The Old School House HINTON ST MARY, NR STURMINSTER NEWTON, DORSET The Old School House HINTON ST MARY NR STURMINSTER NEWTON DORSET Former village school converted into an attractive detached house with pretty garden and parking Accommodation Lobby • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting Breakfast room Kitchen • Conservatory • Utility/WC Master bedroom with ensuite shower room 3 Further bedrooms • Bathroom The Old School House Integral single garage • Summerhouse • Greenhouse The property is a detached Grade II listed former village wonderful main reception room (former school room) with a Garden stores school which has been converted and extended to create drawing room with vaulted ceiling and part panelled to dado an attractive private dwelling. It is believed to date from the level with an archway through to a dining room with ornate Garden with parking panelling to dado and a lower ceiling. Breakfast room 18th century and is constructed of stone elevations under a opening to conservatory with direct access to the garden. slate roof with stone copings and a dormer window with a Kitchen with range of fitted units incorporating 1¾ bowl Sturminster Newton 1 mile Marnhull 2 miles carved stone cross on the main ridge. There are a number sink, Siemens dishwasher, Rangemaster Toledo electric Gillingham 7 miles (London Waterloo 2¼ hours) of extensions on the main school room at the rear both of oven/hob, Trianco oil-fired boiler. Sitting room with fireplace Sherborne 12 miles stone and rendered under a flat roof. Adjoining the property inset with electric fire, timber mantel and slips flanked (Distances and time approximate) on the northern elevation is a single garage with double by shelved alcoves. Utility/WC with pedestal washbasin, doors and a flat roof. A conservatory of uPVC on a stone plumbed for washing machine and with direct access base course has been erected on the eastern elevation into the garage. The first floor has a master bedroom with These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon accessed from the breakfast room. The ground floor fitted wardrobes and an ensuite shower room, 3 further as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the accommodation is particularly spacious and incorporates a bedrooms (2 singles) and a family bathroom. last page of the brochure. Situation The Old School House is situated in the centre of Hinton St Mary which has a public house (The White Horse) and the parish church of St Peter. Two primary schools in Marnhull (C of E and E R.C). Sturminster Newton Secondary School and Gillingham School. Private schools include Sherborne Schools, Knighton House, Bryanston and Milton Abbey amongst others. t Sherborne, Yeovil, Bath, Exeter, Salisbury and Poole There are a number of bistro pubs and e restaurants within the local area. The nearby small town of Sturminster S Newton provides an excellent range of local shopping and business facilities. The larger towns of Gillingham, Blandford Forum and Sherborne are all easily accessible. Courses at Sherborne, Yeovil and G Dorchester (Came Down) The A30 is accessed to the north. The A303 M is further north and links with the M3 to London providing a direct east/west route. Gardens and outbuildings Mainline rail service from Gillingham to of kitchen garden with three raised potager borders with stone T London (Waterloo) taking about 2¼ hours. The property is approached off a no through village lane onto a tarmac drive with parking for 2/3 cars. Lying east of the drive is a paved surround and nearby compost bins. Accessed off the lane level area of lawn with shrubs and two raised borders – one with is a single integral garage. Within the garden there is a timber Bournemouth, Bristol and Exeter Airports roses and a small ornamental pond with stone surround. This summerhouse, open fronted tool/garden store and an aluminium A are all within about 1 hour’s drive offering area is enclosed by laurel and beech hedging and timber fencing. framed greenhouse. The oil tank is located on one side of garage connections within the UK, Europe and to The main area of garden lies at the rear (N) with a gravelled path with easy access from the road for refilling. other destinations. around the house leading to a stone paved terrace with a trellis Services: fence surround. Steps lead up to a level lawn with a number of stocked borders and mixed shrubs and trees. There is an area Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil-fired central heating. Council Tax Band: F Fixtures and fittings Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Bedroom 214 sq m / 2303 sq ft All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, together Bathroom Outbuilding = 13 sq m / 140 sq ft with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are specifically Kitchen/Utility Total = 227 sq m / 2443 sq ft excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available by Storage separate negotiation. Recreation Tenure: Freehold Local Authority: North Dorset District Council: 01258 454111. Directions (Postcode DT10 1NA) Approaching from Marnhull continue due south on the B3092 (signed to Sturminster Newton) after about 1½ miles enter the village of Hinton St Mary and take the second left turn signed to The White Horse pub. Take the first right at the crossroads and The Old School House will be found after about 50 metres on the right. 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