4 bedroom house

A charming and elegant rural house with flexible accommodation and views over neighbouring farmland. Close to excellent road and rail links.

'The Cottage' with mock Tudor elevations under a pitched tiled roof is a comfortable home thought to originate from the early 1900's. Since its build in the early 20th century, the property has had various additions with the two storey kitchen extension being its most recent some 20-25 years ago.

A front door with open porch leads you into a large and welcoming entrance hall laid to carpet with fitted cupboards, one of which houses the Grant oil fired boiler. The generously sized kitchen breakfast room with dual aspect and attractive flagstone flooring has plenty of wall and base units with worktop space and a built in oil fired AGA. Other appliances include a gas hob (bottle fed) with grill over and there is space and plumbing for a dishwasher. A large walk in larder offers further food storage with tiled flooring and space for a tall fridge freezer. The separate utility room doubles as the much needed 'dog and boot' room with access to the wc and the side external door with open porch. There is space and plumbing for a washing machine, tumble dryer and further white goods if required.

The separate dining room with door to study is located in the original part of the property with an attractive brick built open fireplace (not in use) and fitted units to either side.

The study has windows to the front and side aspect laid to carpet with telephone and tv sockets - an ideal home office or hobby room. An inner hallway with airing cupboard and stairs to first floor with storage under gives access to the formal living room with fireplace and inset woodburner. This lovely triple aspect room has French doors leading out to the sunny garden patio and lawn.

Stairs rise to the first floor landing with double loft access and ample fitted storage cupboards and full height book shelving. The impressive master bedroom is a wonderful size with double aspect views over the wrap around garden and countryside views beyond. This bedroom is served by a generously sized ensuite with bath and shower over, wc, wash hand basin and airing cupboard with immersion heater. Bedroom two is the guest bedroom benefitting from ensuite shower room and fitted wardrobes. The remaining double bedrooms have built in wardrobe space with bedroom four also having a built in wash hand basin and further loft access.

The family bathroom completes the accommodation with bath and shower mixer.

Outside
The property is approached via wooden gates on to an ample driveway with parking for several vehicles and an open style garage with power sockets and lighting. The south west facing garden offers a large lawn area bounded by mature hedging and various established trees including some fruit with pear, apple, plum and others.

The garden wraps around the 'L' shaped property giving you full access from front to back. A patio area with pergola offers good alfresco dining space and plenty of afternoon sunshine.

There are several well stocked flower beds and a large vegetable and fruit area which offers plenty of space for growing with two greenhouses and two shed/workshops. There are two outside water taps.

Overall, the plot is measured at approximately 0.4 acres.

Gillingham, the Leddenton of Thomas Hardy's novels, is situated in the Blackmore Vale, and is the most northerly town in Dorset. The name of the town was first mentioned in the 10th century Saxon charter and was the seat of a royal hunting lodge. This was visited by King John and the first three Henrys. The town offers services to cater for most everyday requirements with Waitrose, Asda, Lidl and Aldi supermarkets. There is also a pharmacy, bank, post office, doctors surgery, pubs, cafes and gift shops, along with the well regarded state secondary school. Gillingham also enjoys a mainline railway station serving London Waterloo (2 Hours) and the South West. The A303 giving access to the South West and London via the M3, whilst the A350 provides access to the coast. The area is renowned for its schools, both state and private. Prep schools include Port Regis, Sandroyd, Knighton House, Hanford, Sherborne Prep and Clayesmore. Public schools include Bryanston, Sherborne School and Sherborne School for Girls, Milton Abbey and Clayesmore.



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