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Melmoth House, Abbey Close, Sherborne Dorset DT9 3LQ

Key features

  • Formerly 3 Listed cottages now in office use
  • Remarkable location overlooking Sherborne Abbey
  • For sale with vacant possesion
  • Residential redevelopment opportunity
  • Significant rear garden

Description

Originally 3 cottages Melmoth House is believed to date from the 17th Century but may be earlier. Having been considerably re configured to provide a single property. It is Grade 11 Listed (1110828).

There are 3 frontages on to Abbey Close each of 2 storey rubble stone construction under tiled/slate roofs. The 2 end cottages are orientated north south with Abbey Close while the middle cottage is gable ended. The south cottage is attached to The Almshouse.

To the rear is a large garden.

It should be noted that there is no parking on Abbey Close but over which the property enjoys uninterrupted access.

While residential in origin the property has been used for many years as a solicitors office.

Floor plans are available together with photos and aerial footage showing the property and garden within its unique setting.

Planning/Restrictions
The property is an office and offered for sale on this basis. Conditional offers subject to planning are welcomed. It should be noted that the Title has an overage provision in respect of alternative planning consents obtained until December 2026

Rateable Value
Current rateable value £18,750 (with effect from 1st April 2023).

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Melmoth House, Abbey Close, Sherborne Dorset DT9 3LQ

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  • Sherborne Station0.3 miles
  • Thornford Station3.6 miles
  • Yeovil Pen Mill Station4.2 miles
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Chesters Harcourt was established in 2020 out of a merger between Chesters Commercial and Harcourt Kerr and is a company of Chartered Surveyors and Valuers based in Yeovil & Taunton, Somerset. Chesters Commercial itself was established in 2014 having evolved from Humberts Commercial, which traded for nearly 20 years and under a franchise agreement with Chesterton Humberts. Harcourt Kerr specialised in Development Land and shared many attributes with Chesters Commercial so the merger was very

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