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House For Sale £1,150,000
Ibberton, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11


Description
Superb contemporary village house in an elevated position with glorious views towards Bulbarrow Hill.

Location

Ibberton is a pretty, rural village at the foot of Bulbarrow Hill with an active community focused around the village hall, The Ibberton public house and the fine parish church of St Eustace.

The village is situated within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and there is access to a vast network of footpaths and bridleways into the wonderful North Dorset countryside.

The nearby market town of Blandford Forum has an excellent range of facilities including shops, pubs, restaurants and both Tesco and Marks & Spencer supermarkets.

The larger centres of Dorchester, Sherborne, Poole and Bournemouth are all within commuting distance.

Mainline railway services to London Waterloo run from Salisbury, Gillingham and Tisbury.

The A303, north of Shaftesbury and the A30 from Salisbury, both provide routes to London and the Home Counties.

Golf is available at Blandford and Rushmore Park. Sailing and water sports are available at Poole and Weymouth and along the glorious Dorset coast. Racing at Wincanton, Bath and Salisbury.

Education
This area is particularly well served with independent schooling including Bryanston, Canford, Clayesmore, Milton Abbey, Leweston and the Sherborne Schools. Primary schools are available at Hazelbury Bryan and Okeford Fitzpaine.

Description

Holmwood House was completely remodelled in 2012 and has been upgraded further since then and now provides an outstanding contemporary-style country property with attractive, spacious accommodation arranged over two floors. The property has part rendered/part timber clad elevations under a slate roof and sits well in the centre of a glorious plot extending to about 1.6 acres. Inside the property is presented in outstanding order with a spacious reception hall, a dining room with glazed screen overlooking the garden and field beyond, large kitchen with Aga and seating area, again with glass screen providing views over the garden and Bulbarrow Hill beyond, a spacious sitting room with wood burning stove, WC and useful boot room. On the first floor are four bedrooms, each with their own bathroom and all have outstanding views over the garden and countryside.

Accommodation
Please see floor plans.

Outside
The house is approached from the village lane via a private drive with electric 5 bar gate, beyond which is an area of parking and access to a double garage and additional car port. Adjacent to that is a further outbuilding/machine store. On the first floor above the garaging is a superbly appointed home office with views over the paddock to the rear and Bulbarrow Hill to the front. The main lawn falls gently away from a south east facing terrace outside the kitchen to the boundary, with views over the village below. To the rear of the house post and rail fencing separates the garden from the paddock within which there is a stable block and enclosed yard.

Square Footage: 2970 sq ft

Acreage: 1.66 Acres

Directions

From Blandford Forum, take the A350 towards Shaftesbury, turning left towards Durweston, on to the A357 towards Sturminster Newton. Proceed through the village of Shillingstone, turning left into Okeford Fitzpaine. Proceed straight through the village and up the hill ignoring the turning left to Turnworth and Winterborne Stickland, but staying straight on towards Ibberton. As you enter the village, turn right opposite the village hall and Holmwood House is the first on the right hand side.

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