4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Spectacular coastal location
- Set along private lane adjacent to Durlston Country Park
- About three quarters of a mile from Swanage
- Approximately 10 miles to Wareham with train station
- Interesting and distinctive Modernist house
- Most rooms have delightful aspect over the gardens
- Opposite the house is access to the nature reserve,
- Country Park and the South West Coastal Path
- EPC Rating = D
Description
An interesting and distinctive Modernist house, built around 1936, understood to have been designed according to the principles of architect Rudolph Steiner. The layout of the original house included no right angles and features include angular asymmetric details such as the stone porch, window lintels and internal archways. The elevations are of whitened render with UPVC double glazed windows under a multi-faceted slate roof, and the house has the benefit of mains gas fired central heating. Most rooms in the house enjoy delightful aspects over the gardens towards the woodland beyond, with some first floor windows enjoying sea glimpses through the trees in the winter.
The accommodation includes an entrance porch with stone surround, with the oak front door opening into entrance vestibule and then into the spacious reception hall. This has an elegant staircase with oak handrail, understairs storage, a boiler cupboard also housing the water softener, and a guest cloakroom leading off. From the hall, double doors open into the double drawing room having a door to the garden and a Victorian marble fireplace with tiled inset and open grate. The useful study has a glazed screen with glass shelving from the hall and an understairs store. The ‘L’ shaped kitchen/ breakfast room has a range of units in white with wood work surfaces, island unit, gas hob, double oven, fridge, space for table and chairs, twin ceiling lanterns and doors to the garden and utility room. The library can also be used as a dining room and has patio doors to the good size conservatory at the rear.
The staircase leads up to the first floor landing and a gallery overlooking the hall. The main bedroom has fitted cupboards and an en suite shower room with shower, basin and WC. There are three further double bedrooms, two with wardrobes and sea glimpses, and a spacious family bathroom with both a corner bath and separate shower.
Outside
The property is approached via a private unmade lane with timber entrance gates open into a driveway providing parking for several cars. The Garage has double timber doors with half arranged as a utility room with sink, plumbing for washing machine, a range of kitchen units, and doors to the garden and side.
The house occupies a generous corner plot extending to about 0.4 acres and faces south towards the clifftop walk. It has a dry stone boundary wall made of local Purbeck stone and enjoys a good degree of seclusion. A stone terrace at the front is perfect for outdoor dining and entertaining, and there are several other areas from which to enjoy the garden at different times of the day. The garden is mainly lawned, with many mature shrubs and established beech hedging. There is a fish pond with waterfall, and in the rear corner a utility/ compost area. The trees and hedges in the garden together with the surrounding wooded clifftop and country park, form a beautiful, wooded setting for the house
Opposite the house is access to the clifftop, the nature reserve and Country Park, and the South West Coastal Path, all a haven for wildlife.
Location
Harbour St Bride occupies an incredible location set along a private unmade lane adjacent to the National Trust owned clifftop woodland, Durlston Country Park, Durlston Castle, National Nature Reserve, and the South West Coastal Path.
The centre of the popular Victorian seaside town of Swanage is about three quarters of a mile away, and can be reached on foot along part of the coastal path.
The town is famous for its sandy beaches and seafront, and offers a wide variety of shops, restaurants, cafés and bars. The Saxon market town of Wareham, approx. 10 miles, has a train station to London Waterloo.
The Isle of Purbeck, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty includes the UNESCO World Heritage Jurassic Coast with its unique geological formations such as Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. Poole Harbour, the second largest natural harbour in the world, is renowned for its sailing and water sports, marinas and yacht clubs.
The Isle of Purbeck Golf Club is on the road to Studland Beach and there are other fine courses in the wider area.
Square Footage: 2,389 sq ft
Acreage: 0.4 Acres
Directions
On entering Swanage, follow the signs for the Durlston Country Park, driving through the town and along the High Street. With the seafront cafés and restaurants on your left, turn right into Seymer Road follow the hill up and then turn into Durlston Road. Follow this road past the Durlston Country Park signs and then turn left into unmade Solent Road. Drive down the lane turning left at the bottom and Harbour St Bride is on the left.
Additional Info
Council Tax Band G
Mains water, gas, electricity and drainage. Please note that the working condition of any of the services or kitchen appliances has not been checked by the agents but at the time of taking particulars we were informed they were all in working order.
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