Frome House. Frome St Quintin Dorset

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1 Frome St Quintin Dorset

2 Frome St Quintin Dorchester Dorset DT2 0HF Dorchester 12.3 miles Yeovil 9.9 miles Sherborne 11.6 miles Beaminster 9.9 miles Mainline railway stations available at Dorchester, Sherborne and Yeovil Junction (Distances approximate) An exceptional Grade II* Listed Georgian house located in the heart of this popular West Dorset village Available as a whole or as 2 separate lots Porch Reception hall Drawing room Sitting room Family room Dining room Morning room Kitchen/breakfast room Front hall Rear hall Cloakroom Cellars Galleried landing Master bedroom with dressing room and en suite bathroom 4 further bedrooms with en suite facilities Study 3 second floor bedrooms 2 bathrooms Playroom/studio Driveway leading to ample parking area with turning circle and pond Office Garage Terrace Utility room Store Lawned gardens with mature trees Useful range of buildings/stores 2 greenhouses 2 separate walled gardens Kitchen garden All Weather tennis court Total area approx 3.93 acres Lot 2 - Cottages Cottage 1 Kitchen Sitting room Dining room 2 bedrooms Bathroom Cottage 2 Kitchen Sitting room Dining room 2 bedrooms Bathroom Gardens Savills Wimborne Wessex House Wimborne Dorset BH21 1PB Tel: Contact: Simon Neville Jones snevillejones@savills.com savills.co.uk Savills Country Department 33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD Tel: Contact: Camilla Foster cjfoster@savills.com

3 Situation Frome St Quintin is a small village located amidst the rolling West Dorset countryside and has amenities including the Parish Church of St Mary which has a nave and chancel dating from the 13th Century. Other villages of note nearby include Cattistock, Maiden Newton, Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne Abbas and Evershot. The nearby towns of Dorchester, Sherborne, Yeovil and Beaminster all provide a good variety of shopping, educational, recreational and cultural facilities. Independent schools in the area include Perrott Hill, Sherborne School for Boys, Sherborne School for Girls, Sherborne Preparatory School and Leweston. Communications include mainline railway stations at Yeovil Junction, Dorchester and Sherborne which provide a service to London Waterloo. The A303 is available to the north of Yeovil and the A31 to the south at Bere Regis and both of these roads provide routes towards the Home Counties and London. Sporting facilities include golf at Sherborne, Yeovil and Bridport, horse racing at Wincanton, Exeter and Bath and water sports can be enjoyed along the Dorset coastline to the south at Poole Harbour and Weymouth Bay. Description has elegant brick elevations under slate hipped roofs and a date stone on the south porch which reads G Baker Pevsner described the property as being a house of rare distinction and the famous poet Rev George Crabbe was a regular house guest. Particular architectural features include a three sided porch with Roman Doric columns and a modillion brick cornice and parapet. There is delightful light and spacious accommodation including a galleried reception hall with oak book shelving and feature oak staircase, stunning panelled ballroom/drawing room, four further reception rooms including an interconnecting dining room and morning room, kitchen/breakfast room, cellars, five en suite bedrooms on the first floor with a further three bedrooms, two bathrooms and playroom/studio on the second floor. The house has been sympathetically improved by the current vendors over the past ten years and amongst the many features of note are Adam fireplaces in the drawing room and sitting room, oak flooring to drawing room, sitting room and family room and Travertine flooring with inset marble to the other ground floor rooms. There are many sash windows and moulded cornices with some rooms providing fine views over the countryside which lies to the rear of the house. The well fitted Bulthaup kitchen/breakfast room has access to the cellars which include a boiler room. The gardens which surround the property include lawns, many fine mature beech and specimen trees, useful outbuildings, two walled gardens, All Weather tennis court and two paddocks. Lot 2 is a pair of brick and thatched cottages believed to date from the early 20th Century which are not Listed.

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7 Gross internal area ( approx ) :- House : 794 sq m / 8540 sq ft Garage/Office : 58 sq m / 625 sq ft Cottages: 164 sq m / 1770 sq ft For identification only. Not to scale. Main House Garage/Office Cottage 1 Cottage 2 First Floor Second Floor First Floor Ground Floor Basement Ground Floor

8 Outside is approached through brick pillars leading to an extensive gravelled parking area with turning circle and pond, garage and office. To the front is a redbrick wall with pillared entrance leading to the distinctive front porch bordered by pollarded lime trees. The gardens which surround include level lawns, many mature trees including evergreen and beech, two greenhouses, kitchen garden with raised beds, two walled gardens, range of useful brick and flint outbuildings, All Weather tennis court with a small adjacent coppice and fruit trees. The rear gardens and grounds afford attractive views across open countryside.

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10 General Remarks and Stipulations N Purchaser s Note There are 2 adjoining paddocks of about 7.73 acres in total which could be available by separate negotiation. Tr ac k Pond Services 2 Park Farm Cottage Dawes Barton All fitted carpets, curtains and garden furniture/garden ornaments are excluded from the sale but could be made available by separate negotiation. Neidin ha 0.16ac Local Authority Re tre at LB e hit W e e s us in' Ho int Qu age St ott C St Mary's Church 1.524ha 3.77ac The Old Rectory A copy of the full Energy Performance Certificates for the Cottages are available upon request. Post Code O rc ha rd r Ba Fa LE Well Cottage n irb an M B TC Energy Performance Certificates AY Th ID T he FROME HOUSE BR West Dorset District Council South Walks House, South Walks Road, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1UZ. Tel ha 7.73ac Cottages W Fixtures and Fittings 1 Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. k or lic Shelter Church Farm h Westholme Manor Field Park Farm Manor Farm DT2 0HF. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office Crown copyright ( ) 1 Springs Directions Br Frome St oo ks id e From Dorchester take the A37 in a northerly direction. Proceed along this road and after passing turnings to Maiden Newton and Cattistock, continue down a hill and turn left to Frome St Quintin. Proceed into the centre of the village and will be found on the left-hand side. S NOT TO SCALE in pr gf ie 3 ld n Ta Tank KEY k Park Farm AVAILABLE BY SEPARATE NEGOTIATION Cottages NOTE - Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown copyright licence number Savills (UK) Limited NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed. Date: 1 2 /05 / MCL: 20565/FROME HOUSE6 The Cartographic & Design Team, Wessex House, Wimborne, Dorset. BH21 1PB Tel: (01202) Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills. 1 Cottages 2 Cottages Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Brochure produced March Kingfisher Print and Design

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