An immaculate five bedroom townhouse, with attached annex, garage, rear garden and off-street parking.
Font House is an exquisite Grade II listed townhouse, standing in a popular part of Shaftesbury, within walking distance of day-to-day amenities. The house is of stone construction and provides beautifully appointed accommodation over two principal floors, with a lower ground family room and additional bedrooms on the top floor.
Adjoining the house is an integral garage and the annex. The annex can be occupied as part of the main house or independently, via its own front door.
The owner has lived here since 2009 and maintained the house extremely well, as well as converting the former cellar into part of the living accommodation and building the garden room in 2012.
The drawing room is a fabulous room, with stone fireplace, two window seats, original wooden window shutters a recessed alcove (which fits a grand piano) and handmade fitted bookcases. Beyond the entrance hall is the dining room, a lovely intimate space with original wooden window shutters and Blue Lias flagstones. The kitchen lies at the heart of the house with a side door out to the parking area. It has a fitted Neptune kitchen, with Quooker tap, integrated Neff dishwasher and 110i Everhot range cooker. There is a larder, and side door to the integral single garage. The garden room is of oak construction with a glazed canopy to maximise the natural light, and doors out to the courtyard garden. A further door links the house with the annex. Stairs lead down from the entrance hall to the family room; the owners have created a lovely little wine cellar there too.
Upstairs, the principal bedroom suite comprises a dual aspect bedroom, with en suite bathroom and separate dressing room. A lobby area has been fitted with bespoke bookcases, whilst a further room currently doubles up as a study/dressing/laundry room. There is a lovely guest bedroom with en suite bathroom and the owners presently use the third bedroom on this floor as a home office. There are two further bedrooms and a shower room on the second floor, with access to a substantial loft storage area.
OUTSIDE
Approached by car via The Belfry off Parsons Pool, Font House is set back from the street with a pretty, enclosed area of stone-flagged terrace to the front of the house, with a front gate to the street. There is private parking for two cars to the side of the house, as well as the integral drive-in garage (with automated roller shutter door). A door from the garden room leads out to the enclosed private courtyard garden, stone-flagged and surrounded by perennial and herbaceous borders. There is ample space for an outdoor dining area, whilst there is also a garden shed for tools and garden furniture.
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Finding a house with such wonderful rooms and space, in the centre of town like this, is not common. There is also a wonderful versatility to the layout and I love the front terrace, ideal for a morning coffee!
James McKillopProperty agent