4 bedroom bungalow for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Village Location
- Substantial Accommodation
- Garage & Parking
- Mature Garden
- Kitchen/Dining Room
- Three / Four Bedrooms
Located close to village amenities, Brooklands Cottage is on a generous plot offering superb and substantial accommodation along with ample parking and a delightful mature garden. The property itself is of a ‘chalet style’ with the majority of accommodation on the ground floor and comprising, entrance hall, triple aspect sitting room with door to the garden, kitchen/dining room, a large utility room, a dining room / bedroom, study, two double bedrooms and a bathroom. Stairs from the hall lead up to an en-suite double bedroom.
SITUATION
Fontmell Magna is a picturesque village comprising predominantly period properties. It has a lively and active community and boasts excellent local facilities including village hall, a post office/store, well regarded public house (The Fontmell ), parish church, primary school and doctors surgery. The Saxon hilltop town of Shaftesbury (5 miles) offers further facilities to cater for most every day requirements including a Tesco, Lidl and Co-operative supermarket, Cottage hospital, dentists, doctors surgery and pharmacy as well as a range of boutique shops, cafes, restaurants, hotels and a local farmers market (Thursdays).The area is blessed with excellent communication links with the A350 passing through the village providing easy access to the coastal towns of Poole (22 miles) and Bournemouth (26 miles). The A350 also provides direct access to the A303 to London via the M3 and to the South West. The nearby town of Gillingham (9.5 miles) provides a mainline railway station serving London Waterloo (2 hours) and Exeter St David. The property is located in an area known for its excellent range of state and private schools including; Clayesmore School, Port Regis, St Mary's Shaftesbury, Bryanston, Blandford High School, Gillingham and Shaftesbury High School.
OUTSIDE
A long leafy driveway leads from the road towards the front of the property and the parking area that can accommodate several vehicles in a horseshoe arrangement. A detached single garage is located next to the property. The rear garden is delightful and gently falls away from the property down towards a stream at the boundary. Predominantly laid to lawn, the garden is boarded with mature hedges on both sides and a patio lies adjacent to the property providing an ideal space for al-fresco dining and to enjoy views across the village.
COUNCIL TAX
Dorset Council Tax E
EPC: D (Expired)
SERVICES
Mains water and electricity are connected to the property. Heating and hot water is supplied by an oil fired boiler. Drainage is private and is unlikely to meet all current regulations.
DIRECTIONS
At the centre of Fontmell Magna, facing towards The Fontmell pub there is a brick and stone bus shelter to the right. To the right of that is the entrance to Brooklands Cottage.
Property information from this agent
Places of interest
See more properties like this:
*DISCLAIMER
Property reference SHA230077. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Woolley & Wallis - Shaftesbury.
OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:
Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on May 27, 2023
Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:
Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s
The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2
Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on May 27, 2023
Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:
Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Energy Performance data and Internal floor area: obtained on June 15, 2012 from The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Home Report if in relation to a residential property in Scotland.
Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.