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" A rare opportunity to purchase a quintessential example of a classical Victorian Villa, dating back to the 1870s, discreetly positioned in a highly desirable, prestigious residential road on the fringes of Warminster Town Centre.

This exceedingly handsome, imposing home has been sympathetically remodelled over the years to provide attractive, versatile, generous accommodation and is currently used as successful Bed & Breakfast, Guest House or Airbnb, in conjunction with a much enjoyed family home. The homes vast accommodation is presented in excellent order throughout, having been subject to alterations and additions for its current use. The work, albeit extensive, has not altered the character and charm of this lovely family home with great attention having been paid to retaining and best promoting all the many original features and hallmarks of a fine Victorian residence.

The extensive accommodation amounts to approximately 4204sq. ft. and is arranged over four floors, including the converted original basement. The ground floor offers traditional and generously proportioned principal reception rooms, of which the formal drawing room and kitchen/breakfast room overlook the glorious gardens to the rear of the house. The grand drawing room has a beautiful feature fireplace and glorious box bay window. The kitchen/breakfast room is then the epitome of the 'heart of the home' with spectacular elevated views across the extensive rear gardens and is well appointed with an AGA, plenty of space for a family breakfast table and additional cosy family seating area. There is excellent office and sizeable sitting room that has been added on recent years, an elegant entrance hall, stunning sweeping staircase, useful utility room and well appointed ground floor shower room. On the first floor there are three excellent double bedrooms, two of which have modern en-suite shower rooms with the remaining room being serviced by a large family bathroom. The second floor then offers a further four double bedrooms that share a family bathroom. This floor presented a fantastic opportunity to be used as a self contained apartment or annexe for a relative, au pair or children?s rooms with separate playroom or living area. In addition to the evidently ample and versatile accommodation there is also the wonderful basement. This in part has been fully converted into a self contained holiday let, complete with separate entrance, fully fitted kitchen, shower room and sitting/ bedroom. Beyond the guest suite there is then a superb workshop, games/media room, wine cellar and household store room, all of which are prime for creating further accommodation having been predominantly remodelled by the present owners.

Homes of this quality and stature are rarely available so we strongly recommend a viewing at your earliest convenience to fully appreciate this elegant home.

Situation
Warminster provides a comprehensive range of recreational and shopping facilities. A wider range of facilities is available in the cities of Salisbury and Bath.

Warminster School is an excellent private school situated on the edge of the town and there are many good schools in the area including Port Regis in Motcombe, St Mary's School for Girls in Shaftesbury, King Edwards in Bath, Kings and Sexey's in Bruton.

There are many recreational opportunities in the area including golf at Warminster spectator sports of rugby, cricket and football at Bath, Bristol and Taunton, horse racing at Salisbury, Bath and Wincanton, sailing on Shearwater Lake at nearby Longleat. Local attractions include Longleat House and safari park, Stourhead, Stonehenge and Salisbury Plain.

Warminster also benefits from excellent communication links with a main line rail service to London Waterloo from Warminster and London Paddington (2 1/2 miles). The A350 junction of the A303, which leads to the M3 is about 8 miles to the South. Bristol International Airport (about 1 hours drive) provides regular internal and international flights.

Outside
The home is quietly positioned back form the road, with a natural stone and brick walled boundary providing security and privacy. The driveway allows parking for multiple vehicles and provides access to the detached double garage that has been extended in length and has light, power, up and over doors and an inspection pit.

The home is beautifully positioned with steps leading up to the fine pillared entrance. On approaching the home the size, scope and grandeur is immediately apparent. Majority of the gardens lay to the rear of the home, amounting to approximately a third of an acre in total. The gardens have been thoughtfully landscaped and meticulously well maintained and can be enjoyed from many aspects. The garden is predominantly laid to lawn with established colourful floral borders, specimen trees, herbaceous beds.

There is a super raised rear terrace, accessed via the kitchen and utility room with steps leading down to the extensive flagstone patio that spans across the rear of the home and then stretches down the flank of the garden creating a super outdoor entertaining and dining area perfectly positioned to capture the sun and enjoy a high degree of privacy. There is also an ornamental raised Koi pond. To the rear of the garden is the 'secret garden', tucked behind a mature tree and bush screen where there is a useful potting shed/ summer house and another formal summer house that looks back across the gardens towards the house. "