House For Sale £650,000
Handsome Grade II Listed 4 bedroom period property with lovely views, huge character and a baronial feel.
Catherston Leweston Manor is believed to have been originally built in the 14th Century and was gentrified and enlarged in the high Victorian Gothic style in the mid 19th Century. In the 20th Century the Manor was divided into six individual houses, each taking full advantage of the outstanding elevated position looking down over rolling countryside to the sea at Charmouth. As one would expect of a house of this age it has enormous character, with features that include outstanding ceiling heights, open fireplaces, decorative cornicing and plasterwork, mullioned windows, timbered ceilings, panelled walls and tiled floors to name but a few.
The accommodation is arranged over three floors with the main house accommodation on the first two floors and a self-contained flat on the third/fourth floor. On the ground floor an entrance hall leads through to a lovely dining room complete with a timbered ceiling and a door onto a paved terrace to one side, behind which there is a fully fitted kitchen. This has a comprehensive range of floor and wall mounted units and cupboards with granite work surfaces over. Appliances include an electric cooker, a fridge and a dishwasher and the floor is the original Victorian tiled floor. In addition off the hallway there is a cloakroom. To the front of the house is one of the best rooms of the original house with a floor to ceiling mullion bay window that takes in the views to the sea. The room has a fireplace equipped with a coal effect gas fire as its focal point and some lovely decorative mouldings and dado rails. There is a tiled central hallway from which the staircase rises the first floor with panelled walls and lovely ‘solar’ above making it a dramatic space. The principal bedroom lies to the front of the house taking in the views once more and has an extensive array of built-in wardrobes and cupboards. To the centre of the first floor there is a study/occasional bedroom beyond which is a third bedroom and family bathroom that is equipped with both a shower and a bath. On the third/fourth floor there is self contained flat consisting of a bedroom, an ensuite bathroom, a fitted kitchen and a living room that takes in the best of all the views and would make an ideal studio/workspace.The kitchen is equipped with an electric cooker, a washing machine and a fridge freezer.
The communal gardens are a particular feature of the property and are for the most part laid to formal lawns framed by attractive Yew hedging, with well-stocked herbaceous and shrub beds to the edges. There is parking by the front door of Number 6, while to the other side of the Manor there is a garage.
The property lies in an elevated position about a mile from the charming seaside village of Charmouth which has a number of shops including a Nisa/Co-op, newsagent/hardware store and pharmacy. There are two public houses, restaurants, a library and primary school and the village is well served by public transport to the neighbouring towns of Axminster and Bridport. The A35 provides the major road link while there are mainline stations at Dorchester and Axminster. Sporting, walking and riding opportunities abound within the area while the world Heritage site Jurassic coastline stretches all the way along Lyme Bay with Charmouth itself being well known for its fossil finds.
Catherston Leweston Manor is believed to have been originally built in the 14th Century and was gentrified and enlarged in the high Victorian Gothic style in the mid 19th Century. In the 20th Century the Manor was divided into six individual houses, each taking full advantage of the outstanding elevated position looking down over rolling countryside to the sea at Charmouth. As one would expect of a house of this age it has enormous character, with features that include outstanding ceiling heights, open fireplaces, decorative cornicing and plasterwork, mullioned windows, timbered ceilings, panelled walls and tiled floors to name but a few.
The accommodation is arranged over three floors with the main house accommodation on the first two floors and a self-contained flat on the third/fourth floor. On the ground floor an entrance hall leads through to a lovely dining room complete with a timbered ceiling and a door onto a paved terrace to one side, behind which there is a fully fitted kitchen. This has a comprehensive range of floor and wall mounted units and cupboards with granite work surfaces over. Appliances include an electric cooker, a fridge and a dishwasher and the floor is the original Victorian tiled floor. In addition off the hallway there is a cloakroom. To the front of the house is one of the best rooms of the original house with a floor to ceiling mullion bay window that takes in the views to the sea. The room has a fireplace equipped with a coal effect gas fire as its focal point and some lovely decorative mouldings and dado rails. There is a tiled central hallway from which the staircase rises the first floor with panelled walls and lovely ‘solar’ above making it a dramatic space. The principal bedroom lies to the front of the house taking in the views once more and has an extensive array of built-in wardrobes and cupboards. To the centre of the first floor there is a study/occasional bedroom beyond which is a third bedroom and family bathroom that is equipped with both a shower and a bath. On the third/fourth floor there is self contained flat consisting of a bedroom, an ensuite bathroom, a fitted kitchen and a living room that takes in the best of all the views and would make an ideal studio/workspace.The kitchen is equipped with an electric cooker, a washing machine and a fridge freezer.
The communal gardens are a particular feature of the property and are for the most part laid to formal lawns framed by attractive Yew hedging, with well-stocked herbaceous and shrub beds to the edges. There is parking by the front door of Number 6, while to the other side of the Manor there is a garage.
The property lies in an elevated position about a mile from the charming seaside village of Charmouth which has a number of shops including a Nisa/Co-op, newsagent/hardware store and pharmacy. There are two public houses, restaurants, a library and primary school and the village is well served by public transport to the neighbouring towns of Axminster and Bridport. The A35 provides the major road link while there are mainline stations at Dorchester and Axminster. Sporting, walking and riding opportunities abound within the area while the world Heritage site Jurassic coastline stretches all the way along Lyme Bay with Charmouth itself being well known for its fossil finds.
