A superbly positioned 3 bedroom cottage close to the Fonthill Estate with outstanding rural views.

Mulberry Cottage, 5 Stop Street is a 3 bedroom detached village home in good condition throughout with spacious accommodation and stunning views.  The property has a charming facade to both front and back with attractive red brick, stone surrounding certain windows and a pitched clay tiled roof.  Internally the property has an entrance hall with stairs to the first floor, a door leading through to a cloakroom with WC and wash hand basin with storage below.  The large kitchen/dining room has a good selection of base and wall mounted storage units, integrated dishwasher and fridge, one and a half bowl sink with drainer, electric hob and oven.  There is an attractive tiled floor and two cupboards under the stairs, one housing the Grant oil fired boiler and the other the hot water cylinder.  Adjoining the kitchen is a useful utility room with butler sink and space for further storage.  The sitting room is a large square room with French doors leading on to the garden, an attractive stone fireplace and stylish built in cupboards.  On the first floor a landing leads to all 3 bedrooms and the bathroom.  Bedroom one is a large double with a wonderful rural view.  Bedroom two is a double with attractive built-in wardrobes and bedroom three is a smaller double, again with lovely views.  The family bathroom has a half bath with a separate large shower, WC and wash hand basin.  The accommodation has been well looked after and is presented in very good order.  Externally the garden is a particular feature for this property and has been lovingly cared for over the years.  There is a great array of mature and well stocked flower borders as well as a lovely patio overlooking fields at the bottom of the garden.  The entire plot measures some 0.5 acres and has a wonderful rural setting.  In the garden there is a very useful studio which is highly versatile and could be used for hobbies and activities or as an office.  The studio is double glazed and has electric heating and has a WC, wash hand basin and shower.  The studio has its own septic tank. There is a drive to the left side of the house which provides parking but also leads to a useful wooden double garage positioned in the garden.

Fonthill Gifford is a pretty village at the heart of the Nadder Valley surrounded by picturesque Wiltshire countryside. The village is home to the renowned Beckford Arms Hotel and local services are close by in Tisbury, a thriving village with a good range of shops, a doctors, dentist and cafes. A wider range of services and amenities are a short drive away in Salisbury or Shaftesbury to the South.  The immediate area offers some of the best opportunities for riding, cycling and walking, shooting and fishing. Transport links are excellent with easy access onto the A303/M3 and Tisbury offers a mainline railway station with services to London Waterloo.

Mulberry Cottage has quite wonderful gardens of over 0.5 acres and is a gardener’s dream.  To the side of the property there is off road parking for one vehicle which leads to a grassed drive down to a wooden structured double garage which has power and lighting and then a further utility building behind the garage with water and power.  Leading from the property itself there is a large patio area ideal for BBQ’s and parties.  There is a lawn area leading immediately from the patio which is edged by mature and productive flower borders.  There is a great variety of specimen trees throughout the garden and at the bottom of the garden there is a further large lawned area edged by specimen and fruit trees. There is a very useful studio which is highly versatile and could be used for hobbies and activities or as an office.  The studio is double glazed and has electric heating and has a WC, wash hand basin and shower.

Council Tax Band E.

Mains water and electricity are available to the property. Oil fired central heating and then there are two septic tanks for the house, one for the garden and one for the studio.

Leave Salisbury heading west on the A36 towards Warminster turning left at the Wilton roundabout onto the A30 to Shaftesbury.  At Barford St Martin fork right on the sharp bend onto the B3089 to Mere and Hindon.  Proceed through the villages of Dinton, Teffont and Chilmark and on reaching Fonthill Bishop turn left at the green and go under the arch through the park up to cross roads opposite The Beckford Arms.  Turn right and follow the lane through Fonthill Gifford passing the church on the left and after about half a mile on a sharp left hand bend you will see a telephone box and the entrance to Stop Street on the left.  Turn into Stop Street and No.5 is about half way up on the left hand side.