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4 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 4 bedrooms
- 4 reception rooms
- 3 bathrooms
- 5.56 acres
- Outbuildings
- Detached
- Double Garage
- Garden
- Parking
- Restored
make better use of the existing space, creating five double bedrooms, three of which will be en suite. The extension also incorporates bi-folding doors the full length of the open plan kitchen/dining area plus two first floor Juliet balconies to make the most of the glorious views.
Westwood House is set back behind a thick belt of mature woodland with the majority of the grounds stretching out behind the house and blending into the older parkland, which contains some fine mature trees including one of the largest beech trees in the South West of England. A lawn extends out from the house to two arboreta containing a wonderful mix of trees that provide an exotic palette of colours and shapes. Beyond is a great swathe of completely unspoilt countryside. Bordering the northern side of the garden is a tall, 100-yard long, L-shaped beech hedge that shelters a deep, 75-yard long border planted with a rich mix of roses, shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Beyond the beech hedge is a paddock peppered by several mature specimen trees and bound by stock-proof fencing. The woodland within the grounds is underplanted with Spring bulbs transforming into a carpet of bluebells in early May. Close to the house is a sheltered vegetable garden with a garden store and two greenhouses. Piped water is laid to watering points/water troughs throughout the grounds. In all about 5.6 acres (2.27 hectares).
A35 1.2 miles, Dorchester town centre 4 miles (Waterloo 2 hours 28 minutes), Sherborne 21 miles, Weymouth (Jurassic Coast) 10.5 miles, Dorset Golf Resort 28.6 miles, Bournemouth Airport 35 miles, Exeter Airport 48 miles. (Distances and time approximate).
Westwood House is situated among the low chalk hills of the Dorset Downs at the centre of the former 1,180 acre (478 hectares) Bradford Peverell Estate, about 1.5 miles as the crow flies from Dorchester and about 10 minutes by car from the town centre. As Dorset's county town Dorchester offers an excellent range of shopping, business and recreational facilities including a Tesco superstore plus GP, dental and veterinary surgeries. The beaches at Ringstead, Weymouth and the Isle of Purbeck and Poole harbour are all within easy reach by car. Dorset Golf Resort (27 holes) is just 12 miles away, with several other golf courses also nearby. Dorchester station has a rail service to Waterloo (2 hours 20 minutes) with the airports at Bournemouth, Southampton and Exeter all within reach. The local area offers a wide choice of schools from both the state and independent sectors. These include the respected Thomas Hardye School (State secondary), Sunninghill Nursery and Prep School in Dorchester, with Milton Abbey, the Sherborne schools, Perrott Hill, Bryanston, Bryanston Prep and Hanford, which are all within a 17 mile radius.
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