Thought to date back to c. 1800, Dovehayes is originally one of the village farms and sits of the edge of the Dorset village of Bourton. Constructed of stone under a tiled roof, this charming period house is not listed.

Day-to-day access is from the driveway directly into the kitchen, with laminate floor, shaker-style units, Aga and electric oven with hob. There is ample space for a breakfast/dining table and lovely views across the garden. The family room adjoins the kitchen, a cosy space for day-to-day living. The sitting room is a lovely elegant room, with an inglenook fireplace and log-burner. The owners currently use the more formal entrance hall as a music hall, with lovely exposed beams and a stone-flagged floor. It provides a quiet space to one end of the house, with the dual-aspect study just off. There is a utility room and WC, with gently-rising stairs from the spacious light-filled hallway, up to the first floor.

There are five bedrooms in total. Two bedrooms have been opened into one, with bi-fold doors between them, creating a ‘suite-style' set up which has been ideal for family needing an adjoining study area. There is a family bathroom and a separate shower room as well.

OUTSIDE
It is hard to look past the stunning Wisteria-clad façade of the main house, but as well as the house there is a stone barn across the drive that we suspect pre-dates the house itself; it is now a double garage and workshop with a superb games room above. There is another stone and brick outbuilding adjacent used as a garden and log store with a useful outside loo.

An older ruined house lies in the large garden, now something of a “folly”, and has been a charming venue for summer parties. A further outbuilding houses seasoning logs and garden equipment.

The Dovehayes garden was awarded a plaque from the Dorset Wildlife Trust for nature conservation and offers a diverse range of wildlife; recently spotted are Roe deer, Muntjac, Red Kites, Barn and Tawny owls. There is an owl box in one of the old oak trees and well as a myriad of woodland birds. A boardwalk traverses a bog garden with small stream full of flag irises, king cups and orchids.

The garden is diverse with lawns, garden beds, woods, wild areas, paddocks and a young orchard totalling approximately 2.2 acres.

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