Chetnole Road, Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6HQ | Property for sale | Savills
405.61 sq m
Guide price £2,250,000(€2,565,475)

Chetnole RoadYetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6HQ

  • Sold

Key features

  • Sold in November 2022
  • Chetnole is a pretty village with thriving community, Inn, cricket club and station
  • Delightful small holding centred around the farmhouse and a cluster of out buildings
  • Spacious well arranged accommodation with a wealth of character and charm
  • Large barn with adjoining garage stables and paddocks
  • Old Granary with consent for change of use to residential dwelling

Most handsome farmhouse and range of outbuildings with planning consent for an additional residential unit in this glorious rural location.

About this property

  • Winterhayes Farm is a delightful smallholding centred around a farmhouse and a cluster of buildings situated in a glorious rural location between the sought after villages of Chetnole and Yetminster. The original farmhouse is likely to date back to the 18th century and built with attractive local stone under a double pitched slate roof. The front of the house is adorned by a magnificent Magnolia tree and to the rear are wonderful views over the farm, open country and the hills beyond.

    The house was considerably enlarged in recent years and now provides spacious, well arranged accommodation over two floors many of which have access to or views over the garden. The farmhouse is not listed but has a wealth of character and charm including flagstone floors, open fireplaces and exposed timbers and some good rooms including a spacious south facing drawing room with high ceilings, good size family kitchen with AGA, two further reception rooms and study and eight bedrooms on the first floor.

    Outside
    The farmhouse is approached from the lane via a track leading into a private drive that forks off to the farm and stables or sweeps round to the farmhouse where there is access to ample parking. Adjacent to the house is a large traditional threshing style barn with adjoining garage, beyond that is a small paddock. To the south east of the farmhouse is the main farmyard comprising a large modern steel framed barn with yard and traditional stable block with four stables, tack room and feed store. Also in this area is a hard tennis court and the Old Granary, now with consent for change of use to a residential dwelling (Application No: WD/D/18/002431). The main formal gardens are located on the south west of the house and have been thoughtfully designed and landscaped to provide interest and colour throughout the year with open pasture land and the dramatic hills beyond providing a stunning back drop. The bulk of the land, which is permanent pasture fans out to the west of the farmhouse and farm buildings and extends to about 29 acres in total.

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I particularly like the old barn which is wonderfully unspoilt

Ashley RawlingsProperty agent

Local information

  • Winterhayes Farm is located between the villages of Yetminster and Chetnole, deep within the unspoilt countryside of the Cattistock and Blackmore Vale and as immortalised by Thomas Hardy in his Wessex Novels.
  • Chetnole is a pretty village with a thriving community. It has an Inn, a cricket club and a station on the local train line which runs from Weymouth to Bath and Bristol.
  • Yetminster has further amenities including a doctor's surgery, village shop and inn.
  • The town of Sherborne is within easy reach and the county town of Dorchester is 15 miles away.
  • Communications in the area include a regular railway service from Sherborne to London Waterloo taking about 2 ¼ hours and access onto the A352 providing a north/south route and the A35 at Dorchester providing an east/west link.
  • The A303 can be joined to the north beyond Sherborne and Wincanton.Sporting facilities in the area include, horseracing at Wincanton, Exeter and Bath, golf at Sherborne, Yeovil and Bridport and water sports along the Dorset coastline to the south at West Bay, Poole Harbour and Weymouth Bay.
  • Education
  • This area is particularly well served with independent schooling including Bryanston, Milton Abbey, Canford, Clayesmore, Leweston and the Sherborne Schools. Preparatory schools in Sherborne and Dorchester. State schooling in Sturminster Newton, Dorchester & Sherborne.

Additional information

  • Directions: Head South from Yeovil on the A37. After approximately seven miles take the turning on the left to Stockwood, Chetnole, Leigh. Proceed in to Chetnole passing the Chetnole Inn on the right hand side. Proceed for about 1.5 miles passing over the road bridge crossing the railway line and the entrance to the farm is the next turning on the left.
  • EPC Rating: E
  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Council Tax Band: F