A WELL REFURBISHED AND BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED SEMI-DETACHED VICTORIAN COTTAGE IN A LOVELY RURAL SETTING.

Built in the traditional local style of brick and flint, Pixie Cottage was very well refurbished and extended about 20 years ago. Our clients moved into the cottage in 2010 and focused on developing the garden, building an impressive garage and workshop, and a summer house where they can sit and enjoy the view. Since then, they have maintained and presented the cottage beautifully, making the most of all the character and period features. The accommodation comprises an entrance lobby opening into a large light sitting room with a wood burning stove and an arch through to a very smart country style kitchen and next to that a separate utility room and wc. A dining room or study completes the ground floor and upstairs there are 3 bedrooms (2 doubles and a single) and a family bathroom (with a shower over the bath). Practical slate and oak floors give the cottage a real feeling of quality, and double glazing and a modern gas (LPG) central heating make it an easy property to manage and maintain. Pixie Cottage offers one of those rare opportunities to buy a picturesque period property in a lovely rural setting, which would be ideal for a young family, country retirement or even as a second home/rural retreat.

Creating the lovely garden on either side of the cottage has been one of the great pleasures of our clients. A south facing lawn with beautifully stocked borders stretches out in front of the cottage and a substantial summer house at the end of the garden has a lovely view across the valley and fields beyond. Behind the cottage, clever planting makes the most of the shade and focuses on bird feeding and a small wildlife pond. A path leads across the front garden and through a gate onto a large gravel area with parking for 2 or 3 cars in front of a very well built timber garage and workshop with a tiled roof and a log store to one side.

Tarrant Rushton is one of the eight pretty villages stretched out along the picturesque Tarrant Valley. On the western edge of Cranborne Chase, it is surrounded by the distinctive rolling countryside of South Dorset, much of which is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Although the four Tarrants at this end of the valley (Rawston, Rushton, Keyneston and Crawford) are very rural they are by no means isolated and there is a thriving community. There are good pubs along the valley in Keyneston (The True Lovers Knot) and Monkton (The Langton Arms) an excellent local butcher and farm shop nearby in Rawston and a rather good wine merchants up the valley in Tarrant Hinton. Blandford Forum with its historic Georgian market square is a short drive in one direction and has an excellent range of amenities including an M&S food hall, Lidl and Tesco superstore, and in the other direction Wimborne has another busy town centre and Waitrose. For a wider range of amenities Salisbury, Dorchester and Poole are all within about half an hour’s drive, and communication links around the village are excellent. The business centres along the coast from Poole and Bournemouth through to Southampton and Portsmouth are all within reasonable commuting distance. The nearby A31provides a quick link to the M27 and M3 up to London. The A303/M3 via Salisbury provides an alternative route to London and Salisbury has the most convenient railway station, with a regular service to London Waterloo (about 1 hour 45 mins). There is excellent walking, riding and cycling in the countryside that surrounds the village, there are several golf clubs nearby and great opportunities for sailing and water sports in and around Poole harbour, Studland Bay and along Dorset’s renowned Jurassic coastline, which are all only a short drive away to the South.

Mains electricity and water are available at the property. Gas (LPG) radiator central heating (new boiler 2020) Private drainage (shared septic tank). Good Broadband.