MANOR FARMHOUSESHERSTON • WILTSHIRE

MANOR FARMHOUSESHERSTON • WILTSHIRE

Exceptional Grade II Listed Cotswolds Manor House located on the edge of the desirable village of Sherston, beautifully positioned in formal

gardens with far reaching viewsAccommodation

Reception hall • Drawing room • Library • Sitting room, Playroom/Games room Open-plan Kitchen with Dining and Sitting area • Preparation Kitchen

Larder • Study • Laundry room • Boot room

Principal Bedroom with Dressing room and ensuite Bath/Shower room Guest Bedroom suite • 3 further Bedrooms • Bathroom

Integral Staff Flat with Kitchen/Sitting room • 2 Bedrooms • Bathroom

Cellars with extensive storage • Open fronted Garden Stores • Biomass Boiler Store

Gardens

In all about 1.5 acres

For Sale Freehold

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Savills Cirencester1 Castle Street, Market Place, Cirencester GL7 1QD

Contact: Sebastian Hipwoodsebastian.hipwood@savills.com

01285 627 555

Savills Country Department 33 Margaret Street, London W1G 0JD

Contact: James Walker james.walker@savills.com

020 7016 3780

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LOCATIONManor Farmhouse is located on the edge of the hugely popular

Cotswolds village of Sherston with outstanding, uninterrupted views

to the South-West. Positioned in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding

Natural Beauty, the property benefits from the pretty, undulating rural

scenery anda wonderful network of local walks, whilst also enjoying

all the benefits of a thriving village with its highly regarded pub

(The Rattlebone), excellent village shop and post office, wine shop,

primary school and doctors’ surgery. The prosperous towns of Tetbury

and Malmesbury are nearby with Cirencester, Bath, Chippenham and

Bristol only a little further afield.

Tetbury is a desirable and traditional market town well known for its

17th and 18th Century architecture. Although the town is noted for

its antiques and boutique shops, there are a wide range of shopping

facilities including delicatessen, bakery, butcher and two supermarkets.

There are a number of restaurants and cafés.

Malmesbury is increasingly popular and regarded for its historic Abbey.

There is a good range of everyday shops and services including bakery,

butcher, hardware store and home department store. Waitrose offers

supermarket shopping and the associated services of the John Lewis

Partnership.

The larger regional centres of Bath and Bristol are nearby and provide

a more extensive range of services, shopping and recreational facilities,

including Bristol International Airport.

COMMUNICATIONSManor farmhouse is conveniently located with access to the M4

motorway at Junctions 17 and 18, which provide access to London and

Heathrow Airport as well as Bristol and its international airport. The

M4 links with the M5 motorway for the West Country and the North.

Train stations at Kemble and Chippenham provide direct train services

to London Paddington on the recently upgraded section of the rail

network.

Malmesbury: 5.5 miles

Tetbury: 5.5 miles

Chippenham Station: 12 miles (London Paddington from 63 minutes)

Kemble Station: 13 miles (London Paddington from 72 minutes)

Cirencester: 15.5 miles

Bath: 18 miles

Bristol Airport: 30 miles

London Heathrow Airport: 87 miles.

All mileages are approximate.

SPORTING AND RECREATIONALThe local area offers an abundant range of activities, sporting events

and recreational opportunities, and a large variety of village pubs,

restaurants and hotels, including nearby Watley Manor Hotel and

Calcot Manor Hotel & Spa.

For those with equestrian interests there is: Polo at the Beaufort Polo

Club (Westonbirt) and Cirencester Park Polo Club, Hunting with The

Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt, international Horse Trials at Badminton Park

and Gatcombe Park, Horse Racing at Bath and Cheltenham.

Other recreational pursuits include;;Golf at Westonbirt (pay&play) and

at Minchinhampton Golf Club; Sailing at the Cotswold Water Park;

Swimming and Gymnasium at Westonbirt School Sports Hall; Motor

Racing at Castle Combe circuit. There is an enthusiastic village cricket

league and football league of which Sherston is an important part.

Bath, Bristol and Gloucester are home to top-level Rugby.

The National Arboretum at Westonbirt is a wonderful attraction and

hosts a variety of excellent events throughout the spring, summer and

autumn; from spring colours and open-air summer concerts to tours of

the autumn colours and the “Enchanted Christmas” illuminations.

EDUCATIONAside from Sherston’s highly regarded primary school, the area is well

reputed for its prep and public schools. These include: Beaudesert

Park, Westonbirt, Pinewood, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Cheltenham

College, St Mary’s School at Calne and Marlborough College. Bath and

Bristol also offer a range of excellent private and grammar schools and

the surrounding villages also have well attended primary schools.

MANOR FARMHOUSEApproached from the village via iron gates and a long drive flanked by stone walls, lawns and colourful borders, Manor Farmhouse is secluded within its grounds. The drive leads to a gravel parking area beside the house with a turning circle around an ornamental area of lawn.

Manor Farmhouse is a fine Grade II Listed Cotswolds stone and render country house with its core dating from the mid-1600s, but with a substantial late Georgian extension (c.1830) creating a highly attractive principal elevation to the southern side of the house. There are later additions which followed in the early 1900s, further enhancing the Georgian symmetry with pavilion-style extensions to either side of the principal elevation.

Arranged over three floors with a large cellar, the house underwent significant renovation in 2014 by the owner, creating a fabulous interior-designed modern finish to an otherwise historic country house. In addition, a biomass heating system was installed to improve the environmental efficiency and economics of heating the property.

Having retained all its period character, the house has charm in abundance with the benefits of the classic Georgian detail in the principal reception rooms with notable features including; sash windows with large glass panes, ornate fireplaces, high ceilings and wide paneled doors.

The drawing room, a large room with an impressive carved stone fireplace and hardwood floor, is positioned immediately off from the main entrance hall and provides a fabulous space for entertaining.

A wonderful stair hall with stone floor and a delicate sweeping staircase leads to the beautifully appointed library and sitting room. A part glazed door with a pretty fanlight above allows an abundance of light to flood

in to the hall, whilst also allowing access to the gardens on the southern side of the house with outstanding, far-reaching views to the south and west.

Positioned centrally is the fabulous kitchen with a dining and sitting area. A truly excellent open-plan room acting as the hub of the house for everyday family living. With a hardwood floor, limed ceiling timbers and plenty of light from the large windows and glazed doors on to the easterly kitchen lawn, this is a spacious and alluring room.

The kitchen area, to one end of the room, is beautifully designed with bespoke fitted cabinets and a first class finish. The impressive and expansive granite-top island unit is a versatile feature, acting as a preparation area and a breakfast bar. A preparation kitchen is cleverly tucked in beyond the kitchen space allowing the kitchen

to remain clear of equipment and worktop appliances. Adjacent is a substantial, traditional larder.

At the opposite end of the room and separated by the dining area is a sitting area with a magnificent open fireplace.

A large playroom or games room is positioned from the kitchen adjacent to the sitting room, with large windows and access to the gardens.

Towards the rear of the house, conveniently positioned via a corridor from the kitchen is a study, laundry room, cloakroom and boot room with a door to the drive and gardens to the north.

Expansive cellars provide a number of store rooms also accessible from the kitchen lawn.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom suite comprises a spacious bedroom with dressing room and ensuite bath and shower room, all of which have large sash windows and the most spectacular views over the garden to the undulating countryside beyond.

The guest bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and three further bedrooms, two of which are in the attic, provide plenty of accommodation for family and friends.

There is an integral flat with two bedrooms, kitchen/sitting room and a bathroom. This accommodation can easily be used as a staff flat or for additional space for family and guests.

MANOR FARMApproximate Gross Internal Area:

Main House: 877 sq m (9,441 sq ft) Outbuilding: 45 sq m (485 sq ft)

Total: 922 sq m (9,926 sq ft)

For identification only. Not to scale.

Second FloorFirst Floor

Ground Floor

Cellar

OutbuildingNot shown in actual location/orienation

OUTSIDEThe gardens and grounds are well laid out with access from the hall,

drawing room and playroom to a stone-paved terrace and lawn to

the south/southwest. A pretty area for outdoor entertaining with the

wisteria-clad Georgian elevation, flower borders and wonderful views

over the garden to the open countryside beyond. A stone-paved path

leads to steps down to an immaculate main lawn which is flanked by a

large herbaceous border and enclosed by stone walls and mature trees.

An open fronted garden store is conveniently located beneath the

southern pavilion wing.

The stone garage-style building on the edge of the drive houses the

biomass boiler, plant room and wood pellet fuel store.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.

21.06.11JW. Capture Property. 01225 667287.

MANOR FARMHOUSE

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908)

TENUREFreehold with vacant possession on completion.

SERVICESWater – Mains supply

Heating – *Biomass District Heating (oil fired boiler as back up)

Drainage – Mains Drainage connected

Telephone & Broadband – Fiber optic connection to the property

Biomass District Heating Scheme (*Renewable Heat Incentive

Scheme (RHI))

The property has been upgraded to benefit from a renewable heating

source. A biomass boiler uses renewable wood pellet fuel to provide

heating and hot water services. The scheme duration is 20 years from

installation (commissioned in July 2014) and is a Government backed, Non-Domestic Districting Heating Scheme supplying heat and hot water to Manor Farmhouse and two further properties. The owner of the scheme will benefit from the remainder of the RHI which is an indexed linked quarterly payment implemented and administered by Ofgem. Further information may be available from the vendor’s agent.

FIXTURES AND FITTINGSAll fixtures, fittings, furnishings, wall lights and garden ornaments are expressly excluded from the sale. The cooker, integrated appliances, heating equipment will be included in the sale.

PLANNINGThe house is Listed Grade II.

WAYLEAVES, EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAYThe property is offered for sale subject to and with the benefit of all rights of way both public or private, all easements and wayleaves whether specifically referred to or not.

DIRECTIONS (SN16 0LL)From Tetbury take the A433 signed to Westonbirt and Bath. Shortly after Westonbirt School and opposite the National Arboretum turn left to Sherston. At the crossroads turn right on to the B4040 to Sherston. In Sherston turn right opposite The Rattlebone pub on to Court Street. After approximately 150 metres the property will be found on the left with automatic iron entrance gates.

From Malmesbury take the B4040 to Sherston. In Sherston turn right opposite The Rattlebone pub on to Court Street. After approximately 150 metres the property will be found on the left with automatic iron entrance gates.

VIEWING Strictly by appointment with Savills.