6 bedroom house

Listed Grade II, Paynes Place House is a handsome Victorian family house which was originally the bailiff’s house for the Duke of Westminster. Built of green sandstone with mullioned windows under a pitched slate roof, over the years the property has been comprehensively refurbished and improved. Attributes worthy of special mention include a large entrance hall, three fine reception rooms, a large kitchen/breakfast room with AGA, iron-framed casement windows and timber-framed sash windows. The basement provides a useful utility area, the first floor bedrooms are all of a good size, while the second floor is currently arranged with two bedrooms, a sitting room, a playroom, a study and a shower room. Other attributes include the dining room’s impressive inglenook fireplace with a wood-burning stove and bread oven, and blue lias flooring which extends into the entrance hall. The other reception rooms have open fireplaces, as have a number of the bedrooms. The house comprises sensibly configured accommodation with light and impressive rooms, good ceiling heights and splendid views.

A shared tarmac drive leads to a gravelled parking area and a pathway to the front of the house, which has been paved and has created a useful courtyard with a glass covered well. The gardens of approximately 0.8 acres, lie predominately to the side of the house with areas of lawn, well-stocked shrub and herbaceous borders, with a thick belt of evergreen shrubs and trees including yew, laurel, pine and fir. There are a number of timber garden sheds and stores.

Paynes Place House is located on the north western fringe of Shaftesbury, a Saxon hilltop market town dating back to the times of Alfred the Great who founded the Abbey in the 9th Century. The town has a good range of facilities, which include cafes, restaurants, niche retailers, a boutique hotel, banks, supermarkets, a small hospital, library, health centre and an arts centre. More comprehensive facilities can be found in the Cathedral city of Salisbury to the east, Bath to the north and Sherborne to the west. There are mainline railway stations at both Gillingham and Tisbury (London Waterloo) and the A303 lies some 8 miles to the north, giving access to the south west and London, via the M3.



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