House For Sale £425,000
A Grade II Listed 3/4 bedroom detached thatched cottage in the heart of Sturminster Marshall.
This quintessentially English village home has a delightful rear garden and is situated close to a maypole green. It has much character and charm, is beautifully presented, and has good ceiling heights throughout. Trafalgar Cottage was constructed in the 18th century and has colour-washed elevations, a painted brick plinth, a ridged thatched roof and 2 brick chimneys. It is connected to all mains services, and has gas central heating (with Worcester Bosch boiler) and timber casement windows.
The property enjoys easy access to lovely walks in the surrounding countryside and along the banks of the River Stour.
A covered entrance way leads to a small entrance hall with a staircase to the first floor. Both the sitting and dining rooms have cast iron fireplaces and access to the kitchen, and the dining room has an under stairs cupboard. The impressive kitchen/breakfast room comprises a range of units, black polished work surfaces, Smeg Range cooker, integrated dishwasher, space for washing machine, and an attractive outlook over the rear garden. The ground floor bathroom has a free standing, rolltop bath, wash hand basin, WC, dado panelling, and a cupboard housing the gas boiler.
Off the kitchen is a side hallway which could be used as a family room, boot room or work room, which leads to a study and also has a door to outside and double doors to a garden room (with doors to the rear garden.
The first floor has a spacious principal bedroom with loft access, and 2 further bedrooms which interlink.
Outside, there are 2 tarmac parking spaces, and there is a small area in front of the cottage for garden pots. The delightful, enclosed, westerly facing rear garden has a large paved terrace with 3 steps which lead up to a raised lawn. There are some established trees, shrubs, feature roses, a greenhouse, and a timber shed.
Sturminster Marshall has a lively village community with First School, parish church, village hall, recreation ground, maypole green, golf course, post office/shop, pharmacy, 2 pub/restaurants and a café. There is easy access to the A350 and A31 providing good road connections to Blandford Forum, Dorchester, Poole and the market town of Wimborne Minster. Dorchester, Poole and Bournemouth all have mainline rail links.
Directions: From Wimborne, proceed towards Blandford on the B3082 for about 2 miles, passing Kingston Lacy House on the left. Turn left, signposted to Sturminster Marshall and proceed for about a mile. Turn left at the junction and proceed over the stone bridge at White Mill, and proceed into Sturminster Marshall village. After the Red Lion pub on the left, immediately bear right into Back Lane, and Trafalgar Cottage is located on the corner.
