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Map5 bedroom detached house
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Ground source heat pump
Solar PV
Detached house
5 beds
5 baths
4983
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band G
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
Features and description
- Five bedroom (three en suite) farmhouse of 4,983 sq ft.
- Pretty grounds including walled gardens, swimming pool and Hartley Botanic greenhouse.
- Extensive domestic stores and outbuildings.
- About 1.57 acres.
- Further land and buildings available by negotiation.
- EPC Rating = E
Approached down a private drive, a substantial five bedroom farmhouse with a yard of outbuildings.
Description
MOORCOURT FARMHOUSE
Bought by the current owners in 2008, Moorcourt Farm is a stone farmhouse dating back in part to the 18th century and mid-19th century. Approached down a private drive with electric gates, it is not listed and was formerly a tenanted farm which has been carefully renovated and extended to create a substantial five bedroom home of over 4,900sqft.
The property is well suited to family living and offers a balance of living rooms on the ground floor, five good bedrooms on the first floor, and an excellent home office on the second floor. The day to day entrance leads into a central hall, with the kitchen/ breakfast room to one side and the family snug and utility room just off. The sun room faces south and connects to the inner hall, with dining room and sitting room with a wonderful inglenook fireplace. Both are excellent rooms to entertain and the sitting room opens out on both sides of the garden.
The first floor provides a superb principal bedroom, dual aspect, with an en suite bathroom and adjoining dressing room. There are two guest bedrooms, one with en suite bathroom and the other with an en suite shower room. Two further bedrooms share a family bathroom. The second floor provides a large home office with a further shower room; this could easily be used as additional bedroom accommodation or indeed be a self-contained flat.
Adjoining the main house is a run of domestic outbuildings providing the plant room, wine store and general stores. The house stands within grounds of 1.57 acres, including two walled gardens; one to the south of the house where there is also a lovely Hartley Botanic greenhouse as well as the heated swimming pool. There is a sunken courtyard garden and raised vegetable beds as well as a further stone outbuilding. The walled garden to the front and west of the house has been carefully planted and landscaped, with maturing specimen trees and shrubs, a pond with waterfall, and a west facing terrace.
To the north of the farmhouse is an L-shaped yard of traditional farm buildings, formerly livestock pens and barns. They now provide domestic barns for the house and comprise a carport, garden and machinery storage, stables and ancillary stores. There is scope for further development and use, subject to the usual planning permissions.
Location
Moorcourt Farm is situated in Moorside, a little hamlet to the east of the popular village of Marnhull and southwest of the market town of Shaftesbury. The house lies down a quiet lane with far reaching views over the Dorset countryside. Marnhull has an excellent range of local facilities including a number of churches, a doctor’s surgery and a variety of shops and pubs. More extensive shopping, business and recreational facilities are available in Shaftesbury, Gillingham and the Abbey town of Sherborne.
Access to the A303 is joined at Wincanton to the north, linking with the M3 to London and the wider national motorway network. Regular services run from the mainline railway stations at Gillingham (London Waterloo from 2 hours) and Castle Cary (London Paddington from 92 minutes).
Bournemouth and Bristol Airports are all easily accessible offering connections around the UK, Europe and to other destinations. All distances and travel times are approximate.
Golf at Blandford, Sherborne, Yeovil and Dorchester (Came Down). Water sports, sea fishing and sailing are available on the Dorset Coast. National Hunt racing is at Wincanton and Taunton; flat racing is at Bath and Salisbury.
The area is served by excellent schools both in the public and private sectors. These include Hanford, the Sherborne Schools, Leweston, Bryanston, Port Regis, Hazlegrove, Sandroyd and Canford.
Square Footage: 4,983 sq ft
Acreage: 1.57 Acres
Directions
DT10 1HH : What3words: ///northward.cosmetic.period
Additional Info
Services : Mains water and electricity. Private drainage (waste treatment plant). Solar PV input to electricity supply. Ground source heat pump.
Fixtures and Fittings : Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, all fixtures and fittings and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale.
Viewings : Strictly by appointment with joint sole agents Savills or Symonds & Sampson.
Description
MOORCOURT FARMHOUSE
Bought by the current owners in 2008, Moorcourt Farm is a stone farmhouse dating back in part to the 18th century and mid-19th century. Approached down a private drive with electric gates, it is not listed and was formerly a tenanted farm which has been carefully renovated and extended to create a substantial five bedroom home of over 4,900sqft.
The property is well suited to family living and offers a balance of living rooms on the ground floor, five good bedrooms on the first floor, and an excellent home office on the second floor. The day to day entrance leads into a central hall, with the kitchen/ breakfast room to one side and the family snug and utility room just off. The sun room faces south and connects to the inner hall, with dining room and sitting room with a wonderful inglenook fireplace. Both are excellent rooms to entertain and the sitting room opens out on both sides of the garden.
The first floor provides a superb principal bedroom, dual aspect, with an en suite bathroom and adjoining dressing room. There are two guest bedrooms, one with en suite bathroom and the other with an en suite shower room. Two further bedrooms share a family bathroom. The second floor provides a large home office with a further shower room; this could easily be used as additional bedroom accommodation or indeed be a self-contained flat.
Adjoining the main house is a run of domestic outbuildings providing the plant room, wine store and general stores. The house stands within grounds of 1.57 acres, including two walled gardens; one to the south of the house where there is also a lovely Hartley Botanic greenhouse as well as the heated swimming pool. There is a sunken courtyard garden and raised vegetable beds as well as a further stone outbuilding. The walled garden to the front and west of the house has been carefully planted and landscaped, with maturing specimen trees and shrubs, a pond with waterfall, and a west facing terrace.
To the north of the farmhouse is an L-shaped yard of traditional farm buildings, formerly livestock pens and barns. They now provide domestic barns for the house and comprise a carport, garden and machinery storage, stables and ancillary stores. There is scope for further development and use, subject to the usual planning permissions.
Location
Moorcourt Farm is situated in Moorside, a little hamlet to the east of the popular village of Marnhull and southwest of the market town of Shaftesbury. The house lies down a quiet lane with far reaching views over the Dorset countryside. Marnhull has an excellent range of local facilities including a number of churches, a doctor’s surgery and a variety of shops and pubs. More extensive shopping, business and recreational facilities are available in Shaftesbury, Gillingham and the Abbey town of Sherborne.
Access to the A303 is joined at Wincanton to the north, linking with the M3 to London and the wider national motorway network. Regular services run from the mainline railway stations at Gillingham (London Waterloo from 2 hours) and Castle Cary (London Paddington from 92 minutes).
Bournemouth and Bristol Airports are all easily accessible offering connections around the UK, Europe and to other destinations. All distances and travel times are approximate.
Golf at Blandford, Sherborne, Yeovil and Dorchester (Came Down). Water sports, sea fishing and sailing are available on the Dorset Coast. National Hunt racing is at Wincanton and Taunton; flat racing is at Bath and Salisbury.
The area is served by excellent schools both in the public and private sectors. These include Hanford, the Sherborne Schools, Leweston, Bryanston, Port Regis, Hazlegrove, Sandroyd and Canford.
Square Footage: 4,983 sq ft
Acreage: 1.57 Acres
Directions
DT10 1HH : What3words: ///northward.cosmetic.period
Additional Info
Services : Mains water and electricity. Private drainage (waste treatment plant). Solar PV input to electricity supply. Ground source heat pump.
Fixtures and Fittings : Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, all fixtures and fittings and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale.
Viewings : Strictly by appointment with joint sole agents Savills or Symonds & Sampson.
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