No longer on the market
This property is no longer on the market
Floorplan
Map2 bedroom end of terrace house
Sold STC
End of terrace house
2 beds
2 baths
668 sq ft / 62 sq m
Key information
Features and description
- Stunning period grade ii listed end of terrace natural stone cottage.
- Driveway parking for 2 cars.
- Lovely gardens enjoying countryside views.
- Character features include flagstones and open fireplace.
- Oil fired radiator central heating and some double glazing.
- Prestigious village address walking distance to top pub and shop.
- Excellent access to a303 trunk road to london and south west.
- Stone outbuilding configured as occasional bedroom/office with en suite shower room/wc.
- Must be viewed to be appreciated!
660 The Knapp is a stunning, end of terrace, period, Grade II listed, character, natural stone cottage dating back to 1856 and a former workers cottage built by Sherborne Castle Estates. It is situated in a highly sought-after village address with amazing countryside views at the front. It is within a short driving distance of Sherborne, Bruton and Wincanton town centre. The property boasts many appealing period features including flagstone floors, open fireplace, original front door and latch doors. This lovely home is enhanced by some double glazing and oil fired radiator central heating. There are great dog walks from nearby the front door. It boasts a lovely front garden with easterly aspect and a terraced rear garden enjoying lovely countryside views. There is driveway parking for two cars at the side. The traditional accommodation comprises entrance porch, sitting room, kitchen and rear lobby. On the first floor there is a double bedroom and a first floor family bathroom. At the rear of the property, there is an outbuilding that has been converted to provide an extra bedroom/office and en-suite shower room. The property is situated near the centre of the pretty village of Charlton Horethorne. The village offers The Kings Arms, an award winning superb public house hotel offering great food and ambience. There is also The Village Store awarded a National Treasures Award by Good Housekeeping 2020, active village hall and community, attractive central village green, primary school and church. Horse riding, walking and sporting opportunities are plentiful. Access to the A303 trunk road to London and the south west is good. It is only a short drive to the centres of Sherborne, Bruton and Wincanton towns. Bruton is particularly popular with ex-London buyers and offers Hauser & Wirth Somerset - a pioneering world-class gallery and multi-purpose arts center. It also boasts The Newt - a country estate with splendid gardens, woodland, hotel, restaurants and farmland. Sherborne has a coveted boutique high street and bustling out and about culture, markets, cafes, Waitrose store, restaurants, world famous private schools, breath-taking abbey building and mainline railway station making London Waterloo in just over two hours. This lovely property is perfect for those young couples looking for the ideal village home and who are making the most of the cheap mortgages available at the moment, cash rich buyers with Brexit nerves looking for somewhere to settle in this exceptional area or as a pied-a-terre, investors looking for holiday lets or residential buy-to-let investments. THIS COTTAGE HAS TO BE VIEWED INTERNALLY TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED.
Glazed front door leads to entrance porch, windows to the side and front, lovely views beyond the country lane to countryside and hills beyond, original period door leads to main reception room.
SITTING ROOM – 13’7 Maximum x 11’10 Maximum
A beautifully proportioned room enjoying a wealth of cottage character including flagstone floor, open fireplace, double glazed window to the front enjoying lovely countryside views beyond the country lane, TV aerial attachment, telephone point, radiator, cottage latch door leads from the sitting room to the kitchen.
KITCHEN – 9’1 Maximum x 10’11 Maximum
A range of hand painted panelled cottage-style kitchen units comprising solid beech work surface, decorative tiled surrounds, ceramic Belfast sink, a range of drawers and cupboards under, space for electric oven, space and plumbing for washing machine, floor-standing oil-fired central heating boiler, a range of matching wall mounted cupboards, space for upright fridge freezer, radiator, ceramic floor tiles, multi-pane window to the rear, door gives access to stairwell rising to the first floor, further door to under stairs storage cupboard space, door from the kitchen leads to rear porch, glazed door to the rear, window to the side. Stairwell rises from the kitchen to the first floor.
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
Doors lead off to the first floor rooms.
BEDROOM – 13’8 Maximum x 11’ Maximum
A generous double bedroom, double glazed window to the front, enjoys lovely countryside views beyond the country lane, radiator, double doors lead to fitted wardrobe cupboard space with cupboards above, ceiling hatch and ladder to insulated and boarded loft storage space with light and power connected.
FIRST FLOOR BATHROOM – 10’10 Maximum x 7’10 Maximum
A bathroom of generous proportions enjoying a white suite comprising fitted low level WC, wash basin over cupboard, tiled splash back, panelled bath with tiled surrounds, shower rail, wall mounted electric shower over, multi-pane window to garden, exposed timber floorboards, radiator, door leads to airing cupboard housing lagged hot water cylinder and immersion heater, slatted shelving.
OUTSIDE
Vehicular access from the country lane leads to driveway parking for one to two cars. There is a pretty front garden giving a depth of 21’6 from the country lane. The front garden is laid to flowerbeds, vegetable plots and paving and enjoys a selection of fruit trees and mature shrubs, outside lighting, shared pathway leads to the side and rear of the property, outside tap, oil tank, timber shed / log store.
A shared pathway continues at the rear of the property. At the rear of the property, latch door leads to stone-built outbuilding, this has been converted to provide occasional second bedroom.
STONE OUTBUILDING:
At the rear of the property, latch door leads to stone outbuilding. This has been converted to provide occasional second bedroom.
OCCASIONAL SECOND BEDROOM/OFFICE – 12’1 Maximum x 6’2 Maximum
Multi-pane period window to the front, radiator, ceramic floor tiles, entrance leads to en-suite shower room.
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM
A white suite comprising fitted low level WC, wall mounted wash basin, glazed shower cubicle with wall mounted electric shower over, extractor fan, ceramic floor tiles, chrome heated towel rail.
Shared pathway leads to the rear of the property, shared steps rise to the garden area.
PRIVATE GARDEN – 35’ in width x 35’ in depth
There is a paved patio seating terrace laid to stone chippings enjoying countryside views. Steps rise to a further portion of lawned garden enjoying a variety of flowerbeds and borders, inset wildlife fishpond, a variety of mature hedges and trees, detached timber potting shed.
Glazed front door leads to entrance porch, windows to the side and front, lovely views beyond the country lane to countryside and hills beyond, original period door leads to main reception room.
SITTING ROOM – 13’7 Maximum x 11’10 Maximum
A beautifully proportioned room enjoying a wealth of cottage character including flagstone floor, open fireplace, double glazed window to the front enjoying lovely countryside views beyond the country lane, TV aerial attachment, telephone point, radiator, cottage latch door leads from the sitting room to the kitchen.
KITCHEN – 9’1 Maximum x 10’11 Maximum
A range of hand painted panelled cottage-style kitchen units comprising solid beech work surface, decorative tiled surrounds, ceramic Belfast sink, a range of drawers and cupboards under, space for electric oven, space and plumbing for washing machine, floor-standing oil-fired central heating boiler, a range of matching wall mounted cupboards, space for upright fridge freezer, radiator, ceramic floor tiles, multi-pane window to the rear, door gives access to stairwell rising to the first floor, further door to under stairs storage cupboard space, door from the kitchen leads to rear porch, glazed door to the rear, window to the side. Stairwell rises from the kitchen to the first floor.
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
Doors lead off to the first floor rooms.
BEDROOM – 13’8 Maximum x 11’ Maximum
A generous double bedroom, double glazed window to the front, enjoys lovely countryside views beyond the country lane, radiator, double doors lead to fitted wardrobe cupboard space with cupboards above, ceiling hatch and ladder to insulated and boarded loft storage space with light and power connected.
FIRST FLOOR BATHROOM – 10’10 Maximum x 7’10 Maximum
A bathroom of generous proportions enjoying a white suite comprising fitted low level WC, wash basin over cupboard, tiled splash back, panelled bath with tiled surrounds, shower rail, wall mounted electric shower over, multi-pane window to garden, exposed timber floorboards, radiator, door leads to airing cupboard housing lagged hot water cylinder and immersion heater, slatted shelving.
OUTSIDE
Vehicular access from the country lane leads to driveway parking for one to two cars. There is a pretty front garden giving a depth of 21’6 from the country lane. The front garden is laid to flowerbeds, vegetable plots and paving and enjoys a selection of fruit trees and mature shrubs, outside lighting, shared pathway leads to the side and rear of the property, outside tap, oil tank, timber shed / log store.
A shared pathway continues at the rear of the property. At the rear of the property, latch door leads to stone-built outbuilding, this has been converted to provide occasional second bedroom.
STONE OUTBUILDING:
At the rear of the property, latch door leads to stone outbuilding. This has been converted to provide occasional second bedroom.
OCCASIONAL SECOND BEDROOM/OFFICE – 12’1 Maximum x 6’2 Maximum
Multi-pane period window to the front, radiator, ceramic floor tiles, entrance leads to en-suite shower room.
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM
A white suite comprising fitted low level WC, wall mounted wash basin, glazed shower cubicle with wall mounted electric shower over, extractor fan, ceramic floor tiles, chrome heated towel rail.
Shared pathway leads to the rear of the property, shared steps rise to the garden area.
PRIVATE GARDEN – 35’ in width x 35’ in depth
There is a paved patio seating terrace laid to stone chippings enjoying countryside views. Steps rise to a further portion of lawned garden enjoying a variety of flowerbeds and borders, inset wildlife fishpond, a variety of mature hedges and trees, detached timber potting shed.
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