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Guide price£700,000
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4 bedroom detached house for sale

Corton Denham, Sherborne, DT9
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Detached house
4 bed
2 bath

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band F
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • Superb Village Location
  • Individually Built Home
  • Well Kept Gardens
  • Countryside Backdrop
A much loved and individually built four bedroom detached home, with double garage, attractive gardens and wonderful countryside backdrop. Superb village location. 


Testament to the wonderful location, this delightful detached property is coming to the market for the first time since it was individually built in 1989. Our vendors have owned the property from new, undertaking significant upgrades in recent years alongside a ground floor extension completed in 2015. The property has reconstituted stone elevations under a tiled roof and is finished to a high standard throughout.
Internally accommodation is bright and spacious centred around a most welcoming entrance hall with access provided to the main living areas. The dual aspect sitting room is centred around an attractive stone fireplace with woodburner inset. The scale of the property is highlighted by a further three well-proportioned reception rooms and the dining room of particular note having wonderful views over the garden and sliding door for access. The remaining reception rooms offer flexibility to be used as family living, study or even potential for a ground floor fifth bedroom. The tastefully updated kitchen benefits from a range of wall and floor units with work tops above, integrated with a Bosch eye level double oven, four ring AEG hob, extractor hood, sink and half bowl drainer with water softener unit and drinking water tap. The kitchen flows into the dining room with pleasant outlook over the garden and access to a wonderful conservatory. The separate utility room compliments the kitchen with additional wall and floor units, sink and drainer, plumbing for white goods and pedestrian side door. There is a well-proportioned study, WC and cloakroom, completing the ground floor accommodation. Upstairs the property offers four bedrooms, all of double proportions and benefiting from fitted wardrobes and all having lovely views over the surrounding countryside. The principal bedroom benefits from an en-suite shower room with pedestal sink unit, WC and walk-in shower with tiled surround. The family bathroom completes the first floor accommodation comprising panelled bath with shower attachment over, pedestal sink unit and WC.

Services
All mains services less gas. Oil central heating. Solar panels installed in 2011. Fixed tariff until 2036: income approx. £1900 pa inflation linked. Immersion has link to solar gain. Council Tax Band F - South Somerset Council.

Additional Information
Broadband: Superfast broadband is available—highest available download speed 66 Mbps, highest available upload speed 14 Mbps. (Openreach).

Mobile Coverage: Available via EE, O2, THREE and VODAFONE. For an indication of specific speeds and supply or coverage in the area we recommend contacting your own provider. 

Flooding: The property is in an area at a VERY LOW RISK from River/Sea and Surface Water flooding (defined as the chance of flooding each year as less than 0.1%).

Easter Cottage lies just to the centre of the charming village of Corton Denham in the outstanding rolling countryside that lies between the Corton Ridge and Cadbury Castle, one of the possible sites of Arthur’s flourishing  Camelot. There is a church, a village hall and a popular local public house to the centre of Corton Denham while the village is conveniently placed midway between the A303 to the north and the historic Abbey town of Sherborne and the local regional centre of Yeovil to the south.  Sporting, walking and riding opportunities abound within the area with many good walks to be had from the house itself both on to the Corton Ridge towards Sherborne and up to Cadbury Castle. The region is well known for its schools which include the Sherborne Schools, the Bruton Schools, Millfield and St Antony's Leweston. Transport links are good with main line stations at Sherborne and Castle Cary linking directly with London Waterloo and London Paddington respectively while road links are along the A303 joined nearby at South Cadbury giving swift access to London and the Home Counties along the M3, M25 route.

To the front of the property, an attractive block paved driveway provides parking and turning space for a number of cars.  The level driveway provided access to a double garage with remote operate doors, power and light.  A sloping pathway (suitable for wheelchairs) and stairway provide access to the front porch and side walkway.  The rear gardens are a wonderful salient feature of the property, with attractive countryside backdrop and south westerly aspect.  The property has a super sun terrace from which to enjoy the position, with steps down to a growers garden.  The productive garden includes and range of fruit trees to include, pear, apple, plum, and red cherry alongside a host of soft fruits such as loganberry, raspberries and blackberries.

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