FIR TREES NETHER COMPTON, SHERBORNE, DORSET FIR TREES NETHER COMPTON SHERBORNE, DORSET A well presented house situated on the edge of a sought after village Entrance hall • Drawing room • Sitting room • Dining room Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room • Cloakroom Master bedroom with en-suite shower room Guest bedroom en-suite to dual access bathroom 2 Further double bedrooms • Family shower room • Separate WC 2 Single garages • Parking • Log cabin / Home office Greenhouse • Potting shed • Gardens and Grounds In all about 0.65 acre (0.26 hectare) Sherborne 1½ miles (London Waterloo 2¼ hours) Yeovil 2¼ miles • Wincanton/A303 11 miles • Dorchester 19 miles (Distances and time approximate) 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 & Amenities Fir Trees is situated on a narrow country lane just off the A30 on the very edge of the small and highly sought after village of Nether Compton. The main area of the village is about ¾ mile down the lane and is focussed around the village green with the parish church of St Nicholas, village hall and The Griffin’s Head public house. The village also has the thriving Compton House Cricket Club. The area is renowned for the quality of its schooling both in the private and E state sectors including Sherborne Prep School, the Sherborne public schools, Trent School (primary) and the village is in the catchment area for The Gryphon School (secondary). The A30 provides easy access to Sherborne (1½ miles), which has a wide S range of shopping and business facilities, including a Waitrose supermarket and the regional centre of Yeovil (2¼ miles) with its retail parks. t Sherborne, Dorchester, Yeovil, Bath, Exeter and Poole all provide excellent entertainment venues. e There are a number of bistro pubs and restaurants within the local area. The A30 and A37 provide quick access to the A303 (8½ miles), which serves M as a direct east/west route linking with the M3 to London. The A37 also runs south linking with the east/west A35 to Poole and Bournemouth. T There is a mainline rail service from Sherborne to London Waterloo (2¼ hours). Bournemouth, Bristol and Exeter International airports are all about an A hour’s drive away offering connections within the UK and many international destinations. Fir Trees Built in the 1930s with a later extension at the rear, Fir Trees is a detached house built of red brick elevations under a clay-tiled roof. The property has been completely renovated and updated over the past four years and is now immaculately presented both inside and out. Renovations include the fitting of a new kitchen, bath and shower rooms and the installation of double glazed windows throughout, which combine with the south west orientation of the house to give the interior a light and airy feel. The front door opens into an entrance hall with doors leading to the drawing room, which has a fireplace fitted with an LPG fire (stainless steel flue liner recently fitted, allowing conversion to a log burner if required). Double doors lead through to the sitting room, which has French windows opening on to the garden and a door to the utility room. Also from the hall doors lead to a cloakroom and dining room with access to the kitchen/ breakfast room fitted with floor and wall units under a polished granite worksurface and a 4-oven electric AGA (grey), which is programmable for energy efficiency. On the first floor there is a master bedroom suite with separate dressing area and en-suite shower room, guest bedroom en-suite to a dual access bathroom, 2 further double bedrooms, family shower room and separate WC. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 2307 sq ft / 214.3 sq m (Excludes store & restricted head height) Outbuildings, Gardens & Grounds The property is approached off a lane though electrically-operated timber gates to a tarmac parking area beside the house with two single garages (one timber, one brick) to one side. In front of the house is a broad paved area with an ornamental fountain at its centre, with borders of shrubs and climbing roses and bounded by close boarded timber fencing. To the rear of the house is a paved terrace, with timber potting shed to one side, leading on to a tiered lawn complemented by numerous well-stocked borders, mature trees and shrubs. To one side of the upper lawn is a large timber log cabin / home office / playroom (insulated, with power and lighting), greenhouse and a copse of silver birch and larch trees, under-planted with spring bulbs. In all the gardens and grounds extend to about 0.65 acre (0.26 hectare). Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil-fired central heating. Electric AGA. Fixtures & Fittings All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, together with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are specifically excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available by separate negotiation. Tenure Freehold Ground Floor First Floor Council Tax Band F Local Authority West Dorset District Council. Telephone: 01305 251010. Directions (Postcode DT9 4PZ) From Sherborne proceed west towards Yeovil along the A30 for about 1.3 miles. Take the right turn signed to Nether Compton. The entrance to Fir Trees is directly in front of you as you access the lane to the village. Viewings All viewings are by appointment with the sole agents Knight Frank LLP. 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. Important Notice: Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars 01935 812236 or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has 15 Cheap Street, Sherborne, any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances Dorset DT9 3PU given are approximate only. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building [email protected] regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that KnightFrank.co.uk all information is correct. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability 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. Photographs: March 2016 Particulars: April 2016. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087..