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5 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 reception rooms
- 3 bathrooms
- 8.94 acres
- Period
- Detached
- Double Garage
- Equestrian
- Garden
- Parking
Ridouts Farmhouse is approached by a sweeping drive to a large, gravelled parking area behind the house. To one side is a 1930's brick-built double garage which currently serves as a workshop and store. Beyond the annexe are a small vegetable garden and a stable block incorporating two loose boxes and a tack room. The garden extends around two sides of the farmhouse with a level lawn fringed with shrubs and studded with several fruit trees. Extending out from one end of the house is a large, paved terrace for outside entertaining. Beyond the garden are two fenced paddocks with mains-supplied water. In all about 8.94 acres (3.62 hectares). Agent's Note: Current planning consent (Ref: 2/2020/0486/HOUSE dated 22 July 2020) exists to rebuild the existing garage and to add an adjacent family room connected to the house by a glazed link.
Annexe
Set well apart from the main house is a brick-built, single storey barn with two later extensions on one end. This was converted about ten years ago creating a self-contained annexe with electric underfloor heating and comprising a fully fitted kitchen/breakfast room, large living room with a vaulted ceiling, windows on two sides and ample space for separate seating and dining areas, two double bedrooms (one with double doors providing wide access) and a bathroom. The building has consent for use as an annexe and has also been let successfully for holiday accommodation.
Hazelbury Bryan 1.5 miles, Sturminster Newton 6.3 miles, Blandford Forum 10 miles, Sherborne 11.5 miles (Waterloo 2.25 hours,) Dorchester 15 miles, Bournemouth Airport 28 miles. (Distances and time approximate.
Ridouts Farmhouse sits in a lovely position on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, set against the western side of Bulbarrow Hill as a backdrop. It is within the widespread hamlet of Stoke Wake and about a five minute drive to the thriving village of Hazelbury Bryan which has a primary school, village shop, pub, hall and cricket club. More extensive local amenities are available in the nearby small town of Sturminster Newton with the larger towns of Sherborne, Blandford Forum and Dorchester all within easy driving distance. For transport links, the property is within easy reach of the A357 to the north and the A354 to the south, both major east/west roads linking to the major road network. There are regular direct rail services from Sherborne to Waterloo. Bournemouth Airport is under an hour's drive and Exeter International Airport is about 90 minutes away. The area also offers a wide choice of good schools from both the state and independent sectors with Milton Abbey, Hanford, Knighton House, Bryanston, Leweston, Clayesmore and the Sherborne schools all within accessible reach.
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