The Manor STEEPLE ASHTON, WILTSHIRE

A handsome Grade II* Listed Jacobean Manor House, set in beautiful landscaped gardens

Ground Floor Entrance Hall • Drawing Room • Sitting Room • Atrium • Wine Cellar Dining Room • Study • Kitchen • Utility/Butler’s Pantry • Family/Breakfast Room • Conservatory Exercise Room with Sauna & Shower Room • Cloakroom

First Floor 1 Master Bedroom • Dressing Room • Bathroom

First Floor 2 4 Bedrooms • Bathroom • Shower Room • Study • Drying Room • Store Room

Second Floor 1 Bedroom Self Contained Flat

Gardens and Grounds Formal Landscaped Gardens • Lily Pond • Orchard • Kitchen Garden • 2 Greenhouses • The Studio

In all about 2.02 acres (0.82 hectares)

Trowbridge 5 miles, Devizes 10 miles, Bath 15 miles, M4 (Junction 17) 17 miles (All distances approximate)

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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. Situation The picturesque village of Steeple Ashton has award-winning public house and local community-owned café/village store, an imposing 15th Century church and central village green. Bath is not far away, with a wealth of fine restaurants, shops and cultural attractions. The beautiful Salisbury Plain is within easy access, as well as Stonehenge which is a 30-minute drive away. Mainline rail services are available T at Westbury and Chippenham to London Paddington at a journey time from 75 minutes. The M4 (Junction 17) provides good road access to Central London and the wider national motorway network. The area is renowned for the quality of E its schooling facilities. Keevil primary school is close by in the adjacent village and there are sought-after schools nearby, including Dauntsey’s, Stonar and St. Mary’s, Calne. There are a number of excellent boys, girls and mixed private schools in Bath, namely Prior Park, Stonar, Monkton Combe, King Edwards, The Royal High School for Girls and Kingswood. Historical Note The present house dates from1647 when it was constructed for the Bennett family. In 1799, the house was sold to Richard Long of Rood Ashton and it was retained by his family until 1975. Since then, the property has had three owners and undergone extensive renovation to preserve and enhance the fine Grade II* listed detached house that you see today. The Manor Constructed with a limestone ashlar front, Flemish bond brick There are some fabulous reception rooms in the house, including returns, stone slate roof with triple gabled front and ashlar the drawing room, panelled sitting room and dining room with stacks with moulded cappings. Mature wisteria adorns the large bay windows on the east and west facing elevations. The lower half, separated by a gabled stone porch with a bolection- inner atrium with balcony and full-size skylight above provides a moulded doorway. Internally, the house boasts a number of striking central feature to the house. The kitchen overlooks the features including wainscot panelling, elegant bolection moulded formal lawn with French doors leading out, central island and a fireplaces, Ovolo moulded beams and large wooden staircase four-oven AGA. From here is the spacious family room that leads with closed string, turned balusters, moulded handrail and through to the exercise room, sauna and conservatory. Also on square newels. this level are a study, wine cellar, utility/butler’s pantry, boot/boiler room and cloakroom.

On the first floor, the property is currently configured to provide a fully-fitted Neville Johnson study, five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a shower room in the main part of the house. The master bedroom occupies the prime position with a large bay window overlooking a courtyard, dressing room and bathroom. On the second floor is a self-contained flat comprising sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, providing flexibility in the arrangement of the accommodation - a further two bedrooms could be integrated into the main house. Gardens and Grounds The house is approached through stone pillars limes; an abundance of floral beds, mature from a private driveway with a central lawn and specimen and topiary trees, and areas of formal turning circle. Steps lead through gates to a knot lawn enclosed by mature yew hedges. The and topiary garden before reaching the front productive kitchen garden is thoughtfully laid out entrance. To the side of the house is a part-walled and well planned with two greenhouses, raised courtyard providing additional parking for several beds full of a variety of vegetables and fruit cage. vehicles and a three-bayed garage block with Beyond the immediate garden lies a mature storage loft above. orchard. The gardens and grounds, featured in Wiltshire Complementing the house is the studio, a stand- Life magazine (August 2013), are an exceptional alone building on raised stone pillars that is attraction and provide a wonderful setting for the contemporary with the main manor house. It is house. They have been lovingly improved over shown in some records as a granary, but is more recent years and take part in the biennial Steeple likely to have been a village meeting house. A Ashton Open Gardens scheme raising funds for single large room, it offers a versatile space with the local church. They are also featuring in the a large attic area above that could be converted, National Gardens Scheme in 2016. subject to obtaining the necessary planning and The gardens incorporate a fishpond bordered by listed building consents. Beneath the studio is a specimen shrubs and trees, including magnolia covered area offering excellent ancillary space for grandiflora; a beautifully positioned lily pond, garden machinery and equipment. encased on three sides by magnificent pleached Reception Bedroom Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Bathroom 689 sq.m (7,420 sq.ft) Kitchen/Utility The Studio Storage 81 sq.m (874 sq.ft)

Attic Floor (The Studio)

Ground Floor (The Studio) First Floor (The Studio)

Second Floor

Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor

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. NOT TO SCALE

Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the control of H.M. THE MANOR Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Number. No. ES100017767.”

Important Notice: Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part Postcode BA14 6EW Fixtures and Fittings of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, together word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, Directions its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are specifically to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information From Bath take the London Road (A4), bearing right at the fork given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at in the village of Box onto the A365. Continue along the road by separate negotiation. the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. passing Atworth and Shaw. At the traffic lights turn right on to Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been the A350, skirting Melksham towards Trowbridge. Continue Local Authority obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters along this road towards Westbury and turn left to Steeple have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. VAT: The VAT position Wiltshire Council - wiltshire.gov.uk relating to the property may change without notice. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability Ashton. From the High Street turn left into Church Street and partnership registered in England with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names. then continue straight on into the Manor’s private driveway. Council Tax Band H Photographs: September 2015 Particulars: December 2015 Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087. Services Viewings Mains electricity, water and drainage. Oil fired central heating. Strictly by prior appointment with the agent. Method of Sale The freehold of The Manor is available for sale by private treaty with vacant possession on completion.