5.25 x 3.64 17'3 x 11'11 Reception Hall Dn Up Garden Room B B Up Dining Room 7.26 x 4.86 7.53 x 5.09 23'10 x 15'11 24'8 x 16'8 Basement Cellar 3 Ground Floor 5.25 x 3.56 17'3 x 11'8

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Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:1.They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Photgraphs taken July 2012. 20180531SM.