Green Lane, Ashmore, Salisbury, Dorset

With attractive, heritage architecture, Torleigh is an appealing cottage-style dwelling which features decorative brickwork and ornate gable fascias, with the interiors showcasing stunning vintage fireplaces. Offering almost 2 000 sq. ft of homely and versatile accommodation, the entrance hall gives access to two reception rooms comprising a drawing room to one side and a flexible-use family room to the other, which in turn leads to a home office/study. Two skylight windows fill the kitchen
with natural light, with two further south-east facing windows providing an outlook over the garden. Fitted with wall and base level units and wooden worksurfaces, the kitchen features display shelving and terracotta-tiling to the floor. Providing a further bright and airy setting, the adjoining conservatory currently presents as a formal dining room where glazed expanses allow the outside environment to be appreciated throughout the seasons and French doors offer a route to the al fresco terrace.

The bedroom accommodation is arranged over the ground and first floors, with the principal en suite room on the lower level featuring a part-vaulted
ceiling with exposed painted beams and a picture window. On the upper level, the galleried landing leads to two further bedrooms and a spacious family bathroom.

Evergreen hedging, backed by a length of fencing, fronts the lane with majestic trees creating a sense of privacy to the home. A timber five-bar gate marks the access onto a gravelled driveway which provides parking and leads to the timber garage outbuilding. An abundance of climbing shrubbery adorns the frontage of the cottage, and the garden
provides a lush, secluded sanctuary with features including areas of lawn, low-level clipped evergreen hedging, mature shrubs and pretty perennial plants.

The Dorset village of Ashmore is situated in the Cranborne Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with local amenities including a village hall, playing fields, cricket pitch and parish church. Day-to-day needs are catered for at the nearby village of Ludwell which offers a farm shop, a village store with post office, butchers, a primary school and a public house. Salisbury is within easy reach and provides a wide range of shopping, recreational and cultural facilities including an array of restaurants, the Salisbury Playhouse theatre and a multi-screen cinema. In addition to train services from nearby Tisbury station, Salisbury offers a direct rail service to London Waterloo, whilst road-users have good access to the A354 and the A303 which links to the major road network for onward journeys. Well-regarded
schooling in the vicinity includes Salisbury Cathedral School, Bishop Wordsworth’s School, Sandroyd School, Forres Sandle Manor School and South Wilts Grammar School.