Purton, Swindon, SN5 4EG | Property for sale | Savills
5,400 sq ft(501.68 sq m)
Excess of £1,500,000

PurtonSwindon, SN5 4EG


    Key features

    • Period character home with original features
    • Beautifully appointed interiors
    • Rural setting to the south of Purton village
    • Six double bedrooms, seven bath/shower rooms
    • Mature gardens with lovely countryside views
    • Equestrian facilities including stables, tack room and floodlit arena

    A beautifully appointed character home with equestrian facilities, close to a sought-after Wiltshire village.

    About this property

    • Manor Hill House is a stunning, family friendly idyll, with large gardens for play and entertaining, equestrian facilities and masses of space inside and out. The handsome Edwardian house is packed with original features which have been skillfully incorporated into the more modern décor scheme, including tiled cast iron fireplaces, encaustic tiled floors, stained glass windows, switches and brick and wood details, and internally it is traditionally appointed to complement the age and style of the home and extensively modernised by the vendor. Particular highlights include an AGA range cooker in the kitchen and a range of premium NEFF appliances, extensive storage and modern bath and shower rooms, though there is further scope to personalise if desired.

      The accommodation is arranged over four floors and extends to about 5400 sq ft, with a cellar on the lower ground floor. On the ground floor, there are three reception rooms, an open plan kitchen/dining family room leading to a garden room on the side of the house, a pantry, laundry room, utility room and a cloakroom with WC. Upstairs there is a principal bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and en-suite bath/shower room, three further en-suite bedrooms and an office on the first floor, with three bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms on the second floor.

      Outside
      Manor Hill House is situated off Manor Hill in splendid countryside, between Purton and Lydiard Millicent. The house is accessed via a shared gravel driveway with electric wooden gates, which diverts to a separate gated private parking area and garage (that has electric doors, lighting and marble tiled flooring) which passes around the side of the house to the front. The gardens are enclosed and mostly lawned, featuring a variety of mature trees and shrubs. To the rear of the house there's an electric car charging unit, a separate secluded garden, with a terrace for entertaining and a wooden summerhouse. There are excellent equestrian facilities, including a block of three stables and a tack room within a small yard, where there is a more recent construction of a storage room well suited to feed and forage storage. The highlight is the outdoor school, which is floodlit, is carpet and sand surface surface with it's own water supply. There is gated access to the rear and the side, where there are paddocks suitable for grazing. The land totals approximately 1.9 acres.

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    Local information

    • Tucked away between two sought-after villages – Purton and Lydiard Millicent – Manor Hill House is a a rural idyll surrounded by lovely countryside. National road and rail links are easily accessible via the M4 and Swindon Train Station, both approximately five miles away.
    • Purton village has a Co-op and other convenience stores, along with an organic farm shop, pharmacy, medieval church and primary school. Everyday shopping needs are well served by the pretty market towns of Cirencester and Malmesbury. Both have weekly and artisan markets and large supermarkets as well as independent shops and cafés. Sporting opportunities include all manner of water sports at the Cotswold Water Park, just nine miles away, golf at Basset Down and Ogbourne Downs clubs. Purton village also has its own cricket and tennis clubs.
    • Local schooling options include the Cheltenham colleges, Wycliffe, Rencombe and Marlborough College, with a variety of state primary and secondary schools between Swindon and Cirencester.

    Additional information

    • Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating.
    • Directions: From Cirencester, join the A419 and proceed south towards Swindon. Leave the A419 at Cricklade and turn into the village, turning left upon reaching the High Street/B4553. Follow the road south for about 4.5 miles, passing through Purton village. The property will be on the left-hand side just after The Pear Tree. What3Words\\\squabbles.jigging.awaited
    • EPC Rating: E
    • Tenure: Freehold
    • Council Tax Band: G