Stour Row Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7
Guide Price £360,000
2 Bedroom Semi-Detached House For Sale
A charming cottage, tucked away in the heart of an idyllic Dorset village, boasting a superb blend of character features and modern interior along with stunning countryside views. Offered to the market with no onward chain.
Western Cottage, a charming, stone cottage located in the heart of the quintessential Dorset village of Stour Row. With accommodation over two floors, the cottage has undergone complete modernisation in recent years and now offers a modern interior whilst maintaining and enhancing many character features. The ground floor comprises, double aspect kitchen/breakfast room with built in appliances and stairs to first floor, sitting room with inglenook fireplace and wood burning stove, study/snug overlooking the neighbouring fields to the rear, a large shower room and separate utility room with a back door to the deck also occupy the rear of the property. Upstairs you will find two well-proportioned bedrooms both located off the light landing.
SITUATION
Stour Row is a desirable village just 3 miles West of the Saxon hilltop Town of Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury is a popular town offering a good range of high street and independent shops, supermarkets, recreational facilities, and amenities including doctors’ surgery, dentist and a cottage hospital. The nearby village of Marnhull (about 3 miles) benefits from a butcher, post office/stores, doctor's surgery, two public houses and two primary schools. The town of Gillingham offers a wider choice of supermarkets including Waitrose and a mainline railway station serving London Waterloo and Exeter. The village of Stour Row as the advantage of a rural position combined with good access to the A303 and the A350. The area is well-known for its choice of good state and independent primary and secondary schools. Leisure facilities are excellent with an excellent network of footpaths and bridleways to the surrounding countryside and Duncliffe Hill. Local sports clubs include rugby, football , cricket, golf and fitness centres.
OUTSIDE
Tandem parking for two vehicles has been created to the front of the property and a wooden gate leads through into the garden. The garden is divided into two sections. The front, south facing garden has been created for ease of maintenance with areas of shingle, raised flower beds and borders. A patio is situated just outside the kitchen making it ideal for al-fresco dining, and a useful tin shed/log store is nearby. The side, west facing, garden hosts a large deck ideal for entertaining and enjoying the stunning rural view over neighbouring farmland.
COUNCIL TAX
Dorset Council Tax Band B
EPC: F (before renovation)
SERVICES
Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected to the property.
DIRECTIONS
From the A30, East of East Stour, turn opposite the Kings Arm pub towards Stour Row. Follow the sign posts and on arriving at the T junction, turn left towards Shaftesbury. After 200m the property will be found on the left , before the telephone box.
Tenure: Freehold
Brochure
No EPC available for this property
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