Manor House Farm Hanging Langford • Salisbury • Wiltshire
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MANOR HOUSE FARM HANGING LANGFORD • SALISBURY • WILTSHIRE MANOR HOUSE FARM HANGING LANGFORD • SALISBURY • WILTSHIRE • SP3 4NW Offered to the market for the first time in 40 years, an idyllic Grade II listed 17th century stone-built manor house, surrounded by delightful walled gardens. Two cottages, paddocks, pastureland and about 2 miles of fishing rights on the renowned River Wylye. ACCOMMODATION Hall • Sitting room • Drawing room • Study • Dining room • Kitchen • Utility room • Cloakroom Principal bedroom with en suite bathroom Four further double bedrooms, one with en suite bathroom • Family bathroom Two cottages • Outbuildings and Stores • Paddocks Bank Fishing Rights extending to approximately 2 miles on the River Wylye In all about 44.5 acres (18 hectares) SAVILLS SALISBURY SAVILLS COUNTRY DEPARTMENT Rolfes House, 60 Milford Street, 33 Margaret Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2BP London, W1G 0JD 01722 426 822 020 7016 3820 [email protected] [email protected] savills.co.uk Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text SITUATION AND AMENITIES In the sought-after Wylye Valley, the village of Hanging miles east, offers a wide selection of shops, restaurants, arts Langford and adjoining Steeple Langford have a good range and recreational facilities. Trains from Salisbury to London of amenities, including a Grade I listed church, a nursery Waterloo have a journey time of approximately 90 minutes. school, an active parish hall, hosting cinema nights, yoga Racing is available at Salisbury Racecourse and Wincanton classes and fund-raising events, and a pub. There is also a and golf at South Wilts Golf Club and High Post. This area is popular café. Grovely Woods, one of the largest woodlands in renowned for its fishing on the River Avon, Test and outlying southern Wiltshire, stands on a chalk ridge above the parish, chalk streams, such as the River Wylye. providing stunning walks and views across the surrounding countryside, which falls within the West Wiltshire Downs Area The A303 provides access to the south west and London, via the of Outstanding Natural Beauty. M3. The market town of Wilton, approximately 7 miles east, offers There is a wide selection of both state and private schools in a further range of local amenities, including a bakery, small the area, including Dauntseys, Warminster School, Salisbury supermarket, hairdresser, florist and pubs/restaurants. Cathedral School, Chafyn Grove and Godolphin, as well as The beautiful Cathedral city of Salisbury, approximately 10 Bishop Wordsworth and South Wilts Grammar Schools. MANOR HOUSE FARM Approached from the pretty village, via a quiet lane, onto a drive sweeping round to further parking, Manor House Farm is Grade II listed, being of Architectural or Historical Importance. The house dates from the 17th century and is constructed of dressed limestone under a clay-tiled roof. It offers spacious family accommodation, with the benefit of the adjacent two cottages, that could comprise guest or staff accommodation or be let out. Access to the front door is via a wrought iron gate in the cob boundary wall, with thatched capping, that encloses the beautiful front garden. The charming entrance hall, with flagstone floor, leads to the south-facing study, with fireplace and original shutters on the sash windows. A rear hall offers access, via a glazed door, to the pretty terrace and also to a cloakroom/lavatory. The impressive double reception room is perfect for entertaining, with French doors onto the terrace and garden beyond, an open fire with stone surround and an additional inglenook fireplace at the opposite end. It boasts stone mullion windows and also a large sash window, with original shutters. The adjacent formal dining room has an inglenook fireplace, part-glazed door onto the garden and a walk-in drinks cupboard. It leads through to the kitchen, with bespoke original Smallbone units, integrated appliances and a large stone mullion window overlooking the gardens. A spacious utility room, with back door into the rear courtyard, completes the ground floor. The sweeping staircase from the entrance hall leads to a dual-aspect, galleried landing. The principal bedroom and second double bedroom both have en suite bathrooms. The remaining three double bedrooms have use of the family bathroom, but there is potentially scope to create further en suites, with the relevant permissions. A rear courtyard, accessible from the front drive, rear garden and utility room, provides a range of domestic outbuildings including a wine cellar, apple store, wood store, garden shed and gardener’s lavatory. Main House Hen View MANOR FARM HOUSE Approximate Gross Internal Area: Main House: 336 sq m / 3,614 sq ft Outbuildings: 19 sq m / 209 sq ft Manor Barn: 158 sq m / 1,707 sq ft Hen View: 103 sq m / 1,102 sq ft Total Area: 616 sq m / 6,632 sq ft For identification only. Not to scale. Manor Barn and Hen View Hen View Hen View MANOR BARN OUTSIDE Constructed of stone with a thatched roof. It has a galley The peaceful location and beautiful walled gardens are a kitchen, dining room, sitting room, two double bedrooms and a particular feature of Manor House Farm. These delightful bathroom. It has its own private garden. gardens have been carefully stocked over the years, with deep herbaceous borders of peonies, roses, irises and foxgloves. HEN VIEW There are numerous mature trees bordering the gardens, The more modern adjoining cottage is currently used for holiday including a spectacular hornbeam and magnolia trees. The and short lets and is rendered and has a slate roof. It has an garden is divided into several defined areas of lawn and entrance hall, sitting room with balcony, two kitchens (one flower borders, including a small rose garden overlooking the designed to be compliant for a disabled user), a double/twin paddock and a large, walled vegetable garden and orchard bedroom with en suite shower room (compliant for disabled with a pond. One open stretch of lawn is fondly referred to as user), a further double/twin bedroom and a bathroom. the ‘Casting Lawn’ where anglers practice their casting before a day on the river. There is also a ‘secret’ walled garden, planted Between the two cottages there is a double garage and a within the high stone walls of an old shearing barn, with a yew utility / store room, whilst a ‘Fishing Hut’, currently used by hedge along one end. A stone terrace runs along the east and members of the small fishing syndicate, is located at the end of west elevations of the house with wisteria, jasmine, clematis Manor Barn. and vines extending across the walls. There are two paddocks of about 3.6 acres and 2.7 acres respectively, currently let on annual grazing licences. PASTURE & FISHING RIGHTS Lying to the north of the house comprises a block of pastureland and extensive fishing rights extending to about 36.2 acres in total, including part of the river. The pastureland extends to about 32 acres of level grazing split into three fields which has been let on an annual ‘headage’ agreement to a local farmer since 2103. There is approximately two miles of fishing rights on the River Wylye, renowned for its wild brown trout and grayling. The riverbed and fishing rights on the main stream of about 800 yards of double bank fishing and of about 460 yards of single bank fishing. In addition, fishing rights on a carrier of about 400 yards of double bank fishing and 600 yards of single bank. There is just under an acre of land bordering the stretch of owned river. A plan of the fishing rights can be provided on request. Tenure Freehold. Note the land is let as per details in the particulars and the fishing rights are let to a local fishing syndicate until September 2021. Local Authority Wiltshire Council – 01722 336272 Outgoings Manor House Farm - Council Tax Band H Hen View – Council Tax Band C Manor Barn - Council Tax Band D Fixtures and Fittings Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, all fixtures and MANOR HOUSE FARM fittings and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale. Services Mains electricity. Private water. Private waste treatment plant. Oil fired central heating. Directions (SP3 4NW) From Salisbury, take the A36 towards Warminster. Stay on the A36 past Wilton, through South Newton past Great Wishford and Stapleford. About 2 miles on from Stapleford, take a left-hand turning into Steeple Langford and proceed through village, following signs to Hanging Langford. Having passed over the bridge by the Langford Lakes Nature Reserve, you will come to a T-junction, opposite the village hall; turn right here and Manor House Farm will be found on the right-hand side, after approximately ¼ mile. Turn right following the curve of the cob boundary wall, with thatched capping, and right again into the driveway of the property. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) Viewings Strictly by appointment with sole selling agents Savills. 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.