Cottage for sale in Salisbury SP3, 3 Bedroom

An attractive Grade II Listed Georgian cottage situated in a sought after conservation village offering scope for refurbishment with a good-sized Southwesterly facing garden.

Property

A charming Grade II Listed end-of-terrace period cottage built with mellow red brick external elevations to the front under a clay tiled roof and is thought to date back to circa 1800. The property has undergone various alterations over the years including a 20th century extension to the rear and offers scope for a new owner to undertake further improvement and updating works as well as the possibility of extending or altering it further, subject to the necessary consents.

The versatile accommodation is arranged over two floors and presently this is arranged on the ground floor as having a good-sized sitting room with an inglenook fireplace, a dining room, study (currently used as a 3rd bedroom), shower room, kitchen and a large conservatory/garden room with a lovely outlook over the garden. There is also a cloakroom, rear lobby and access to a cellar on this level. Upstairs there is a landing/ reading area, two bedrooms and a cloakroom.

Outside

A particular joy of the cottage is the delightful, Southwesterly facing and surprisingly long garden. A five bar gate leads from the High Street to a drive providing off street parking and on to the detached garage. To the rear of the house is a patio opening out to the lawn with well stocked flower, shrub and rose borders, a variety of ornamental trees, apple trees and a rose covered pergola. Beyond the wooden summer house is a further area of lawn and a copse with various mature tress including oak, beech and yew.

Situation

The property is situated opposite the parish church of St John the Baptist in the prestigious upper section of Hindon’s attractive broad tree lined High Street. This highly desirable conservation village with its mix of old brick and Chilmark stone houses and cottages has excellent facilities for a community of its size including a shop/post office, primary school, doctor’s surgery, church, playground and two well-known dining pubs, The Lamb and The Angel. The larger village of Tisbury is three miles away and is developing a fine reputation for the quality of its independent shops, boutiques and amenities which include a sports centre, garage, vets and a station with direct rail services to London (Waterloo). It is also the home of the Messums Wiltshire, an art centre housed in a historic thatched tithe barn.

The Saxon hilltop market town of Shaftesbury is eight miles away and has a good range of shops, a supermarket, eateries, an up and coming secondary school, cottage hospital and is famous for the picturesque, steeply cobbled street of Gold Hill. The medieval cathedral city of Salisbury has more comprehensive shopping, arts & leisure facilities and a district hospital. The area’s other principal towns including Bath, Blandford, Sherborne and Warminster are all linked via the local road network as is the South Coast whilst the West Country, London and the motorway network are accessible by the A303/M3. Many families are drawn to South Wiltshire by the choice and quality of the area’s state and private schools.

Set amidst the famously attractive undulating countryside of the Nadder Valley, part of the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Hindon is an excellent base from which to explore the many miles of local footpaths and bridleways and there are a variety of rural pursuits available including walking, riding, cycling and fishing. Sailing can be found at Shearwater near Warminster, racing is at Salisbury, Bath and Wincanton and golf at Tollard Royal, Warminster and Salisbury. There are several excellent dining pubs in the vicinity as well as many places of interest such as the Longleat Estate, Old Wardour Castle, Stourhead Gardens, Wilton House and the Fovant Badges.

Agent’s Note

It is understood that the area of hard standing between the High Street and the gate to the drive does not belong to the property but that there is a right of access over it.