5 bedroom detached house for sale

Understood to date back to about 1815 and described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner in “The Buildings of England” as having “two buxom full-height bows”, The White House is a beautiful, Grade II listed Regency house with a stuccoed and painted exterior under a Welsh slate roof. It is set well back from the road within a garden that is walled on three sides, with tall mature trees providing a high degree of privacy. It is beautifully presented and has retained many of its original architectural features, including its elegant front staircase, tall sash windows, cornicing and fireplaces. The house is south-facing and has an exceptionally light and airy feeling throughout, with views over the garden and rooftops of the village to the South Dorset Ridgeway. It has been the home of the present owners for the past 20 years and has been sympathetically extended and improved. These improvements include the addition of a large office with a store and cloakroom behind the orangery, a double garage with a first-floor studio, and the conversion of its Coach House to create a fully independent guest cottage that has significant holiday let potential, having its own frontage onto Church Lane and complete privacy from the main house.

At the front of the house are two lovely reception rooms on either side of the hall, with a door from the drawing room opening into the south-facing orangery. The gorgeous kitchen/breakfast room at the rear of the house extends into a cosy sitting room, creating a single large, L-shaped room equipped with a lantern roof light and fitted with bespoke units and gas-fired AGA alongside a gas/electric AGA Companion. On the first floor, the principal bedroom and guest bedroom both have en suite shower rooms. There are two further double bedrooms and the family bathroom which has a separate shower. At the rear of the house on the ground floor is a further en suite double bedroom.

The property entrance is approached up a short, gravelled drive to a broad turning circle in front of the house. On one side of the approach drive is a double garage, rendered in a similar style to the house, with a useful first-floor studio. The garden extends out in front and on both sides of the house and is bounded by stone walling, high close boarded fencing along with mature trees and shrubs that combine to effectively screen the house and garden from view. It incorporates a series of level lawns fringed by mature shrubs and richly planted borders. One of the lawns extends out from a paved terrace on the western side of the house and is accessible from the kitchen through French doors. It forms a completely sheltered space, with a Summer House on one side, that catches the sun from late morning through to the evening. On the east side of the house is a further paved seating area with a path leading down to The Coach House, which is separate from the main house, self-contained and incorporates a sitting room, kitchen/dining room, two first floor double bedrooms, shower room and ensuite bathroom

Preston 1.4 miles, Weymouth town centre 5.4 miles, Dorchester 7.9 miles, Wool station 9 miles (Waterloo 2 hours 28 minutes), Bournemouth International Airport 31.8 miles. (Distances and time approximate).

The White House is situated in the small, scenic village of Osmington, which has a church, dairy shop and tea room and is set against a backdrop of the South Dorset Ridgeway with the Osmington White Horse carved into the hillside. The surroundings provide great walking and riding opportunities and the Dorset Heritage Coastal Path, leading to a little used beach in Osmington Bay, is just a seven minutes' walk away. There is a pub at Osmington Mills plus two convenience stores in nearby Preston. For wider requirements the village is close to the coastal town of Weymouth and the county town of Dorchester, both of which offer an excellent and comprehensive range of shops and local businesses, with Dorchester boasting two Waitrose stores. Direct rail services to London Waterloo are available from nearby Moreton (about 2.5 hours). Bournemouth and Exeter International Airports are both just over an hour's drive away. Dorset is also home to a wide variety of schools from both the state and
independent sectors. Notable independent schools within easy driving distance include Sunninghill, Milton Abbey, Bryanston, Knighton House and Hanford.