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Guide Price£595,000

Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2

Key Features

  • Prime location
  • Striking drawing room
  • Versatile layout
  • Detached double garage
  • Annexe accommodation
  • West facing accommodation

Description

A beautiful contemporary Barn Conversion just short distance from Shaftesbury town centre and offering a delightful blend of modern and period character.

Ideally positioned a short, level walk from central Shaftesbury, The Barn is an exceptional conversion blending contemporary luxury with country charm. Finished to an exacting standard, the ground floor features a stylish kitchen/breakfast room, two well-proportioned bedrooms, a family bathroom, and an inner hallway with a dedicated study area. At the heart of the home is a striking, triple-aspect drawing room boasting a vaulted ceiling, abundant light, and a staircase leading to a characterful mezzanine. The entire first floor is dedicated to a private principal bedroom suite with a modern en-suite shower room.

Outside
Outside, a shared driveway provides parking for two vehicles ahead of a detached double garage. Above the garage, a versatile fourth bedroom with an en-suite shower room serves as an ideal guest suite or home office. The property is completed by a private, west-facing garden, beautifully landscaped with mature borders, meandering pathways, and sun-drenched terraces perfect for evening entertaining

Services
Mains water, drainage, gas and electricity are connected to the property. A gas fired boiler provides heating and hot water.
Ultrafast broadband is available and all mobile phone networks have good coverage.

Dorset Council Tax D

EPC: C

DIRECTIONS
Post Code: SP7 8NL
What3words /// dripped.embodied.riverbank

SITUATION
The historic, hilltop, Saxon town of Shaftesbury offers a vibrant High Street with a variety of national and independent retailers for your everyday needs including opticians, dentist, doctors and a cottage hospital. There are a selection of supermarkets nearby including Tesco, Lidl and a Morrison convenience store in the town centre. Communications are excellent with the A350 running from north to the south coast through the town and the A303 to London can be reached in around 10 minutes by car. The nearby towns of Gillingham and Tisbury include mainline railway stations with services from London Waterloo to the West Country. The area is well known for the large choice of good State and Independent primary and secondary schools and a variety of outdoor and countryside activities including golf, cycling, shooting and horse riding.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
D
Date Posted
2026-07-25

Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Efficiency Rating

Very energy efficient - lower running costs
CurrentPotential
(92+)A
(81-91)B
(69-80)C
(55-68)D
(39-54)E
(21-38)F
(1-20)G
69 C
77 C

Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)

Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School953 metresOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    333
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    201
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Motcombe CofE Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    146
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Ludwell Primary School2.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    89
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School2.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    126
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Shaftesbury School96 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    782
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Gillingham School4.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,684
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • Sturminster Newton High School6.9 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    605
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Blandford School9.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,103
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • King Arthur's School11 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    450
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Lidl Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury552 metres
Tesco Shaftesbury Superstore, Shaftesbury561 metres
Spar - Latestop Shaftsbury, Shaftesbury590 metres

GP surgery

Gillingham Medical Practice4.2 miles

Pharmacy

Shaftesbury Pharmacy198 metres

Hospital

Westminster Memorial Hospital867 metres

Green space

Playing Field269 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station4.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

Health Centre29 metres

Typical drive times

Mere18 min · 13 miles
Gillingham11 min · 5 miles
Shaftesbury1 min · 0.4 miles
Salisbury (city)33 min · 20 miles
Sturminster Newton17 min · 8.9 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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