Frome HOUSE FROME ST QUINTIN DORCHESTER • DORSET
Frome HOUSE FROME ST QUINTIN DORCHESTER • DORSET • DT2 0HF
Beaminster 10 miles • Sherborne 11.5 miles • Dorchester 12 miles (London Paddington 2½ hours) (All distances and times are approximate) An elegant and distinguished Grade II* listed country house surrounded by beautiful grounds with views over the rolling Dorset countryside. The house is conveniently located for many well regarded Dorset schools. Frome House Porch • Reception hall • Drawing room • Sitting room • Family room • Dining room • Morning room
Kitchen/breakfast room • Front hall • Rear hall • Cloakroom • Cellars • Galleried landing
Master bedroom with dressing room and en suite bathroom • 4 further bedrooms with en suite facilities • Study 3 second floor bedrooms • 2 bathrooms • Playroom/studio
Outbuildings and stores • Home office • Garage • Utility room • 2 greenhouses Terrace • 2 walled gardens Kitchen garden • All-weather tennis court 2 paddocks In all about 11.49 acres (about 4.65 hectares) Lot 2 – Cottage 1 Kitchen • Sitting room • Dining room • 2 bedrooms • Bathroom • Garden In all about 0.09 acres
Lot 3 - Cottage 2 Kitchen • Sitting room • Dining room • 2 bedrooms • Bathroom • Garden In all about 0.06 acres
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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 and Amenities Frome House is situated within the pretty and charming village of Frome St Quintin, nestled amidst the rolling West Dorset countryside and features the beautiful Parish church of St Mary, which has a nave and chancel dating from the 13th century. There is an active local community, and the surrounding area is connected by a number of other villages of note, including Cattistock, Maiden Newton, Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne Abbas and Evershot. The Jurassic Coast, which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is about 17 miles to the south. The ancient market town of Dorchester is about 12 S miles south east of the house. Famous for being the home and inspiration of the author Thomas Hardy, Dorchester now offers an extensive range of facilities from small independent traders to supermarkets, cafés and restaurants. Beaminster, Yeovil and Sherborne are all within 12 miles of the house and also offer a good variety of shopping and recreational facilities. Frome House is ideally located for many of the well E regarded schools in the area. These include Perrott Hill, Sherborne School for Boys, Sherborne School for Girls, Sherborne Preparatory School, Leweston, Canford, Bryanston, Clayesmore, Milton Abbey and Port Regis among others. Communications include mainline railway stations T at Yeovil Junction, Dorchester and Sherborne which provide regular services to London Waterloo. The A303, which gives access to London as well as Exeter and the West Country, is to the north of Yeovil; and the A31 to the south at Bere Regis, provides routes towards the Home Counties and London. Sporting facilities include golf at Sherborne, Yeovil and G Bridport, national hunt racing at Wincanton, Exeter and Bath and water sports can be enjoyed along the Dorset coastline to the south at Poole Harbour and Weymouth Bay. Description Frome House has elegant brick elevations under slate features of note including oak flooring and panelling and hipped roofs and a date stone on the west porch which travertine flooring with inset marble. There are many reads ‘G Baker 1782.’ Pevsner described the property classic Georgian features one would expect to find in as being ‘a house of rare distinction’ and the famous a house of such architectural merit, including Adam poet Rev George Crabbe was a regular house guest. fireplaces, sash windows and moulded cornices. Particular architectural features include a three sided The accommodation is light and spacious and includes porch with Roman Doric columns and a modillion brick a galleried reception hall with oak book shelving and cornice and parapet. an oak staircase, stunning panelled ballroom/drawing The current owners have undertaken an extensive and room, and 4 further reception rooms including an sympathetic improvement of the house, with many interconnecting dining room and morning room.
There is an impressive fitted Bulthaup kitchen/breakfast room which has access to the cellars which include the boiler room. Upstairs are 5 en suite bedrooms on the first floor with a further 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and playroom/ studio on the second floor. The rooms to the rear of the house provide fine views over the surrounding countryside. FROME HOUSE Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 794 sq.m (8,540 sq.ft) Garage/Office: 58 sq.m (625 sq.ft)
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Reception Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen/Utility Storage Terrace
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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. Frome House Cottages
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1 Frome House Cottages 2 Frome House Cottages
Frome House Cottages (Lots 2 & 3) Frome House Cottages comprise 2 unlisted semi- detached, recently renovated thatched cottages, believed to date from the early 20th century. They both offer a kitchen, sitting room and drawing room on the ground floor and 2 bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. Lot 2 extends to about 0.09 acres Lot 3 extends to about 0.06 acres Gardens, Grounds and Outbuildings Frome house is approached through brick pillars leading to an extensive gravelled parking area with turning circle and pond, as well as a garage and home office. To the front is a redbrick wall with pillared entrance leading to the distinctive front porch bordered by pollarded lime trees. The gardens which surround Frome House include large areas of level lawns, many mature trees including evergreen and beech. There are 2 greenhouses, a kitchen garden with raised beds, 2 walled gardens, and a range of useful brick and flint outbuildings. An all-weather tennis court with a small adjacent coppice and fruit trees lies to the north of the main house. There are also two paddocks to the rear laid to pasture, one of which has a bridleway and surrounds the pretty village church of St Mary. The rear gardens and grounds afford attractive views across open countryside.
Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number 100021721. Plotted Scale - 1:2000 Services Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Fixtures and fittings All fixtures, fittings and garden statuary are excluded from the sale, although some may be available by separate negotiation. Planning Frome House is Grade II* listed, being of particular architectural or historical importance. The cottages are not listed. FROME HOUSE Local Authority West Dorset District Council 01305 251010 Council Tax Frome House: Band H Frome House Cottage 1: Band C From House Cottages 2: Band C Directions (DT2 0HF) From Dorchester take the A37 in a northerly direction. Proceed along this road and after passing turnings to maiden newton and Cattistock, continue down a hill and turn left to Frome St Quintin. Proceed into the Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the control of H.M. centre of the village and Frome house will be found on Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and the left-hand side. it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Number. No. ES100017767.” Viewings 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 Viewings are strictly by appointment with the sole selling 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 agents, Knight Frank LLP. 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 England 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: spring and summer 2015 Particulars: October 2015 Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087.