SHADES FARM, ASHTON ROAD, MINETY, WILTSHIRE, SN16 9QP
An immaculately presented period Farmhouse
situated in a quiet rural position
4 reception rooms, hallway, kitchen, utility room, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms,
beautifully maintained gardens.
Shades Barn
Recently converted from a traditional building into a holiday let.
Entrance hallway/sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room,
3 bedrooms, bathroom and 2 shower rooms.
Useful range of Outbuildings
including 2 stable yards incorporating 10 looseboxes, garaging, and outdoor manège.
Pastureland
IN ALL 26.17 ACRES (10.59 HECTARES)
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY
Guide Price: £1,500,000
Situation
Shades Farm is situated in beautiful open countryside approximately midway between the villages of
Minety and Ashton Keynes in North Wiltshire.
The property enjoys excellent communications with the nearby towns of Cricklade (4 miles) and
Cirencester (6 miles) providing most day to day shopping facilities and amenities. The nearby villages
of Ashton Keynes and Minety each provide a primary school, general store, post office, public house
and parish church. Kemble railway station (6 miles) has direct services to London (Paddington), and
the M4 motorway (junction 16) is within easy motoring access.
THE PROPERTY:
Shades Farm comprises an attractive period farmhouse constructed of Cotswold stone under a
slate tiled roof. The house is presented in immaculate order, and benefits from the recent addition
of an oak framed garden room. The house has a lovely outlook over its own land and its beautifully
maintained mature gardens. The current owners have converted an adjoining traditional building
into a three bedroom holiday unit which is also presented to a very high standard. There is potential,
subject to the necessary consents, to convert further adjoining buildings. The property provides
excellent equestrian facilities with two stable yards incorporating ten loose boxes, as well as an
outdoor manège and approximately 26 acres of pastureland divided into four paddocks.
THE FARMHOUSE
Shades Farmhouse is approached over an entrance driveway to a railed parking area adjacent to the
house. The house has been extensively refurbished in recent years and enjoys full oil-fired central
heating with underfloor heating in the drawing room and garden room. All fitted carpets are included
in the sale. The front door opens into the Entrance Hallway with flagstone floor and stairs to the
first floor with understairs cupboard. Double, glazed doors open to the Drawing Room with open
fireplace with Cotswold stone surround, hearth and mantel shelf containing a wood burning stove,
bookshelves with cupboards under and double opening doors to the Garden Room, recently built of
oak frame construction with garden door.
Sitting Room with open fireplace with Cotswold stone surround and hearth containing a wood
burning stove and limestone tiled floor. Dining Room with limestone tiled floor. Kitchen, with a
four-oven gas-fired Aga, comprehensive range of custom built solid wood base and wall units
containing a double Belfast sink with mixer tap and waste grinder, electric hob with extractor fan
over, dishwasher, fridge/freezer and plate racks. The room is open to the eaves and has a limestone
tiled floor.
To the rear of the house is the Utility Room with back door with timber frame Porch over, Welsh
quarry tile floor, range of base and wall units containing a single drainer sink with mixer tap, and
plumbing for washing machine. Cloakroom with wash hand basin and wc. Boiler Room containing
the Grant oil-fired boiler.
From the entrance hallway, stairs lead to the first floor landing. Master Bedroom; a light and airy
room with full range of wardrobes and en-suite Bathroom containing a matching suite of bath,
wash hand basin and wc, with part tiled walls and integral shower unit with Mira power shower.
Family Bathroom with cast iron roll top bath, integral shower unit with Mira power shower, wash
hand basin, wc, and stripped timber floor. Bedroom Two with open fireplace with cast iron surround.
Bedroom Three with airing cupboard with lagged hot water cylinder.
From the first floor landing, stairs lead to the Second Floor with two under eaves cupboards.
Bedroom Four with fitted wall cupboards, exposed beams and Velux window. Bathroom Three with a roll top bath, wash hand basin, wc, timber floor and Velux window. Bedroom Five open to
the eaves with exposed beams, Velux window and fitted wall cupboards.
The house is bounded by beautifully maintained mature Gardens and Grounds with lawns,
shrubberies, flower borders, productive vegetable garden and a duck pond.
SHADES BARN
This is situated to the rear of the farmhouse and has its own separate vehicular access from the
highway and parking area. The building is constructed of red brick under a pitched pantile roof. It has
recently been converted to residential use as a holiday unit to an extremely high standard, with full
oil-fired central heating (underfloor on the ground floor), Indian sandstone tiled floors on the ground
floor and oak floors throughout on the first floor.
The glazed front door opens to the Entrance Hallway/Sitting Room with stairs to the first floor,
garden door and red brick and stone mock fireplace containing an electric effect wood burning
stove. Kitchen/Dining Room with comprehensive range of solid timber base and wall units
containing an electric oven and hob with extractor fan over, double tub sink, washing machine/drier,
dishwasher and fridge/freezer. There are timber beams, downlighters, and a cupboard containing
the electricity meters. Wet Room, fully tiled, with shower unit, heated towel rail, wash hand basin,
wc, and extractor fan.
On the First Floor: Galleried Landing. Bedroom One with exposed beams and Velux window.
Bedroom Two with exposed beams. Family Bathroom with roll top bath, wash hand basin, wc,
heated towel rail and Velux window. Master Bedroom Three with exposed beams, Velux window
and en-suite Shower Room with integral shower cubicle containing a power shower, wash hand
basin, wc, heated towel rail. Externally there is an attached metal frame greenhouse.
OUTBUILDINGS
Attached to Shades Barn is a former Dairy (27.3m x 10.2m) constructed of Cotswold stone and
concrete block under a pitched corrugated iron roof with concrete floor, electric light, and hot and
cold water. The building incorporates a double garage, workshop, stores, and a lean-to timber
store.
Stable Yard with a range of three loose boxes (11.4m x 3.8m) of Cotswold stone and concrete block
construction, opening onto a concrete yard with post and rail fencing and separate access to the
highway. Timber loose box and tack room.
To the east of the house is a separate Stable Yard accessed from the entrance to Shades Barn,
comprising a four bay steel portal frame covered yard (17.2m x 15.3m) with concrete floor and
electric light, containing six Monarch loose boxes and a tack room.
Outdoor Manège (50m x 25m), recently resurfaced, bounded by post and rail fencing.
THE LAND
The land is all in permanent pasture and is split into four paddocks. The land is level and is served
by water troughs. The boundaries mostly comprise hedges with a number of attractive hedgerow
trees together with post and rail fencing.
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Shades Farmhouse
DIRECTIONS
From Cirencester, take the road signposted for Wootton Bassett in a southerly direction. On passing
the village of Ashton Keynes, take the turning on the right signposted for Minety. The property is the
second house on the left after a short distance.
From the M4 motorway (junction 16) take the exit signposted Wootton Bassett. At the main
roundabout take the B4042 signposted Malmesbury. Take the first turning right after passing under
the motorway bridge, onto the B4696 signposted Ashton Keynes. After about five miles, cross
over the traffic lights, and approximately half a mile after a sharp double bend, take the turning left
signposted Minety. Shades Farm is the second house on the left after a short distance.
Shades Barn
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Viewing: Strictly by appointment through the sole Selling Agents (01285 648115).
Fixtures and Fittings: Those fixtures and fittings not mentioned in the sale particulars are not included in
the sale.
Services:
Electricity: Mains electricity is connected to the dwellings and to most of the outbuildings.
Water:Mains metered water is connected to the dwellings, the outbuildings and to water troughs supplying
the land.
Drainage: Private tank drainage systems to the dwellings.
Telephone: Connected to the dwellings (subject to transfer regulations).
Heating: Oil-fired central heating in both dwellings. The Aga in the Farmhouse is fuelled by bottled gas.
Local Authorities
:
County: Wiltshire County Council, County Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
Tel: 01225 713000
District: North Wiltshire District Council, Monkton Park, Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Tel: 01249 443322
Outgoings: The Farmhouse is registered in Band G for the Council Tax.
Shades Barn is registered in Band D for the Council Tax
Town and Country Planning:
- Planning consent for “change of use of agricultural building to holiday let” was granted in respect of
Shades Barn by North Wiltshire District Council on 19 October 2000, ref. 00/00816/COU. A condition of the
consent states, “The development hereby permitted shall be used for holiday accommodation only and for
no other purpose”. By a legal agreement with North Wiltshire District Council dated 13 October 2000, the
Farmhouse and Shades Barn may not be sold or leased separately from each other.
- None of the dwellings or buildings are listed.
- There are no public rights of access across the property.
Tenure and Possession: The property is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole. Vacant possession
will be given on completion.
Vendors’ Solicitor: Campbell Hooper & Co LLP, Apex House, 116 London Road, Sunningdale, Berkshire, SL5
0DJ. Tel: 01344 622141.
Please Note: These sale particulars have been raised to offer a general guide of the property. All plans are
for identification purposes only and are not to scale. Appliances have not been checked. Services stated are
assumed to be connected. We would advise legal advice be sought before committing to any purchase.
Moore Allen & Innocent LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales,
No. 0C311820
Viewing: All viewings are strictly by prior appointment.
Should you wish to view the property, please contact Emma Buse or Beth Morris.
If you require any further information, please contact Mark Hill.
Tel: 01285 648115
Fax: 01285 640494
e-mail: farmsales@mooreallen.co.uk
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