Easton Farmhouse & Cottages Water Street, Berwick St. John, Shaftesbury, Dorset

Location Easton Farmhouse & Cottages, Water Street, Berwick St. John, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0HS Easton Farmhouse & Cottages is located in the centre of the village of Berwick St. John with church, village hall, playground for young children and the Talbot Inn which is known for good food within the area. The village of Ludwell is 3 miles away including church, village hall, sports

Holiday letting business within the centre of this picturesque club/playing field, shop/post office and The Grove Arms Public House. Winkelbury Hill to the rear of the property is an ancient monument with an Iron Age hill fort and has panoramic views village near the Dorset/Wiltshire border. over the surrounding countryside and village. Rushmore Golf Club is located 2¾ miles away to the South. The town of Shaftesbury is 6 miles away and offers further amenities and facilities including

 Located within walking distance of the village centre. secondary school, doctors surgery, dentist, shops, restaurants, supermarkets and Abbey along with St. Mary’s Girls Private School. Shaftesbury is a small historic market town well known for Gold Hill made famous from the Hovis adverts. Nearby Tisbury, just over 7 miles to the North, has a  The property has been in the same ownership for nearly 100 years. railway station to London Waterloo, a good selection of shops, a Sports Centre and Doctors  A delightful detached five bedroom Surgery.  Grade II Listed 6 bedroomed period farmhouse. farmhouse, enjoying an elevated position The main with house the includes benefit original of features far such as shutters, beamed reachingceiling southerlyand open fire views. places.

  ExcellentThe house family has accommodation a high degree of privacy with from the holiday letting cottages. light, airy and spacious rooms.  Three stone built single storey 2 bedroomed holiday letting cottages.  A formal courtyard of traditional stone and Range slate ofbarns outbuildings which including have agriculturalrecently barn, open fronted pole beenbarn re -androofed. additional barn used for garaging.

 The additional barn previously had planning permission to develop a  Three modern storage buildings, single storey 3 bedroomed cottage. together with a further separate range of modernFurther buildings. business potential to convert the agricultural barns into facilities for the holiday letting complex.

 Set within nearly 31 acres of pasture Local tourist attractions include, Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Stonehenge (English Heritage); Cathedral and Set woodland. in approximately 1.38 acres of gardens and grounds. cities of Salisbury and Winchester, Wilton House, Salisbury, Longleat Safari Park, Nr Warminster; Stourhead gardens (National Trust), Stourton; Minterne Gardens, Minterne Magna; Cheddar Gorge,  Sale due to retirement.  Further land available by separate Cheddar and Wookey Hole Caves, Nr Wells; Kingston Lacey (National Trust), Wimborne Minster,

negotiation. Wardour Castle (English Heritage), Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford and Fleet Air Museum, Humberts Yeovilton. Further afield are Glastonbury Tor and the Spa city of Bath with its Abbey, Roman 16 Hammet Street Baths and Royal Crescent. The harbour towns of Weymouth and the picturesque Dorset coastline . Taunton including Lulworth Cove, Bournemouth and Durdle Door, the Isle of Purbeck (well known for its Somerset TA1 1RZ beaches), Corfe Castle (National Trust) and Chesil Beach are within easy reach.

01823 331234 There are a number of private schools in the area including Port Regis Independent Boarding & Stephen.richards@humberts,com www.humberts.com Prep School, Motcombe Park, Shaftesbury, Clayesmore Independent School and Sandroyd Prep School.

The business Easton Farmhouse Sitting room with inglenook fireplace with heavy wooden beams over housing cast iron wood burning stove. Heavy The holiday letting cottages were converted from traditional beam over ceiling. Original and built in cupboards. stone barns in 1999 and provide three 2 bedroomed single storey cottages.

Currently two of the cottages are let via their agent; www.holidaycottages.co.uk and have a gross turnover figure of £20,000 year ending March 2017. Previously they have let three of the cottages and have had turnover in the region of £25,000.

Grade II Listed period 17th Century farmhouse believed to date back to 1680 including such features as

Mullioned windows, beamed ceilings and open fire Dining room accessed from hall. Open fire place. places. The farmhouse is set away from the holiday Alcoves with cupboards below. Original window shutters letting business, giving it a high degree of privacy. to windows. Oak flooring. Ground floor:-

Entrance via head wooden curved door into:-

Hall galleried with stairs leading to first floor The business currently does not have a website and they do accommodation. Original balustrade and spindles. Door not carry out any internet advertising as all the advertising into:- and bookings are dealt with by the holiday cottage letting agency.

The business is not VAT registered and the property has been in ownership of the family since 1920 and they are selling due to retirement.

Previously the open fronted barn had planning permission to be converted into a 3 bedroomed single storey holiday letting cottage. Planning reference: 2006/289/FP which Study with French doors and original shutters with stone could be re-applied for if required. steps leading down into the walled garden. Alcove. The agricultural barn could be converted into an indoor swimming pool complex subject to gaining the relevant consents. There is also potential to convert the pole barn into a games room or further storage building.

Utility room accessed from study. Plumbing for washing machine and Belfast sink unit. Door into rear courtyard. Grant oil boiler. Door into:-

Shower room white suite of close coupled WC, pedestal wash hand basin and modern walk in shower cubicle with chrome drencher shower. Access to roof void. Built in airing cupboard with factory insulated hot water cylinder. Quarry tiled floor. Chrome heated towel rail radiator.

Hall accessed from sitting room. Door to:-

Rear porch with door to outside.

Kitchen of Modern shaker style with wall and base cupboards and wooden work surfaces. Beamed ceiling. Bedroom 5 fireplace with wooden surround. Built in

cupboards. Boot room with ceramic sink unit. Heavy wood beam

over ceiling with exposed roof trusses. Open brick fire place. Original brick wash tub.

Lower ground floor:-

Cellars with 3 chambers with stone and brick flooring and one chamber with a barrelled ceiling.

First floor:-

Landing galleried looking down into the hall. Wooden painted doors to rooms. Windows to front. Under stairs cupboard. Built in airing cupboard with factory insulated hot water cylinder. Stairs to first floor accommodation. Oil fired rayburn.

Wooden floor. Opening leading through into second Bedroom 1 window to rear. Fire place with wall mounted kitchen area with matching kitchen units and work feature living flame electric fire. Original cupboards. surfaces. Belfast sink unit. Electric stainless steel cooker Bathroom white suite of low level WC, wall mounted and Halogen hob. Stainless steel cooker extractor hood. wash hand basin and cast iron rolled top bath. Bedroom 2 window to side overlooking the gardens. Built in fridge/freezer and dishwasher. Door into:-

Bedroom 6 window to front with window seat. Larder with original scullery including slate shelving. Bedroom 3 windows to rear overlooking gardens.

Rear hall with brick floor and door to courtyard as well as Bedroom 4 window to rear overlooking gardens. (Bedroom a door leading out onto the side garden. 3 & 4 are currently interconnecting with an archway).

Second floor:- At the bottom of the walled garden is an orchard with a range of fruit trees including Cox’s, Sunset and Bramley Landing giving access to three rooms currently used apples, Conference pears and a plum tree. for storage with a dormer window and 2 windows to side. The Holiday Cottages

Outside:- All of the cottages are self-contained and are to a high Front gardens are laid to lawn with original stone paths standard including new white bathroom suites, modern and original iron railings. To the side of the house is a kitchens and provide high quality self-catering garden area with dilapidated timber garage with accommodation with flat screen TVs and include DVD concrete floor. players. Each kitchen is equipped with electric cookers, microwave ovens and fridge/freezers. Old timber granary on staddlestones 4.93m x 4.67m (16’1 x 15’4). The cottages are electrically heated and include feature electric wood burning style stove fires. Pond Cottage Redundant old chicken house and Greenhouse. Single storey cottage providing open plan sitting/dining Elm Cottage room and kitchen area with steps leading down to hall. Door to outside.

The gardens are an integral part of the property and are Single storey cottage providing open plan sitting/dining located mainly to the side and rear where there is a room kitchen area with heavy beam over ceiling, hall, 2 walled garden area with an orchard and mature trees. bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside to front is a patio area with seating. (Sleeps 3/4) 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Outside to front is a patio There is a lower garden area facing onto Water Street with seating. (Sleeps 3) with vegetable patch and stone garden store. To the (Designed for mobility issues with widened doors and light sockets rear of the property is a walled garden area with at wheelchair height). Weeping Ash and a mature giant Sequoia Wellingtonia tree part of the Redwood family.

Open fronted pole barn 14.23m x 4.82m (14’7 x 15’8).

Swallow Cottage Outside Guest laundry 2.73m x 1.69m (8’11 x 5’5) with guest

In front of the farmhouse is an agricultural barn 12.55m freezer and guest tumble drier. Range of cupboards. x 12.05m (41’1 x 39’5) with power lighting and partial Stainless steel sink unit with cupboards below. concrete floor. Accessed via sliding double metal doors with a width of 4.94m (16’2) and a height of 3.45m (13’3). Open fronted barn 20.77m x 7.63m (68’1 x 20’0) currently used for garaging.

Single storey cottage providing open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen area with French doors leading out onto an enclosed patio area.

Previously the open fronted barn had planning to build Hall. 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Outside there is an Set in approximately 1.38 acres. a 3 bedroomed single storey holiday letting cottage. enclosed patio area with seating. (Sleeps 4) (Planning reference: 2006/289/FP. Plans are available on Log/bin store. request).

Tenure Directions

Freehold. From the A303 take the A350 to Shaftesbury. In Shaftesbury take the A350 signed to It should be noted that the driveway is shared with Poole/Blandford passing Tesco supermarket. the farm next door and the residential properties at the bottom of the driveway. In addition there is a Take the A30 signed to Salisbury/Ludwell and footpath that runs up the driveway into the follow the A30 for 2 miles to Ludwell, passing The neighbouring property. Rising Sun public house. Continue on A30, through the village of Ludwell. Approximately 1 mile further on, turn right (signposted to Alvediston/Berwick St John). Follow the road for 1½ miles to the village of Berwick St John.

Method of sale

The property is offered by private treaty, inclusive of trade inventory to include furnishings, fittings and fixtures within the holiday letting cottages excluding any personal items.

In the centre of the village turn right signed to the village hall, opposite the Talbot Inn. Easton 16 Hammet Street Viewing Farmhouse & Cottages is straight in front of you Taunton

located in Water Street and is clearly signed. Somerset TA1 1RZ Strictly by appointment with agents Humberts. For further information contact Stephen Richards on 01823 331234

(01823) 331234. [email protected] File No C6937