Post on 28-Sep-2020
MANOR FARMWEST CHELBOROUGH, DORCHESTER, DORSET
MANOR FARMWEST CHELBOROUGH, DORCHESTER, DORSET
A fine Grade II Listed period farmhouse with a barn, traditional outbuildings, large garden with a small paddock and situated in a delightful, small village
Entrance porch • Dining room • Drawing room • Sitting room • Study • Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room • Cloakroom
Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom • 4 Further bedrooms • 2 Further bathrooms
2 Attic bedrooms
Parking • Barn • Granary and cart shed • Dairy yard with 2 ranges of cattle byres Greenhouse
Garden and small paddock
In all about 2.22 acres (0.90 hectare)
(N.B. An additional paddock of 5.49 acres (2.22 hectares) may be available by separate negotiation)
Evershot 2½ miles • Beaminster 7½ miles • Yeovil 9 miles (London Waterloo 2½ hours) • Crewkerne 10½ miles • Dorchester 15 miles
(Distances and time approximate)
These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure.
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Dorset DT9 3PU
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Situation & AmenitiesSituated at the end of a No-Through lane, West
Chelborough is a small community of houses grouped
around the parish church. Surrounded by pretty
countryside in a very tranquil setting, the village is only
2½ miles from the neighbouring village of Evershot, which
has a church, The Acorn Inn public house, post office/
shop, bakery, village hall, doctor’s surgery, primary school
and the 5-star Summer Lodge Country House Hotel. For
further details go to www.evershot.org.
E Sticklands CE VA Primary School in Evershot
is 2½ miles away, with the closest secondary
school in Beaminster (7½ miles) or alternatively
The Gryphon School in Sherborne (13½ miles)
or Thomas Hardye in Dorchester. Nearby private
schools include Hazlegrove, the Sherborne
schools, Millfield and Perrott Hill.
S Beaminster (7½ miles) is an attractive little town
with several shops, 3 restaurants and 2 pubs
and Crewkerne (10½ miles) has a good range
of shops including a Waitrose supermarket, a
weekly country market and a monthly farmer’s
market. Yeovil and the county town of Dorchester
are both easily accessible.
t Sherborne, Dorchester, Yeovil and Poole all
provide excellent entertainment venues.
e There are several gastro pubs and restaurants
within the local area.
M The A356 and the A37 are both about 4 miles
away providing quick access to the main road
network.
T There is a mainline rail service nearby from Yeovil
to London Waterloo, taking about 2½ hours.
A Bournemouth Airport and Exeter International
Airport are both just over an hour’s drive away
offering connections within the UK and to many
international destinations.
Manor Farm
Originally built in the 16th century and subsequently re-
fashioned in the 18th century, with an east range added
in the 17th century, Manor Farm is a fine Grade II listed
example of a larger, 2 storey Dorset farmhouse and is built
of local stone under a Welsh slate roof with stone tiled
eaves. The property has great charm and character and
has been owned by the same family since 1962. It retains
many period features including fine fireplaces, stone mullion
windows, window seats and ceiling timbers. From the
entrance porch, a door opens into the dining room, which
has a fireplace and carved chequer-board ceiling timbers.
On one side a door leads through to the kitchen/breakfast
room, which has a tiled floor and is fitted with a range of
painted wall and floor-mounted units and a 4 oven oil-fired
AGA (green), with a further door leading through to the utility
room. A stone-flagged corridor leads off the dining room,
with doors off to the cloakroom and the reception rooms
of the house. These include the light and airy study, which
has windows on two sides and has a fitted bookcase, and
the sitting room, which overlooks the garden and has a
fine stone fireplace. At the far end of the corridor double
doors open to the drawing room, which also has windows
on two sides, an inglenook fireplace, a window seat and
ceiling timbers. On the first floor off the landing are the
master bedroom with walk-through dressing area and
en-suite bathroom, three further double bedrooms, a single
bedroom and two bathrooms. A broad secondary staircase
rises to the attics, which have been converted to provide
two further double bedrooms off a central landing.
Gardens & Outbuildings
Manor Farm is approached via a tarmac drive leading to a
parking and turning area in front of the house. Immediately
facing the house are a traditional stone-built threshing
barn dating from the mid-18th century and a stone built
granary and cart shed incorporating a boarded upper floor
and two stables. Behind the barn is a concrete former
dairy yard with stone-built cow byres on two sides.
The garden lies to the sides and rear of the house, with
an extensive lawn bounded by shrub borders on one
side, a further lawn to the rear of the house enclosed
by mature hedging leading to a pretty parterre garden
planted with perennials and shrub roses. On the other
side of the house is a stand of mixed specimen trees,
a vegetable garden and greenhouse. A small triangular
area of sloping paddock to the south. In all the garden
extends to about 2.22 acres (0.90 hectare). (N.B. An
additional 5.49 acres (2.22 hectares) of pasture may be
available by separate negotiation).
Services: Mains electricity. Water supplied via a private
metered supply charged at Wessex Water rate. Private
drainage. Oil-fi red central heating & AGA. Bottled Calor
Gas.
Fixtures & Fittings: All those items regarded as
tenant’s fi xtures and fi ttings, together with the fi tted
carpets, curtains and light fi ttings, are specifi cally
excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be
available by separate negotiation.
Tenure: Freehold
Council Tax Band: G
Local Authority: West Dorset District Council Tel:
01305 251010
Directions (Postcode DT2 0PY)From Yeovil take the A37 towards Dorchester for just
over 3 miles and turn right, signed to Halstock (3 miles).
Continue on this road for 4¼ miles to a staggered
crossroads. At the crossroads turn right on to a
No-Through road (White Lane) to West Chelborough
(old-fashioned signpost). Continue along the lane for
just over a mile into the village. The entrance to the
Manor Farm drive is on the left about 30 yards before
the church.
ViewingsAll viewings are by appointment with the sole agents
Knight Frank LLP.
BP4.491.82
Important Notice:
Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only.Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must fi nd out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice.
Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC305934. Our registered offi ce is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names. Photographs: April 2017 Particulars: May 2017. Kingfi sher Print and Design. 01803 867087.
Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area
434.2 sq m / 4674 sq ft
(Excluding Void)
First Floor
Ground Floor
Reception
Bedroom
Bathroom
Kitchen/Utility
Storage
Recreation
This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan,please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them.
Second Floor
First Floor
Ground Floor
Reception
Bedroom
Bathroom
Kitchen/Utility
Storage
Second Floor