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Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band F
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Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- Spectacular far reaching views
- Short walk to the high street
- Spacious, adaptable accommodation
- Garage/Outbuilding
- Car parking
Listed Grade II with an early 19th century façade of cut green sandstone with an attractive semi-circular fan light, Old School House is a handsome property with features characteristic of the era, with far reaching north -westerly views. The property has nicely proportioned rooms with good ceiling heights, large sash windows and cornicing. Other attributes include open fireplaces in the drawing and dining rooms with a jet master fire and an inset wood burner respectively, along with a dumb waiter connecting the kitchen/breakfast room and music room. Works have included the installation of a pressurized water system together with a gas central heating boiler and a professional rangemaster induction cooker.
Old School House is approached off the lane with car parking on both sides; adjoining the tarmac car parking there is a stone and brick garage with light and power, which subject to planning, could be put to a variety of uses, including ancillary accommodation or office space. The garden lies to the rear of the property and provides a delightful backdrop with spectacular far reaching views. It comprises three terraces with some magnificent mature trees including beech, chestnut, apple and hazel. Steps lead down to the lower terraces flanked by well stocked flower and shrub borders, and on all sides by tall predominantly laurel hedging. There are fruit trees including apple, plum and cherry along with a fruit cage. There is a timber summerhouse, garden shed and greenhouse.
Tenure: Freehold with vacant possession on completion.
Local Authority: Dorset County Council
Council Tax: Band F
EPC: Exempt
Situated on Tout Hill, Old School House is close to the centre of Shaftesbury, a Saxon hilltop town which dates back to the times of Alfred the Great who founded the Abbey in the 9th century. Local facilities include cafes, restaurants, niche retailers, a boutique hotel, banks, supermarkets, a small hospital, library, health centre and an arts centre with cinema. More comprehensive facilities can be found in the Cathedral city of Salisbury to the east, the Georgian spa town of 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.
Old School House is approached off the lane with car parking on both sides; adjoining the tarmac car parking there is a stone and brick garage with light and power, which subject to planning, could be put to a variety of uses, including ancillary accommodation or office space. The garden lies to the rear of the property and provides a delightful backdrop with spectacular far reaching views. It comprises three terraces with some magnificent mature trees including beech, chestnut, apple and hazel. Steps lead down to the lower terraces flanked by well stocked flower and shrub borders, and on all sides by tall predominantly laurel hedging. There are fruit trees including apple, plum and cherry along with a fruit cage. There is a timber summerhouse, garden shed and greenhouse.
Tenure: Freehold with vacant possession on completion.
Local Authority: Dorset County Council
Council Tax: Band F
EPC: Exempt
Situated on Tout Hill, Old School House is close to the centre of Shaftesbury, a Saxon hilltop town which dates back to the times of Alfred the Great who founded the Abbey in the 9th century. Local facilities include cafes, restaurants, niche retailers, a boutique hotel, banks, supermarkets, a small hospital, library, health centre and an arts centre with cinema. More comprehensive facilities can be found in the Cathedral city of Salisbury to the east, the Georgian spa town of 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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Our office is located in the centre of Shaftesbury, and is one of eight offices covering the West Country, giving us a reach unrivalled by any other national sales agency. We specialise in the sale and valuation of a broad range of properties in North Dorset, West Wiltshire and South-East Somerset. James Wilson MRICS has over 30 years’ experience in the property market. The key to the success of the Shaftesbury office is personal Director level service, high quality marketing and presentation combined with detailed local and regional knowledge and national connections, backed up by our local team. Our competitors often brand us incorrectly as a franchise - we are independently owned businesses that make decisions on how best to market your property, to the strength of our local market working closely with our neighbouring and national offices. Jackson-Stops has more than a century of experience in the property market with 45 offices nationwide, from Cheshire and Yorkshire in the north, through East Anglia, the South East of England and onwards to the West Country, including a London based International Department. Our eight London offices are an important source of buyers looking for homes in the West Country. All our properties are marketed on onthemarket.com Our area is particularly well known for its educational facilities, with a highly regarded range of private and state schools and good communications. The A303 lies six miles to the north of Shaftesbury, giving access to London via the M3, and there are mainline railway stations at Tisbury and Gillingham (London Waterloo) and at Castle Cary, Westbury and Frome (London Paddington). Our Professional Valuation Department is run by Julian Bunkall FRICS with over 35 years' experience, and covers Dorset, South Somerset, South Wiltshire and Devon.