House For Sale £798,000
A charming former dairy with period origins and extremely spacious and flexible accommodation along with stunning views, stables, yard and paddock. In all about 2.60 acres.
Hunters Lodge is a former stone dairy believed to have nineteenth century origins converted in the 1980s. The kitchen and principal reception rooms all make the most of the far-reaching views and the accommodation is both spacious and offers flexibility with scope for annexe accommodation.
All rooms are accessed off a hall with the bespoke Stephen Coe kitchen/breakfast room having oil fired Aga, stone tiled floor, island unit, range of wall mounted and floor standing units with granite work surfaces and twin enamel sinks. There is an adjoining utility room with large larder and space for appliances; steps from the kitchen lead to a boot room with back door to outside. The views are over the garden and field across the Blackmore Vale to King Alfred's Tower in the distance. With oak flooring in the hall and main reception rooms the dining room has French doors to the outside terrace and double doors to the sitting room. This is a dual aspect room with brick fireplace with stone hearth and wood burning stove. It is a delightful room and excellent entertaining space with two sets of French doors to outside and far-reaching views. Beyond the sitting room is a study which has also been used as a snug.
Two steps lead up to the older part of the house which has its own entrance door; there are two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes and one with an ensuite shower room and French doors to the garden. There is a further separate shower room and one of the bedrooms could easily be turned into a kitchen / sitting room to be used as an annexe.
The main stairs lead up to a landing with master bedroom having wonderful far-reaching views, fitted wardrobes and ensuite bathroom. There are two further double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes and a family bathroom.
The property is approached via a wooden five bar gate on to a private drive with parking and turning for several cars. There is a double garage with up and over door, power and light. The drive continues to the side where a further gate leads to a wooden garage and shed and the garden. The garden has a terrace accessed from the kitchen, sitting room and dining room and is laid to lawn with hedge borders and many mature trees and shrubs as well as flower beds. Beyond the garden with acess from it is the paddock measuring about 1.84 acres of pasture with hedge and fence boundaries. Additionally there is a separate vehicular access from the road leading to the paddock and passing the concrete yard where there is a timber stable block with 5 stables, tack room open fronted hay barn and 36' barn with double doors. There is also a vegetable garden with greenhouse.
Shaftesbury has an excellent range of shop and amenities including a delicatessen, cafes, pubs, restaurant, niche retailers, a newly re-opened boutique hotel, banks, two supermarkets, small hospital, library, health centre and an arts centre. The area has good communication links with the A303 and the nearby town of Gillingham offers a mainline railway station to London Waterloo and the Southwest. The area is renowned for its schools, both state and private and the town has primary schools and a good secondary school.<br/><br/>
Hunters Lodge is a former stone dairy believed to have nineteenth century origins converted in the 1980s. The kitchen and principal reception rooms all make the most of the far-reaching views and the accommodation is both spacious and offers flexibility with scope for annexe accommodation.
All rooms are accessed off a hall with the bespoke Stephen Coe kitchen/breakfast room having oil fired Aga, stone tiled floor, island unit, range of wall mounted and floor standing units with granite work surfaces and twin enamel sinks. There is an adjoining utility room with large larder and space for appliances; steps from the kitchen lead to a boot room with back door to outside. The views are over the garden and field across the Blackmore Vale to King Alfred's Tower in the distance. With oak flooring in the hall and main reception rooms the dining room has French doors to the outside terrace and double doors to the sitting room. This is a dual aspect room with brick fireplace with stone hearth and wood burning stove. It is a delightful room and excellent entertaining space with two sets of French doors to outside and far-reaching views. Beyond the sitting room is a study which has also been used as a snug.
Two steps lead up to the older part of the house which has its own entrance door; there are two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes and one with an ensuite shower room and French doors to the garden. There is a further separate shower room and one of the bedrooms could easily be turned into a kitchen / sitting room to be used as an annexe.
The main stairs lead up to a landing with master bedroom having wonderful far-reaching views, fitted wardrobes and ensuite bathroom. There are two further double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes and a family bathroom.
The property is approached via a wooden five bar gate on to a private drive with parking and turning for several cars. There is a double garage with up and over door, power and light. The drive continues to the side where a further gate leads to a wooden garage and shed and the garden. The garden has a terrace accessed from the kitchen, sitting room and dining room and is laid to lawn with hedge borders and many mature trees and shrubs as well as flower beds. Beyond the garden with acess from it is the paddock measuring about 1.84 acres of pasture with hedge and fence boundaries. Additionally there is a separate vehicular access from the road leading to the paddock and passing the concrete yard where there is a timber stable block with 5 stables, tack room open fronted hay barn and 36' barn with double doors. There is also a vegetable garden with greenhouse.
Shaftesbury has an excellent range of shop and amenities including a delicatessen, cafes, pubs, restaurant, niche retailers, a newly re-opened boutique hotel, banks, two supermarkets, small hospital, library, health centre and an arts centre. The area has good communication links with the A303 and the nearby town of Gillingham offers a mainline railway station to London Waterloo and the Southwest. The area is renowned for its schools, both state and private and the town has primary schools and a good secondary school.<br/><br/>
