4 bed detached house for sale

High Street, Compton Chamberlayne, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3

Old School House is a charming, stone-built, double-fronted family home offering over 2,300 sq ft of light-filled and flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. Lovingly improved and configured to provide an elegant yet practical environment for both family life and entertaining, the property blends period character—such as stone mullioned casement windows and exposed beams—with modern amenities and neutral décor throughout.

The accommodation flows from a welcoming, wood-floored reception hall with useful storage and a cloakroom. From here, an intimate sitting room leads through to a generous drawing room featuring exposed wooden flooring, walk-in storage, and a characterful fireplace with an inset wood-burning stove. Additional ground-floor rooms include a front-aspect snug, which could serve as a fourth bedroom if desired; a well-proportioned study; and a fitted utility room with a door opening onto the rear terrace. At the heart of the home is an extensive kitchen/dining room. The rear-aspect kitchen is fitted with a range of wall and base cupboards, a large central island, complementary work surfaces, and modern integrated appliances. The dual-aspect dining area features a side-aspect bow window and ample space for a large table. To the right of the kitchen, a door leads to a side porch providing external access. The kitchen also opens into a dual-aspect garden room, which is additionally accessible from the drawing room. This bright space features a vaulted sky lantern and French doors leading to the rear terrace.

On the vaulted first floor the property provides a dual aspect principal bedroom with a fitted dressing room and en suite shower room with twin sinks, and an additional dual aspect double bedroom withcontemporary en suite shower room. A further front aspect double bedroom and a modern family bathroom complete the floor.

Quietly situated at the end of a long drive, the property enjoys private parking and an oak-framed carport with neighbouring workshop. The exquisite and well-maintained gardens surrounding the property are a particular delight, these are laid mainly to lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds with mature fruit trees. There features a parterre herb garden, a vegetable garden with raised beds and a greenhouse, a shed, a garden store with attached gazebo/barbecue area along with a split-level wraparound, raised paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The whole enjoys far-reaching views over the property’s stock-fenced pasture and surrounding countryside.

Located in a conservation area, in the popular Nadder Valley, at the heart of the Cranborne Chase National Landscape, Compton Charlemayne village has a church and village hall, with local amenities in neighbouring villages including a gp surgery, pub, and a convenience store in nearby Fovant. More extensive shopping, educational (state, private and grammar), service and leisure facilities can be found in the locality, Tisbury, the market town of Wilton, and in Salisbury city centre.

The area offers many miles of local footpaths and bridleways. Rural pursuits including fishing on the River Nadder, racing at Salisbury, Wincanton and Newbury, golf courses at Salisbury & South Wilts and Rushmore, and water sports on the south coast.

Communications links are excellent: The A30 and A303 link to major regional centres and the motorway network, whilst both Tisbury (6.7 miles) and Salisbury (8.5 miles) offers mainline services to London Waterloo in less than two hours.

Airports can be found at Bournemouth, Southampton, Heathrow and Bristol.