3 bedroom penthouse for sale

The Royal Pavilion is undoubtedly one of the most impressive buildings in the South of England and stands on the northern side of Queen Mother Square, the epicentre of the visionary Poundbury community. It is also the tallest building in Dorchester.

Apartment 20 is the penthouse apartment incorporating a stunning tower and therefore has unparalleled views across the town and the beautiful countryside surrounding it. The Pavilion boasts a classically designed exterior that is reminiscent of the finest Georgian architecture of the late 18th /early 19th centuries. Apartment 20 occupies the two top floors of the tower on the pavilion's south-east corner and includes two further, higher floors in the tower beneath the cupola. High ceilings and tall arched windows give the apartment a wonderful feeling of light and space and it has been finished to an exceptional and improved standard by the current owners.
As greater height means a better view, the layout of the apartment is inverted with all three bedrooms on the apartment's lowest floor, along with the entrance hall, cloakroom, boot and utility rooms

The principal bedroom has delightful views with an en suite bath and shower room and separate en suite dressing room. The other two bedrooms both have incorporated dressing areas and en suite shower rooms. An elegant, wide, sweeping staircase leads up to the second floor, which contains the stunning drawing room, the modern kitchen/dining room and the comfortable snug. The drawing room is a truly beautiful room with tall arched windows on three sides, intricate coving and an ornate Georgian-style fireplace.

The kitchen/dining room is fully fitted with handmade, painted timber units including a large central island, built-in electric appliances, walk-in larder and a good-sized dining area. The octagonal tower encompasses a study and storeroom at its base with a superb garden room beneath the cupola, surrounded by a 360° balcony with magnificent countryside views on all sides. This superb room is occasionally used as a fourth bedroom by the current owners.

The current owners are the only owners of Apartment 20 since The Royal Pavilion first opened in 2019. They have undertaken extensive and sympathetic upgrading of the apartment's original fittings where appropriate.

Today, the apartment incorporates oversized, heavyweight doors, extensive fine joinery including full room height wardrobes, electric blinds, colonial shutters and extra thick marble tiling. In addition, the bathrooms are all fitted with Villeroy and Boch sanitaryware alongside Keuco bathroom furniture. All the fitted electrical appliances are sourced from Miele. The apartment incorporates an internal lift between its first and second floors.

Beneath the Royal Pavilion is a secure, communal parking garage, in which the apartment has two side by side, dedicated and oversize parking spaces with adjacent electric vehicle charging and power, a useful storeroom and residents bicycle storage. At ground level, secure entry and exit doors open to a communal lobby with three lifts to the various floors within the building. Further secure store. The East Lift for No. 20 rises to an exclusive lift lobby on the third floor. CCTV to all entry, garage and communal areas. There are also 8 “residents only” visitors parking spaces at the front of the building in Pavilion Green.

King Charles and Queen Camilla formally open the Royal Pavilion in September 2023. Poundbury, the King's visionary village, is clearly an extraordinary success story.

The Royal Pavilion forms the northern side of Queen Mother Square, the centrepiece of Poundbury, the renowned urban extension on the western side of Dorchester, championed by HM The King, when he was Prince of Wales. It is a wonderful community and home to a selection of shops and other local businesses. These include a Waitrose store, just 50 yards away on the western side of the square and The Duchess of Cornwall pub/restaurant opposite it. Residential building work in Poundbury is on target to be completed within the next 3/4 years. Whatever cannot be found locally within Poundbury can probably be found in Dorchester about a mile and half away, which as the county town has a wide choice of shops and local amenities including a larger Waitrose, Tesco superstore, GP, dental and veterinary surgeries and the county hospital. Dorchester also has a train station with direct services to Waterloo, the A35 and A37 are both just a short distance away and the area also has a wide choice of good schools from both the state and independent sectors.