THE OLD FORGE CORTON DENHAM, SHERBORNE, DORSET THE OLD FORGE CORTON DENHAM SHERBORNE, DORSET
A charming period cottage incorporating a converted former forge situated in a pretty and sought-after village
Entrance lobby • Sitting/dining room • Kitchen/breakfast room Utility room with shower cubicle • Cloakroom
Master bedroom with adjacent shower room 2 Further double bedrooms • Family bathroom
Double carport • Parking • Garden
Sherborne 3½ miles • (London Waterloo 2¼ hours) A303 4½ miles • Yeovil 6 miles • Castle Cary 9 miles (London Paddington 1½ hours)
(Distances and times approximate)
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. The Old Forge of the village and surrounding farmland. On one side of the cottage is a further, level lawn surrounded by high hedging with Originally believed to comprise a cottage with an attached a timber garden shed and an apple tree. forge, both dating back to the late 18th Century, and combined in the early 1980s to create the property that exists today, Situation & Amenities The Old Forge is a charming, detached cottage built of local Located about 3½ miles from the Abbey town of Sherborne, stone under a clay tiled roof. The front door opens to the Corton Denham is a small, and thriving rural village located on entrance lobby, with a door leading through to the sitting/dining the Somerset/Dorset borders, set amidst beautiful, room, which has an open fireplace and is light and airy with rolling countryside, with a parish church, popular public house windows on one side overlooking the village lane and on the (The Queens Arms) and village hall. other opening out to the garden. The feeling of space is further accentuated at one end of the room, where the ceiling rises The nearby village of Charlton Horethorne has a E popular primary school with a further five to choose to the apex of the roof and opens out to the galleried landing leading to the master bedroom. From the sitting room a short from within a four mile radius, with most feeding to passage, with the cloakroom to one side and a staircase rising The Gryphon School in Sherborne for secondary to the first floor, leads through to the kitchen/breakfast room, education. Local private schools in the area include which has a flagstone floor and an inglenook fireplace fitted the Sherborne schools, Leweston, Bryanston, with an oil-fired two oven AGA (green). The kitchen is fitted with Clayesmore, St Marys Shaftesbury, Hazlegrove a range of floor and wall mounted units and 4 ring electric hob and the Bruton schools. and to one side is a door leading out to the paved terrace. Charlton Horethorne has a community-run post office/ A further door leads through to the utility room, which has a S shop, Sherborne has an excellent range of shops and range of floor and wall-mounted units, space and plumbing for businesses, including a Waitrose supermarket and the two appliances and a cupboard housing a compact shower regional centre of Yeovil is only 6 miles away. unit. On the first floor there is a galleried landing with doors Sherborne, Yeovil, Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Salisbury and off to two double bedrooms and the family bathroom, with a t Poole all provide excellent entertainment venues. further door opening to a short galleried landing leading to the There are a number of gastro pubs and restaurants master bedroom and adjacent shower room. e within the local area, including The Queen’s Arms Garden in the village. The A303 is accessible near South Cadbury and The property is set back from a quiet village lane facing an M provides a direct east/west route linking with the attractive period farmhouse opposite. To one side is a gravelled M3 to London. parking area bounded on two sides by stone walling and is part-covered by a double carport. There are two pedestrian There is a mainline rail service from Sherborne to gates leading to the garden at the rear of the property; T London Waterloo taking about 2¼ hours and from one off the lane and the other off the parking area. To the rear Castle Cary (9 miles) to London Paddington taking of the cottage is a paved path and terrace with steps rising to about 90 minutes on the fast train. the garden, which comprises a sloping lawn and is bounded Bristol, Bournemouth, Southampton and Exeter on two sides by evergreen hedging to give privacy from A Airports are all within easy driving distance offering neighbouring properties. The rear garden is bounded by connections within the UK, to Europe and other stock-proofed post and rail fencing and has views over part destinations. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 164.8 sq m / 1774 sq ft (Excludes Void) Services Directions (Postcode DT9 4LP) Mains water, electricity and drainage Take the B3145 out of Sherborne for about Oil-fired central heating and AGA 1½ miles and turn left to Corton Denham, marked by a distinctive red signpost. Fixtures & Fittings Continuing to follow signs to the village, All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures carry on for a further 1¼ miles and turn left. and fittings, together with the fitted carpets, Proceed down the hill and turn right at the end curtains and light fittings, are specifically of the road by a grass triangle. Carry on for excluded from the sale. However, certain items about ½ mile into the village and take the first may be available by separate negotiation. turning left after The Queen’s Arms onto Middle Ridge Lane. The Old Forge is the Tenure fourth house on the left after about 200 yards. Freehold Viewings Council Tax All viewings are by appointment with the sole- Band: F agents Knight Frank LLP. First Floor Local Authority South Somerset District Council Tel: 01935 462462
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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.
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