5 bedroom house

A charming five bedroom detached period farmhouse with outbuildings and grounds amounting to approximately 1.84 acres, set in a private and peaceful country location. No onward chain. EPC Band F.

Offered to the market with no chain, The Old Farmhouse is built of attractive stone and brick elevations, with later additions, under a tiled roof. Under the current ownership, the property has been well maintained as a family home, with some modernisation now required in parts. The house offers extensive and versatile accommodation which will suit a whole range of buyers either as a private home, someone working from home or for those looking for excellent potential for a self-contained annexe.

The accommodation is well presented and character features typical of its age and type include high ceilings, exposed beams and an inglenook fireplace. The excellent amenities include: oil fired central heating, UPVC sealed unit windows, well equipped kitchen with comprehensive units plus Indesit electric oven, five ring LPG gas hob and extractor hood. 

The accommodation extends to: Ground floor- porch, boot room, welcoming reception hall staircase and under stairs cupboard, living room with inglenook fireplace and woodburner inset, dual aspect study, kitchen/dining room with outlook and double doors to gardens, utility, store and ground floor double bedroom with ensuite facilities. First floor- large landing, principal bedroom suite, bedroom/dressing room with ensuite bathroom, three further bedrooms all served by the family bathroom.
The property also benefits from a useful range of outbuildings (with conversion potential, subject to planning), plenty of parking and secluded, private gardens.

Mains Water and Electric.  Oil Central Heating.  Private Drainage.  Band F Council tax.

The Old Farmhouse is positioned on the edge of the popular village of Leigh which itself lies in the beautiful Dorset countryside to the south of the historic Abbey town of Sherborne and the local regional centre of Yeovil. The village has a church, a garage/shop and a village hall to its centre, while both Sherborne and Yeovil lie within short motoring distance providing between them an excellent range of cultural, recreational and shopping facilities.  Sporting, walking and riding area with many walks to be had from the village itself while the region is well known for both its public and privately funded schooling.  Communication links are good with a railway station at nearby Yetminster on the Weymouth to Bath and Bristol line. A main line station at Sherborne links directly with London Waterloo while road links are along the A303 joined at Wincanton giving swift access to London and the Home Counties along the M3, M25 route.

The property is accessed via a byway open to all traffic (BOAT) turning into a gravelled area with ample parking and turning space for larger vehicles such as a horsebox or camper van.  There is a timber barn/store in the yard measuring approximately 23’7” x 35’, subject to necessary consent, this building has potential for conversion to ancillary accommodation.  The yard provides access to the paddock and gardens measuring approximately 1.84 acres in total.  The gardens are predominantly laid to lawn with a stone outbuilding, gardeners loo and former well. There is an additional area of garden to the front of the property, facing the road.

Marketed by: Greenslade Taylor Hunt, Sherborne