Cow Drove, Chilmark, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3

A stunning, recently completed, modern country house of over 5,800 sq ft, with barns, stables and 14.4 acres in Chilmark.

Description

SUMMARY
Furlong House is a stunning, light-filled family home that effortlessly blends space, character, and exceptional design. Built of ICF covered stone under a predominantly slate roof, the house is extremely well insulated and efficient to run. With flexible accommodation to suit a variety of uses and requirements—whether for family living, home offices, or multi-generational spaces—this property adapts to your lifestyle. Located on the edge of the tranquil village of Chilmark, Furlong House enjoys breath-taking views over the surrounding downland, offering the perfect blend of countryside tranquillity and village convenience. There is a yard to the north of the house with separate access, comprising a barn/workshop, open barn and stabling with a further 11.2 acres of picturesque land.

FURLONG HOUSE
Finished in 2024, Furlong House really embraces that wonderful blend of traditional style with modern living. Built by a couple with plenty of experience building exceptional family houses, the property offers an outstanding level of design, modern-day practicality, and most importantly, a welcoming feel as you arrive. The house is extensive, but subtle changes in floor level and high ceilings create a sense of intimacy on one hand, and versatility on another.

Finishes include polished concrete floors in the entrance hall and grounds floor communal areas, plaster cornice, Sisal herringbone carpets, Pooky and Jim Lawrence light fittings, Barnaby Gates wallpaper, Lefroy and Brooks sanitaryware and bespoke cabinetry. The ground floor is all underfloor heated, with radiators on the first floor; all controlled with a Heatmeiser App. Bathrooms are electric underfloor heated.

The kitchen/dining room is without doubt one of the best in the market in the area; it offers hand-finished, bespoke fitted kitchen cabinets, Arabescato marble workstops, Perrin & Rowe taps with Parthian boiling hot water tap, an insinkerator, an Everhot 150i, separate integrated Fisher Paykel larder fridge and freezers, Dual Zone wine fridge and a Miele dishwasher. There is a large dining area, with family space around the Stone mantle and log burning stove. There is a walk-in larder and with fully opening sliding glass doors to the garden at the rear. A further set of sliding glass doors open out to the Brieze du Soleil, with terrace for outdoor eating.

The rooms on the ground floor can be used in any number of ways, currently configured to provide a family room/snug, a lovely sitting room with open fireplace, study (or sixth bedroom) and the fifth bedroom, with adjoining bathroom. The boot room and utility/laundry room are ideally placed to the side of the house, beautifully finished (including a bespoke built-in dog bed) and have a downstairs loo, wine store and plant room.

A polished concrete stair, with Sisal herringbone runner, leads up to the expansive first floor galleried landing. The principal bedroom suite provides a walk-through dressing area, 19ft bedroom with vaulted ceiling and en suite bathroom, with wooden Versailles Panel flooring, two timber vanity units, double ended bath and a double shower with 12” Rainfall Roses. Bedroom 2 adjoins but would also make a sumptuous dressing room if needed. Two further bedrooms share a family bathroom and separate shower room.

A full specification of the property is available by request.

OUTSIDE
The gardens have been sympathetically designed to allow the house to sit comfortably in the landscape, whilst also being low maintenance. Entrance gates lead into a large gravelled parking area, with a triple garage block to one side. Whilst still maturing, the garden has been carefully planted to offer colourful beds around the house and terrace. They envelop the house, with a large swathe of level lawn to the south and west, ensuring minimum interruption of the far-reaching views to the west. The garden blends seamlessly into an area of paddock which could easily be fenced off for horses and livestock if one wished.

A yard to the north of the house comprises a large, secure, barn with workshop and stores, an open-fronted livestock barn and stabling for three horses and a tack room. There is about 11.2 acres of beautiful grazing land adjoining the property, with independent access from Cow Drove.

Location

Furlong House lies on the outskirts of Chilmark, in the heart of Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the popular area locally known as the ‘Tisbury Golden Triangle’—an idyllic region nestled between the A350, A30, and A303. Chilmark is a small, pretty, rural and historic village set in the beautiful Nadder Valley. The village pub, The Black Dog, is about 150 yards down the lane. The area boasts many destination pubs including The Beckford Arms in Fonthill Gifford, The Grovesnor Arms in Hindon and The Royal Oak in Swallowcliffe.

Surrounded by undulating countryside, large estates, and traditional farmland, Chilmark lies 2.7 miles north of Tisbury and 12.4 miles west of Salisbury.

Tisbury has a range of local amenities and facilities including shops, a doctor’s surgery, library, school, churches, pubs, florist, coffee shops, wine merchant/bistro and an outdoor heated swimming pool and leisure centre. Tisbury also benefits from a mainline train station to London Waterloo (journey time of approximately 1 hour 50 minutes).

The beautiful Cathedral city of Salisbury offers a wide selection of shops, restaurants, arts and recreational facilities. Trains from Salisbury to London Waterloo have a journey time of approximately 90 minutes.

The area is renowned for its abundance of footpaths and bridleways, easily accessible from the property, providing ample opportunities for leisurely dog walks and horse riding. Racing can be found at Salisbury and Wincanton and golf is at Rushmore, South Wilts and High Post.

The A303 provides access to the South West and London, via the M3.

There is a wide selection of both state and private schools in the area, including Wardour Primary School, Salisbury Cathedral School, Chafyn Grove and Godolphin, Hazelgrove, Sandroyd, Port Regis, Hanford, Clayesmore, Bryanston, Dauntseys and the Sherborne schools, as well as Gillingham Secondary School, Bishop Wordsworth and South Wilts Grammar Schools. The train from Tisbury makes many of these schools easily reachable, and other schools offer buses which collect and deliver at The Black Dog.

Square Footage: 5,877 sq ft


Acreage: 14.4 Acres

Directions

SP3 5AJ


Additional Info

Local Authority : Wiltshire Council –

Outgoings : The property is subject to Council Tax Band H

Fixtures And Fittings : Fitted lights and carpets are included. Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, all other fixtures and fittings and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale. The pink chest in the kitchen is specifically excluded.

Services : Mains water, electricity and drainage. Air Source Heat Pump & Oil-fired boiler. 7.5kW solar panels on the kitchen roof. 3.5kW solar panels on the barn (Lot 2) with feed-in Tariff of approximately £3,000 per annum.

Viewings : Strictly by appointment with Savills

Planning : Furlong House was built in 2023/2024 under planning permission PL/2022/00888, with subsequent variation under PL/2024/00419.