Location

Drimpton is a small, but active village on the Dorset/ Somerset border with facilities including the Royal Oak public house, a pretty Church and village hall offering a range of hobbies, classes and activities to villagers.

Broadwindsor is just 2 miles away with a village community shop, the White Lion Inn public house, church, village hall, primary school and popular Redlands Yard, a selection of independent crafts shops with a very popular restaurant.

The market town of Crewkerne is 4.1 miles and has a larger range of high street and independent shops, supermarkets including Waitrose, cafes, restaurants, and pubs and leisure facilities including a leisure centre and swimming pool.

There is mainline railway station to London Waterloo (circa 2.5 hours).

The market town of Beaminster is 4.6 miles and has a popular independent gift shop and tea room, well regarded restaurants, public houses and a hotel.

The Georgian town of Bridport and the coast at West Bay are within about 20 minutes’ drive.

West Dorset is a stunning area, well known for its sporting
and leisure pursuits which include golf at Bridport and
Dorchester Came Down golf clubs.

Arts Centre in Bridport with theatres in Poole, Salisbury and Bath.

Horse racing at Bath, Wincanton, Salisbury and Taunton.

The Dorset coastline has been recognised as a World Heritage site with its spectacular coastal path.

Broadwindsor CE VC Primary is in nearby Broadwindsor, with Secondary schooling, including sixth form, at Beaminster School, with The Sir John Colfox Academy in Bridport and The Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis also nearby.

Within reasonable travelling distance are Colyton Grammar, a
renowned state coeducational selective grammar school, private schools including preparatory schooling at Perrott Hill, just 6.4 miles away, also Sherborne and Sunninghill in Dorchester and public schools including the Sherborne Schools, Bryanston, Canford, King’s Taunton.

Description

Situated near the centre of the village, Manor Farmhouse is an attractive detached former farmhouse thought to date back to 1806. The property has spacious accommodation arranged over two floors and an attractive stone elevations under a tiled roof. This house is approached from the village lane via a part shared drive, leading to a private gravelled drive and parking area to the rear of the property and has direct pedestrian access to the village via the stone courtyard at the eastern side.

The house is not listed and has under gone refurbishment and extension in the current owners tenure. The ground floor accommodation is spacious and light and has a nice balance of period character and contemporary style. The property is accessed from the rear where there is a nice garden room facing in a southerly direction and flooded with light. Either side are the study and a breakfast room or dining room. To the front of the house is a well fitted open plan family kitchen and breakfast room with AGA cooker and adjacent utility room, boot room and shower room with loo.

A spacious but cosy living room has a fireplace and wood burner. A superb, recently installed indoor pool completes the ground floor accommodation, complete with integrated ‘’Fastlane’’ counter-current unit, adjustable to allow for gentle or vigorous swimming exercise.

On the first floor is a superb principal bedroom suite with bathroom and dressing room and three further bedrooms served by a family bathroom. There are two staircases to the first floor giving the principal suite a sense of separation from the remainder of the bedrooms if preferred

Outside
Immediately to the rear of the property is a paved terrace
ideal for dining and entertaining, a pergola and barbeque
area all facing in a southerly direction. Across the driveway
are a superb range of outbuildings comprising large character stone barn for multiple uses and double garage. There is also a stable & adjoining tack room. There is further scope for conversion to additional living space/annexe if required (subject to the necessary consents.)

The gardens are delightful with another paved seating area
with a pretty pergola, and a large area of lawn. A gate leads to two fields both with shelters (one in the nearest field and one in the furthest field).

Directions

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From Broadwindsor head west towards Drimpton. Upon
entering the village the property is located on the left hand
side opposite the church.