Walnut Farm MELPLASH • Walnut Farm MELPLASH • Dorset

A charming farmhouse set in beautiful gardens, pasture, orchards and woodland in one of the most beautiful locations in Dorset

Ground floor: Sitting room • Drawing room • Study Kitchen/ breakfast room • Larder Utility room/cloakroom • Additional cloakroom

First floor: Master bedroom with en suite shower room and dressing area 3 further bedrooms and family bathroom

Second floor: 2 further bedrooms and loft storage

Long stone barn • Old apple juicing barn and pressing room • Stables • Green house • Car port

Long tree lined drive flanked by pasture, woodland and cherry tree orchard • Gardens • Old grass tennis court used as pasture • Orchards • Woodland Walnut Farm Stream with recreational trout fishing • Spring fed pond This detached property is a fine example of a Grade II Listed A useful study is also located off the sitting room which leads to a farmhouse dating back to the early eighteenth century. The house cloakroom and door to the front and side gardens. In all about 11.04 acres is constructed of stone elevations under a mainly thatched roof The drawing room boasts a handsome working fireplace, indented with a later addition tiled. Melplash ½ mile. Bridport 4 miles. shelves and a window seat with lovely views onto the front garden. There is a door and wooden half spiral staircase to the first floor. 3 miles. West Bay Beach 6 miles. The property has an abundance of period character features including flagstone floors, open fireplaces, exposed beams and Dorchester 19 miles. Crewkerne 10 miles. The utility room is plumbed for a washing machine and has space window seats. for a separate dryer. There is ample room for coats and boots and Sherborne 20 miles. Trains to from Dorchester, The snug / sitting room features a large fireplace with a pellet also has a WC and butler’s sink. Crewkerne and Sherborne all about 2½ hours. burning boiler. A doorway leads into a good sized kitchen which The main staircase to the first floor rises to a generous light (Distances and time approximate) has a range of floor mounted units and drawers with worktop south facing landing. It provides a master bedroom with good above. There is a stainless steel sink and drainer plus an sized dressing room leading to a shower room. There are three These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be additional butlers sink and drainer. There is an oil fired Aga and additional bedrooms on this floor plus a family bathroom with relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the barn door to the back garden. A good sized larder is located off separate shower. The second floor provides two further bedrooms Important Notice on the last page of the text. the kitchen. and a large loft storage area. Situation • The property is about ½ mile from the village of Melplash which has a church, village hall, the popular Half Moon Pub and Corner Garage filling station.

• About 3 miles to the north lies the popular town of Beaminster which provides excellent local facilities including a good range of shops, the restaurant at the Bridge House hotel, churches, post office, library, 2 schools and a health centre.

• The nearby towns of Crewkerne and Bridport provide further shopping and facilities including Waitrose in both towns. The train to London Waterloo from Crewkerne is approximately 2½ hours.

• The World Heritage designated Dorset Jurassic Coast is about 6 miles away and provides fantastic beaches, walking, sailing and fishing.

• A wide range of bistro pubs and restaurants can be found in the locale. The Hive beach café at Burton Bradstock, The Riverside Restaurant at West Bay, and The Olive Tree at Bridport are some of the current in vogue destinations.

• The area is well known for its choice of excellent private schools including Perrott Hill, the Sherborne schools, Leweston, Bryanston, Milton Abbey amongst many more in the area.

• Golf at Bridport, Lyme Regis and Dorchester Gardens and grounds (Came Down). Walnut Farm is approached through a gate with a long impressive countryside at it’s finest. The stream fed ponds and historic orchards • Communications in the area include the A3066 all add to the charm of a very special property. drive through pasture, trees, woodland and an ancient cherry linking to the A35 coast road to Dorchester and orchard. The Long Barn is a stone built structure comprising about 1,550 to the A30 to Yeovil and Sherborne. sqft/144 sqm which is currently useful for storage but would lend itself The property comprises about 11.04 acres of gardens, pasture, • The beautiful surrounding West Dorset orchards and woods. Most of the land is contiguous with the to a wide range of uses subject to planning and listed building consent. countryside has access to many wonderful property but a small parcel of woodland of about 0.57 acres is The old Apple barn and pressing room are currently let out on ASTs footpaths and bridleways. separate from the main which is accessed via a footpath. This but vacant possession will be granted on completion of the sale. woodland has a stream running through it and provides some There are 3 stables with their own water meter. The property also has • Local hunts include the Cattistock and the recreational fishing. The surrounding vista is of rolling hills and Dorset a Hartley Botanic greenhouse, 2 vegetable gardens and carport. Seavington. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House = 355 sq m / 3821 sq ft (Including Loft Storage) Services Mains water has recently been connected. Electricity. A new sewage treatment plant to be installed by the new owner. Heating from oil fired aga and biomass boiler plus night storage heaters.

Council Tax: Band F

Fixtures and Fittings All carpets are included in the sale, everything else is excluded but could be made available by separate negotiation.

Tenure Freehold.

Local Authority Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor West Dorset District Council Tel: 01305 251010

Directions (DT6 3UG ) Driving from the north proceed to Melplash, you will see the Half Moon Pub on your right. Proceed for about 0.4m and take the first left and then left again. Proceed for about 0.5m and you will see the gate and drive to the house. NB: Please note there is a footpath as noted on the land plan.

Viewings Viewings are with the sole agents Knight Frank LLP.

NOT TO SCALE. FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY.

Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as 01935 812236 being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank 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 15 Cheap Street and distances given are approximate only. 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3PU obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without [email protected] notice. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names.

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