Patchfield Corfe Castle • Nr Wareham • Dorset Patchfield Corfe Castle Nr Wareham • Dorset
A substantial country house dating from the 1930’s with later additions located a short distance from the popular village of Corfe Castle within the sought after Isle of Purbeck with easy access to Swanage, Studland, Wareham and Bournemouth.
Corfe Castle ½ mile • Swanage 3½ miles Studland Beach 6 miles • Sandbanks via chain ferry 8½ miles. (Distances approximate)
Accommodation Porch • Entrance hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Study Kitchen/Breakfast room • Sitting room • Utility/boot room
Master bedroom with ensuite bathroom • 5 Further first floor bedrooms • Family bathroom • Shower room
Second floor: Bedroom 7 and bathroom 3
Integral double garage • 2 Stables • Feed store Garden stores • Large barn • All-weather tennis court
Garden and adjacent land
In all about 4 acres (1.62 hectares)
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. Patchfield Stone steps lead down to lower tiers of lawn with further steps to Schools: Primary Schools in Corfe Castle and Swanage. The property is a substantial country house dating from the 1930’s the main lawn with a number of stocked borders, shrubs and trees. Purbeck Secondary School in Wareham and Swanage. with later additions. It is constructed of rendered elevations under a Lying south of the main lawn and accessed off a stone paved path There are an excellent number of private schools in Dorset clay tiled roof with some lower stone tiles and rendered chimneys. is the all-weather hard tennis court. West of the lower lawn is a high including Bryanston, Canford and Sherborne Schools The property offers substantial family orientated accommodation with clipped box hedge with twin access to the kitchen garden including amongst many others. a large drawing room with bay window, open fireplace with timber a fruit cage stocked with redcurrants, strawberries and raspberries. Entertainment: Bournemouth, Poole, Swanage and mantel and slips and stone hearth flanked by shelved alcoves and A further southerly area of garden beyond the tennis court includes Wareham. fitted bookshelves. This accesses a study and a large dining room rough grass and a pond. The land lies east of the garden with a Restaurants: A wide range of bistro pubs and restaurants with fitted cupboards and glass fronted shelving together with further smaller paddock well enclosed by sheep wire fencing and beyond within the local area. alcoves with storage. Kitchen/breakfast room with range of timber wall this a further larger paddock on the eastern boundary laid to pasture and base units incorporating twin bowl stainless steel sink with mixer Walking and Riding: There are a number of excellent with a small shelter belt of trees on the northern boundary. The land tap, integrated AEG oven/grill, tiled alcove inset with 4 oven gas-fired footpaths within the area accessing the Dorset Coastal is accessed off the gravelled driveway and both paddocks are well AGA (blue), plumbed for washing machine, 2 ring Miele induction Path and superb beaches including Swanage, Studland and fenced and suitable for stock or equine use. Patchfield benefits from hob, tiled floor. Domestic areas including a utility/boot room and Kimmeridge Bay. grazing rights on The Common at Corfe Castle (circa £15 pa). adjacent boiler room housing a Potterton Kingfisher gas-fired boiler. Shopping: Swanage and Wareham provide a wide range Beyond this there is a family sitting/play room with open fireplace. Outbuildings include 2 former stables, now used as secure storage, of shops for everyday needs. Bournemouth and Poole are The first floor accommodation incorporates a master bedroom with with an adjacent open fronted log/trailer store with access to a further easily accessible with direct access on the chain ferry from ensuite bathroom, 5 further bedrooms, bathroom 2 and shower room. store room. There is a large block walled and timber clad portal Studland. The second floor provides bedroom 7 and an adjacent bathroom (this framed barn with a concrete base and sliding full height double floor could easily be utilised by an au-pair/nanny). There is an integral Travel: Access onto the adjacent A351 links with the A35 doors. Within the garden there is an aluminium framed greenhouse double garage with a mechanic’s pit lying on the north east side of the and the A352 providing an east/west route. and two timber garden stores. property. Adjacent to this is a log shed and useful store. Railway stations in Wareham and Poole with a service to Gardens, grounds and outbuildings Situation London (Waterloo) taking about 2 hours 20 minutes and 2 hours respectively. The property is approached through wrought iron double gates Patchfield is located about ¼ mile from the popular village of Corfe onto a tarmac parking and turning area. This is flanked by a raised Castle which is famous for its prominent ruined castle. It has St Bournemouth Airport offers connections around the UK, stone wall with a lawn. Access to the main garden lies at the rear (S) Edwards Church, a variety of shops including a Post Office and a Europe and to other destinations. with a stone paved terrace flanked by lawns and a raised stone wall. number of pubs and restaurants catering for the tourist market. Reception Bedroom Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Viewings Bathroom Total: 394.1 sq m / 4,242 sq ft Viewings are strictly by prior Kitchen/Utility appointment with the joint sole agents Storage Knight Frank LLP and Symonds and Sampson LLP. Directions (Postcode BH20 5HU) From Corfe Castle proceed east on the A351 towards Swanage. ¼ mile after leaving the village Patchfield will be found on the right hand side.
Services Mains water, electricity and gas. Private drainage. Gas-fired central heating and AGA.
Council Tax Band: H First Floor Fixtures and Fittings All fitted carpets, curtains and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale but could be made available by separate negotiation.
Tenure Freehold
Local Authority Purbeck District Council: 01929 557357 Ground Floor
Second Floor
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