5 Bedroom Detached House
£750,000
Rock Lane, Warminster, Wiltshire

Description

The Home

We are delighted to offer this substantial period and characterful family home that has accommodated multi‑generational living for the past 60 years. The property offers a well balanced layout for everyday family living and entertaining. A central kitchen forms the heart of the house along with two separate reception rooms providing flexible living and quieter retreat spaces.

The home has many features including open fireplaces that add warmth and atmosphere.  The generously proportioned dining room offers a comfortable setting for family, guests and formal occasions.

This property enjoys an exceptional degree of privacy being discreetly positioned behind the church and playing fields, and also being screened by a mature line of trees.

A particular feature of this home is the converted stable block, historically used as a nursery school, it provides additional accommodation and would be well suited to use as a home office, guest annexe, studio or workshop.

This substantial residence is set excess of 1 acre that incorporate gardens and grounds are a standout feature of this wonderful home for those seeking a home with generous grounds.

Expansive lawns provide space for entertaining and recreation, while the grounds also offer further potential for development (subject to the usual consents and uplift clause). A former coach house is currently used a garage / workshop and is positioned away from the main house. A driveway offers ample parking and turning. 

The property presents a rare opportunity to acquire a private, versatile country home requiring upgrading and modernisation with generous accommodation, adaptable outbuildings and substantial established grounds. 

Overage uplift

The Property will be sold subject to an overage. The overage will endure for a period of 10 years from completion and payment will be triggered by any grant of planning permission for residential development on the Property (other than the refurbishment or extension of the existing house). The overage payable will be 20% of the increase in the value of the Property attributable to the grant of the planning permission.

Accommodation 

Entrance porch, main entrance hallway, sitting room, dining room, reception room, conservatory, kitchen / breakfast room, utility room. The former stable block currently offers a workshop, family room, store room and WC's ( ideal for annexe / studio conversion) On the first floor a landing gives access to the five bedrooms, shower room and bathroom.

Outside

The property is set in excess of 1acre. The expansive lawns provide space for entertaining and recreation, while the grounds also offer further potential for development (subject to the usual consents and uplift clause). 

Garage / Former Coach House

A former coach house is currently used a garage / workshop and is positioned away from the main house. 

Location

The historic market town of Warminster is set in beautiful surroundings and offers a wide range of shopping and leisure facilities to include library, sports center, Snap gym, swimming pool, pre/ primary / secondary / private schools, churches, doctors' and dentists' surgeries, hospital, and post office. Warminster also benefits from a main line railway station to London Waterloo whilst the nearby A303 provides excellent road links to London to the east and Exeter to the west. Local attractions include Longleat House and Safari Park, Shearwater Lake, Stourhead and Salisbury Plain. Warminster train station has connections to Bath/ Bristol / Bradford on Avon / Westbury/ Paddington /Reading. Junction 18 / M4 is 18 miles (29km) The A361 connects to Swindon to the north-east and Barnstaple to the south-west, while the north south A350 primary route to Poole runs close to the town. Bristol Airport which is 30 miles (48 km) west. Bath and Salisbury are about 20 miles away. The A303 is about 10 miles to the south.