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THE GREAT HOUSE EAST ORCHARD, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET

Shaftesbury 4½ miles • 4½ miles • 8½ miles Gillingham 8½ miles (London Waterloo 2 hours) • Sherborne 15½ miles (Distances and time approximate)

A recently refurbished Grade II listed period house with secondary accommodation set in beautiful walled gardens and grounds, situated in a picturesque hamlet.

The Great House Ground floor: Entrance hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room • Study • Garden room Kitchen/breakfast room • Pantry • Larder • Laundry room • Boot room • 2 Cloakrooms • Plant room • Comms room 2 Double bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms • Double bedroom with en-suite shower room First floor: Master bedroom suite with walk-through dressing room and bathroom Double bedroom with en-suite shower room Second floor: 2 Double bedrooms • Store room/further bedroom • Family bathroom Annexe incorporating games room/workshop, self-contained 1-bedroom flat and car port • 3-bay garage Boiler house • Garden • Vegetable garden with vine house, greenhouse and poly-tunnel • Garden store Heated swimming pool with pool room • Hard tennis court • Paddock • Woodland In all about 4.45 acres (1.8 hectares)

Lot 2 Brick barn • Yard • Modern 4-bay steel framed barn • Modern stable block with 4 loose boxes & wash box Covered feed area • Horse-walker • Pasture In all about 4.17 acres (1.69 hectares)

Sherborne Country Department 15 Cheap Street, Sherborne, 55 Baker Street, Dorset DT9 3PU London W1U 8AN Tel: +44 1935 812236 Tel: +44 20 7861 1528 [email protected] [email protected] www.knightfrank.co.uk

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 The Great House is situated in a pretty, rural hamlet surrounded by the beautiful, rolling countryside of the . The market towns of Shaftesbury (4½ miles) and Sturminster Newton (4½ miles) are both close by and have an excellent range of everyday facilities. More extensive shopping, business and S recreational facilities are available nearby in the Cathedral city of Salisbury, the Georgian city of Bath and the regional centre of Yeovil. The surrounding area is renowned for its E educational choice from both the state and private sectors. The choice from the latter is extensive and includes St. Mary’s Shaftesbury, Clayesmore, , The Sherborne schools, Leweston, Hazelgrove and Port Regis. Yeovil, Bath and Salisbury all have excellent t entertainment venues. There are several gastro pubs and e restaurants within the local area.

1 The A303 (12 /3 miles) provides a direct M east/west route linking with the M3 to London and to the M5 at Taunton (50 miles) via the A358. The A30 (6 miles) also provides an alternative, fast route to London. There is a mainline rail service from Gillingham T to London Waterloo taking about 2 hours and from Castle Cary (20 miles) to London Paddington in 1½ hours on the fast train.

The airports at Bournemouth, Bristol, A Exeter and Southampton are all just over 1 hour’s drive, offering connections to many international destinations and within the UK. The Great House Originally dating from the 17th Century and with 18th and The entire property has been extensively re-furbished 20th Century wings at the rear, The Great House is an over the past 2½ years. This programme of improvement impressive and attractive example of a country house and has also included re-thatching, the installation of a new is Grade II listed. It is built of dressed, local stone, plumbing system including new bathrooms and under-floor hearting in the hall, drawing, dining and kitchen/breakfast brick and chequered flint and stone under reed straw and rooms. New electrical and communication systems have clay tiled roofs. The listing also includes a fine 17th Century been installed as well as a fine bespoke Guild Anderson staircase and chamfered ceiling beams in the oldest part of kitchen. The property is not only beautifully presented but the house. The current owners have created a wonderful great care has been taken to ensure that it is warm and lateral space perfect for entertaining, and this is very well insulated through the combination of integral double evident in the principal areas of the ground floor, where glazing and a wood-pellet bio-mass boiler, which has 18 large windows combine with vaulted ceilings and extensive years remaining of a commercial Renewable Heat Incentive use of light oak flooring give light and space. grant.

In addition to the impressive principal reception rooms, the ground floor has a wing containing three double bedrooms; two with en-suite bathrooms and one with an en-suite shower room. There is also a full range of additional domestic accommodation including a pantry, walk-in larder, laundry room, boot room and 2 cloakrooms. Upstairs there is a master bedroom suite, three further double bedrooms, one with an en-suite shower room, and a family bathroom.

Reception Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen/Utility Storage Terrace Recreation

First Floor Second Floor

Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House = 699.4 sq m / 7528 sq ft Annexe (Excluding Car Port) = 101.6 sq m / 1093 sq ft Garages (Excluding Car Port) = 35 sq m / 376 sq ft Gym/ Changing Rooms = 26.2 sq m / 282 sq ft Plant Room = 35.7 sq m / 384 sq ft Pool Plant Room = 10.6 sq m / 114 sq ft Garden Store = 11.3 sq m / 121 sq ft

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. (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation)

(Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) (Not Shown In Actual Annexe First Floor Location / Orientation)

Annexe Ground Floor

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Secondary Accommodation, Outbuildings, Garden & Grounds The property is approached up a gravelled drive to a wide parking and turning area beside the house. Across the drive from the main house is the stone-built annexe, which has a large games room/ workshop and attached car port on the ground floor, with a self-contained 1-bedroom flat above. Beside the annexe is the 3-bay garage block and the vegetable garden, which includes a vine house, green house and poly-tunnel. Beyond the garage is a paddock. The formal garden is walled and adjoins the main house and incorporates a terrace with surrounding lawn off the kitchen and hall, a heated swimming pool with adjacent pool-house and hard tennis court. Behind the pool house is the boiler house. Further grounds adjacent to the house comprise an extensive lawn with a stand of mixed woodland. In all about 4.45 acres (1.8 hectares). Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Lot 2 Stables = 93.9 sq m / 1010 sq ft Red Brick Barn = 52.5 sq m / 565 sq ft The yard has independent access from the village lane, as well as a drive which continues from the house. The large yard is formed from compacted scalpings with an adjacent 4-bay steel-framed modern agricultural building, horse-walker, covered feed area and a range of four loose boxes and a wash box. Across the yard is a brick-built former barn with a clay tiled roof. Permission is currently being sought to convert the (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) barn for use as a holiday cottage. Beyond the yard is an area of pasture. In all about 4.17 acres (1.69 hectares).

(Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) THE GREAT HOUSE

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

Services specifically excluded from the sale. However, certain items Directions (Postcode SP7 0LQ) may be available by separate negotiation. Mains water & electricity. Private drainage (Klargester From Shaftesbury travel on the B3091 towards Manston. treatment plant). Bio-mass-fired (wood pellet) central heating Tenure After approximately 3½ miles on a sharp right-hand bend, (18 years remaining of commercial RHI grant). Electricity- turn off the B3091 and carry straight on, signed to East powered Everhot range cooker. Wessex Internet-provided Freehold Orchard. Continue for approximately 1 mile and The Great superfast broadband (30mB/second download/10mB/ House will be found on the left-hand side, about 100 yards second upload). Council Tax past a layby adjacent to a red letterbox set in the hedge. Band: G Fixtures & Fittings Viewings All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, Local Authority All viewings are by appointment with the sole agents Knight together with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are District Council. Tel: 01258 454111 Frank LLP.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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: June 2017. Particulars: June 2017. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087.