Sandhills, Cattistock, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0HQ | Property for sale | Savills
1,959 sq ft(182 sq m)
Guide price £1,100,000(€1,254,232)

SandhillsCattistock, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0HQ

  • Sold

Key features

  • Sold in July 2023
  • Village has pretty church, The Fox & Hounds Inn, active cricket and tennis clubs, post office and store
  • Attractive detached country property with spacious light accommodation
  • Many rooms have delightful views over the garden and glorious rolling countryside
  • Paddock enclosed by attractive fencing with avenue of trees
  • Recently built barn suitable for parking, storage or livestock

Charming house and garden with glorious views, a barn and about 5 acres.

About this property

  • Peace & Plenty is a charming, detached country property with brick and flint elevations under a slate roof, likely to have been built in the early 19th century. In recent years the house has been extended, now providing spacious, well laid out accommodation with character and charm and some good rooms, of particular note including the generous reception hall, large sitting room with vaulted ceiling and excellent dining room. Some of the rooms retain nice character features such as stripped wood floors and exposed beams and the sitting room and dining room share a large double sided fireplace and wood stove. The house is light and airy and most of the rooms on ground and first floor have views over the garden and beyond to the glorious, rolling Dorset countryside.

    Outside
    The property is approached from the lane where a private drive sweeps round to a large area of parking in front of a recently built barn providing garaging or shelter for livestock, as well as an artist's studio and WC. To the south of the house is a paddock enclosed by attractive post and rail fencing and an avenue of trees slopes gently down through the middle of the field to the free flowing River Frome, perhaps the ideal spot for a Shepherds Hut (STP). The backdrop to the paddock is a patchwork quilt of fields and woodland and to the south east is the church tower in Cattistock. The gardens are to the south and west of the house with a large south facing terrace enjoying the view. The pretty garden is enclosed and host to a wealth of mature shrubs, plants and trees. To the north is a separate access to the lane.

    View payable Stamp Duty for this property

How lovely to have the River Frome running through at the bottom of the paddock.

Ashley RawlingsProperty agent

Local information

  • Peace and Plenty is situated in a Hamlet outside the larger village of Cattistock in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  • Cattistock has the pretty church of St Peter & St Paul, The Fox & Hounds Inn, a village hall, children's playground, active cricket and tennis clubs and a post office and village store.
  • The historic county town of Dorchester, Bridport, Weymouth and Sherborne are within easy reach by car.
  • Maiden Newton (approximately three miles away) has a railway service between Weymouth and Bristol and mainline services are available from Yeovil Junction, Dorchester and Sherborne to London Waterloo.
  • There are both state and private schools in the area, these include Sherborne, Leweston, Perrott Hill, Bryanston, Canford, Clayesmore, Port Regis, Sandroyd and Hazelgrove. Sporting facilities include golf at Sherborne, Yeovil and Dorchester.

Additional information

  • Services
  • Mains water and electricity. Oil fired central heating. Multi fuel Stove. Private drainage. LPG hob. Please note that the working condition of any of the services or kitchen appliances have not been checked by the agents.
  • Council Tax Band E
  • Directions: From the A37 take the turning to Chalmington, Cattistock, Chantmarle. Proceed to the junction at the bottom of the hill, bearing left and ignoring the turning to Chalmington. Turn right to Wraxall, Rampisham, Evershot at the grass Triangle. Proceed for about ½ mile and the turning to Peace & Plenty is on the left hand side.
  • EPC Rating: E
  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Council Tax Band: E