Shrewton, Salisbury, SP3

Built as a “Cottage Ornee´” and hunting lodge in 1800 the house is currently divided, the main house offering five bedrooms and four bathrooms while the second wing has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. There is a separate self-contained groom’s cottage along with two generous barns, a two-storey granary and a plethora of other outbuildings. These include 25 stables and dedicated specialist care, storage and feed rooms to support the horses.

Shrewton Lodge Stud is of traditional construction under a part thatched and pitched slated roof. In total, there is approximately 6,600 sq. ft. of accommodation.

The house offers a very high degree of flexibility which can be easily compartmentalised into how people wish to live, be that offering an opportunity for one expansive home, two separate families to live together, or using the house for multi-generational living. The new availability of residential and other planning permissions under the General Permitted Development Orders add to the possibilities of this agricultural and equestrian residence and its buildings.

The vendors, during their 38 years here, have divided the house into two parts. The main house has a splendid entrance hall off which are the dining room and sitting room, which both have open fireplaces and French doors opening out onto the south facing terrace and the main garden and pond. The well-proportioned kitchen, which is fully appointed with an AGA and a range of Systemat German wall and floor units, opens into a sunroofed breakfast area and then into a wonderful snug with woodstove. Beyond is the conservatory with double doors opening once again onto the terrace and garden. A boot room/utility/laundry room affords very useful space to come into the house from the stables at the rear and for deliveries. Completing the ground floor is a lovely study as well as a cloakroom and a boiler room. On the first floor is the magnificent principal suite which has a fully fitted dressing room, along with an en-suite bathroom. There are then two guest suites, both with en-suite shower rooms. The two further bedrooms are serviced by a family bathroom.

The other wing of the house can be accessed either from the main house, on the ground floor, or solely from its own front door on the western side for independence when and if required. It has an entrance hall leading to the ‘heart of the home’, its fully fitted kitchen/breakfast room, along with a utility room. The kitchen leads through to a conservatory with bi-folding doors opening out to the house’s own private walled garden. Beyond is a dining room, and further on a sitting room, again with double doors leading into the private garden. These two rooms share a double aspect woodstove and the stone flooring throughout has zoned electric underfloor heating. On the first floor there are three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

The Groom's Cottage

The groom’s cottage is attached to the main house with a kitchen/dining room, reception room, bedroom and bathroom.

Outside

The property is approached via a long, private roadstone drive which branches into two, one stem providing private access to the house with a turning circle to the east, the second leading to the western main and service gates to the house, the garages, workshop, stable yard and barns. There is ample parking for numerous vehicles. A terrace, located to the south of the property, is the ideal outdoor entertaining space and opens to a formal lawn with borders and a pond, beyond which is a wild flower meadow. To the east side of the house are steps leading up to an enclosed, paved swimming pool, which is heated via an air source heat pump, and has a pool house and changing area.

On the west side of the house the drive continues to the 1800-dated staddle stone elm built barn, and the self-contained rebuilt staddle granary which is used when required for WFH purposes, for recreation and for informal meetings.

Equestrian

The main central stable yard is sunny and sheltered, consisting of a range of 8 Harlow Bros loose boxes with covered courtyard areas and a large workshop/tack room with drying room and stairs to a significant loft space. In addition, there is a a physio room, a feed room, the well pump room, a rug room, a tack room and additional stabling for 5 within the buildings themselves.

To the west of the main drive there is a self-contained yard with a range of 7 timber stables; tack room and hay store; an electric horse walker; garaging for 3 vehicles with a workshop; and a very good floodlit arena with all-weather surface. On the western side of the holding there are nine paddocks and five field shelters. All paddocks are securely enclosed by a combination of post and rail fencing and mature hedgerows. To the eastern side, and accessed from the private lane or the barns, is pasture in several paddocks. There is a separate block of 5 large stables, a tack room and a woodstore located on the main drive. In total the land is approximately 20 acres. All the paddocks have stock-fence on the post and rail and the east and west grazing areas are ring fenced for sheep. Shrewton Lodge Stud is a registered farm holding with current registration for sheep and for unimproved grassland under the Single Payment Scheme. At the top of the western paddocks there is very large built up level grass arena for carriage driving if required, and for ridden dressage in fine weather.

The property enjoys access to numerous bridleways and byways giving plenty of opportunities for riding, walking and other recreational activities.

Barns

One of the significant attractions to the property, apart from the considerable amount of equestrian facilities, is the three detached period barns, one being 63’ x 32’ and another which is on staddlestones 74’ x 26’. The third is a detached granary which is over two floors.

Situation

Shrewton Lodge Stud is a private and secluded but fully connected home situated on the edge of the much sought after chalk stream village of Shrewton.

This thriving village offers a rare and comprehensive amount of local amenities including a doctors’ surgery, a Co-operative convenience store with Post Office, hairdresser, excellent repair garage and petrol station, friendly local pub and primary school rated Ofsted ‘Good’. Shrewton has its village hall and recreation ground, and a separate newly built Cricket club and multi-sports facility in addition to a coffee shop and its new and active social club. The nearby town of Amesbury offers further amenities including a choice of supermarkets, medical practices, dentists, a library, restaurants and plenty of local shops, bakeries and pubs. Stonehenge is two miles away.

The cathedral city of Salisbury is 11 miles to the south and provides a comprehensive range of schooling, retail and shopping, restaurants and bars, leisure facilities, cinema and a theatre.

Local communications are excellent, with the A303 for easy accessibilty to the south west, and to London via the M3. There is a mainline train station at Andover serving London Waterloo in an hour and ten minutes.

There is a vast choice in local schooling available in both the public and private sector, including Dauntseys, Bishops and South Wilts Grammar schools, Cathedral School, Chafyn Grove, Godolphin and Warminster.

The surrounding countryside of Salisbury Plain provides plenty of opportunity for walking, riding, wildlife watching and other country pursuits. Sporting facilities in the area include shooting on the big estates, fishing on the nearby chalk streams, golf at South West Wilts and Highpost, racing at Salisbury, Newbury and Wincanton. Sailing along the south coast.

Property Ref Number:

HAM-57590

Additional Information

Services

Mains water and electricity are supplied to the property, as well as well water to the yard and fields. Each of the two parts of the main house have a full capacity array of Solar panels on the barn roof, feeding in to the house; and to the grid at the original high level of Feed In Tariff, over the last 12 months providing a tax free total of £4,354.

There is compliant septic drainage and oil fired central heating. Internet connection is FTP (fibre to the property) capable of 900mbps including ethernet cable extension to the Granary.