5 bedroom detached house

Built in 2016 by the highly regarded, local firm RE Pearce Properties, Atlas House has a lovely position backing onto farmland and is set well back off Bradford Road, one of Sherborne's best residential roads. It is built in a slightly elevated setting of mellow red brick under a clay tile roof and has a south-east/north-west axis that captures the best of the available natural light throughout the day. It is also beautifully presented with over 4,000 ft²of accommodation on three floors and has a wonderful overall feeling of space. The house has been designed to be extremely energy efficient and has clearly been carefully maintained from new by its current and only owners. The ground floor is largely floored with engineered oak and is dominated by the large L-shaped kitchen/living room, which occupies the ground floor's central area. This wonderful room provides a fantastic family-centric hub for day to day living and is open plan to the garden room at one end and the kitchen at the other. The garden room currently serves as a formal dining space. In addition, there is a good-sized study peacefully tucked away at the other end of the laundry/boot room. The size of the living room provides a large dining area adjacent to a well-equipped kitchen, which is fully fitted with units under white marble work surfaces and incorporates a large breakfast bar and a full range of built-in Neff appliances. The house has two upper two floors formed around a central galleried landing. There are five large double bedrooms in total with views over the surrounding rooftops to the countryside around the town. Three of the bedrooms are on the first floor and two are on the upper floor in the roof space. All the bedrooms have either an ensuite bath and shower room or an ensuite shower room and all bar one have built-in wardrobes.

The house is approached off Bedford Road via a gently rising, brick-paved driveway that levels out to a good-sized parking area in front of the property's integral double garage. In addition to plenty of parking space the grounds encompass a garden that is designed to be easily maintained and private. The garden extends to about a third of an acre and has two distinct areas. In front and beside the parking area is a paved terrace that extends out from the garden room before giving way to a gently sloping lawn with a magnificent cedar tree at its centre. Behind the house is a second wide, deep paved terrace fringed by raised beds, which in fine weather provides some partial shade during the heat of the day and captures the last of the sun's rays when used for entertaining in the evening.

Sherborne town centre 1 mile • Sherborne train station 1.5 miles (Waterloo 2.25 hours) • Yeovil 6 miles • Wincanton/A303 10 miles • Castle Cary station 14.5 miles (Paddington 90 minutes) Dorchester 18 miles ? Taunton J25 M5 30 miles ? Bristol Airport 41 miles (Distances and times approximate.

Atlas House is situated on the edge of the attractive abbey town of Sherborne, which has a wide range of shops including Waitrose and a large Sainsbury's along with a good selection of local businesses including GP, dental and veterinary surgeries. Sherborne station has a direct rail service to Waterloo (2.25 hours) and there is a direct service from Castle Cary to Paddington (90 minutes). Bournemouth, Bristol and Exeter Airports are all about one hour's drive. In addition, the local area offers a wide choice of schools, including the highly regarded Gryphon School and three
independent schools within the town