For Sale4 Bedroom House in High Street, Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorchester, DT2£950,000

A charming detached period property with delightful gardens in an unspoilt, peaceful Dorset village. THE PROPERTY Situated in the very heart of the picturesque village of Sydling St. Nicholas, 29 High Street is an attractive listed Grade II property built of stone and flint elevations under a slate tiled roof, and has been owned by the same family since the late 1970's. In recent years, this wonderful home has been sympathetically enhanced and extended bringing it in line with 21st Century living, with the addition of a fantastic family kitchen/breakfast room with limestone floor and under-floor heating, and French doors leading out onto a large, paved dining terrace overlooking the garden, with a principal bedroom suite above. The accommodation is arranged over two floors, with very well proportioned and light rooms, offering a great deal of space for the whole family to spread out, and boasts a great deal of character and charm throughout. The entrance hall runs along the very front of the house, leading to all ground floor rooms, with a pretty window seat looking out onto the High Street. There is a very spacious drawing room to one end, with exposed oak beams and an inglenook fireplace now housing a woodburning stove. French doors have been added to further enhance this room, connecting it to the terrace and garden to the rear. The study is a charming room, with original wood panelling to one wall, built in bookshelves, and incorporating the stairs to the first floor. To the other end of the hall is the sitting/dining room, with a cosy woodburning stove and large built in chinaware cupboard and log store either side. This room is open plan to the new extension which creates a very contemporary and social space in which to gather with friends and family alike. The bespoke shaker style solid wood kitchen, incorporating an excellent range of wall and base units, and an impressive larder/pantry cupboard, together with solid wood and marble work surfaces, and 5 ring Falcon Electric Range, offers ample room for a breakfast table. Large French doors open onto the paved terrace, making it the perfect spot for al fresco dining. Alongside the kitchen is an extremely useful utility/laundry and boot room, with WC to one end, and provides access to the garden, all essential for countryside living. The first floor has a large principal bedroom suite with dressing area, and en suite shower room. In addition, there are two further double bedrooms, one en suite, all of which benefit from hanging and shelved cupboards and look out onto the garden and surrounding countryside. There is also a good-sized single bedroom and family bathroom. OUTSIDE The property sits alongside the village lane, with a driveway to the side giving access to a spacious garage. The gardens are a lovely feature of the property, with a large, paved dining terrace to the rear spanning the whole width of the house, offering a great space to entertain on a large scale. A low-level retaining wall with central steps lead up to a very generous garden of approximately 0.4 acres in all, and divided into two sections which are mainly laid to lawn, and interspersed with a rich variety of mature shrubs, trees, and flower beds. The orchard hosts both apple and pear trees, both of which are in abundance, and has a very productive vegetable garden with a greenhouse and a shed. As you would expect, there are many wonderful places to sit, relax, and take shade, whilst admiring the views to the fields and hills beyond. LOCATION For anyone wishing to live amongst some of the most beautiful countryside in the south west, it would be hard to beat this area of Dorset. The picturesque village of Sydling St Nicholas, nestling in the Dorset Downs, is peaceful and unspoilt, with many character and period properties, situated within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has an active community, the popular Greyhound public house and the fine parish Church of St Nicholas. The larger village of Cerne Abbas is just over 2 miles away and has a thriving village shop, first school, three public houses and a doctors' surgery. Sydling St. Nicholas lies about 8 miles north west of the county town of Dorchester and is within easy access of Yeovil and Sherborne. All these towns have main line services to London Waterloo as well as a good variety of shopping and leisure activities.