“PARADISE FOR SALE” kiddles house, piddletrenthide, dorchester, dorset A CHARMING GRADE II LISTED FORMER FARMHOUSE IN A QUIET LOCATION NEAR THE ANCIENT CENTRE OF THIS POPULAR VILLAGE IN THE PIDDLE VALLEY kiddles house, church lane, piddletrenthide, dorchester, dorset dt2 7qz Entrance hall w sitting/dining room w kitchen/breakfast room w study w cloakroom w utility room w library/games room w rear hall w master suite with bedroom, bathroom and dressing area w guest suite with bedroom, bathroom and dressing area w two further bedrooms w family bathroom w garage w parking areas w machinery shed, log store and greenhouse w attractive garden with lawns, mature trees and well stocked beds and borders
Situation Kiddles House is located in the popular Dorset village of Piddletrenthide which has amenities including two public houses, post office/stores and a popular primary school. The nearby villages of Piddlehinton, Buckland Newton and Cerne Abbas also provide a variety of everyday amenities with Cerne Abbas having its famous chalk giant. The towns of Dorchester, Sherborne and Poole all provide an excellent variety of shopping, educational and recreational facilities. Communications in the area include the A35 and A31 at Bere Regis and mainline railway stations are available at Sherborne and Dorchester, both of which have a mainline service to London Waterloo. Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Sherborne, Blandford and Dorchester, horse racing at Wincanton, Exeter and Bath and numerous water sports can be enjoyed along the Jurassic coastline to the south at Poole Harbour and Weymouth Bay. The area is also well served by excellent state schools at Sherborne and Dorchester and independent schools include Sherborne School for Boys, Sherborne School for Girls, Leweston, Bryanston and Canford.
Description and History Kiddles House is Grade II Listed and dates from the 17th Century. The property has cob, flint, stone and rendered elevations under thatched and slate roofs and was completely restored by the current vendors in 2008/2009. The comfortable accommodation comprises two reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, study, two bedroom suites, two further bedrooms and family bathroom. There is electric powered central heating and part secondary double glazing to many windows. Features include two large fireplaces in the sitting/dining room, many exposed beams, stylish kitchen and bathroom suites as well as a library/games room with a historic full size snooker table (available by separate negotiation). The gardens totalling about one third of an acre, are a particular feature and provide a magical setting for this fine property. In 1959 the American poet Ogden Nash wrote a poem about Kiddles House (then known as Kiddles Farm) and called it Paradise for Sale. Earlier that year he had spotted a small advertisement in Country Life magazine offering for sale a ‘small mixed farm with period farmhouse’ near Dorchester. The poem, first published in the 25th July 1959 edition of The New Yorker magazine, is lively and light hearted but it also has a sense of yearning for the peace and quiet of this place, where Nash is “sure the gods could not but bless, The man who lives at that address”. Perhaps it was the opening lines of the advertisement : ‘In the valley of the River Piddle, Kiddles Farm, Piddletrenthide’ that inspired Nash’s poetic imagination. He made good use of these lines, turning them around and ending all five verses with: ‘....Kiddles Farm, Piddletrenthide, In the valley of the River Piddle’. In later correspondence with a local resident of Piddletrenthide, Nash wrote that he had more letters about this poem than any of his other work. Accommodation Please see floor plans.
Outside Gravelled parking area. Garage with electric door. Greenhouse. Garden store. Useful open fronted cart house. The formal gardens comprise lawns, paved terraces, well stocked beds and borders, mature trees including a magnificent walnut as well as an ornamental pond. To the front of the property is a small area of well stocked garden.
Directions From Dorchester, proceed in an easterly direction along the A35 and take the left hand turning onto the B3143. Proceed through Piddlehinton and into Piddletrenthide where you take the left hand turn into Church Lane. Continue along Church Lane and Kiddles House will be found on your left hand side on a crossroads. Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage. Electric powered central heating. Superfast Broadband could be available from adjacent post. Please note that the working condition of any of the services or kitchen appliances have not been checked by the agents but at the time of taking particulars we were informed they were all in working order. Local Authority: West Dorset District Council, South Walk House, South Walks, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1UZ. Telephone 01305 251 010. Post Code: DT2 7QZ. Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Savills. Gross Internal Area (approx) = 352.6 sq m / 3795 sq ft (Excluding Void) Garage = 23.8 sq m / 256 sq ft Store = 20.1 sq m / 216 sq ft Bedroom 3 4.23 x 3.24 Cart House = 47.1 sq m / 507 sq ft Void 13'11 x 10'8 Total = 443.6 sq m / 4775 sq ft Bedroom 2 Bedroom 4 Dn 4.08 x 3.44 4.09 x 3.41 13'5 x 11'3 Up 13'5 x 11'2
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First Floor Wood Store Dressing 3.37 x 2.66 Room 11'1 x 8'9 2.90 x 2.64 Garage 9'6 x 8'8 6.24 x 3.78 20'6 x 12'5 Tools Store 3.40 x 3.21 = Reduced headroom below 1.5m / 5'0 Bedroom 1 11'2 x 10'6 5.51 x 4.80 18'1 x 15'9
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Sitting / Dining Room 7.92 x 5.31 Utility Study 26'0 x 17'5 Up 4.95 x 2.53 2.24 x 1.59 16'3 x 8'4 Kitchen / Breakfast Room Cart House 7'4 x 5'3 Dn 8.19 x 5.77 6.51 x 5.09 21'4 x 16'8 26'10 x 18'11
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(Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) Games Room 8.48 x 6.35 27'10 x 20'10
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