4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- 4 - 6 bedrooms
- 3 - 4 reception rooms
- 4 - 5 bathrooms
- 15.30 acres
- Outbuildings
- Period
- Balcony
- Conservatory
- Detached
- Garden
Outbuildings, Garden & Grounds
Ryeclose House is approached up a gravel drive with parking for two cars in the courtyard plus ample further space across the drive in a separate parking area enclosed by cypress hedging. Behind the hedging is the kitchen garden (now partly grassed over) containing two timber garden stores, greenhouse, soft fruit cage and mixed, dwarf orchard. The garden extends out on three sides of the house and is split into formal garden immediately around the house with a lush, wild garden beyond it. The formal garden incorporates a level
lawn with a formal pond and fountain, a separate ornate iron gazebo, clipped yew hedging plus paved seating and dining areas fringed by borders planted with roses and herbaceous perennials. The wild garden incorporates a wide variety of trees and mown walkways around a large pond. Beyond the wild garden, hidden from view and accessed by an extension to the drive is a recently built traditional barn incorporating two floors and a workshop. Subject to obtaining the necessary consents the barn would provide the house with a perfect guest cottage/annexe. On either side of the garden are two paddocks enclosed by stock-proof fencing and with separate vehicle entrances.
Ryeclose House is situated amidst unspoilt countryside
and has an enviable and private setting off a little used
country lane with only one neighbour about 150 yards away. The small village of Longburton is about a mile way as the crow flies with a church, pub and farm shop. The abbey town of Sherborne is conveniently close for most day to day requirements with a wide selection of local shops and businesses including GP, dental and veterinary surgeries as well as Waitrose and Sainsbury's supermarkets. Yeovil and Taunton are both within easy driving distance for anything else. There are good, local transport links too with the A359, A30 and A303 within easy reach plus a direct rail service from Sherborne to Waterloo (75 minutes) and from Castle Cary to Paddington (90 minutes). Bristol, Bournemouth and Exeter airports are all between 60 and 90 minutes' drive. The local area also offers a wide choice of excellent schools from both the state and independent sectors including Leweston, the Sherborne schools, Milton Abbey, Hanford and Hazelgrove, which are all within a 10-mile radius.
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