For Sale4 Bedroom Detached House in Western Road, Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset, BH13£1,600,000

Coming to market for the first time in over 40 years this charming home in Branksome Park represents an exciting opportunity to update or extend. With lovely character features and a generous 0.7 acre plot there is lots of potential and the location is secluded yet close to award winning sandy beaches. Coming to market for the first time in over 40 years this charming home in Branksome Park is a rare opportunity offering 0.7 acres of secluded grounds with plenty of scope to remodel, extend or update STPP. The oldest part of the property dates back to the 1800s and features an attractive traditional cottage style facade. Extremely well constructed extensions have increased the accommodation to just under 1900 sq ft for the main house and in addition there are substantial outbuildings including a double garage, single garage with mezzanine workshop and pretty summerhouse in the grounds. The house itself offers a flexible layout with three reception rooms arranged around a central kitchen on the ground floor and four double bedrooms and two bathrooms on the first floor. Throughout the house beautiful fireplaces, exposed beams and other original features add a wonderful sense of history and character. Outside the extensive grounds wrap around the home with attractive planting, a pond, various lawns and patio areas and a magical woodland as well as a large driveway area in front of the garaging. Mature trees provide attractive screening and privacy whilst still allowing a sunny aspect and opportunity to extend STPP. An exciting opportunity that must be viewed to appreciate the potential on offer! The property resides in a suburb known as Branksome Park, which falls within a conservation area covering several hundred acres. It is an area renowned for its natural beauty with tree lined avenues, indigenous pines and rhododendrons. Undoubtedly one of the most exclusive enclaves in Dorset, it is known for its luxury houses set in spacious grounds with close proximity to both the award-winning sandy beaches, the largest natural harbour in the world, and within 20 miles, the outstanding natural beauty of the Jurassic coastline and New Forest. Sitting approximately midway between the town centres of Poole and Bournemouth it is ideally located to take full advantage of the areas renowned shopping and leisure facilities such as the blue flag beaches at Branksome Chine and the world famous Sandbanks Peninsula with access to Poole Harbour. Transport communications are excellent as both Bournemouth and Poole enjoy main line railway stations with services to Southampton and London. Bournemouth International Airport and Southampton Airport are also close by and there is a ferry terminus at Poole opposite the Quay with a daily service to Cherbourg in France and the Condor Sea Cat to the Channel Islands.