CLAREMONT HOUSE BUCKHORN WESTON, CLAREMONT HOUSE BUCKHORN WESTON GILLINGHAM DORSET An unlisted early 19th century house with a pretty garden and paddocks situated on the edge of a sought-after village

Entrance hall • Drawing room • Sitting room • Dining room Kitchen/breakfast room • Walk-in Larder • Shower/Utility room/WC

Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom/dressing room 3 Further double bedrooms • Family bathroom • Separate WC

Single garage • Parking • Garden shed

Garden • Pond • Paddock

In all about 2.5 acres (1.01 hectares) Gillingham 3½ miles (Waterloo 2 hours) Wincanton/A303 3¾ miles • 8¾ miles Castle Cary 11½ miles (Paddington 1½ hours) (Distances and times approximate) Claremont House Situation & Amenities Believed to date from the first half of the 19th century, Claremont Claremont House is situated on the edge of the small, pretty House is a handsome example of a house of the period and is built village of Buckhorn Weston. The house is close to the centre of of honey-coloured local stone with mellow brick detailing around the village and looks out at the rear over open farmland. Buckhorn the windows and doors under a Welsh slate roof. The property has Weston is a vibrant community with a parish church, village hall, retained many original features, such as sash windows, working The Stapleton Arms public house and a very active cricket club. shutters, picture rails and original fireplaces. On the ground floor For further details visit www.buckhornwestonvillage.com. the front door opens to the entrance hall, with an elegant staircase There is a choice from five primary schools within a rising to the first floor, and carries on through to the rear lobby, E 3½ mile radius, all of which feed to the highly regarded which has a door leading out to the garden. On one side of the secondary school at Gillingham (3½ miles). Nearby hall is the drawing room and on the other the sitting room. Both private schools include Hazlegrove, Kings Bruton and rooms have fireplaces and look out on to the garden. Also off the Bruton School for Girls, Port Regis and the Sherborne hall towards the rear of the house is the dining room, which has a schools. further door opening to the kitchen/breakfast room. The kitchen has windows on two sides and is fitted with a range of floor and wall- Gillingham, Wincanton and Shaftesbury all have good mounted units under melamine work surfaces and an oil-fired AGA S ranges of shops (including a Waitrose supermarket (cream), with a part-glazed door leading out to the verandah and in Gillingham), local businesses, medical, dental and terrace. On the other side of the hall are the original walk-in larder veterinary surgeries and other amenities. Yeovil, and the shower/utility room, which has a Belfast sink. On the first Salisbury and Bath are also easily accessible offering floor, there is a galleried landing, with doors off to all the bedrooms, a wider range of shopping, recreational and business family bathroom and the separate WC. All four bedrooms are facilities. double rooms, with the master bedroom having an en-suite Bath, Salisbury and Yeovil all have excellent bathroom/dressing room and the other three being fitted with wash t entertainment venues. basins. All the bedrooms look out onto the garden and the master There are several gastro pubs and restaurants within the bedroom has a lovely view over the garden towards open farmland. e local area. Garage, Garden & Paddock The A303 at Wincanton (3¾ miles) provides a direct east/ Claremont House is approached through a pair of timber gates M west route linking with the M3 to London. up a gravelled drive to a parking area in front of the house, which There is a mainline rail service from Gillingham to London extends up one side to a single garage, designed to blend with T Waterloo taking about 2 hours and from Castle Cary the architectural style of the house. The pretty garden extends (11½ miles) to London Paddington in about 90 minutes around three sides of the property and comprises areas of lawn on the fast service. and several wide and colourful borders, richly planted with roses, Bristol and Exeter Airports are both just over 1 hour’s shrubs and flowering perennials. There are several trees in the A drive away offering connections within the UK and to garden including a fine copper beech at the front of the house. The garden is bounded by low stone walling along the lane and many international destinations. mature hedging along the other three sides. At the rear is a garden shed, a pond and in one corner a gate leading through to the 2 acre paddock. In all about 2.5 acres (1.01 hectares). Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Bedroom Claremont House,207.5 Buckhorn sq m / 2233 sq Weston, ft SP8 5HG

Services Bathroom Garage = 25.5 sq m / 274 sq ft ClaremontApproximate House, Gross Buckhorn Internal Area Weston, = 207.5 sq m /SP8 2233 sq5HG ft N

Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil-fired TotalGarage = 233.0 = 25.5 sq sq m m/ 2507/ 274 sq ftft Kitchen/Utility Approximate Gross Internal Area = 207.5 sq m / 2233 sq ft N AGA for cooking and hot water. Oil-fired central Total = 233.0 sq m / 2507 sq ft Garage = 25.5 sq m / 274 sq ft Storage heating. Total = 233.0 sq m / 2507 sq ft Recreation Fixtures & Fittings

All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and B fittings, together with the fitted carpets, curtains B Kitchen / and light fittings, are specifically excluded from Breakfast Room Bathroom / Kitchen / the sale. However, certain items may be available 5.00 x 3.21 Dressing Room Breakfast 16'5Room x 10'6 Bathroom4.41 / x 3.19 by separate negotiation. 5.00 x 3.21 Dressing Room14'6 x 10'6 16'5 x 10'6 4.41 x 3.19 Tenure: Freehold 14'6 x 10'6

Council Tax Band: G Up

Local Authority: District Council Up Larder Tel: 01258 454111 2.21 x 1.69 Bedroom Bedroom Larder7'3 x 5'7 Dining Room 2.21 x 1.69 4.09 x 3.06 4.17 x 3.08 5.30 x 3.00 Bedroom Bedroom Directions (Postcode SP8 5HG) 7'3 x 5'7 13'5 x 10'0 13'8 x 10'1 Dining Room17'5 x 9'10 4.09 x 3.06 4.17 x 3.08 5.30 x 3.00 13'5 x 10'0 13'8 x 10'1 From the Long Cross roundabout in Shaftesbury, 17'5 x 9'10 take the A30 westbound towards Sherborne. Dn Garage After 6 miles turn right, signed to Buckhorn 6.00 x 4.25 Dn Garage19'8 x 13'11 Weston. Continue for about 2¼ miles into the 6.00 x 4.25 Drawing Room Bedroom village and turn left into Weston Street (signed to Sitting Room Bedroom 19'8 x 13'11 4.50 x 3.95 4.35 x 3.96 4.29 x 4.16 4.39 x 4.18 Drawing Room Wincanton and Templecombe), just before The 14'9 x 13'0 Sitting Room14'3 x 13'0 Bedroom14'1 x 13'8 Bedroom14'5 x 13'9 4.50 x 3.95 4.35 x 3.96 4.29 x 4.16 Up 4.39 x 4.18 Stapleton Arms public house. The entrance to 14'9 x 13'0 14'3 x 13'0 14'1 x 13'8 14'5 x 13'9 the drive to Claremont House will be found on Up the left after about 150 yards. (Not Shown In Actual Ground Floor IN First Floor Location / Orientation) Ground Floor First Floor (Not Shown In Actual IN Viewings Ground Floor First Floor Location / Orientation) All viewings are by appointment with the sole agents Knight Frank LLP. FLOORPLANZ © 2017 0203 9056099 Ref: 190636 This plan is for layout guidance only. Drawn in accordance with RICS guidelines. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparationFLOORPLANZ of this plan, please© 2017 check 0203 all dimensions, 9056099 shapes Ref: & compass190636 bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. This plan is for layout guidance only. Drawn in accordance with RICS guidelines. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan, please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan,please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them.

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