For Sale5 Bedroom House in Upper Street, Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11£835,000

Situated within a conservation area and built in 1880 by the Temperance Society as a coffee house, Bartley House soon became the co-operative stores before being converted for residential use in the 1950s. Bartley House is a handsome attached house built of brick and rendered elevations under a pitched clay tile roof. Bartley House has expansive accommodation over three floors with excellent ceiling heights and nicely proportioned rooms. In recent years the garage has been integrated into the accommodation and is now part of the large kitchen/breakfast room. Other works include overhauling the roof, lining one of the chimneys has recently been replaced. While in need of some updating, Bartley House occupies an elevated site with lovely views over the village. <br/><br/>The property is approached off the lane onto a shared tarmac drive leading to car parking and turning area in front of the property. Bartley House is screened from the front by tall beech hedging; there is a mature Silver Birch and with a climbing hydrangea on the front facade. The majority of the garden is to the rear; there is an attractive stone terrace adjoining the rear façade flanked by well stocked flower and shrub borders with steps leading down to the lawn. The garden is screened from the road with a combination of evergreen hedging and closeboard fencing; there is a useful garden shed at the end of the garden. <br/><br/>Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Gas fired central heating. Superfast Broadband.<br/>Council Tax: Band: F<br/>EPC: Band TBC<br/>Tenure and Possession: Freehold with full vacant possession on completion<br/>Local Authorities: Dorset Council www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk<br/><br/>Child Okeford is a thriving village, lying to the south of Shaftesbury between the River Stour to the west and Hambledon Hill to the east. It has an excellent range of facilities, including a general store and post office, an organic farm shop and cafe, a parish church, two public houses, doctor’s surgery with dispensary and a primary school with nursery. The nearby towns of Sturminster Newton, Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury offer a wide range of facilities including shops, supermarkets, small hospitals and libraries, whilst Gillingham has a mainline railway station (London Waterloo). For more sophisticated requirements, there is Salisbury to the east and Bath to the north. The A303 is approximately 30 minutes to the north, giving access to the south-west and London via the M3.