7 Bedroom Property for Sale in Sturminster Newton

7 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
Range of outbuildings
Walled garden
Frontage to River Stour

Freehold

SITUATION:
The Manor House is located in an idyllic position in this prettiest of Dorset hamlets, which has an attractive parish church. The nearby towns of Blandford, Sturminster Newton, Sherborne and Shaftesbury, all provide an excellent variety of shopping, educational, recreational and cultural facilities. Communications in the area include access to the A303 to the north of Wincanton, main line railway services available from Sherborne, Templecombe and Gillingham to London Waterloo and from Castle Cary to London Paddington. The area is also well served by a variety of independent schools at Bryanstone, Sherborne, Canford, Clayesmore, Hazelgrove, Port Regis, Lewiston and St Mary's Shaftesbury. Sporting facilities in the area include fishing (by permit on the River Stour); horseracing at Wincanton and Salisbury; golf at Yeovil, Sherborne and Blandford and a variety of water sports are available on the Dorset coast line at Poole.

DESCRIPTION:
The Manor House is one of the most distinctive and historic houses in Dorset, has part stone and timber framed elevations under a predominantly thatched roof and currently requires refurbishment. The house dates from the 15th/16th Century with 17th Century and 19th Century alterations. There are stone mullion windows and a classic porch with rustic Tuscan columns and the façade east of the porch is a distinctive feature of mid 16th Century gentry houses in Dorset. The accommodation exudes character and charm and comprises 3 reception rooms, games room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, 7 bedrooms, attic room and 2 bathrooms and also benefits from partial central heating. There are numerous interesting and historic features throughout the house including inglenook fireplaces in the drawing room and games room, linen panelling in the dining room in a mixture of 17th Century and 18th Century styles, a central staircase with components dating to the mid 17th Century, numerous wall and ceiling beams, 19th Century wall paper in bedroom 4 and in bedroom 3 there are fascinating 15th Century wall paintings of 6 pointed writhing stars. Outside is an excellent range of traditional outbuildings set around a central courtyard, as well as a charming walled garden, which is stocked with a variety of plants, shrubs, hedges and fruit trees. The Manor of Hammoon derives it's name from the DeMohun family and was on of the numerous west country estates granted to William DeMohun at the time of the Norman conquest. At the end of the 15th Century The Manor passed by marriage to the Trenchard family who also held The Manor of Woolston Charminster and in the time of Henry VII the Lessee of Hammoon was William Hody. The Manor remained in the Trenchard family until 1818 when it was sold to General Sir John Slade, who was a cavalry officer serving under Wellington. In the late 18th Century it was sold to Viscount Portman, in 1923 it was sold to Captain William Brown and in 1937 to the Baptist Union, who eventually in 1946 sold the property to the Frampton family who have lived at The ManorHouse since 1946 (since purchased from the Baptist Union in 1952) and are the current vendors. This splendid Manor House has excited comment in a century of descriptions of the house, from the likes to Sir Frederick Treves to Oswald who is quoted saying - It's little Manor House is one of the most beautiful things in Dorset. Half of it's charm comes from it's roof of thatch covering the whole building - and - Hammoon Manor - a front line contender for title of the most pleasing house in Dorset - . It also has appeared regularly in books, such as the Perfect English Country House, Dorset's Most Beautiful Buildings, Royal Commision of Historic Monument of England, Hutchings - The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Lycett Green - The Perfect English Country House, Newman J and Psvner - The Buildings of England Dorset, Oswald - Country Houses of Dorset.

ACCOMMODATION:
Please see attached plan. OutsideTo the front of The Manor House is an expanse of tarmacadan parking and turning area as well as a small walled front garden, which is predominantly laid to lawn and also includes a very handsome sycamore tree which to some observers adds the finishing touch to the house. Adjacent to the house lies a charming walled garden which has a mixture of terraces, paths, areas of lawn, well stocked flower and shrub beds, small kitchen garden and archways of apple trees. OutbuildingsAdjacent to the Manor House is a yard surrounded by a variety of traditional outbuildings comprising barn, cattle stalls, loose boxes, store rooms and stabling. Behind The Manor House itself lie more courtyard buildings which include a coach house providing garaging, stalls with loft as well as various other domestic buildings. Behind this range of buildings is a further small yard and a corrugated outbuilding providing access to the rear paddock. There is also another paddock to the front of The Manor House. The paddocks are laid to grass with the rear having frontage to the River Stour, total area approaching 11.47 acres. Purchasers Note I : It is anticipated that purchasers will need to install a new drainage system.

DIRECTIONS:
From Sturminster Newton proceed in a southerly direction along the A352 as you drive through the village of Fiddleford and after approximately half a mile turn left signposted to Hammoon. Proceed into the village of Hammoon, bear left by the memorial and you will find The Manor House on your right hand side. Postcode: DT11 2DB