No longer on the market
This property is no longer on the market
Floorplan
Map4 bedroom detached house
Sold STC
Detached house
4 beds
2 baths
1949
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band E
Broadband: Super-fast 33Mbps *
Mobile signal:
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Features and description
- Refurbishment Opportunity
- Popular Village
- 4 Acres of Land
- Outbuildings
Unlisted and originally two cottages of period origins, Roseneath has a handsome dressed green sandstone facade under a pitched slate roof, and stands in grounds of approximately 4.75 acres, set back from the lane behind tall hedging. Roseneath offers an exciting opportunity to completely re-furbish and extend (subject to the normal consents). The property has a large well proportioned sitting room and dining room both with open fireplaces with inset woodburners, the latter having an attractive blue lias stone floor. On the first floor there is a large principal bedroom with en-suite bathroom and three further bedrooms. In addition there is a former garage outbuilding which could be put to a variety of alternative uses including ancillary accommodation (subject to the usual consents).
OUTSIDE:
The property is approached off the lane onto a car parking area in front of the garage. There is a small area of garden at the front bordered by tall hedging screening Roseneath from the lane. The majority of the garden is to the rear with a paved terrace extending along the rear facade. The garden in principally to grass with flower and shrub beds with a wide variety of trees including silver birch, eucalyptus, oak, hazel, acacia and weeping willow. To the side of the property there is a former vegetable garden with greenhouse, and a number of soft fruit trees including apple and plum.
THE LAND:
The paddock extends to approximately 4 acres, adjoins the rear garden and has vehicular access off Leigh Lane; it is level and well screened from the road by a thick belt of indigenous trees including oak, chestnut, field maple and hazel. The former stables can be approached off Leigh Lane and there is a field gate at the end of the lane providing access for agricultural machinery.
EPC: Band F
Roseneath is situated on the southern fringe of East Knoyle, a popular and pretty village which is also the birthplace of Sir Christopher Wren. East Knoyle has a highly regarded village post office and shop while Shaftesbury has an excellent range of facilities including supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, niche retailers, a boutique hotel, banks, a small hospital, a library, a health centre and an arts centre. In nearby Gillingham and Tisbury there are mainline railway stations (London Waterloo), while the former also has a good selection of supermarkets; there are a wider range of facilities in Sherborne, Bath and Salisbury. The A303 lies approximately a mile and a half to the north giving access to the south west and London, via the M3.
OUTSIDE:
The property is approached off the lane onto a car parking area in front of the garage. There is a small area of garden at the front bordered by tall hedging screening Roseneath from the lane. The majority of the garden is to the rear with a paved terrace extending along the rear facade. The garden in principally to grass with flower and shrub beds with a wide variety of trees including silver birch, eucalyptus, oak, hazel, acacia and weeping willow. To the side of the property there is a former vegetable garden with greenhouse, and a number of soft fruit trees including apple and plum.
THE LAND:
The paddock extends to approximately 4 acres, adjoins the rear garden and has vehicular access off Leigh Lane; it is level and well screened from the road by a thick belt of indigenous trees including oak, chestnut, field maple and hazel. The former stables can be approached off Leigh Lane and there is a field gate at the end of the lane providing access for agricultural machinery.
EPC: Band F
Roseneath is situated on the southern fringe of East Knoyle, a popular and pretty village which is also the birthplace of Sir Christopher Wren. East Knoyle has a highly regarded village post office and shop while Shaftesbury has an excellent range of facilities including supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, niche retailers, a boutique hotel, banks, a small hospital, a library, a health centre and an arts centre. In nearby Gillingham and Tisbury there are mainline railway stations (London Waterloo), while the former also has a good selection of supermarkets; there are a wider range of facilities in Sherborne, Bath and Salisbury. The A303 lies approximately a mile and a half to the north giving access to the south west and London, via the M3.
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Our office is located in the centre of Shaftesbury, and is one of eight offices covering the West Country, giving us a reach unrivalled by any other national sales agency. We specialise in the sale and valuation of a broad range of properties in North Dorset, West Wiltshire and South-East Somerset. The key to the success of the Shaftesbury office is personal Director level service, high quality marketing and presentation combined with detailed local and regional knowledge and national connections. We are independently owned businesses that make decisions on how best to market your property, to the strength of our local market working closely with our neighbouring and national offices. Jackson-Stops has more than a century of experience in the property market with 45 offices nationwide, from Cheshire and Yorkshire in the north, through East Anglia, the South East of England and onwards to the West Country, including a London based International Department. Our eight London offices are an important source of buyers looking for homes in the West Country. All our properties are marketed on onthemarket.com Our area is particularly well known for its educational facilities, with a highly regarded range of private and state schools and good communications. The A303 lies six miles to the north of Shaftesbury, giving access to London via the M3, and there are mainline railway stations at Tisbury and Gillingham (London Waterloo) and at Castle Cary, Westbury and Frome (London Paddington). Our Professional Valuation Department is run by Julian Bunkall FRICS with over 35 years' experience, and covers Dorset, South Somerset, South Wiltshire and Devon.