4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Litton Cheney in the heart of the Bride Valley
- Village has thriving community and White Horse pub
- Stunning Jurassic coast just under 3 miles to Hive Beach
- Delightful cottage built by CG Fry & Son in 1990s
- Spacious well laid out accommodation
- Approached from quiet village lane
- Lovely gardens adjacent to open farmland
- EPC Rating = E
Description
Rainbow Cottage was built in the 1990s by award-winning builder C G Fry & Son, a well regarded local building firm who are still operating from the village today. Built in a traditional style of local stone with a mostly thatched roof, in keeping with many of the cottages in the village.
Rainbow Cottage has spacious, well laid out accommodation over two floors. On the ground floor is a particularly nice, spacious reception hall, off that is the sitting room with open fireplace, kitchen with AGA, dining room and garden room. A utility room and WC complete the downstairs accommodation.
On the first floor is the main bedroom with en suite shower and lovely views over farmland, further double bedroom and two twin bedrooms and family bathroom.
Outside
The house is approached from the quiet village lane where a wooden five bar gate opens to an area of parking and access to a garage. A pedestrian access from the lane leads to the front door. The front garden is screened from the lane by a hedge and mostly laid to lawn and to the rear of the house is a terrace also adjacent to the garden room, a small area of lawn and mature hedge and shrubs. A fence provides the boundary to the open farmland adjoining.
Location
Litton Cheney lies in the heart of the glorious Bride Valley and within a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The village consists of a mix of traditional and modern cottages and houses and has a thriving, active community with the White Horse public house, a village hall, primary school and the fine parish church of St Mary.
'Litton Lakes' on the edge of the village offer wild swimming and camping with a café onsite.
The stunning Jurassic Coast is just under 3 miles away by road to Hive Beach.
The attractive Georgian town of Bridport is 6 miles to the west and has an excellent range of facilities including restaurants, pubs, shops, national supermarket chains including Waitrose and a popular weekly street market.
There is a mainline railway connection at Dorchester (9 miles to the east) to London Waterloo.
Square Footage: 1,829 sq ft
Directions
From Dorchester proceed along the A35, through Winterbourne Abbas and to the dual carriageway. Take the first left hand exit on the dual carriageway at White Cross.
Proceed down the hill to the village and turn left at the junction. Proceed around the right hand bend and take the first left into Hines Mead Lane. Rainbow Cottage is the thatched cottage on the right hand side.
Additional Info
Council Tax Band G
Mains electricity, water and drainage. Oil fired central heating.
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