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This property is no longer on the market
9 bedroom farm house
Key information
Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- 9 bedrooms
- 4 reception rooms
- 3 bathrooms
- 0.80 acres
- Outbuildings
- Period
- Detached
- Double Garage
- Garden
- Parking
A five bar gate opens to the gravel driveway to the west side of the house providing direct access to the integral garage and parking. An attractive brick wall fronting the road has a pedestrian gate which leads to the porch and front door. The main garden lies to the rear of the house with a paved terrace and borders, an ornamental pond and lawn interspersed with trees. The terrace continues around to the east side of the house with further beds, pergola and lawn, mainly bounded to the rear by hedging and with a young beech hedge/fencing to the front. Summerhouse. Greenhouse. Old garden shed. Oil tank. To the far end of the driveway is a substantial timber outbuilding currently used for storage and incorporates three former stables. There is a small area of paddock adjacent to the east side of the garden.
Also available, an adjacent field and former stable yard of about 4.9 acres (1.98 ha) are available by separate negotiation. This is Leasehold with 48 years remaining from the original 99 year lease dated 20th November 1973 at an annual rent of £10 pa.
Milborne St Andrew 2 miles , Puddletown 3 miles, Dorchester 8 miles, Blandford 11 miles, Wareham 13 miles, Sherborne 18 miles. (All distances are approximate).
Dewlish is a popular village, being in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, set amidst the rolling downland of central Dorset.
There is a church and the acclaimed 'The Oak' public house in the village. Milborne St Andrew has a village store, first school, public house, doctor's surgery and church. The larger village of Puddletown has a modern doctor's surgery, first (new) and middle schools, store/post office, veterinary surgery, public house and church. Dorchester, Blandford and Sherborne offer a large selection of shops, recreational, educational and cultural facilities.
Dorchester and Sherborne have mainline railway connections to London/Waterloo. There are a number of well-regarded public
schools in the area including Bryanston, Canford, Milton Abbey, Leweston and the Sherborne schools; Hanford, Sunninghill, Sandroyd, Port Regis, Leweston and Sherborne at preparatory level. This part of the county is renowned for its sporting and leisure pursuits which include golf at the Dorset Golf & Country Club, Isle of Purbeck, Dorchester (two clubs) and Sherborne, glorious World Heritage designated Jurassic coastline, walking and riding over the surrounding countryside.
Property Reference: SHE012023494