The Green, CALNE, SN11

Overlooking the historic green in Calne, this mid-17th century grandiose house enjoys a wealth of features synonymous with a building of this period. Sheldon House exhibits a dolls house facade with double fronted elevation, central door and three gabled dormers on the top floor. The property was refaced in the late 18th and early 19th century and has been within the same family for just under 60 years.

The design and layout typifies a house from this era with an elegant flagged entrance hall, flanked by two exceptional main front rooms with tall ceilings, moulded lateral beams and behest views over The Green. Worn stone steps lead down to the back of the house where there is a dining room with bay window and a door that leads through to the utility room and outside. The kitchen is fitted with a range of cupboards, an ornate range, useful pantry and scullery; there is ample space to dine and an adjacent porch has doors to both the rear courtyard and drive. There is a cloakroom with through access to an inner courtyard and a lower ground floor cellar.

Head up the dog legged beautifully tactile staircase where there is a dual aspect main bedroom with an en suite shower room immediately in front. Further stairs opposite ascend to a landing where there are three further generous bedrooms and steps down to a family bathroom. The top floor houses three more good-sized bedrooms with a wonderful outlook and access to the attic.
This handsome property offers a wonderful opportunity to own a bit of the past and is in need of updating subject to the usual consents.

Outside

The property sits on the prestigious green in Calne close to St. Mary The Virgin Church and enjoys a lovely outlook to both the front. It is a short walk to all amenities and close to a charming waterside walking/cycling route along the canal, which leads to Bowood and Chippenham. Calne offers a good range of day-to-day amenities, which include a Leisure Centre with an indoor swimming pool, a public library, various pubs and restaurants. Chippenham (about 7 miles) has a mainline station with services to London Paddington together with access to the M4 motorway at junction 17. The cultural centres of Salisbury and Bath are within a 30 mile radius.

Situation

The property is approached via a shared gravel drive to the side, which leads to a garage. A wrought iron pedestrian gate opens onto a flagstone courtyard that is ideal for al fresco dining and across from here, there is a beautiful garden room / conservatory. Steps lead down through the garden with tree canopies overhead providing shade and specimen plans flanking the path; at the bottom the garden fans out and there is a useful Victorian greenhouse, former vegetable garden and through a garden gate and across a bridge to an island. Trees align this secret garden and there is scope to do further landscaping. The gardens and grounds extend to about 0.7 acres.