Lockeridge, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8

Pipers Plot is a charming and valuably unlisted, detached property that offers light-filled accommodation, and plenty of period character including original fireplaces, timber beams, leaded windows and original brick flooring. The ground floor has four spacious, flexible reception rooms including the 35ft drawing room with its brick-built fireplace and French doors opening onto the garden. There is also a comfortable sitting room, a formal dining room and a useful study for home working, while the well-proportioned kitchen/breakfast room offers plenty of space for storage and appliances, as well as space for a breakfast table for informal dining. On the first floor there are five double bedrooms, including the principal bedroom with its dressing room and en suite bathroom, which has a separate shower unit. The first floor also has the family bathroom and a separate cloakroom.

Lockeridge is a beautiful village close to the ever popular market town of Marlborough, being only 4 miles distant. The village is surrounded by farmland and rolling countryside, on the edge of the beautiful Savernake Forest. There is a popular pub in the village, and a village hall and church which are well supported locally. Marlborough offers an excellent range of shops, cafes, restaurants and pubs, including a Waitrose supermarket, Rick Stein restaurant and an organic farm shop, as well as a cinema, and doctors' surgery and dentist. Nearby Pewsey provides direct train services into London Paddington and the West Country. Larger towns in the area include Hungerford, Newbury, Salisbury, Swindon and Devizes. There is a wide choice of highly regarded schools in the area, including St Francis Pewsey, Pinewood, St John's Marlborough, Marlborough College and Dauntsey's.

At the side of the house there is access onto the gravel driveway, which provides parking for several vehicles and access to the double carport, storage and workshop space. There is also a tractor shed, two stables and a summer house with an adjoining greenhouse. The delightful garden includes rolling lawns and meadows, paved and gravel pathways and terracing, a variety of established shrubs, border flowerbeds and numerous mature trees creating peaceful shaded areas. There is also a large, grassy paddock to the rear.