Woolcombe Farm TOLLER PORCORUM • DORSET

Home , Maiden Newton, Toller Porcorum, Wynford Eagle

Toller Porcorum 2 miles • Eggardon Hill ¾ mile • Maiden Newton 3 miles • Bridport 6 miles Dorset Coast (Burton Bradstock) 7 miles • Dorchester 11 miles • (London Waterloo 2½ hours) (Distances and time approximate)

An attractive period farmhouse with a small cottage located at the end of a long drive in a valley setting surrounded by beautiful rolling West Dorset countryside.

Entrance hall/library area • Cloakroom • Drawing room • Sitting room • Dining room Kitchen/breakfast room • Boot room • Utility room • Shower room

Master bedroom with ensuite shower room • 4 Further bedrooms • Playroom/study/bedroom 6 2 Further bathrooms • Snooker/Games room

Mill Cottage: Living room • Cloakroom • Bedroom

Workshop/store • Greenhouse • Outbuilding

Planning permission for stable block

Formal gardens, paddocks, ponds, stream and woodland

In all about 21 acres (8.50 hectares)

15 Cheap Street, Sherborne, 30 High West Street, Dorset DT9 3PU Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1UP Tel: +44 1935 812236 Tel: +44 1305 261008 [email protected] [email protected] www.knightfrank.com www.symondsandsampson.co.uk

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Woolcombe Farm The property is an attractive former farmhouse accessed down a long driveway and set in a wonderful sheltered valley in the heart of West Dorset within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The house, believed to date from the 16th century, was built on the site of an earlier timber framed Medieval manor house which records show was owned from the mid 13th century by Robert de Bingham and also the Glastonbury Abbey estate prior to The Reformation. Woolcombe Farm is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wellacome Manor and the site has been a dwelling since pre- Roman times. The house is unlisted and constructed of part stone, brick and Dorset flint banded elevations under a slate roof with brick chimneys. Mill Cottage This is situated north-east of the main house and is a small detached conversion, originally the water mill. It provides excellent space for additional family accommodation or other uses (subject to any necessary consents).

Situation Woolcombe Farm is situated in Thomas Hardy country within wonderful rolling West Dorset countryside. There are sea views from the top of nearby Eggardon Hill to Lyme Bay and beyond. A short drive away is the World Heritage designated Jurassic coast, Chesil beach and ‘Broadchurch’ at West Bay. It lies between the county town of Dorchester and the coastal market town of Bridport, with its renowned arts and antiques quarter, award winning farm shops and local artisan cafes and coffee shops, both with an excellent range of supermarkets and high street shops. Maiden Newton, about 3 miles, includes a highly regarded village store, newsagent, organic cafe, hardware store, Le Petit Canard bistro/restaurant, a public house and a petrol filling station/Spar store. Schools: Woolcombe Farm is located within easy distance of a variety of good local state primary schools. There are outstanding independent preparatory schools with Perrott Hill, Sunninghill and Sherborne short drives away. A wide range of independent senior schools include Sherborne (Boys & Girls), Leweston (Girls), Canford, Bryanston and Milton Abbey. Entertainment: Bridport has a range of live music and art venues with the Electric Palace, various cafes and Bridport Art Centre which is home to the international Bridport Literary Festival. Dorchester is home to the new Brewery Square development which houses an Odeon cinema complex and various restaurants, shops, wine bars and delicatessen. Restaurants: The Riverside Restaurant in West Bay, The Hive Beach Café at Burton Bradstock, Shopping: Local village facilities in Maiden Railway station at Maiden Newton with service to the award winning Fox and Hounds Inn at Newton, about 3 miles. The county town of Bath and Bristol. Dorchester has a regular main Cattistock, and the renowned Summer Lodge at Dorchester, about 11 miles and Bridport, about 6 line service to London (Waterloo) taking about 2½ Evershot. miles, provide a wide range of shopping, business hours. and recreational facilities. Walking and Riding: There are footpaths Bournemouth, Bristol & Exeter Airports are all and bridleways providing good access to the Travel: The A356 is joined at Maiden Newton within about 1 hour’s drive offering connections countryside. There is hunting with the Cattistock providing a west/east link and this joins the A37 around the UK, Europe and to other destinations. and nearby South Dorset, Portman and which goes north/south and accesses the A303 Blackmore Vale hunts. Various local shoots. to London and the West Country.

Mill Cottage

Mill Cottage Not to scale. For identification purposes only Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Approximate Gross Internal Area = 447 sq m / 4811 sq ft Bedroom Store / Workshop = 18 sq m / 194 sq ft Bathroom Greenhouse = 13 sq m / 140 sq ft Mill Cottage (Excluding Void) = 44 sq m / 474 sq ft Kitchen/Utility Total = 522 sq m / 5619 sq ft Storage This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure.

Second Floor

Mill Cottage Mill Cottage Ground Floor First Floor (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation)

First Floor

Ground Floor Garden and Grounds Woolcombe Farm is approached down a long driveway away from the house with a variety of mixed shrubs and field shelter and shed with a post and rail enclosure. An leading down to a parking area which is adjacent to a borders. This area of garden is enclosed by hedging and L-shaped large field borders the garden and woodland. circular pond fed by a natural spring (Eggardon spring timber fencing. To one corner is a kitchen garden. Beyond Adjacent to the drive is a paddock with consent for a stable water). This feeds down though the garden to a further the north-east side of the house and Mill Cottage are further block and fenced yard (Application no. 1/D/13/001457). pond. The stream flows under a stone bridge to the stone lawns with a withy bed beyond. The external boundaries of On the north and east boundaries is woodland (designated walled fish pond. Woolcombe Farm is a registered fishery the garden are completely ring fenced. Planning consent SSSI) with a variety of rare flora and fauna and stream, and previously this pond was stocked with brown trout. A was granted in 2000 (now expired) to create a lake within providing potential rough shooting. gate opens to gravelled parking/turning area beside the back this area. Attached to the end of the house is a workshop/ door and thence on to a driveway and flagstone terrace. store and a greenhouse. Outbuilding housing oil-fired boiler Note: There is a public footpath along the upper section of The formal garden is to the front (south-east) of the house. with pressurized system, water softener and water filtration the driveway over which there is a right of way in favour of There is a flagstone path and terrace which is well suited system and oil tank. three properties. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no to al-fresco dining. Adjacent is a well stocked border, The main block of pasture lies to the north of the house. public footpaths, bridleways or rights of way over the rest of bounded by clipped box hedging. The lawn slopes up and A nearby paddock with some mixed fruit trees includes a Woolcombe Farm. (OS Landranger map 194) Proceed over a bridge and take the first right signed as above. Continue into Wynford Eagle and turn right signed to Bridport. Continue uphill and as the road levels out proceed for about 1½ miles until reaching an entrance on the right clearly signed Woolcombe Farm (source of Eggardon natural spring water). Proceed down the drive and Woolcombe Farm will be found at the end.

Viewings Viewings are with the joint sole agents, Knight Frank LLP or Symonds & Sampson LLP.

Important notice WOOLCOMBE FARM 1 Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP/Symonds & Sampson LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP/Symonds & Sampson LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2 Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the distances given are approximate only. sanction of the control of H.M. Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed 3 Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Number. No. ES100017767.” property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt Services Tenure with and that all information is correct. Mains electricity. Dedicated private water and drainage. Freehold 4 VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without Oil-fired central heating and AGA. notice. Local Authority Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in Council Tax West Dorset District Council: 01305 251010 England with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is Band H 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of Directions (Postcode DT2 0DS) members’ names. Fixtures and Fittings From Dorchester proceed north-west on the A37 towards Symonds & Sampson LLP is a limited liability partnership registered All fitted carpets, curtains, some light and electrical fittings, Yeovil. After about 5 miles, just beyond Grimstone, turn in England with registered number 186 2795 19. Our registered the snooker table, and garden ornaments are excluded left onto the A356 signed Frampton/Maiden Newton. Go office is 30 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UP where from the sale but could be made available by separate through Frampton and as you leave Maiden Newton turn left you may look at a list of members’ names. negotiation. signed Wynford Eagle/West Compton/Bridport. Particulars: April 2016