5 bedroom detached house for sale

Completed in July 2021 on the site of a former grain store on the Compton Castle estate, The Granary is an impressive family home designed to meet exacting ecological standards and built to an exceptionally high specification. It has a lovely setting about 150 yards from the edge of the village with views out over the surrounding countryside.

The house has a slate roof and is partly timber-clad and partly clad with local, honey-coloured stone with the appearance of a converted period barn. The house is H-shaped and approximately two thirds of it is single storey making it ideal for a family members with restricted mobility and for multi-generational living. The ground floor accommodation is focussed around a superb, combined kitchen and living room with exposed oak roof timbers and floor to ceiling, sliding French windows on two sides allowing in masses of natural light and enabling the house to be opened up in fine weather. It also has a floor of polished concrete with underfloor heating, which extends throughout much of the ground floor. The kitchen has a walk-in pantry and is fitted with bespoke oak units including a good-sized central island under quartz work surfaces and has a range of built-in Miele electrical appliances. Immediately adjacent is a cosy second reception room, study and gym, which has a vaulted ceiling and wonderful views through the floor to ceiling glazed gable end. The gym and study were created from an ensuite double bedroom, which could easily be restored to its former state if desired.

The house has four good-sized double bedrooms, all with ensuite facilities. Two bedrooms, both with ensuite shower rooms, are on the ground floor, whilst the principal and guest bedroom are on the first floor. The guest bedroom is ensuite to a dual-access bath and shower room, whilst the principal bedroom incorporates an integral dressing room and large, ensuite shower room along with fantastic, far-reaching views.

Garaging & Garden
The Granary is approached off a quiet country lane down a 40-yard long tarmac drive to a Y-shaped tarmac parking area, that has ample room for several cars. On one side is a timber-clad garage block incorporating a double garage with a separate workshop/garden store. The garage block has a tall, pitched roof and would easily provide sufficient space for further accommodation in the roof space if desired, subject to obtaining the necessary consents.

The garden is level and is bound by a mix of mature field hedging, close boarded fencing and post and rail fencing and extends to just under an acre. It is currently designed to be easily maintained and is currently lawned, which therefore presents a blank canvas for someone wanting to create their own, more intricate garden. The garden is overlooked by a paved terrace leading to the front door and a further terrace behind the house that faces north-west and extends the full width of the living room providing a wonderful open-air dining and entertainment space.

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The Granary is situated a short distance outside the small, rural village of Blackford, which has a pretty, little parish church and is surrounded by beautiful, rolling countryside on the border between Dorset and Somerset. The neighbouring village of Charlton Horethorne has a popular primary school and community-run village shop and the property lies between the towns of Sherborne and Wincanton, which between them can meet most day to day requirements. This includes a Waitrose in Sherborne and a wide choice of local business plus GP, dental and veterinary surgeries. Local transport links are good too and easily accessible including the A303 and A30 and a choice of direct rail services to Paddington and Waterloo from Castle Cary and Sherborne respectively. The local area is also blessed with a wide choice of popular schools from both the state and independent sectors. The Gryphon School in Sherborne is very popular for secondary education and independent schools include Hazelgrove (only 4 miles), King's Bruton, the Sherborne Schools, Leweston, All Hallows, Port Regis and Millfield, all of which are within a 13-mile radius.