STOCK HILL HOUSENR GILLINGHAM • DORSET

STOCK HILL HOUSENR GILLINGHAM • DORSET

On the market for the first time in nearly 30 years, this fine period country house sits within beautiful gardens and grounds in a highly sought after location, with excellent

communication links.

Gillingham 1.2 miles (London Waterloo 2 hours) • A303 3 miles • Shaftesbury 6 miles • Wincanton 6.5 miles

Bruton 9 miles • Castle Cary 13 miles (London Paddington 92 minutes) • Sherborne 13 miles

All distances and times are approximate

Stock Hill House

Entrance hall • Sitting room • Dining room • Drawing room • Study • Cloakroom with WCs • Kitchen

Butler’s pantry • Storeroom • Laundry room • Wine cellar • Staff room

Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom • 6 further bedroom suites • Sauna • Store rooms

Coach House

3 further bedroom suites • Conservatory • 1 bedroom flat

Mature gardens and grounds • Tennis court • Garages • Walled kitchen garden • Woodland

In all about 10.46 acres (4.23 hectares)

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure.

Knight Frank LLP15 Cheap Street, Sherborne,

Dorset DT9 3PU

Tel: +44 1935 812236luke.pender-cudlip@knightfrank.com

Knight Frank LLP55 Baker Street,

London W1U 8AN

Tel: +44 20 7861 1552james.mckillop@knightfrank.com

www.knightfrank.co.uk

Situation and Amenities• Stock Hill House is situated in a rural setting to

the north west of the market town of Gillingham,

located within the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset.

Gillingham has an excellent range of facilities

including a wide range of shops, restaurants,

schools and leisure amenities.

S More shopping, business and recreational

facilities are available in Shaftesbury,

Wincanton, the Abbey town of Sherborne

and Bruton.

M Access to the A303 is just 3 miles to the

north, linking with the M3 to London and the

wider national motorway network.

T Regular services run from the mainline railway

stations at Gillingham (London Waterloo from

2 hours) and Castle Cary (London Paddington

from 92 minutes).

G Golf at Blandford, Sherborne, Yeovil,

Rushmore Park and Wincanton.

s Water sports, sea fishing and sailing are

available on the Dorset Coast.

K National Hunt racing is at Wincanton and

Taunton; flat racing is at Bath and Salisbury.

E The area is served by excellent schools

both in the public and private sectors.

These include Hanford, the Sherborne

Schools, St Mary’s in Shaftesbury, Leweston,

Bryanston, Port Regis, Hazlegrove, Sandroyd

and Canford.

Stock Hill House• Stock Hill House was once the summer residence

of Sir Osbert Laucaster CBE and is offered to the

market for the first time in nearly 30 years.

• Stock Hill House sits well within its land, with an

impressive tree-lined approach to the front of the

house. The original part of the house dates from

about 1860 and is constructed of stone elevations

under a tiled roof. This fine country house is not

listed and provides a wonderful private family home

in an established and mature setting. Whilst the

property is in very good order, there is plenty of

scope to adapt the existing layout, if required

• The house flows very well, with wide hallways

leading into generous sized reception rooms with

great proportions and large windows. The dining

room and sitting room in particular have an excellent

outlook over the gardens with big bay windows. The

drawing room is a fine room, with intricate detail on

the ceiling and a large fireplace.

• The kitchen at present is fitted out to provide

commercial-scale facilities, with the butler’s pantry,

staff room with a bathroom, store room and laundry

room nearby.

• The main bedroom accommodation is on the first

floor of the main house with a fine master bedroom

and large en-suite bathroom. There are six other

bedrooms, all with en-suite bath or shower rooms.

There is also a sauna and stairs lead to a further

room and shower room on the second floor.

Coach House and Stable Flat• Linked by a conservatory at ground floor level, the old

coach house forms a single storey wing to the west of

the main house. The coach house is arranged around a

central courtyard and has independent access from the

main house, providing three further bedroom suites,

the boiler room and a gardener’s WC.

• Stable Flat forms one part of the wing and is a

self-contained annexe with a bedroom, sitting room,

dining room and kitchen.

• The coach house would be ideally suited to holiday

lets, extended family accommodation, letting units or

ancillary home office space.

Please see the floor plans for the layout of

the accommodation.

Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area

Stock Hill House: 776 sq.m. / 8,285 sq.ft. (including Cellar)

Coach House: 222 sq.m. / 2,396 sq.ft.

This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan,please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them.

Reception

Bedroom

Bathroom

Kitchen/Utility

Storage

Ground FloorCoach House

First Floor

Second Floor

Cellar

Gardens and Grounds• The long driveway winds through some magnificent

mature specimen trees, past a large pond and the

tennis court, arriving at a gravelled turning circle to the

front of the house. A further spur continues on to the

coach house and garaging.

• The gardens and grounds form a major part of this

wonderful property, with a balance of formal gardens

and large areas of lawn, intersected by Box hedge

borders and floral beds. A wide terrace wraps around

the south and west facing elevations.

• To the south of the coach house is a large productive

walled kitchen garden. The hard tennis court lies to the

east of the house.

GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS

Method of SaleThe freehold of Stock Hill House is offered for sale by private

treaty with vacant possession on completion.

ServicesMains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central

heating. BT broadband. Fire alarm.

PlanningIn September 2014, planning permission was granted (Ref:

2/2014/0519/PLNG) for a ‘Change of use from mixed use as

restaurant / hotel and flat to a single dwelling house’. Stable Flat is

Band ‘A’ for Council Tax purposes.

VATPlease note that part of the property is registered for VAT.

ViewingBy prior appointment only with the selling agents

Knight Frank LLP.

Rights of WayPart of the driveway is shared by a neighbouring property to

the east of the house. There are no public rights of way across

the property.

Fixtures and FittingsAll fixtures, fittings and garden statuary are excluded from the sale,

although some may be available by separate negotiation.

Local AuthorityNorth Dorset District Council: 01258 454111

Directions (SP8 5NR)From London, take the M3 south and at Junction 8 follow signs

onto the A303 towards Salisbury / Andover. Go straight over the

Countess Roundabout, passing Stonehenge on your right and

continue straight on at the next roundabout. Follow the A303 for

about 24 miles and then take the left turn, heading south towards

Gillingham down the B3081. Follow this road for about 3 miles,

passing signs for ‘North Dorset RFC’. After about 200m, you will

see the entrance to Stock Hill House clearly marked on your right

hand side.

Important Notice: Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names.

Particulars: May 2015. Photographs: August 2014.

Property Number JKL/LPC/345096

Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the control of H.M. Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Number. No. ES100017767.”

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