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4 bedroom bungalow
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Detached bungalow
- Non-standard construction
- Ample off road parking
- Development potential
- Plot extending to 1.9 acres
- Rural village setting
Constructed in the mid 1940s this detached bungalow resides in plot just under two acres and occupies an enviable position in the heart of the Rampisham Downs. The current vendors have carried out significant works to modernise and improve the property however there is ample opportunity to develop this further subject the necessary consents.
There are two points of access into the property; through the original main entrance into the hallway or through a secure porch area into the kitchen, which is the preferred route by the vendors leading from the parking area. The porch provides a useful storage area for coats and shoes before entering the property. The kitchen comprises a range of wall and floor mounted units, four oven, oil fired AGA and space for a range of white goods. The kitchen area also benefits from a double aspect to the front and rear of the property as well as recently replaced fibreglass roof. The kitchen area flows into an open plan sitting/ dining room with large integrated storage cupboard and access to the rear garden via a double glazed rear porch. Adjacent to the reception space is the principle accommodation accessed via a central hallway. The accommodation comprises four double bedrooms, serviced by a family bathroom. The master bedroom is well proportioned and enjoys a private double aspect. Bedrooms two and three are also bright double bedrooms, with Bedroom three also benefitting from a double aspect and space for a variety of free standing storage or furniture. Bedroom four provides further accommodation and also houses the water tank for the property. A family bathroom services the four bedrooms comprising bath with shower attachment over, WC and pedestal sink. The bathroom has been replaced by the present vendors with a contemporary white suite and tiled flooring.
SERVICES AND OUTGOINGS
Oil fired central heating
Private water supply (Borehole)
Private drainage (Septic tank)
Council Tax Band E
Surrounded by the rolling chalk hills of the Dorset Downs, Rampisham is situated approximately 11 miles northwest of the county town of Dorchester and just over 7 miles to the market town of Beaminster, both offering comprehensive facilities. Only 1.5 miles away is Evershot with its village store/post office, popular pub, and highly regarded Spa at the Summer Lodge Country House Hotel. Mainline railway links can be found at Both Dorchester and Maiden Newton
One of the most salient features of this property is its generous plot, amounting to just shy of two acres. There is a selection of outbuildings, the largest of which was formally used as a kennels/ cattery, two former stables/ animal shelters and area of hardstanding which is believed to have supported a Dutch style barn. There is the possibility to develop these buildings further subject to the necessary consents. Please ask agent for further details on this. There is currently a verbal agreement of access with the neighbouring land owner to use the access on the north eastern border to maintain the hedging and access the adjacent fields.
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