4 bedroom detached house for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 4 5 bedrooms
- 3 reception rooms
- 3 bathrooms
- 1.88 acres
- Outbuildings
- Period
- Detached
- Garden
- Patio
- Rural
The south-facing side of the cottage is fringed along its length by a deep timber deck overlooking one of the property's three ponds with the Vale as a backdrop and sea views in the distance. It has been refurbished to a very high standard and today is beautifully presented in a style that perfectly combines contemporary family living with the house's original architectural fittings.
This combination includes pale oak and stone tile floors, exposed roof timbers and timber-clad ceilings upstairs. The combined living and dining room is immediately adjacent to the large kitchen/breakfast room and both are south facing. The former has a lovely open fireplace and one wall of floor to ceiling windows and French windows that open onto the deck.
The kitchen/breakfast room is fantastic and has space for a good-sized kitchen table and is fitted with Shaker-style units under timber work surfaces, double Belfast sink and a 3 oven, electric AGA.
The ground floor has two further reception rooms, both of which face east with views out over the terrace. Upstairs are four double bedrooms and a further single bedroom, which currently serves as a home office and would
work perfectly as a dressing room if desired.
All the bedrooms have far-reaching, uninterrupted views of the surrounding countryside. The principal bedroom is to die for with a vaulted, timber-clad ceiling, Juliet balcony and its own, adjacent bath and shower room.
Outbuildings and land
Guppy's Lodge is approached off a little used country lane via a 60-yard long driveway. At the end of the drive is a stone-built period barn providing garaging for one car and incorporating a mezzanine storage area. The barn has potential for conversion, subject to obtaining the necessary consents. Beside it and immediately leading on to the house is a gravelled parking
area with space for several cars. Behind the barn is a substantial timber garden store.
The gardens and grounds at Guppys Lodge are fabulous. Sitting in roughly 2 acres, the grounds have been deliberately left 'wild' to reduce day-to-day maintenance.
They encompass areas of mature, mixed woodland, three ponds, gorgeous lawns and also a delightful decking area to the front and side of the property, where you can enjoy fantastic views of both the sea and countryside.
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Guppy's Lodge is set admidst unspoilt, hilly countryside within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is also only a 15-minute drive from Charmouth Beach on the beautiful Jurassic Coast and roughly midway between the towns of Axminster and Bridport.
Fishpond itself is a widely dispersed, rural hamlet but nearby the village of Whitchurch Canonicorum has a parish church, pub and village hall. There is a thriving village shop in Charmouth and Felicity's Farm Shop is just 4.5 miles away. Axminster and Bridport are both market towns providing a wide selection of shops and local businesses including a Tesco Superstore in Axminster.
The area also has good local transport links. The A35 and A358 are only 4 and 5 miles away respectively and Axminster station provides regular, direct rail services to both Exeter and London Waterloo.
The area also offers a wide choice of schools from both the state and independent sectors. These include Perrott Hill Colyton Grammar, King's and Queen's Colleges in Taunton, Leweston and the Sherborne schools, which are all within a 20-mile radius.
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