Glebe House CAUNDLE MARSH, NR SHERBORNE, DORSET
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Glebe House CAUNDLE MARSH, NR SHERBORNE, DORSET Glebe House CAUNDLE MARSH, NR SHERBORNE, DORSET A handsome Grade II listed former rectory with detached cottage surrounded by its own land and standing in attractive gardens, orchard, paddock and newly planted woodland and offering easy access to the Abbey town of Sherborne Accommodation Lobby • Entrance hall • Drawing room • Dining room/music room • Study • Sitting room • Garden room Kitchen/breakfast room with AGA Walk-in larder Utility room • Back hall/boot room • Cloakroom/WC • Cellars Master bedroom with dressing room and ensuite bathroom • 3 Further bedrooms • 2 Further bathrooms Cottage (Owls Barn) Open plan sitting/dining room • Kitchen/breakfast room • Shower/WC • Store room • 2 Bedrooms • Bathroom Timber range with 2 stables and store • Stone barn with adjacent workshop • Double garage • Greenhouse Potting shed and tool store Formal garden with walled garden, orchard, paddocks and newly planted woodland In all about 8.55 acres (3.46 hectares) Bishops Caundle 1 mile Sherborne 4 miles (Waterloo 2¼ hours) Sturminster Newton 7 miles. (Distances and time approximate) Knight Frank LLP 15 Cheap Street, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3PU Tel: +44 1935 812236 [email protected] www.knightfrank.com 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. Glebe House The property is an attractive Grade II listed detached former rectory constructed of stone elevations under a slate roof with rendered and brick chimneys. There is a pretty stone pillared portico with lead roof over the front door. At the rear of the property is a garden room constructed of a stone base course with timber and glazed elevations under a slate roof. The property is believed to date from 1840 and is late Georgian in character. There are well proportioned light and spacious reception rooms with generous ceiling heights and large sash windows with working shutters. The principal accommodation which is arranged over two floors is presented in excellent order. Drawing room with open fireplace inset with gas fire with marble mantel and slips flanked by alcoves with shelving and cupboards, double doors to dining room/music room with open fireplace with marble mantel and slips flanked by shelved alcoves. Garden room with slate tiled floor and access to garden. Sitting room. Study with extensive range of bookshelves and cupboards and Victorian fireplace with pine surround (sealed). Kitchen/breakfast room with range of fitted wall and base units with granite worktops incorporating 1½ bowl ceramic sink, tiled alcove inset with 4 oven oil-fired AGA (blue), 2 ring gas hob, eye level AEG electric double oven/grill, large walk-in larder. Utility room with range of base units with timber worktops, Belfast sink and mixer tap, plumbed for dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer. The first floor provides a master bedroom with large dressing room with fitted wardrobes and ensuite bathroom with separate shower cubicle, three further double bedrooms and two further bathrooms, one with a separate shower. Situation Glebe House is situated in the small hamlet of Caundle Marsh next to the parish church of SS Peter and Paul. Local facilities can be found in the neighbouring village of Bishops Caundle including a village shop/post office, pub and primary school. There is an excellent choice of schools E in the area including Sherborne Schools, Leweston, Port Regis, Bryanston, Knighton House, Clayesmore, St Mary’s Shaftesbury, Hazlegrove, King’s School Bruton and Bruton School for Girls. State education includes Bishops Caundle Primary School and The Gryphon School (secondary) in Sherborne Sherborne, Yeovil, Bath, Bristol, Exeter, t Salisbury and Poole. There are a number of bistro pubs and e restaurants within the local area. There are numerous footpaths and W bridleways in the area providing access to the countryside of The Blackmore Vale. Courses at Folke (1½ miles), Sherborne, G Yeovil and Dorchester (Came Down). The nearby Abbey town of Sherborne S and the regional centre of Yeovil are both easily accessible and provide extensive shopping and business facilities. The A303 is accessed at Wincanton and M provides a direct east/west route linking with the M3 to London. Mainline rail service from Sherborne T to London (Waterloo) taking about 2¼ hours. Bristol, Bournemouth, Southampton A and Exeter airports are all within about 1 hour’s drive offering connections within the UK, Europe and to other destinations. The Cottage (Owls Barn) This is located north east of the main house and is a detached property constructed of stone elevations under a slate roof with four front dormer windows. This provides spacious accommodation and is suitable for either a dependent relative, house keeper or alternatively to provide a letting income. The accommodation incorporates entrance porch, open plan sitting/ dining room (partly vaulted), kitchen/breakfast room, shower/WC, store room, 2 double bedrooms and a bathroom. Gardens, grounds and outbuildings The property is accessed off the road through a wrought iron gate onto a tarmac driveway which leads to the front of the house with an oval shaped turning circle and parking space for a number of cars. The front garden lies to the north and incorporates a large expanse of grass interspersed by mature mixed trees underplanted with spring bulbs and this leads onto a further area Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to of fruit trees. There are a number of stocked borders. Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) East of the driveway is a smaller area with mixed trees including Owls Barn apple and silver birch. Lying on the western side of the house is a level croquet lawn (former grass tennis court). There is a large Beyond the walled garden and also accessed via a 5 bar metal with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are specifically paved terrace along the western elevation ideal for entertaining gate from the road is an area for parking, compost bins and excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available and a small ornamental pond with stone paved surround. On bonfire. Beyond this there is access to the smaller home paddock by separate negotiation. the northern side of the garden is an area of about two acres of and opening into the larger paddock on the southern side. woodland planted 5 years ago and incorporating native hardwood Both these paddocks are well fenced and are laid to permanent Tenure varieties - this area has separate road access. The rear garden (S) pasture. Outbuildings include a detached stone and clay tiled Freehold. has an expanse of lawn with stocked borders and is enclosed by barn providing garaging and storage with a workshop and nearby wrought iron fencing and beech hedging. double garage. On a wing lying east of the house there is a Local Authority There is a small wicket gate giving access to a path direct to gardeners WC with boiler and an adjacent oil tank store. To the West Dorset District Council. Telephone : 01305 251010 the church. A long wide gravelled pathway with a stunning rear of this building is a lean-to timber and glazed greenhouse. herbaceous border on one side and outside brick barbeque Close to the walled garden is a small stone and clay tiled building Directions (DT9 5LX) is situated south east of the house. There is a further gravel providing a garden store and potting shed. At the rear of the main From Sherborne take the A352 towards Dorchester and courtyard with timber pergola and a fine mature Wisteria together stone barn is a timber range providing 2 stables and an open approximately 1 mile outside of town turn left onto the A3030 with a central raised border with a mature Prunus tree lying to the fronted hay store. signed to Sturminster Newton. Continue through the village of east of the house, an ideal area for alfresco dining. Alweston and after half a mile pass a staggered crossroads and Behind Owls Barn is a well tended walled garden with gravelled Services then a right fork to Holwell. The concealed entrance to Glebe paths around and stocked borders including a collection of old Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central House is on the right about 100 metres past this fork and just fashioned roses on three sides. This has a lawned area in the heating and AGA. Bottled Calor Gas for drawing room fire, kitchen before a sharp left bend. centre with bisecting stone paths. Within one section of this lawn hob and Owls Barn fireplace. there is a kitchen garden with 8 raised potager borders. There Viewings is a further area of fruits including raspberries, redcurrants and Fixtures and fittings All viewings are by appointment with the sole agents Knight Frank blackcurrants together with a herb garden. All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, together LLP. Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Bedroom Approximate Gross Internal Area = 407.1 sq m / 4382 sq ft Bathroom Cellar = 82.1 sq m / 884 sq ft Kitchen/Utility Owl’s Barn = 229.5 sq m / 2470 sq ft Storage (Excluding Void / Including Garage) Recreation Cellar Ground Floor First Floor Owl’s Barn - First Floor Owl’s Barn - Ground 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. Important Notice: Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one.