4 bed detached house for sale

Gainsborough Drive, Sherborne, Dorset DT9

Motivated vendor - serious offers considered. A wonderful opportunity to enhance and update this detached four bedroom house, tucked away from passing traffic and located in one of Sherborne’s most prestigious residential roads. Detached double garage and secure private gardens. No Onward Chain.

This fine residence on Gainsborough Drive is believed to have been built by Wilson Homes in the 1980's with excellent proportions and has brick elevations under a tiled roof. The location is key, positioned in one of Sherborne’s most favourable roads, a peaceful no through road on the Western side of the town. The property has some spacious attractive accommodation centred around a large hallway on the ground floor and a light and airy landing on the first. The accommodation is conventionally arranged with a sitting room running the length of the footprint of the house with a bay window to one end and double sliding doors opening onto the private gardens. To the centre of the house there is a formal dining room while to the left hand side and to the rear there is both a fitted kitchen and a utility room with a study lying to the front of the house. Upstairs there are four good bedrooms the principal of which has a walk in dressing room and an en-suite shower room with the three remaining bedrooms having use of a family bathroom. The property has gas fired central heating, is double glazed and has a large detached double garage to the front of the property. The property have been well cared for by the current owner but is now ready for modernisation and general refurbishment.
Services & outgoings

We understand that mains electric, gas, water and drainage are connected to the property. Gas fired central heating. Council Tax: Dorset Council—Band G.
Additional information

Broadband: FTTP—Ultrafast broadband is available—highest available download speed 1000 Mbps, highest available upload speed 1000 Mbps. (Openreach).
Mobile Coverage: Available via EE, O2, three and vodafone. For an indication of specific speeds and supply or coverage in the area we recommend contacting your own provider.
Flooding: The property is in an area at a very low risk from River/Sea and Surface Water flooding.

Gainsborough Drive lies on the west side of the historic Abbey town of Sherborne. The town has a beautiful period conservation area to its centre with facilities that include the Abbey, a main line train station, two doctors surgeries, a library and a comprehensive range of shops, public houses and restaurants. Yeovil lies within short motoring distance providing, with Sherborne, an excellent range of cultural, recreational and shopping facilities. The region is well known for both its public and privately funded schooling. Sporting, walking and riding opportunities abound within the area with golf clubs at both Sherborne and Yeovil. Communication links are good with a main line station at Sherborne linking with London Waterloo while road links are along the A303 joined at Wincanton giving swift access to London and the Home Counties along the M3, M25 route.

Tucked away towards the head of the development, the property is positioned away from any passing traffic and has a secure and private plot. A superb brick paved drive leading to a detached double garage with remote operated up and over doors. The front garden has landscaped areas, with access to the front door and side of the house. The rear gardens are predominantly laid to level lawn with sun terrace abutting the property. The lawn is broken up by well-kept borders and hedging, with greenhouse.