A property like this comes onto the market only once in a blue moon. Situated at the end of a no-through country lane, the house sits near the top of a ridgeline overlooking one of the most beautiful landscapes in Dorset. Built in 1890, unlisted and originally much smaller, the house has been significantly extended and remodelled by the current owners to create a spacious, stylish and light-filled home that succeeds in blending the old and the new seamlessly, with all the principal rooms enjoying commanding views that stretch out like a lush, verdant tapestry as far as the eye can see.

Oak and cedar joinery and Spanish floor tiles bring a sense of Mediterranean summer and tranquillity to the house and the superb large kitchen, which is fitted with an inset Rangemaster range cooker and opens to a large seating and dining area housed beneath a cedar conservatory, provides a delightful family-centric hub to the house. A fitness/yoga room situated next to the kitchen provides a multi-use space for fitness, children's play and/or entertaining with the bi-fold doors opening onto the house's large terrace, which looks out onto the view and the hot-tub. This end of the house also accommodates an eight-person sauna and wet room.

The ground floor has three good-sized reception rooms in a linear layout and both the study and drawing room have working fireplaces, the latter's fitted with a wood-burning stove. All the rooms except the study have a door to the garden.

Upstairs there are five double bedrooms, three en suite and two sharing the large family bathroom. Four of them wake up every morning to the view and the fabulous principal bedroom suite and fourth en suite bedroom both have vaulted ceilings. Significant investment has also been made in renewable energy sources. Consequently, the house is equipped with a wind turbine, ground source heat pump, solar and PV panels along with improved insulation and double glazed hardwood windows.

Set back and to the side of the main farmhouse are a collection of smaller buildings: a spacious, single storey three bedroom stone cottage, a one bedroom wood-clad cabin and three large outbuildings with power and plumbing. The cottage and cabin enjoy the same spectacular views and generate a significant income from guests visiting the nearby Jurassic Coast. The farmhouse has access through a side gate but the cottage and buildings also have their own separate driveway entrance off the passing lane, making this property perfect for holiday or long term rental, or as separate accommodation for multi-generational living.

At the front of the house is a gravelled parking area with a dedicated entrance and space for several cars. Beside it are a double garage and two log stores. A curved flight of steps drops down to the house, which is surrounded by a delightful and very pretty, mature garden. It incorporates areas of paved terrace partly sheltered under a glazed veranda, sweeping lawns and mature trees, including two established magnolia trees, lilac, cherry, weeping beech, Himalayan birch and fruit trees as well as two ponds interconnected by a waterfall. In one corner is the kitchen garden equipped with raised vegetable beds and a soft fruit cage. Extending below the garden is a valley divided into two paddocks and incorporating a small, spring-fed lake and arboretum planted with rare trees.

Agent's Note: There are agricultural buildings belonging to a small family farm on the opposite side of the approach lane to the house. However, they do not impact on the property. There are no public rights of way across the land or property.

The property has an enviable and elevated setting surrounded by beautiful countryside in West Dorset's AONB. Netherbury, the nearest village, is only a mile away and has a church and village hall with a family-run pub outside the village and only a 15-minute walk from the house.

Nearby Beaminster is a vibrant and pretty town capable of meeting most day to day needs with a selection of shops and local businesses, including restaurants and cafés, a church, post office, butcher, florist, greengrocer and a garden centre, as well as GP, dental and veterinary surgeries. Wider amenities are available in the larger towns of Bridport and Crewkerne including a selection of supermarkets.

Nearby transport links include regular services from Crewkerne and Dorchester stations to London Waterloo (2 hours 35 minutes) with Exeter and Bournemouth airports both within reach providing UK and international connections, including a one hour service from Exeter to London City Airport.

The area also provides a wide choice of schools from both the independent and state sectors. Local independent schools include Perrott Hill, Leweston, Hazelgrove, Millfield, Bryanston, Milton Abbey, Port Regis and the Sherborne Schools.