Stockton, Nr Warminster, BA12

An attractive recently thatched cottage for refurbishment & with planning consent to extend situated in a pretty rural village surrounded by the beautiful Wylye Valley countryside


Property
An attractive double fronted, mid-terraced former estate worker’s cottage with white rendered external elevations under a newly thatched roof (June 2024) and facing Southwestwards over open meadow land. Originally of much older origin, the property was rebuilt in 1962 and now requires comprehensive updating and modernising throughout making it an ideal refurbishment project.
The present accommodation comprises a sitting room with a fire, dining room with a solid fuel range, kitchen, rear hall and cloakroom on the ground floor with three bedrooms and a bathroom on the first. Planning consent was granted 20th June 2024 (PL/2024/03932) to remodel the ground floor and build a single storey extension that would provide a spacious kitchen/dining room, utility/boot room and a shower room.

Outside
A shared passageway leads to a wooden gate accessing the good-sized, level rear garden backing onto woodland with an outbuilding/store. The garden has been cleared so as to present a ‘blank canvas’ to landscape and stock to a new owner’s design and preference.

Situation
Stockton is a pretty country village located in the lovely Wylye Valley, part of the Cranborne Chase National Landscape and famous for its fly fishing and delightful scenery. The village has a quintessential, traditional pub, The Carriers Arms (limirted opening times) along the lane from the property and there is also has a historic church dating from the 12th Century. The neighbouring hamlet of Boyton is home to the Ginger Piggery, once known for its Tamworth pork products and now a craft centre and cafe. A mini supermarket/post office and petrol station can be found at Codford (2 miles) which also has a primary school and vets whilst there is also a village shop and pub; The Bell in Wylye (2 miles). The nearby town of Warminster (8 miles) has a choice of supermarkets including Waitrose, shops, health and leisure facilities and a railway station with services to London, Bristol and Southampton.
Stockton is in an attractive rural but not isolated setting on the valley’s picturesque ‘back’ road with the A36 trunk on the other side of the River Wylye giving convenient access to the medieval cathedral city of Salisbury and Roman city of Bath both of which have comprehensive shopping, entertainment, arts and hospital facilities. The A303 is also nearby for London, the West Country and motorway network. Regional airports can be found at Bournemouth and Bristol. South Wiltshire is well known for having several highly regarded schools in both the state and private sectors.
Stockton is surrounded by lovely undulating countryside ideal for a variety of rural pursuits including walking, riding, cycling and field sports as well as sailing at Shearwater near Crockerton. Racing is at Salisbury, Bath and Wincanton with golf at Tollard Royal, Warminster and Salisbury. There are a number of excellent country dining pubs in the villages and hamlets along the valley and there are several famous visitor attractions in the area such as the National Trust gardens at Stourhead, Longleat stately home and safari park, Wilton House and the World Heritage site of Stonehenge.
Services Mains water & electricity, shared private drainage (septic tank), electric immersion heater for the hot water, solid fuel heating.

Local Authority Wiltshire County Council - Council Tax Band D

EPC Energy Efficiency Rating
Current: 43 (E) - Please refer to the agents for the complete EPC

Broadband Ofcom Estimated Predicted Download Speeds –
Standard: 14 Mbps Superfast: 80 Mbps Ultrafast: 1000 Mbps

Tenure - Freehold