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Floorplan
Map4 bedroom detached house
Sold STC
Detached house
4 beds
2 baths
1,894 sq ft / 176 sq m
EPC rating: E
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Ask agent
Broadband: Super-fast 77Mbps *
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Features and description
A wonderful family home full of charm & character situated in the heart of a pretty Nadder Valley village with elegant accommodation, further potential & a lovely Southwest facing garden
Property
A particularly attractive detached village residence thought to date from the late 17th Century with a mix of Chilmark stone & rendered elevations with mellow clay roofs and stone mullioned widows. Over the last 20 years the property has been comprehensively and sympathetically refurbished and extended with great care taken to retain and indeed, enhance the original period character features. This has resulted in the creation of a beautifully presented home with elegant and versatile accommodation which offers scope to make further alterations including the conversion of the voluminous attic space (subject to consent). The property is not Listed.
Internally the property has a lovely feeling of charm and grace with the living area on the ground floor comprising a spacious drawing room with an open fire, a good-sized L shaped sitting/family room and a handsome dining room. The three principal reception rooms all have a southwesterly aspect overlooking the garden.. The well fitted kitchen adjoins an orangery style garden/breakfast room and has the potential to be opened up to the dining room. There is also a hall, cloakroom and a boot room on this level. Upstairs there are four bedrooms which all look out over the garden and include a master bedroom with an en-suite shower room as well as a family bathroom.
Outside
The house enjoys the benefit of a wonderfully landscaped southwesterly facing garden that has been stocked with an interesting variety of flowers, shrubs, roses and ornamental trees making it an absolute delight. The back of the house is covered with climbing roses, wisteria and clematis with a wide stone paved terrace ideal for outside dining and which opens out to the lawn which is bordered by mature hedging and herbaceous borders. Towards the end of the garden is a further area of lawn, mature beech and cherry trees and a pea shingle drive accessed off Beckett’s Lane providing off street parking and which leads to a wooden garage/workshop with power & light and an adjoining store (requiring repair).
Situation The Cross is situated in the heart of the attractive village of Chilmark, renowned for its pretty stone cottages and houses. The village has a primary school, 13th Century church, reading room, cricket club and a fine traditional country pub, The Black Dog Inn. The larger village of Tisbury is just three miles away and has established a fine reputation for the quality of its independent shops as well as its wide range of amenities that include a sports/community centre, garage, doctor and dentist surgeries, vets and a train station with direct rail services to London (Waterloo 1hr 50 mins). It is also the home of Messums Wiltshire, a contemporary art centre and gallery housed in a magnificent historic tithe barn.
Chilmark is located midway between the Saxon hilltop market town of Shaftesbury and the medieval cathedral city of Salisbury, both being around 11 miles distant. The former has a good range of shops and facilities and is famous for the picturesque steeply cobbled street of Gold Hill whilst the latter has more comprehensive shopping, arts and leisure facilities, a railway station, and district hospital. The area’s other principal towns including Bath, Sherborne and Warminster are within easy striking distance as is the South Coast whilst the West Country and London are accessible via the A303/M3. Many families are drawn to South Wiltshire by the quality of life and the many excellent state and private schools that the area provides.
Set amidst the glorious undulating countryside of the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB, Chilmark is an excellent base from which to explore the many miles of footpaths and bridleways in the area 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 highly regarded 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.
Tenure: Freehold
EPC Energy Efficiency Rating
Current: 47 - Please refer to the agents for the complete EPC.
Property
A particularly attractive detached village residence thought to date from the late 17th Century with a mix of Chilmark stone & rendered elevations with mellow clay roofs and stone mullioned widows. Over the last 20 years the property has been comprehensively and sympathetically refurbished and extended with great care taken to retain and indeed, enhance the original period character features. This has resulted in the creation of a beautifully presented home with elegant and versatile accommodation which offers scope to make further alterations including the conversion of the voluminous attic space (subject to consent). The property is not Listed.
Internally the property has a lovely feeling of charm and grace with the living area on the ground floor comprising a spacious drawing room with an open fire, a good-sized L shaped sitting/family room and a handsome dining room. The three principal reception rooms all have a southwesterly aspect overlooking the garden.. The well fitted kitchen adjoins an orangery style garden/breakfast room and has the potential to be opened up to the dining room. There is also a hall, cloakroom and a boot room on this level. Upstairs there are four bedrooms which all look out over the garden and include a master bedroom with an en-suite shower room as well as a family bathroom.
Outside
The house enjoys the benefit of a wonderfully landscaped southwesterly facing garden that has been stocked with an interesting variety of flowers, shrubs, roses and ornamental trees making it an absolute delight. The back of the house is covered with climbing roses, wisteria and clematis with a wide stone paved terrace ideal for outside dining and which opens out to the lawn which is bordered by mature hedging and herbaceous borders. Towards the end of the garden is a further area of lawn, mature beech and cherry trees and a pea shingle drive accessed off Beckett’s Lane providing off street parking and which leads to a wooden garage/workshop with power & light and an adjoining store (requiring repair).
Situation The Cross is situated in the heart of the attractive village of Chilmark, renowned for its pretty stone cottages and houses. The village has a primary school, 13th Century church, reading room, cricket club and a fine traditional country pub, The Black Dog Inn. The larger village of Tisbury is just three miles away and has established a fine reputation for the quality of its independent shops as well as its wide range of amenities that include a sports/community centre, garage, doctor and dentist surgeries, vets and a train station with direct rail services to London (Waterloo 1hr 50 mins). It is also the home of Messums Wiltshire, a contemporary art centre and gallery housed in a magnificent historic tithe barn.
Chilmark is located midway between the Saxon hilltop market town of Shaftesbury and the medieval cathedral city of Salisbury, both being around 11 miles distant. The former has a good range of shops and facilities and is famous for the picturesque steeply cobbled street of Gold Hill whilst the latter has more comprehensive shopping, arts and leisure facilities, a railway station, and district hospital. The area’s other principal towns including Bath, Sherborne and Warminster are within easy striking distance as is the South Coast whilst the West Country and London are accessible via the A303/M3. Many families are drawn to South Wiltshire by the quality of life and the many excellent state and private schools that the area provides.
Set amidst the glorious undulating countryside of the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB, Chilmark is an excellent base from which to explore the many miles of footpaths and bridleways in the area 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 highly regarded 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.
Tenure: Freehold
EPC Energy Efficiency Rating
Current: 47 - Please refer to the agents for the complete EPC.
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