Classic Freehold Georgian style (1833) country house in a rural setting without near neighbours, on approx. 4 acres with its own spring water and river. The south facing private property, comprising a main house and separate coach house has panoramic views of the Wiltshire countryside and its own formal topiary gardens.In a rural setting without near neighbours, this classic south facing, Georgian style country house built from 1833 with late 1800s additions sits within approx. 4 acres and has panoramic views of the Wiltshire countryside. The land is without any public pathways. Built with brick and locally sourced Bath Stone under a Regency style slate roof, this is a rare private property incorporating a main house and separate coach house comprising:• Outer hall• Inner hall• Drawing room• Dining room• Eat-in kitchen• Billiard room/Library• Sitting room• Office• Upper hall• 5 Bedrooms• 3 Bathroom/Shower rooms• Separate Laundry• Lower ground floor storage rooms (ex servants’ quarters) with development potential• Wine Cellars with full head height.• Triple Garage Coach house (896 square feet)• Wood Shed• Greenhouse• Topiary gardens• Pond• Tennis court• Paddocks• Orchard• River• Own Spring water from well.The reception rooms feature high ceilings, original marble fireplaces and period sash windows and panelled doors. These are grand rooms for entertaining with great views across a formal topiary garden to the Great Ridge beyond. The dining room seats 12, and the 22 foot (7.29m) drawing room is large enough for a grand piano. A billiard room/library has built-in book shelves.The five bedrooms on the first floor are generously proportioned and have some great views over topiary gardens to the hills and ridgeline beyond. A sitting room (the former butler’s room) on the ground floor has an ensuite, if a sixth bedroom should be required.Grounds comprise formal gardens (1.7 acres), a home paddock, orchard, and woodland of 2.2 acres (plentiful supply of timber for the fire places). Further land maybe available by separate negotation. A tributary of the Wylye River crosses the land providing water to the paddocks. The lawns slope down towards the river and encompass a croquet lawn and a tennis court.The whole property sits within an aonb and the house is Grade 11 listed. The house has its own well with electric pump through 70 foot of chalk providing all the water for the house. This is high-quality spring water. The house also has its own sewerage system. The heating is oil fired central heating. The boiler was replaced with a Worcester boiler in 2017. The cost of electricity is low, the bills are £119.17, rising to £157.25/month in October 2022.Unless specifically mentioned in these particulars, all contents, fixtures and fittings, garden ornaments, statues, garden urns, rugs carpets and curtains are specifically excluded from the sale. Certain items may be available by separate negotiation.In adherence to the 1979 Estate Agents Act the agent here discloses that he is a connected party and is selling a family home.Council Band H - £4,062/annumServices: Own water; mains electricity; own sewerage sytem; oil fired central heating.Commute to London from Grateley station (24 miles away) to Waterloo in 1 hour 20 minutes.
£ 1,750,000
Delightful Grade II listed Georgian Manor House set within extensive grounds.DescriptionThis handsome Georgian manor house is believed to date from 1810, with late 19th Century additions. Constructed predominantly of limestone ashlar under a Welsh slate hipped roof, it retains a wealth of interesting period detail, including a number of original fireplaces, original floorboards, tripartite sash windows and intricate cornicing.The house is entered via an Ionic portico, with glazed outer doors and half-glazed inner door with fanlight above. The spacious, part-panelled reception hall is a particularly impressive room, with parquet flooring and a striking late 19th Century open well staircase, with twisted balusters and a moulded handrail.To one side is an elegant drawing room with a wide floor-to-ceiling bay window with working shutters, an open fire and glazed double doors to outside. Opposite is a well-proportioned dining room with shuttered windows, ornate cornicing and a marble fireplace. A pretty morning room, so named as it faces east to benefit from the morning sun, has a marble fireplace with flanking alcoves, wood panelling, ornate plaster cornice and original shutters. A study and a library, with a charming bay window and glazed door to the garden, can be accessed from both the hall and the dining room. There is an adjacent shower room/WC.The kitchen/breakfast room has wooden cabinetry, including a fitted floor-to-ceiling dresser, and a four-oven oil-fired Aga. It has access to the back stairs, that lead up to the first floor landing. From the kitchen is a large walk-in pantry, with both cupboards and extensive slate open shelving. The adjacent boiler room/utility has a butlers sink, wooden cupboards and work surfaces and a door into a courtyard. Stone steps lead from the back hall down to the wine cellar.The spacious galleried landing is another notable feature of the property. It offers access to six well-proportioned bedrooms, some of which have fireplaces. The principal bedroom benefits from an en suite dressing room and bathroom. Two of the remaining bedrooms have en suite shower rooms and there is a family bathroom and separate WC. A staircase leads from the landing to a sizeable attic, which is fully boarded out for storage, but with potential (with the relevant consents) be developed into further accommodation if required.The property includes a pretty three bedroom cottage, Manor Lodge, within the grounds. Built in around 2007 of stone under a thatched roof with stone mullion windows, it has its own private garden.The main house is approached through a wide entrance from the village road, through double wrought iron gates, onto a sweeping gravel driveway down to the house. A second gravel driveway, also accessed from the road via double wrought iron gates, leads down to a large area of parking in front of the coach house/garaging and the stables. The coach house is currently used for storage, but has space for garaging and a first floor storage room created from the former hay loft. There are three stables and a tack room within the charming stable building. The extensive south-facing gardens and grounds are laid predominantly to lawn, with an abundance ofmature specimen trees. Three paddocks run along the southern-most boundary of the property, one containing a dew pond playing host to a myriad of wildlife.LocationCodford St Peter is a sought-after village with a strong community spirit. It boasts an active village hall and a large range of amenities, including a shop, primary school, petrol station, cafe, 2 churches, doctors surgery, Woolstore Theatre and a social club.The picturesque Wylye Valley offers a range of rural pursuits, such as walking, cycling, riding and fishing. Racing can be found at Wincanton, Bath and Salisbury. Golf can be enjoyed at Rushmore, South Wilts and Orchardleigh, to name but a few. Warminster lies 7 miles to the north west, offering a comprehensive range of amenities, including a Waitrose supermarket.The Cathedral City of Salisbury is to be found 14 miles east and Bath 25 miles west, both of which offer a greater variety of entertainment and cultural opportunities. This area has become particularly popular because of the exceptional number of good schools at all levels, including Warminster School, Sherborne, Marlborough, Dauntseys, Port Regis, Sandroyd and Bryanston, as well as grammar and private schools in both Salisbury and Bath.Communications are excellent, with the A303/M3 providing access to London and the West Country. Mainline rail services run from Westbury to London Paddington (journey time 80 minutes) and from both Salisbury and Warminster to London Waterloo (journey time 90 minutes and 103 minutes respectively).All distances and travel times are approximate.Square Footage: 7,986 sq ftAcreage:5.49 AcresDirectionsdirections (BA12 0NF)From Salisbury, take the A36 through Wilton, continuing along the Wylye Valley towards Warminster. You will pass over the A303 and after approximately 3 more miles, turn right into Codford. Continue along the High Street until you pass a sign to the Village Hall and Social Centre on your left; shortly afterwards, the entrance to The Manor House will be found before the crest of the hill on the left hand side.All distances and travel times are approximate.Additional Infotenure : Freeholdlocal authority : Wiltshire Council – services : Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating and Aga.Fixtures & fittings : Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, all fixtures and fittings and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale.Outgoings : The property is subject to the following Council Tax Bands: The Manor House - Band H Manor Lodge - Band Aagent comment : Any development of the land will be subject to an existing overage clause up to July 2027. Further details are available from the agent.Viewing : Strictly by appointment with sole agents Savills.
£ 1,950,000
A handsome family home in a quiet no-through lane with outbuildings and a beautiful secluded garden.DescriptionBoreham Grange is an elegant family home, believed to date from 1556 with 18th and 19th Century additions. This unlisted property has spacious and flexible accommodation, stylishly refurbished by the current owners whilst still retaining numerous period features, such as high ceilings, large stone mullion windows, open fireplaces and benefitting from flagstone and parquet floors.Double oak doors open into an entrance lobby and through to an impressive panelled reception hall, with herringbone parquet floor and large Tudor style fireplace, with a stone surround. An internal window is believed to date from medieval times. The adjacent dual-aspect drawing room has a fireplace with a slate hearth and stone mullion window. Similarly, the dining room has a stone mullion bay window, a fireplace with a carved surround, tiled hearth and parquet flooring. A sitting room, with an oak floor, boasts a hand-made stone fireplace with a wood-burning stove. The kitchen/breakfast room, with bespoke handmade cabinetry, has a large central island, granite work surfaces, double Belfast sink, 4-oven aga, Miele hob and combination oven, along with integrated dishwasher and wine cooler. The light, bright dining end of the room has French doors onto a terrace. Adjacent to the kitchen, through double part-glazed doors, is a larder/ utility room, again with hand-made cabinetry, slate inset work surfaces, Belfast sink and original flagstone floor. A laundry/boot room has flagstone floors, hand-made cabinetry, double Belfast sink, granite work surfaces and plumbing for two washing machines. An inner hall, with a parquet floor, has a walk-in safe/gun safe and access to the study, again with parquet floor. Two cloakrooms/WC’s complete the ground floor and there is also access to the cellars.Upstairs is a galleried landing with access to the principal bedroom suite, with stone mullion bay window, dressing room and bathroom. There are three further large bedroom suites with en suite bath/ shower rooms (two also with the benefit of dressing rooms) and a further double bedroom. A drying room has a traditional ‘Sheila Maid’ clothes airer and fitted airing cupboard. On the second floor is the option for a separate annexe/flat for staff or family, in the form of a bedroom/sitting room, with separate kitchenette and bathroom.OutsideThe house has the benefit of being at the far end of a no-through lane and is approached through wrought-iron double gates into a gravel driveway in front of the house and the triple garage. The garage includes an electric car charge point and ample loft space above for storage.Behind the house, a sunny terrace bordered by rosemary and box hedging, is accessed from both the hall and the kitchen. A spectacular wisteria climbs this elevation. The secluded and private gardens, extending to just under 1.4 acres, have been landscaped to include a large expanse of lawn with herbaceous flower borders and a wide range of mature trees and shrubs. There is a brick summer house, with tiled roof, leaded windows, power and light and a part-walled log store. Towards the far end of the garden is a chicken run and a ‘wild garden’/play area with a variety of mature and unusual trees.A pretty, Grade II listed, brick and stone stable/outbuilding, with an internal mezzanine level, sits to one corner of the garden.LocationBoreham/Bishopstrow is a quiet area on the edge of the market town of Warminster, which has a good range of shopping and day-to-day amenities. There are wonderful walks from the footpath directly outside the property, opening out onto miles of open countryside towards Middle Hill, Battlesbury Hill and Scratchbury Hill.The beautiful Cathedral cities of Bath (about 16 miles from the house) and Salisbury (about 21 miles from the house) both offer a wide selection of shops, restaurants, arts and recreational facilities.Direct trains from Salisbury to London Waterloo have a journey time of approximately 90 minutes. Trains to London Waterloo run from Warminster (via Salisbury) and have an average journey time of 1.29 hours to 2 hours.Racing is available at Salisbury Racecourse and Wincanton and golf at Warminster and West Wilts Golf Clubs. This area is renowned for its fishing on the River Avon, Test and outlying chalk streams.The A303 provides access to the south west and London via the M3.There is a wide selection of both state and private schools in the area, including Warminster School, Dauntseys, Marlborough, Salisbury Cathedral School, Chafyn Grove and Godolphin, as well as Bishop Wordsworth and South Wilts Grammar Schools.All distances and travel times are approximate.Square Footage: 7,071 sq ftAcreage:1.37 AcresDirectionsdirections (BA12 9EY) From Salisbury, take the A36 towards Warminster. On reaching the first roundabout at the beginning of the Warminster by-pass, take the 4th exit signposted to Bishopstrow and Warminster. Follow the road into the outskirts of the town and, shortly after passing Bishopstrow House Hotel but before reaching the mini-roundabout, turn right into Grange Lane. Follow this lane to the end and Boreham Grange can be found directly in front of you.All distances and travel times are approximate.Additional Infotenure Freehold.Local authority Wiltshire Council – .Services Mains water, electricity and gas. Private drainage. Gas-fired central heating.Fixtures & fittings Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, all fixtures and fittings and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale.Outgoings The property is subject to Council Tax Band H.Viewings are strictly by appointment with Savills .
£ 2,000,000