THE Gables in Hindon Lane in Tisbury is a predominantly Victorian country house which has been refurbished by the present owners (see front page).

The property is set in gardens and grounds of 4.7 acres and has a cellar.

In an elevated position, taking full advantage of the views across the land, as well as views across the Fonthill Estate, the rooms provide elegant accommodation over two floors.

The main reception rooms offer a mixture of formality and informality. The five bedrooms are reached via two staircases and offer a high degree of flexibility for modern living, says the agent, Hamptons International.

The owners have secured planning permission to enhance the accommodation.

For those interested in history, the house was once owned by Rudyard Kipling’s parents – it is believed he wrote his novel Kim while staying there.

The property is within walking distance of Tisbury with its many amenities including shops, doctors’ surgery, leisure centre, schools, library, churches and inns, as well as a mainline station with services to London Waterloo and the West Country.

More extensive amenities can be found in the cathedral city of Salisbury and the hill top market town of Shaftesbury, while there are road links via the A30 and A303 to other major centres in the area, London and the motorway network.

Tisbury is surrounded by the beautiful downland of the West Wiltshire Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is ideal for a number of rural pursuits such as walking, riding and cycling.

Tisbury is well-placed for access to local private and state schools including Godolphin, Chafyn Grove, The Cathedral School, Bishop Wordsworth’s and South Wilts Grammar School in Salisbury and, to the west, Sandroyd, Hanford, Port Regis, St Mary’s Shaftesbury, Clayesmore, Bryanston and Sherborne.

The Gables is approached from Hindon Lane. Open fields lie to two sides of the house and a gravel drive leads to the front of the house where there is parking for a number of cars. The beautiful gardens and grounds are an outstanding feature of the property, having been professionally designed and landscaped by the current owners.

Chilmark stone terraces lie to the south and west elevations, affording views over the gardens, seamlessly merging formal and informal areas. An expansive south-facing formal lawn features deep herbaceous borders. The formal gardens have been cleverly planted to offer a selection of “garden rooms” offering either seclusion or raised beds for fruit and vegetable, through to a wild area, with a stunning tree fort ideal for boisterous small people.

Screened by mature hedging and completely fenced is a hard court tennis court completing these lovely formal gardens.

The highlight, though, is the remaining grounds which sweep away from the formal areas. The present owners have created an easily-maintained “park” which has been planted with hundreds of indigenous trees which have begun to mature and have become a haven for a multitude of wildlife species. The whole is watered electronically from the house.

The accommodation comprises a kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, dining room, drawing room, utility room, cellar, five bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Outbuildings comprise a newly-constructed double bay car barn, a mower/garden store and workshop and a log store. There is also a tennis court.