5 bedroom detached house

FIVE DOUBLE BEDROOMS! Digley House is substantial (2246 square feet), handsome modern home built in a period style - ideal for those looking for cottage character but not the maintenance and running costs of an old property. Situated in a quiet village lane, this property enjoys nice walks from the door and is also near a village pub and shop. The property boasts a beautifully landscaped rear garden with large timber summer house and brick built workshop. There is private off road driveway parking at the front and side for four to five cars. The current owners have beautifully extended and finished the house to a very high standard throughout. There is under floor heating, oil-fired radiator central heating, uPVC double glazing and a pressurised hot water system. The fantastic, well laid out accommodation enjoys good levels of natural light and comprises entrance reception hall, sitting room with dual aspect and a cast iron log burning stove, open-plan kitchen dining room with half vaulted ceiling and stylish Shaker-style kitchen units, large uPVC double glazed conservatory, large utility room, study / boot room and ground floor WC. On the first floor there is landing area, master bedroom with a dual aspect and en-suite shower room, two further double bedrooms and a first floor family bathroom. On the second floor there are two more generous double bedrooms. Kingston and Hazelbury Bryan is located in the heart of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, approximately central within the triangle formed by the towns of Blandford Forum, Sherborne and Dorchester. It is on the edge of the Blackmore Vale and adjacent to Bulbarrow Hill. The village, which featured in the Sunday Times 2015 top 50 places to live, is primarily supported by services located in Sturminster Newton about 4 miles distant, the larger towns such as Sherborne, Yeovil, Dorchester and Blandford Forum are within about a half hour drive from the village. Hazelbury Bryan is the Parish name that embraces seven hamlets making up the residential areas. They are Droop, Kingston, Parkgate, Pidney (including Partway), Pleck, Wonston and Woodrow. The village has a local shop, community sports field and a children’s play area and The Antelope Inn. The Village Hall on Partway is an active centre of community life. The main Church for the village and the primary school are located at the south-eastern point, in Droop. There is a Methodist Chapel adjacent to the Village Hall. The popular and pretty village of Hazelbury Bryan is only a twenty minute drive to the historic town centre of Sherborne with its superb boutique high street with cafes, restaurants, Waitrose store and independent shops plus the breath-taking Abbey, Almshouses and Sherborne's world-famous private schools is just a short drive away. It is also a short drive to the mainline railway station making London Waterloo directly in just over two hours. The property is perfect for those aspiring families making the most of the cheap mortgages available at the moment, couples cashing out of the South East and London market or cash buyers looking for their perfect Sherborne home to settle in, potentially linked to the wonderful selection of local schools. It may also be of interest to the holiday letting or second home market. THIS RARE PROPERTY MUST BE VIEWED TO BE APPRECIATED.

Oak storm porch with slate tiled roof, outside light, uPVC double glazed stable front door to entrance reception hall.

ENTRANCE RECEPTION HALL – 12’4 Maximum x 10’4 Maximum
A generous greeting area providing a heart to the home, staircase rises to the first floor, pine moulded skirting boards and architraves, understairs storage cupboard, natural stone floor, timber panelled doors lead off to the main ground floor rooms.

SITTING ROOM – 17’5 Maximum x 13’2 Maximum
A beautifully presented generous main reception room enjoying a wealth of character features. This room enjoys a light dual aspect with two uPVC double glazed period-style windows to the front enjoying a sunny south westerly aspect, uPVC double glazed window to the side, period-style brick fireplace with exposed beam, flagstone hearth, cast iron log burning stove, TV point, telephone point, natural stone floor, multi-pane double glazed double French doors open from the sitting room to the conservatory giving a full through-measurement of 30’10.

CONSERVATORY – 12’8 Maximum x 11’5 Maximum
A superb addition with excellent ceiling heights, uPVC double glazed construction, natural stone floor and window sill cappings, pine moulded skirting boards and architraves, light and power connected, uPVC double glazed double French doors open onto the rear garden, double glazed double multi-pane French doors lead from the conservatory through to the kitchen / dining room.

KITCHEN / DINING ROOM – 19’7 Maximum x 17’11 Maximum
A fantastic open-plan kitchen / dining room enjoying a light dual aspect with uPVC double glazed double French doors opening onto the rear garden, uPVC double glazed period-style window overlooking the rear garden, two double glazed Velux ceiling windows to the side. This open-plan space is split into two predominate areas.

KITCHEN AREA
An extensive range of period-style Shaker kitchen units comprising solid granite work surface and surrounds, ceramic Belfast sink with mixer tap over, large Rangemaster range-style oven with five burner electric induction hob and electric double oven and grill under, a range of drawers and cupboards under, integrated dishwasher, BOSCH integrated fridge, a range of matching wall mounted cupboards and glazed display cabinets, concealed wall mounted cooker hood extractor fan, natural stone floor, half vaulted ceiling.

DINING ROOM AREA
Timber panelled door leads down to the entrance hall, natural stone flooring, pine moulded skirting boards and architraves, TV aerial attachment, fitted storage cupboards with Butchers block Beech work surface and surrounds, wall mounted cupboards and glazed display cabinets. 
Door from the entrance hall leads to utility room / boot room.

UTILITY ROOM / BOOT ROOM – 9’3 Maximum x 9’6 Maximum
A range of Shaker-style fitted kitchen units comprising solid timber work surface with inset stainless-steel one and a half sink bowl and drainer unit, mixer tap over, a range of drawers and cupboards under, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, space for undercounter freezer, a range of matching wall mounted cupboards, wall mounted electric heater, ceramic tiled floor, uPVC double glazed stable door to the side, entrance leads to study / boiler room.

STUDY / BOILER ROOM – 8’6 Maximum x 7’5 Maximum
Two period-style uPVC double glazed windows to the front, ceramic floor tiles, space for upright fridge freezer, floor-standing Worcester oil-fired boiler, cupboard houses electric fuse box, telephone point.

Panelled door from the entrance reception hall leads to ground-floor WC.  

GROUND-FLOOR WC
Fitted low level WC, wall mounted wash basin, tiled splash back, extractor fan, stone floor tiles.

Pine staircase rises from the entrance reception hall to the first floor landing.

FIRST FLOOR LANDING
uPVC double glazed period-style stairwell window to the front enjoying a sunny south westerly aspect. Generous first floor landing area, pine moulded skirting boards and architraves, door leads to under stairs storage cupboard space, panelled doors lead off the landing to the first floor rooms.

MASTER BEDROOM – 12’9 Maximum x 17’4 Maximum
A fantastic sized master bedroom enjoying a light dual aspect with two uPVC double glazed period-style windows to the front, uPVC double glazed period-style window to the rear overlooking the rear garden, two radiators, TV point, pine panelled door