House For Sale £1,650,000
Understood to date back to about 1815 and described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner in “The Buildings of England” as having “two buxom full-height bows”, The White House is a beautiful Regency house of the period and is Grade II listed. The house has stuccoed and painted walls and a Welsh slate roof and is set well back from the road within a garden that is walled on three sides with tall, mature trees providing a high degree of privacy. The house is beautifully presented and has retained many of its original architectural features including its elegant front staircase, tall sash windows, cornicing and fireplaces. The house is south-facing and has a light and airy feeling throughout, looking out across its mature gardens towards the sea and across the rooftops of the village to the Downs behind. It has been the family home of the present owners for the past 18 years and has been sympathetically extended and improved. These improvements include adding the large study with its own cloakroom behind the orangery, building the double garage with a first-floor studio and converting the coach house to create a fully independent guest cottage, which is entirely private from the main house. At the front of the house are two lovely reception rooms on either side of the hall with a door from the drawing room to the south-facing orangery. At the rear of the house is the kitchen/breakfast room, which is lit by an cupula and fitted with bespoke units, gas-fired AGA with adjacent gas/electric AGA Companion. Adjacent to it is a cosy sitting room creating a single L-shaped room. On the first floor the principal bedroom and guest bedroom both have en-suite shower rooms and there are two further double bedrooms and the family bathroom which also has a separate shower. At the rear of the house on the ground floor is a fifth en-suite double bedroom.
The White House is approached up a short, gravelled approach drive to a broad turning circle in front of the house. To one side of the approach drive is a double garage built in a similar style to the house with a first-floor studio. The garden extends out to the front and on two sides of the house and is bound by stone walling and close boarded fencing along with mature trees and shrubs, effectively screening the house and garden. It comprises a series of level lawns fringed by mature shrubs and richly planted borders. One of the lawns extends out from a paved terrace on the western side of the house and forms a completely sheltered space that catches the sun from late morning through to the evening, with a summer house to one side of the terrace and French windows providing direct access to the kitchen. Behind the house and set below the study is a further paved seating area, with a concrete path leading down to The Coach House. This has been converted to provide a self-contained guest cottage and comprises a sitting room, kitchen/dining room, two first floor double bedrooms and two shower rooms (one en-suite).
The White House is approached up a short, gravelled approach drive to a broad turning circle in front of the house. To one side of the approach drive is a double garage built in a similar style to the house with a first-floor studio. The garden extends out to the front and on two sides of the house and is bound by stone walling and close boarded fencing along with mature trees and shrubs, effectively screening the house and garden. It comprises a series of level lawns fringed by mature shrubs and richly planted borders. One of the lawns extends out from a paved terrace on the western side of the house and forms a completely sheltered space that catches the sun from late morning through to the evening, with a summer house to one side of the terrace and French windows providing direct access to the kitchen. Behind the house and set below the study is a further paved seating area, with a concrete path leading down to The Coach House. This has been converted to provide a self-contained guest cottage and comprises a sitting room, kitchen/dining room, two first floor double bedrooms and two shower rooms (one en-suite).
Preston 1.4 miles, Weymouth Station (Waterloo 3 hours) 4.4 miles, Weymouth town centre 5.4 miles, Dorchester (Waterloo 2.75 hours) 7.9 miles, Bournemouth International Airport 31.8 miles. (Distances and times approximate).
The White House is situated in the small and scenic village of Osmington, which is set against a backdrop of the South Dorset Ridgway with its unique figure of the Osmington White Horse carved into the hillside. The surroundings offer great walking and riding opportunities and the Dorset Coastal Path, leading to a little used beach in Osmington Bay, is just 7 minutes' walk from The White House.
The village has a Church, a Dairy shop and Tea Room, a pub at Osmington Mills, and two convenience stores in nearby Preston (1.4 miles). For wider requirements the village is close to the coastal town of Weymouth (5.4 miles) and the county town of Dorchester (7.9 miles), both of which offer an excellent and comprehensive range of shops and local businesses, with Dorchester boasting two Waitrose stores.
Direct rail services to London Waterloo are available from nearby Moreton (normally about 2½ hours). Bournemouth and Exeter International Airports are both just over an hour's drive away.
Dorset is also home to a wide variety of schools from both the state and independent sectors. Notable independent schools within easy driving distance include Sunninghill, Milton Abbey, Bryanston, Knighton House and Hanford.
