5 bedroom detached house

The freehold of an elegant and impressive property in the form of a large apartment set over two floors and located in extensive grounds with a walled garden, which was designed by RHS Gold Medal winner Robert Kennett, with a summer room and kitchen.

1 Horsington House is a duplex apartment comprising the principal ground and first floor rooms of an imposing Grade II listed country house set in rolling countryside with fine views over Blackmore Vale. Dating from the early 19th century, the house was converted into four apartments twenty years ago to ensure an optimum degree of privacy. Included in the sale is the freehold of the house itself, about 5 acres of gardens and grounds, garaging, a tennis court, an orchard and a stunning walled garden with summer room and machinery stores. The apartment is approached off a communal entrance hall and has three reception rooms on the ground floor including a sitting room with a double height domed plasterwork ceiling. All the reception rooms have French doors, flooding them with light and offering views over the garden and grounds. It also has a good sized kitchen/breakfast room and a cloakroom. On the first floor there is a principal bedroom with ensuite marble bathroom and dressing room and three further bedrooms (two ensuite), one of which is currently used as a study/home office. The entire property was upgraded seven years ago with new plumbing, electrics and new bathrooms and kitchen. It is approached down a long, tree-lined private drive which terminates in a parking area and courtyard garden. The grounds extend to 5 acres around three sides of the property and provide a private, peaceful setting with lovely views over Blackmore Vale and feature flower borders, hedging, woodland, a small orchard and a beautiful 1 acre walled garden.

Templecombe 1 mile (London Waterloo just over 2 hours). Wincanton/A303 4½ miles • The Newt, Somerset 5 miles • Bruton / Hauser & Wirth 6 miles • Castle Cary 8 miles (London Paddington 90 minutes on the fast train) • Gillingham 9 miles • Sherborne 10 miles.
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The small village of Horsington lies within a Conservation Area and the property is situated on the edge of the village adjacent to the parish church of St John the Baptist. Many of the properties in the village are stone-built and the village is surrounded by farmland. In addition to the church, the village also has a village hall and a well-regarded Church of England primary school. Nearby Templecombe, in addition to the mainline railway station, has a doctors' surgery, a post office and a well stocked supermarket. As well as nearby Wincanton, the historic abbey town of Sherborne is 10 miles to the south west and boasts an excellent range of independent shops, as well as Waitrose and Sainsburys supermarket.