MANOR FARM BARN FONTMELL MAGNA • SHAFTESBURY • DORSET • SP7 0NW MANOR FARM BARN FONTMELL MAGNA • SHAFTESBURY • DORSET • SP7 0NW An immaculate property, with glorious southerly views, set in beautifully landscaped grounds First Floor Double Reception Room • Family Living/Dining Room • Kitchen/Breakfast Room Study/Bedroom Five • Utility Room • Cloakroom Master bedroom with En-suite Bathroom • Three Further Bedrooms ‘Jack and Jill’ Shower Room • Family Bathroom Oak Framed Triple Garage with Gymnasium and Store Landscaped Gardens and Grounds with Paddock, Stream and Woodland

In all about 3.7 acres

6 The Commons, Shaftesbury, SP7 8JU Telephone: 01747 850858 Fax: 01747 850859 [email protected] www.jackson-stops.co.uk

Situation Outside Manor Farm Barn is part of the The property is approached through a farmstead of Manor Farm which lies just pair of electrically operated wooden to the north of the village in a secluded gates which open into a gravel drive. valley in the lee of Fontmell Down. This runs along a boundary cherry tree Fontmell Magna is a thriving community and laurel hedge, ending in a large gravel with a shop/Post Office, a church, a parking turning area in front of an oak public house, a highly regarded Church framed outbuilding; this comprises a of England Primary School, a doctor’s three bay car port, a store and a surgery and a playing field. Shaftesbury, gymnasium, which has potential for a Saxon hilltop town, has an excellent alternative uses. range of facilities, including a delicatessen, cafes, restaurants, niche Gardens and Grounds retailers, a newly reopened boutique These are a major feature of the property hotel, banks, two supermarkets, a small and mirror the quality of the barn itself, hospital, a library, a health centre and an they lie almost entirely to the south of arts centre. A more comprehensive the house and provide a wonderful range of facilities can be found in the setting for it. Cathedral city of Salisbury to the east There is an elegant terrace outside the and Bournemouth to the south. kitchen, with a vine clad pergola and it The Property connects to a veranda which runs along the barn to the front door. From here Although listed Grand II, Manor Farm semi-circular steps lead down to a Barn is almost entirely rebuilt using flagstone path, flanked by box in gravel, original and traditional materials and is which divides the formal gardens in two. orientated to make the most of its They are enclosed by stone walls, have spectacular position. All the principal areas of lawn and some formal planting rooms enjoy the wonderful, southerly with a number of seating areas views over the landscaped gardens and interspersed. grounds, which meld into the views beyond. Throughout the work has been Beyond is an open area of paddock, with carried out to the most exacting two lines of Lime trees. Along the standards using the very best materials. eastern boundary is a streamside path which continues to a small copse of The kitchen has custom built teak units with granite work surface and there has mature native trees, in the south western been extensive use of oak joinery, corner. In the Spring it is carpeted with including solid oak stairs. There is bluebells and snowdrops; 1,500 bulbs limestone flooring in the downstairs have recently been planted and living areas and underfloor heating wildflowers appear through the year. throughout. Upstairs is a magnificent double reception room, with a vaulted ceiling and a central double sided wood burning stove and across a walkway a magnificent master suite. PROPERTY INFORMATION Services: Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Calor gas central heating.

Local Authorities : North Dorset District Council Telephone: 01258 454111 Dorset County Council Telephone: 01305 251000

Council Tax : Band G

Education : The area is renowned for its schools, both state and private. Prep schools include Port Regis, Sandroyd, Knighton House, Hanford, Sherborne Prep and Clayesmore. Public Schools include St Mary’s Shaftesbury, Bryanston, Sherborne School and Sherborne School for Girls, Milton Abbey and Clayesmore. There is an excellent Primary School in the village. MANOR FARM BARN Gross Internal Area Barn: 340 m² (3,665 ft²) Garage: 96 m² (1,040 ft²) For identification purposes only. Not to scale.

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Sporting and Recreation : at Bournemouth and Southampton and Racing at Wincanton, Salisbury and ferries to the continent from Poole, Bath. Golf at Sherborne, Tollard Royal Portsmouth and Weymouth, from where and Blandford Forum. Walking and you can also go to the Channel Islands. riding and cycling in the surrounding countryside. Fishing on nearby chalk Directions : streams. Watersports on the south coast. From Shaftesbury take the A350 south towards Blandford Forum. After Communications : passing Compton Abbas and before reaching Fontmell Magna, the entrance There are mainline railway stations at to Manor Farm will be found on the left both Gillingham, for Exeter and the hand side. Proceed down the lane and West Country (8 ¾ miles) and Tisbury, at the bottom you will find the entrance for London Waterloo (12 ½ miles). The to Manor Farm Barn on the right. A303 lies some 10 miles to the north giving access to the south west and London via the M3. There are airports

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