CHEDINGTON COURT CHEDINGTON • DORSET

Crewkerne 5 miles (London Waterloo 155 minutes) • Beaminster 6 miles • Yeovil 10 miles • Bridport 13 miles Sherborne 14 miles (London Waterloo 138 minutes) • Dorchester 17 miles • A303 10 miles • Central London 140 miles (Mileages and times are approximate)

Lot 1 Chedington Court: Vestibule • Reception Hall • Sitting Room • Dining Room • Morning Room • Drawing Room Magnificent Great Hall with Gallery • Library • Orangery • Study • Kitchen • Breakfast Room • Play Room • Laundry Room Cinema • Games Room • Studio • Cellar • 2 x Cloak Rooms • Integrated Garage

Master Bedroom with Dressing Room, Bathroom and Large Roof Terrace Principal Guest Bedroom with en-suite Bathroom • 7 further Bedrooms and 7 Bathrooms (6 en-suite)

Gym • Lift to all floors

Coach House with four garages and two offices, kitchen and WC

Beautiful irrigated Formal Gardens and Terrace • Vegetable Garden • Ornamental Lake Ponds set amongst Water Gardens and Parkland • Pasture

About 57.63 acres (23.316 ha)

Lot 2 Chedington Lodge: Entrance Hall • Open plan Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Double Reception Room • Sitting Room Utility Room • Study/Bedroom • Shower Room

Master Bedroom with Dressing Room and Shower en-suite • Three Further Bedrooms and Bathroom

Private drive and screened gardens

About 0.93 acres (0.375 ha)

Lot 3 2 Coach House Cottages: Hall • Sitting Room • Dining Room • Kitchen • Cloak Room An impressive Grade II Two Bedrooms • Bathroom Terraced Garden and Single Garage Listed country house, About 0.09 acres (0.039 ha) FOR SALE AS A WHOLE OR IN 3 LOTS forming a small estate IN ALL ABOUT 58.65 ACRES (23.730 ha)

with astonishing Savills Country Department Savills Wimborne 33 Margaret Street Wessex House, Priors Walk London East Borough, Wimborne W1G 0JD Dorset, BH21 1PB panoramic views. Contact: Charles Chute Contact: Peter Lane Tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 3780 +44 (0) 1202 856 800 [email protected] savills.co.uk [email protected] SITUATION Chedington Court is situated in an elevated name but a few, provide a larger range of • Racing at Wincanton, Taunton, Devon position on the periphery of the small village facilities. & Exeter (Haldon), Newton Abbot and Salisbury of Chedington in West Dorset. The property Communications to and from Chedington benefits from spectacular panoramic views Court are excellent with the A303 (providing • Sailing and water sports on the Dorset coast over its own land and the surrounding Dorset access to the national motorway network) and Somerset countryside. just 10 miles away. Crewkerne, Sherborne • Hunting with the Cattistock Hunt and Yeovil have mainline stations to London Chedington Court is very well situated for • There is excellent walking, riding and Waterloo with all taking about 2½ hours. the very popular small West Dorset town of country pursuits Beaminster, about 6 miles away, providing The area offers a wealth of sporting pursuits The area is well known for its excellent excellent local facilities. These include a good including: schooling both private and public. Those range of shops, churches, post office, library, 2 • Golf at Cricket St. Thomas, Yeovil, of particular note are Perrott Hill at North schools and health centres. The larger towns Bridport, Lyme Regis and Dorchester Perrott, the Sherborne schools, Wellington of Bridport, Sherborne and Dorchester, to (Came Down) and Millfield. DESCRIPTION Sitting in an elevated position, overlooking families until it appears close to its current in recent times. The works completed its beautiful gardens, Chedington Court is form in around 1840. Sir Henry Peto, in 1999 saw the completion of the most a magnificent Grade II Listed house with the son of the Victorian railway magnate, extensive project with the help of historic unrivalled panoramic views across the upper Sir Samuel Morton Peto, baronet and MP, and conservation architects. The Great Hall valley of the River Parrett. bought Chedington Court and its estate in was constructed on the western side of the Chedington Court is approached through 1893. Sir Henry was High Sheriff in 1897 house featuring a hammer beam ceiling of elegant electric wrought iron gates, fixed on and a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of green oak. The room is decorated with a stone pillars. The gravel drive leads to the Dorset, and among the first members of the beautifully hand carved frieze that blends front of the house, past the lake on one side new Dorset County Council, a position he seamlessly with the older parts of the house. and to the other are the sensational views. retained from 1888 until 1913. Sir Henry and The orangery and study were added at The house has been built in a Jacobean Lady Peto lived in the house until 1938. the same time. The current owners have manor style of local dressed Hamstone ashlar fully redeveloped Chedington Lodge after under a slate roof. Leaded lights, profiled When Pevsner visited the area he described acquiring it separately, creating a space that gables with ball and spear finials complete the village of Chedington as “very is in-tune with modern family living whilst the look. The earliest reference to a dwelling beautifully situated contouring round making the most of the beautiful views. They at Chedington goes as far back as 1285 the wooded hillside”. The house and its have also built the office block adjacent to listed as Wellelmus de Cedington. The house associated buildings have been subject to the house which incorporates the estate was passed through a number of associated various renovation and improvement projects offices above the garages. The accommodation is arranged over TECHNOLOGY four floors accessed by a service lift and A range of systems are built in to the two staircases. The characterful features house, providing a complete integrated also include Hamstone flooring, ornate communications, entertainment and security fireplaces, meticulous plasterwork, fine installation. The property’s structured cabling panelling and excellent ceiling heights. system offers a great deal of flexibility should Apart from the Great Hall the other any further customisation of the system be rooms of considerable note are the dining required at a later date. room with its ornate strapwork ceiling, the breakfast room with full oak panelling An overall control system ties together the and the orangery which opens up to the operation of all the independent systems terraced gardens. The morning room and enabling the whole house to be run from a drawing room, which are separated by single location. The intuitive touch screen Doric columns, have large bay windows AMX displays the system status, including which flood the rooms in natural light. temperature and lighting levels, and gives The drawing room has triple French doors complete control over the sophisticated to the garden terrace and overlook the music and TV systems. Following changes gardens and the valley. in technology, the AMX system has been ROOM LAYOUT AND DIMENSIONS updated to allow iPads to operate the CAN BE REFERRED TO IN THE system. A detailed list of the technology FLOOR PLANS. features can be supplied by the agents.

Master Bedroom Roof Terrace

Master Bedroom Master En Suite main house floorSecond Floorplans Ground Floor

Lower Ground Floor

First Floor

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GARDENS AND GROUNDS Chedington Court has terrific gardens to some lower ponds. Further to the south and grounds, they are well established and is an enclosed kitchen garden area with complement the house perfectly. To the greenhouses, fruit cages, machinery stores and front of the house, and adjacent to the gravel a staff room, this area can be accessed via a driveway, is the spring fed ornamental lake, separate drive from the village lane. which is headed by a working fountain. On the southern side of the house is a The rolling lawns drop down to the west of series of attractive stone terraces which the house to a glasshouse and nursery beds. can be accessed from the drawing room Adjacent to this is a man made plateau in the and orangery. The terraces are surrounded hillside which has been used in the past for by smart stone ballustrading and a pair of marquees. mirrored stairs lead from here to the croquet The gardens are interspersed with lighting lawn which is surrounded by beautiful herbaceous borders. and watered by automatic systems that are discreetly hidden in the lawns and borders. A smart gravel path meanders through the lawns to the south and west of the house. The remainder of the land is made up of One spur leads to a succession of ponds paddocks, pasture and woodland totalling which form an attractive water garden, the approximately 50 acres. Approximately 34 water being supplied directly via the source acres of this is currently let on an annual of the River Parrett which runs through grazing license to a neighbouring farmer, the estate. Beyond this is a rockery garden please speak to the selling agents for more passing under a series of wooden bridges information. COACH HOUSE Adjacent to the main house is a smart Coach House that was constructed by the current owners in 2007. Built of similar stone to the house it complements the original house perfectly. On the ground floor are four garages, with smart wooden electric up and over doors. A centrally positioned wooden door leads into the reception area with a downstairs cloak room. A set of stairs lead to the first floor where there are two offices of about 700 sq/ft each. Both offer fantastic views and are fitted to a high specification to be used as offices, one has a small kitchen.

Approximate Gross Internal Area Offices: 1,400 sq ft / 130 sq m Garages gross internal area = 1,205 sq ft / 112 sq m Total gross internal area = 2,605 sq ft / 242 sq m Quoted Area Excludes ‘External C/B’ For illustrative purposes only - Not to scale

First Floor

Ground Floor LOT 2: CHEDINGTON LODGE The Lodge was acquired separately by the owners of Chedington Court and hugely improved and extended. Now offering a total of almost 3,000 sq/ft of accommodation it is perfect for family members, staff or guests. Accessed from its own electric wrought iron gates set on stone pillars and sits in gardens of approximately 1 acre. The accommodation is Chedington Lodge View from Chedington Lodge focused around a magnificent open plan kitchen, breakfast and double reception room with views to the west over the rolling countryside of Dorset and in the distance Somerset. Double doors open out to a large decked LOT 3: No. 2 COACH HOUSE area which is perfect for COTTAGES entertaining during the On the other side of the lane that runs through the village is No warmer months. There is a 2 Coach House Cottages which is an attractive conversion of the separate sitting room, study/ original coach house. Built of stone under a slate roof it has great further bedroom, utility room appeal. The accommodation comprises a hall, sitting room, dining and a downstairs cloakroom room, kitchen, cloakroom, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. There is with a shower. Upstairs is also a garage and a terraced garden. the master bedroom with en-suite shower room and dressing room, 3 further bedrooms and a family Approximate Gross Internal Area bathroom. No.2 Coach House: 962 sq ft / 89 sq m Quoted Area Excludes ‘External C/B’ Chedington Lodge For illustrative purposes only - Not to scale

Approximate Gross Internal Area Chedington Lodge: 2,831 sq ft / 263 sq m For illustrative purposes only - Not to scale

Ground Floor First Floor Ground Floor First Floor Council Tax Chedington Court: Band H The Lodge: Band F No. 2 Coach House Cottages: Band D Fixtures and Fittings Items regarded as fixtures and fittings, whether mentioned in the particulars or not are initially excluded from the sale although certain items may be available by separate negotiation. Easements, way leaves and right of way The property is offered for sale subject to any public or private rights of way, and all Chedington court easements and way leaves whether referred to within the particulars or not. The actual route of the bridleway is shown by the green dashed line on the plan and is entirely within the boundaries of Chedington Court. The plan produced by Dorset County Council suggests that part of the bridleway passes over adjoining land to the North. This land would prove impossible to access and it is acknowledged that the plan shows the accepted route of the bridleway. Directions Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the (SAT NAV: DT8 3HY) Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) Take the M3 west from London and turn to the A303 at junction 8. Continue for about 75 miles and take the exit for GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS the A356 (South) signed to Crewkerne. Continue through Crewkerne and follow Tenure Local Authority signs on the A356 towards Dorchester. The property is for sale freehold with vacant West Dorset District Council Pass through South Perrott and after about possession upon completion. 01305 251010 2 miles turn right up at the Winyards www.dorsetforyou.com Gap pub, there is a signpost towards Services Chedington. After a short distance the Chedington Court: EPC Rating entrance gates for Chedington Court can Mains water, electricity and drainage. Gas Chedington Lodge: be found on the right hand side. central heating. Current D / Potential B Chedington Lodge: No 2 Coach House Cottages: Viewing Oil-fired central heating, mains water and Current F / Potential E Strictly by appointment with Savills. If electricity. Private drainage. there are any points which are of particular Planning No. 2 Coach House Cottages: importance to you, we invite you to Chedington Court is listed Grade II as of Mains water, drainage and electricity. Electric discuss them with us, especially before you Architectural or Historical Interest. heating. travel to view the property.

Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 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 as all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. The reference to any mechanical or electrical equipment or other facilities at the property shall not constitute a representation (unless otherwise stated) to its state or condition or that it is capable of fulfilling its intended function, and prospective purchasers / tenants should satisfy themselves as to the fitness of such equipment for their requirements. Photographs dated: February 2015. Brochure dated: April 2015. Kingfisher Print and Design 01803 867087 savills.co.uk