Property for sale in Salisbury SP3, 4 Bedroom

A detached extended period house in an idyllic edge of village setting enjoying wonderful country views and offering versatile accommodation, refurbishment potential & delightful extensive grounds

Property

A most attractive detached house in a lovely edge of village setting built with external elevations built of the local Chilmark stone under clay tiled roofs. Once a modest period rural cottage, in the later 20th Century the property was substantially extended, altered and improved with care taken to complement the age and style of the original building both in its design and use of high-quality oak joinery. This resulted in the creation of a wonderful country home of considerable character and one that is now ready for a new owner to update and adapt to their own requirements.

On the ground floor is a welcoming entrance hall, bathroom and three reception rooms which comprise a central snug/library area with a woodburner and two good-sized reception rooms either side, one of which has been used as a sitting room and the other as a dining room but both having wooden beamed ceilings and open inglenook style fireplaces and lovely views. A breakfast room gives access to a kitchen fitted with a range of wooden units. Upstairs there are four bedrooms including a generous master bedroom with an en-suite shower room, a guest room with a walk-in storage area and two further bedrooms. There is also a family bathroom and a useful store room.

Outside

An undoubted feature of the property are the delightful and extensive, grounds that amount to around 0.96 of an acre. These include a stone paved terrace to the front of the house with flower and shrub borders as well as a marvelous open outlook across the neighbouring countryside. To the rear is a large patio area with a covered area off the sitting room and opening out to a banked area of lawn with shrub borders, rockery and ornamental trees.

Beyond the kitchen is a covered storage area, greenhouse and a wooden garden shed whilst leading up from the garden is a most attractive area of sloping woodland with an interesting variety of both deciduous and conifer specimen trees. From the top of the wood are lovely views over the house to the fields beyond. A graveled drive provides parking and gives access to a good-sized garage with an automatic door and a covered log store to the side whilst external steps to the rear lead up to a studio ideal for use as an office, hobbies room or store.

Situation

The property is situated in a fabulous location at the base of a hill on the edge of Swallowcliffe, a small but particularly desirable rural village with an active community, church and a fine dining inn, The Royal Oak. The property enjoys wonderful views across fields towards the village centre and the beautiful countryside beyond. The larger village of Tisbury is 2.5 miles away and has a fine reputation for the quality of its independent shops, boutiques and amenities which include a sports centre, garage, vets, primary school and a station with direct rail services to London (Waterloo). It is also the home of Messums Wiltshire, a contemporary arts centre housed in an ancient thatched tithe barn.

The Saxon hilltop market town of Shaftesbury (8 miles) 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 (13 miles) 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, Swallowcliffe 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 field sports. 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.

EPC Energy Efficiency Rating

Current: 48

Please refer to the agents for the complete Energy Performance Certificate.