Nightingale House Queen Camel • Nr Yeovil • Somerset Nightingale House Queen Camel • Nr Yeovil Somerset

An attractive Grade II listed family house situated in the popular village of Queen Camel which offers excellent local facilities and has easy access to Sherborne, Castle Cary, Yeovil and the A303.

Castle Cary 6 miles (Paddington 110 minutes) Sherborne & Yeovil 7 miles (Waterloo 2¼ hours) A303 1½ miles (Distances and times approximate)

Accommodation Dining hall • Kitchen/breakfast room • Sitting room Drawing room • Utility room • Ground floor bathroom/WC

5 Bedrooms • Shower room • Family bathroom

Double garage • Home office/studio

Garden with parking

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Nightingale House bathroom with bath and separate shower cubicle and a separate There are mainline rail services from Castle Cary to London shower room. There are two further double bedrooms on the Paddington (c.110 minutes) and from Sherborne and Yeovil Nightingale House is an attractive Grade II listed family house second floor. to London Waterloo (c. 2¼ hours). constructed of stone elevations with some brick under a slate roof with stone copings and brick chimneys. There is a single storey Situation Bristol and Exeter Airports are both within about 1 hour’s stone and slate extension on the east elevation. The rear elevation drive offering connections within the UK, to Europe and Nightingale House is situated in the popular village of Queen Camel is of Georgian origin with sash windows and a lead roofed rear other destinations. which offers a number of local facilities including a post office/store, porch. The property, which retains many of the original details, hairdresser, village primary school, modern health centre, public Gardens has two distinct areas: the 16th century three storey older part at house and parish church of St Barnabas. the front with a substantial Georgian two storey addition to the The property is approached off Englands Lane. Front garden (S) rear. The accommodation is arranged to provide generous family Schools: Hazlegrove Preparatory School and Countess enclosed by wrought iron railings with a gate way leading onto a space. The front door leads into the dining hall with an inglenook Gytha Primary School are both situated within the parish of stone paved path to the front door. There are high double timber fireplace retaining to one side the curved form of the original spiral Queen Camel and there are several private schools in the gates leading onto a parking area which is enclosed by a high stone staircase. Sitting room with open Victorian cast iron grate, shelved area including Sherborne Boys and Girls and Preparatory wall and this has space for a number of cars. The main gardens lie cupboard and alcove, window with working shutters and window School, Leweston, Kings School Bruton and Millfield Schools at the rear and sides and are divided into contrasting areas and are seat. Kitchen/breakfast room with units incorporating Belfast sink at Street. largely walled. A stone paved terrace along the rear elevation with stocked borders with timber worksurfaces, 4 ring electric hob with extractor hood Entertainment: Sherborne, Yeovil, Bath, Bristol, Taunton, and opens onto a level expanse of lawn with borders, over, Neff eye level double oven/grill, shelved larder, limestone tiled Exeter, Salisbury and Poole. flooring, cupboard housing Trianco oil-fired boiler. Utility room trees and shrubs on three sides. There are a number of stone pillars Shopping: The nearby towns of Sherborne and Castle with limestone flooring, shelved cupboards, plumbed for washing on the southern side with a gravelled path and clipped beech Cary and the regional centre of Yeovil provide extensive machine and tumble dryer. Drawing room with stripped flooring hedging with paths and hedges between. This accesses a garden shopping and business facilities. - a spacious and well proportioned Georgian room. Ground floor on the west side with lawn and borders. There is a small children’s bathroom/WC . The first floor provides 3 double bedrooms – Travel: Nearby access onto the A303 providing a fast, direct playhouse and garden shed. Located within this area there is also bedroom one being triple aspect and particularly spacious, family route to London (via the M3) and to the far south west. the timber home office/studio with electric heating, main and side entrance and a pine clad ceiling with Velux windows – this is suitable Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Bedroom Nightingale House: 248 sq m / 2,669 sq ft for a variety of uses. The eastern side of the garden is divided Garage: 33 sq m / 355 sq ft Bathroom from the lawn by a low privet hedge and comprises an area of Home Office/Studio: 26 sq m / 280 sq ft kitchen garden leading to a sheltered stone paved terrace. The Kitchen/Utility Total: 307 sq m / 3,304 sq ft pre-fabricated and corrugated double garage has an up and Storage over electric roller door and lies on the east side with the oil tank located behind. Directions (Postcode BA22 7NN) From Sherborne proceed north-west on the B3148 towards Marston Magna. Continue for approximately 5 miles until reaching the T-junction by The Marston Inn. Turn right on the A359 proceeding through Marston Magna and after approximately 2 miles enter the village of Queen Camel. Continue in towards the village centre onto the High Street and then take the second left turn into Englands Lane. Nightingale House will be found after a short distance on the right. Garage Home Office/Studio Alternatively approaching from the A303 continue into the (not shown in actual location/ orientation) Second Floor village, passing the village primary school, taking the right turn into Englands Lane and Nightingale House will be found after a short distance on the right. Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil-fired central heating. Electric Dimplex heaters on the second floor and in the office.

Council Tax: Band G Fixtures and Fittings Curtains and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale but could be made available by separate negotiation. Local Authority South Somerset District Council: 01935 462462

Ground Floor First Floor

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