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Rosemary Cottage
Drawing Room
Terrace

5 bedroom detached house

Study
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Detached house
5 bed
2 bath
EPC rating: D*
56,628 sq ft / 5,261 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Ask agent
Broadband: Ultra-fast 330Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Occupying an enchanting situation on the edge of the village of Rampisham
  • Nearby villages of Cattistock and Evershot provide excellent amenities
  • Originally two farm cottages, now extended to provide spacious accommodation
  • Lovely stone mullion windows to reception rooms
  • Beautiful gardens with pond and views of the surrounding countryside
  • Many outbuildings including summer house, games room and workshop
  • EPC Rating = D
Charming cottage with stunning garden and rural views.

Description

Rosemary Cottage dates from 1872, originally two farm cottages and has been extended over recent years to provide spacious accommodation. The property is rendered and painted under slate tile roof with grounds extending to approximately 1.3 acres.

The extended entrance hall to the Cottage is particularly light and bright, the hall currently doubles up as study space. The kitchen/breakfast room has an attractive tile floor and fitted wooden units with wooden work tops. The garden room next to the kitchen, serves as both a sitting room and a dining room, it is a double aspect room which makes the most of the views of the garden and the country beyond, it is a light room and has a solid wooden oak floor. Doors lead out to a large paved stone terrace and access to the garden beyond. The reception rooms to the front of the Cottage are the Drawing room and the Sitting room both with lovely stone mullion windows and each room has an inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove. Upstairs are five bedrooms and two bathrooms. The main bedroom is a double aspect room with views over the garden and good wardrobe cupboards.

Outside
Rosemary Cottage is in a lovely location and the garden complements the Cottage beautifully. There is a wide stone paved terrace to the rear of the property from which you can sit and enjoy the garden and the view of the surrounding countryside. The sizable garden is mainly laid to lawn with a pond and stream running through it. There are mature trees, an orchard, a wild flower meadow, a vegetable garden and well established herbaceous borders. The property has many outbuildings; Summer house, Greenhouse, Games room, Workshop, Stable, Fruit Garden shed, Machinery shed, Garage, Studio, Log store. Parking for a number of cars.

Services
Private water supply. Private drainage. Mains electricity. Oil fired central heating.

Location

Rosemary Cottage occupies an enchanting situation in an AONB on the edge of the village of Rampisham which includes many attractive period houses as well as a Parish Church.

The nearby villages of Cattistock and Evershot provide an excellent variety of amenities including village shops, garages, churches, public houses, village primary schools and restaurants. The towns of Dorchester, Beaminster and Sherborne provide further shopping, educational, recreational and cultural facilities.

There is also a scenic train journey from Maiden Newton ( approximately 3 miles away) to Bath and mainline railway services are available from Yeovil Junction, Dorchester and Sherborne to London Waterloo. Also a train service from Castle Cary to Paddington. The A303 can be joined to the north at Wincanton.

There are both state and private schools in the area, these include Sherborne, Leweston, Perrott Hill, Bryanston, Canford, Clayesmore, Port Regis, Sandroyd and Hazelgrove.

Sporting facilities include golf at Sherborne, Yeovil and Dorchester. Water sports at Sutton Bingham Reservoir or the south along the Dorset coastline at Poole Harbour or Weymouth Bay. Horse racing at Salisbury, Bath, Wincanton and Exeter.

Square Footage: 2,787 sq ft


Acreage: 1.3 Acres

Directions

DT2 0PX
From Dorchester proceed in a northerly direction along the A37 and take the left hand turning to the village of Evershot. Proceed into Evershot and as you drive up the hill towards the village take the first turning left. Continue out of Evershot straight over the crossroads and down towards Rampisham. Rosemary Cottage is the first house on the right hand side.

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