House For Sale £400,000
PRICE GUIDE: £400,000-£450,000 FREEHOLD: Development opportunity: A 3 bedroom mid-Victorian semi-detached cottage in need of complete modernisation and refurbishment, set in a large cottage garden adjacent to open farmland, in an idyllic rural location about 1.5 miles north of Wimborne Minster.
Currently part of the Gaunts Estate, the property is of traditional construction, with facing brick elevations, a large A-frame gable, a roof of small plain tiles and a tall brick chimney. Tucked away from main roads and traffic noise in a pretty hamlet surrounded by fields, the property is connected to mains water and electricity, and has oil fired heating and original timber windows. It offers great potential for extension, subject to planning consent.
An entrance porch with a quarry tiled floor, stone features and an original front door leads to a large living room with brick and stone open fireplace (with bread ovens) and exposed wall and ceiling timbers. There is a large kitchen/breakfast room with stainless steel sink, work surfaces, units, space for appliances, timber floor and exposed ceiling beams. The rear boot room has a timber floor and a door to the garden. A straight staircase leads to an L-shaped first floor landing, from which a passageway gives access to bedroom 1, a double room with a superb open outlook over the surrounding countryside. Bedroom 2 is a spacious double room with superb views, and bedroom 3 is a smaller double room with built-in storage cupboards, and a superb open outlook. The bathroom comprises bath, wash basin and WC.
Outside there is off road parking, and climbing roses adorn the front of the house. The gardens are enclosed by high mixed hedges and close boarded fencing, and include a large, L-shaped lawn, fir and yew trees, an attractive wildflower area, an area of rough pasture, an oak arbour with climbing roses, space for a shed/outbuilding, an oil storage tank, and a gate to the lane.
Directions: From Wimborne, proceed north on the B3078 Cranborne Road for about 4 miles through the hamlet of Stanbridge, and turn left signposted Hinton Parva. Proceed down the no through lane, passing the farm buildings being converted, and the property can be found on the left hand side.
Council Tax: Band C
EPC Rating: Band F
