● Spacious Detached Bungalow with Three Bedrooms, Two Bathrooms and Three Reception Rooms
● Superb Stable Block with Two Boxes, Workshop and Stores
● Steel Framed Barn c. 75’ x 40’
● Glorious Gardens ● Good Quality Level Pasture Paddocks
● Approx. 10 Acres In All
● Enchanting Location with a High Degree of Privacy and Seclusion
The bungalow is believed to have been built in around 1975 originally as a farmworkers dwelling, and it was subsequently extended in more recent years. It is surrounded by glorious gardens that are maintained to an extremely high standard by the present owner and the excellent stables, barn and paddocks are ideal for smallholding or private equestrian use. The present owners have kept breeding alpacas, sheep, horses and have taken crops of hay.
There is direct access on to a public bridleway off the drive providing many miles of walking and hacking through the wonderful surrounding countryside.
Hermitage is a small village in the heart of sublime Dorset countryside with convenient access to the county town of Dorchester to the south and the famous abbey town of Sherborne to the north. Both provide excellent ranges of shops, restaurants and mainline railway stations to Waterloo. There is a village shop and Post Office in the nearby village of Leigh and the area is renowned for its many excellent schools in both the state and private sectors.
Price Guide £950,000 Ref: EO8090
THE RESIDENCE
A bright and airy detached bungalow with a practical layout and views from all rooms over the charming gardens. There is oil fired central heating, PV solar panels and the windows are double glazed. The accommodation in brief is as follows, please refer to the floor plan for approximate room sizes:
The Main Entrance through the front door leads into a Reception Hall which has built-in storage.
A door to the left opens into the Sitting Room which has a fireplace with log burner and access through to the Conservatory which has double doors opening out to the garden.
The Kitchen is fitted with an extensive range of built-in units with worksurfaces incorporating an Everhot electric range cooker, sink with drainer and mixer tap and plenty of storage. Double doors open through to the Dining Room, which then leads back through to the conservatory.
A further door from the kitchen opens into a Utility Room with built-in storage, sink, plumbing for washing machine and an adjoining rear Boot Room with an external door to the garden.
There are Three Good Sized Bedrooms, the largest of which has an En Suite Bathroom with a bath, WC and wash hand basin.
There is a separate Family Bathroom also fitted with a bath, WC, shower and wash hand basin.
Price Guide £950,000Ref: EO8090
OUTSIDE, OUTBUILDINGS & LAND
The property occupies an extremely private and secluded location set towards the end of a long tarmacadam drive which is shred with just one neighbour beyond. A double gated entrance leads on to a sweeping “in and out” driveway with ample parking areas and a detached Single Garage.
The gardens that surround the bungalow are a particular feature of the property, providing wide areas of lawn bordered by mature hedging with a variety of mature trees, a small orchard and beds stocked with numerous ornamental shrubs and flowers.
Next to the bungalow is a Vegetable Garden with four raised beds, fruit cage and a Polytunnel c. 20’ x 10’ (about 6.1m x 3m).
To the rear of the bungalow is the extremely impressive stable yard built of block and brick under a tiled roof with a concrete base and yard, light and power connected providing Two Stables, Stores and Workshop.
The Land adjoins the garden in level pasture fenced into a number of paddocks. Within the home paddock there is an animal shelter and storage shed. At the top end of the paddocks with a separate access off the driveway is an enclosed hardcore yard / handling area and the superb Multipurpose Barn c.75’ x 40’ (about 22.9m x 12.2m) steel portal frame with block and box profile walls, box profile roof and earth floor.
Price Guide £950,000Ref: EO8090
