4 Bedrooms Detached house for sale in Nether Compton, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 | £ 595,000
Overview
| Price: | £ 595,000 |
|---|---|
| Contract type: | For Sale |
| Type: | Detached house |
| County: | Dorset |
| Town: | Sherborne |
| Postcode: | DT9 |
| Address: | Nether Compton, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 |
| Bathrooms: | 3 |
| Bedrooms: | 4 |
Property Description
Fir Trees is a spacious, light and stylish house with well-appointed flexible accommodation. This lovely family home has been beautifully decorated and renovated to a high specification. The garden is large, offering huge potential. Its position beside the A30 does cause some traffic noise but this is outweighed by the quality and substance of the property as a whole. In addition it provides quick and easy access to Sherborne with main line train station to London, good local schools and Waitrose less than 5 minutes’ drive away. All the benefits of the countryside but without being miles down narrow lanes.
The house was originally built in1935 of brick beneath a tiled roof and has been fitted with new double glazed windows and doors throughout.
Accommodation
The front door leads into a lovely spacious hallway with plenty of room for freestanding furniture. The sitting room to one side has a large bay alcove with double doors to the front and there are bi-fold doors leading into the second sitting room – perfect to open up and create a super entertaining area. The log effect Calor gas fire with marble hearth has a new stainless steel flu fitted in the chimney for easy conversion to a log burner if preferred.
The dining room is double aspect, has wood flooring and leads into the fabulous kitchen/breakfast room. One is immediately drawn to the windows to enjoy the fabulous outlook over the garden. The Magnet kitchen has granite work surface, and excellent range of floor and wall units with soft close doors and drawers, 4 oven electric aims Aga, integral fridge/freezer and dishwasher.
Also to the ground floor is a cloakroom, and a very useful utility/store room.
Upstairs are four good size bedrooms, all beautifully decorated. The master bedroom has an excellent range of fitted wardrobes, a dressing area and very modern en-suite with large walk in power shower, bidet, low level wc and vanity unit with cupboards around. The family “Jack & Jill” bathroom has a freestanding bath, bidet, wc, vanity unit, cupboard with louvre doors and heated towel rail. There is a further shower room and separate cloakroom, all recently fitted.
The Master Bedroom suite has fitted wardrobes, dressing area and en suite shower room. There is also a sumptuous family bathroom with free standing bath, and separate shower room and WC
Fir Trees is approached through electric wooden gates to a tarmac parking and turning area. There are two garages with automatic doors (one with a workbench) and the front garden is laid to terrace with rose beds and a fountain.
The south facing gardens are a real delight and have been designed by the present owners. It is mostly laid to lawn with patio and gravelled seating areas strategically positioned.
The lawns and herbaceous borders lead up to a copse of larch trees and silver birch, all under planted with wild flower and spring bulbs including tulips, bluebells, crocus and daffodils. There is an insulated log cabin which has light and power - ideal for home office/art studio. There is also a large potting shed and greenhouse.
The present owners are wild life lovers and the garden is designed to attract a variety of bees and butterflies and birds (including greater spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, log tailed tits, goldfinch, gold crest, coal tits, tree creeper and mistle thrush).
Fir Trees lies on the edge of Nether Compton, described by The Daily Telegraph as 'one of the most beautiful villages in Dorset' and is set between the historic Abbey town of Sherborne and the regional centre of Yeovil. Both towns offer an excellent variety of shopping, recreational and cultural facilities.
Sherborne is particularly well known for a number of excellent schools, both in the private and state sectors. Independent schooling in the area includes Millfield, Hazlegrove, Leweston, the Bruton and Sherborne schools and Port Regis.
Communications in the area are good with nearby access to the A30 and A303, linking to the M3/M25 and London/Home Counties. There are main line railway stations in both Sherborne and Yeovil with a main line regular service to London Waterloo in just over two hours.
Sporting facilities in the area are vast, including golf at both Sherborne and Yeovil, racing at Wincanton, Taunton, Exeter and Bath
Property Location
Property Marketed by Symonds & Sampson - Sherborne
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