Nunton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5

Lower Nunton Farmhouse is a historic and charming attached family home with a brick facade and pitched clay tiled roof which has been in the same ownership for some 30 years.  The property benefits from exceptionally spacious and well cared for accommodation totalling a little over 3,000 sq ft in the main body of the house. Internally comprises a large kitchen/breakfast/family room, two reception rooms, five bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property has double glazing and oil fired central heating.  Externally the property has generous space of around half an acre with a gated entrance leading to a gravel drive and onto a tarmac parking area.  There is a very useful one bedroom annexe of around 1,000 sq ft which is located on the first storey above a set of stables and garages which is a particularly attractive building that is brick built with a  slate roof and a clock tower.  There is also a further timber constructed double stable, a hay barn and a 3 bay open barn.  There are two main garden areas for the property, the largest of which is predominantly laid to lawn.  This is an ideal property for a large family or someone seeking versatile accommodation with a large annexe which can be used for a variety of purposes including, rental, air bnb, housing an elderly relative or having live in care.  Internally the property has a large welcoming hall with attractive tiled floor, a useful boot room, understairs cupboard and a utility room with tiled floor, double ceramic sink, useful storage and cloakroom with WC with wash hand basin.  The main feature for the ground floor accommodation is the exceptionally large kitchen/dining/family room which measures some 38’10” x 19’1” and is an ideal family area.  The kitchen itself has exposed beams and high quality fitted units with an excellent selection of base and wall mounted storage finished with stylish granite worktop.  There is an oil fired Aga set in an attractive fireplace with herringbone brick detail and a further conventional electric hob to the side.  The kitchen has a central island with further storage beneath as well as a useful breakfast bar and a large walk-in pantry.  The dining area has space for a particularly large table or perhaps a sofa area with well finished built-in cupboards and a further fireplace (not in use) and a door leads onto the courtyard. There are two other reception rooms on the ground floor, the drawing room leads immediately from the kitchen/dining room and has a brick-built fireplace with inset woodburner, engineered oak flooring and useful built-in storage.  The sitting room is an ‘L’ shape with dual aspect and provides a further seating area.  On the first floor there are five bedrooms and three bathrooms, bedroom one is a particularly large double with a selection of built-in wardrobes as well as a door leading on to an en-suite bathroom with bath, WC and wash hand basin.  There are four further double bedrooms, all of them doubles all with built-in wardrobes.  The large landing has access to the roof space as well as a cupboard housing the hot water cylinder.  There are two family bathrooms, one of them is a shower room with shower, WC and wash hand basin, the other is a bathroom with bath, WC and wash hand basin. The annexe comprises a one bedroom apartment and is located towards the rear of the site and is positioned on the first floor above the stables.  Stairs at the front of the building lead to the first floor where there is a large store cupboard on the landing, a door leads into the apartment itself where there is a particularly large sitting/dining room area and at the rear of the room there is a kitchen area with integrated storage as well as a sink area.  There is a bathroom with bath, WC and wash hand basin as well as a large double bedroom.  There is double glazing and it has its own oil fired central heating system. Externally the property is accessed via a pair of green double gates leading on to a well finished gravel driveway leading to a parking area and in turn to a further tarmac courtyard.  The parking area is fringed by an attractive lawn and walled area with a variety of specimen trees. There is a very useful brick stable with three bays, currently used to stable a horse and the owner leases a large paddock opposite the property. There is a large and useful store room with power and water, as well as a double garage with electric up and over doors and power and lighting.  Other outbuildings include a timber frame double stable, a large 3 bay open barn and a hay barn.  To the very rear of the site there is a large lawn area which is predominantly flat, ideal for young children.  The property also benefits from a share of a piece of land in close proximity which has in total 64 solar panels, 32 of which are for the use of Lower Nunton Farmhouse.