A private 4 bedroom character property, which would benefit from updating, with a beautiful garden.
This detached property, situated within a conservation area, is tucked away and approached through a high arch in the hedge revealing a delightful south facing garden of approximately 0.34 acre.
Believed to be over 200 years old, with painted brick elevations and a pitched slate roof, Grooms retains many of the original features. The house has been in the same ownership for over 40 years and now offers an incoming purchaser the chance to update and put their own stamp on it.
The sitting room faces the southerly aspect and has a bay window, door to the patio and garden beyond, exposed beams and an attractive stone fireplace housing a wood burning stove with cupboards to the side. The dining room has parquet flooring, a china cupboard and also overlooks the garden. Beyond is the kitchen which is a good size and has a range of floor and eye level units, electric double oven and hob with space for a fridge freezer.
In addition, there is a ground floor wet room, and a study with a large built in bookcase, door to the garden and parquet flooring. Beyond the study is the utility room and front door with covered porch.
An archway from the sitting room leads to stairs rising to the first floor where there are three double bedrooms with wardrobes, a dressing room, wc and family bathroom with separate shower. Much of the first floor has wooden flooring, some period leaded windows overlooking the sunny garden and Preston Hill. There is a linen cupboard and a door opening to steep steps to the attic with 2 loft rooms, ideal for storage.
Iwerne Minster has been voted Dorset’s best-kept village in recent years and provides local amenities including general store/sub-post office, public house and Clayesmore independent school and the sports centre which is open to the general public. Set between Blandford and Shaftesbury both approx. 6 miles, the village and surrounding countryside lie within Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Poole and Bournemouth are approximately 21 and 27 miles distance. Main line trains to London are available at Salisbury and Gillingham.
