Old School House Old School House Looke Lane, Puncknowle, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9BD

THE PROPERTY slightly above road level, these Old School House is an endearing sheltered gardens offer excellent stone cottage which offers pleasantly opportunities for spending time out of spacious accommodation and gardens, doors, and there is the potential for located at the heart of the Bride Valley. further landscaping to suit a variety of As the name suggests, the property horticultural interests if desired. The was once the teacher's house to the property further benefits from an off adjoining former village school (now the road parking area offering space for at Bridport 6 Miles Jurassic Coast 2 Miles village hall), which was built in 1861 and least 2 vehicles. Dorchester 13 Miles taught the local children until lessons SITUATION stopped in the early 1950s. As such the property has a rich and fascinating The property is located at the heart of history of local importance and is Puncknowle which rates highly among situated in the thriving centre of this the many fantastic villages in the popular village. Having been under the beautiful Bride Valley, which forms part same ownership for nearly 40 years, the of the West Dorset Area of Outstanding property is now in need of updating, Natural beauty. The village is renowned giving an incoming purchaser excellent for its warm community, fabulous A historic cottage at the potential to create a wonderful, historic countryside and many picturesque heart of a popular Bride home tailored to their individual needs. properties, with amenities including a village hall, church and the Crown Inn Valley village, offering great Internally the accommodation is pub. The popular market town of scope for improvement. interlaced with lovely character features, Bridport is just 6 miles distant, offering providing regular reminders of the a broad variety of shopping, dining, property's origins which will only be leisure and cultural experiences, and enhanced by a programme of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site • Attached Stone Cottage sympathetic modernisation. The sitting is nearby; the beautiful beaches of West Bexington, Burton Bradstock and West • Wonderful Bride Valley Position room is one of the rooms where these Bay can all be reached within 15 are most obvious; the open stone • Lovely Character Features minutes' drive. fireplace, exposed beams and dado rail • Scope for Sympathetic Updating create a splendidly authentic SERVICES atmosphere which is continued into the • Well Proportioned Accommodation Mains water, electricity and drainage. adjoining dining room. This room is • Enclosed Rear and Side Gardens Electric heating. somewhat of a central "hub" on the • Off Road Parking ground floor, with a lovely tiled fireplace VIEWINGS • No Forwards Chain as a focal point and doors to the galley- Strictly by appointment with Stags style kitchen, rear lobby, which in turn Bridport office, telephone 01308 gives access to the garden, and the 428000. bathroom. Upstairs there are two generous double bedrooms, the larger DIRECTIONS of which features a cast iron fireplace. From Bridport follow the B3157 Coastal Road towards Weymouth and pass OUTSIDE Guide price £275,000 through Burton Bradstock. Continue to Old School House enjoys an enclosed, Swyre and turn left towards level garden which is divided into an Puncknowle. Follow this road into the established lawned area to the side and village as pass The Crown Inn. Turn left a paved courtyard to the rear. Raised into Looke Lane and the property can be found immediately on the right.

Old School House Looke Lane, Puncknowle, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9BD

These particulars are a guide only and should not be relied upon for any purpose. 29 South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR 01308 428000 [email protected]

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