Duncliffe Home Farm 12Pp.Indd

Duncliffe Home Farm Stour Row, Shaftesbury, Dorset Fast Find 60807 People Property Places A handsome Grade II Listed farmhouse with a cottage and converted barn, standing in about 18.5 acres of gardens and grounds with a stable yard. House Cottage Situation • Hall • Kitchen/Dining/Sitting room Stour Row is a quiet village lying just to the west • Shaftesbury 2½ miles • Drawing Room • 3 Bedrooms of Shaftesbury on the edge of the Blackmore Vale. Shaftesbury has an excellent range of facilities • Gillingham 5 miles • Sitting Room • Bathroom including a delicatessen, cafes, restaurants, niche • Salisbury 23 miles • Kitchen/Dining Room • En-Suite Shower Room retailers, a boutique hotel, banks, a small hospital, a • Bath 35 miles • Utility Room • Party Barn library, a health centre and an arts centre. In nearby (all distances approximate) • Cloakroom • Loose Boxes Gillingham there is a Waitrose as well as a mainline railway station (London Waterloo) and there is a • Five Bedrooms • Tack Room wider range of facilities in Sherborne, Bath and • Two Bathrooms (One En-Suite) • Manège Salisbury, all within easy motoring distance. The • WC • Hay Store/Tool Shed A303 lies some eleven miles to the north giving • Gardens and Grounds. access to the south west and London, via the M3. In all about 18.5 acres. The Property Listed Grade II and dating from the late 18th Century, Duncliffe Home Farm is constructed of mellow local stone under a clay tiled roof; over the years, it has been extended and has been completely refurbished by the present owners. The accommodation is sensibly configured with attractive wood strip floors throughout the ground floor, beautifully proportioned rooms and with a lovely outlook to both north and south. Attributes worthy of mention include the vaulted ceiling in the kitchen/ dining room, a barn that has been converted into a large party/play room and an imaginatively converted three bedroomed cottage. In addition, there are loose boxes, tack room and gardens and grounds extending in all to approximately 18.5 acres. Gardens and Grounds The property is approached off the lane onto a tarmacadam drive leading to a gravelled car parking and turning area in front of the house. A laurel hedge screens the property together with pleached limes behind. The gardens lie principally to the side and rear of the property and at the rear are largely to lawn with a terrace adjoining the back of the building. This is flanked by colourful raised flower and shrub borders; the back garden is bordered by post and rail fencing and hedging. A tarmacadam drive leads to the stable yard with five loose boxes and secure tack room, and on past the cottage to a further gravelled hard standing area with hay store and separate tool shed. The land lies to the north of the property and runs to Duncliffe Wood (please see attached site plan). There are footpaths on the land and the property is subject to a Right of Access (please contact the Agent for full details). The Cottage The cottage has been tastefully converted and comprises; vaulted kitchen/sitting/dining room, three bedrooms, family bathroom and en-suite shower room. It also has a self -contained garden. Local Authority and Council Tax Property Information North Dorset District Council: 01258 454111 Services: Mains water, electricity, oil fi red central Dorset County Council: 01305 251000 heating. Mains drainage. Council Tax Tenure and possession: Freehold with vacant Duncliffe Home Farm - Tax Band G possession on completion. The Cottage – Tax Band D Education: There is an excellent range of state EPC - Cottage and private schools in the area; Shaftesbury has Current Band F two primary schools and a secondary school. Potential Band E Nearby private schools include Clayesmore, Bryanston, St. Mary’s Shaftesbury, Milton Abbey, Directions (SP7 0QW) Sherborne School, Sherborne School for Girls, From Shaftesbury, take the A30 west towards Downside, Leweston and Millfi eld. Prep Schools Sherborne. After about a mile, turn left into include: Sandroyd, Knighton House, Clayesmore Cherry Orchard Lane and on reaching the large Prep, Sherborne Prep, Hanford, Port Regis and grass triangle, turn right signed to Stour Row and Hazlegrove. Todber. Proceed along this lane into Stour Row and Sporting and Recreation: There is racing the property will be found on the right hand side. at Wincanton, Salisbury and Bath. Golf at There is a sign ‘Home Farm’ set in a stone wall Sherborne, Rushmore Park and Ashley Wood (Blandford). Theatres at Salisbury, Poole, Viewing Bournemouth and Bath. Extensive walking, Strictly by appointment with the sole selling agents: cycling and riding in this unspoilt part of Dorset. Jackson-Stops & Staff, Shaftesbury. Watersports on the South Coast. Telephone: 01747 850858 Approx. Gross Internal Floor Area: House: 2723 sq ft / 253 sq m Ground Floor First Floor Measured in accordance with RICS guidelines. Every attempt is made to ensure accuracy, however all measurements are approximate. This floor plan is for illustrative purposes only and is not to scale. Approx. Gross Internal Floor Area: Stable Block (Including Games Room): 1615 sq ft / 150 sq m Hay Store Building: 527 sq ft / 49 sq m Cottage: 1162 sq ft / 108 sq m Total: 3304 sq ft / 307 sq m Hay Store Building Cottage Stable Block Agents Note: Please note the house is currently unfurnished. Important Notice: Jackson-Stops and Staff, give notice that: 1 They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. 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. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulations or other consents and Jackson-Stops and Staff have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Shaftesbury 01747 850858 [email protected] 6 The Commons, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8JU jackson-stops.co.uk.

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