Granary Cottage, Mill Lane, Gillingham, SP8 5RX

Description Granary Cottage is a delightful unlisted period home, beautifully presented and enjoying a private setting backing onto open countryside.

This attractive double-fronted cottage, constructed of stone with part-rendered elevations beneath a tiled and slate roof, combines character features with thoughtfully enhanced accommodation.

The property has been the subject of sympathetic improvements, including a first-floor extension in 2004 creating a well-appointed family bathroom, and the addition of a charming garden room in 2008, significantly enhancing the ground floor living space.

The interiors are light and well-proportioned, with good ceiling heights and a welcoming feel throughout.

Particular features include pine strip flooring to the hall, sitting room and dining room, the latter benefitting from an elegant bay window.

The garden room provides an excellent additional reception area, with French doors opening onto a paved terrace-an ideal spot for entertaining or enjoying the far-reaching views over the adjoining fields.

To the first floor are two generous double bedrooms, a family bathroom, a smaller bedroom, and a useful attic storage room.

Externally, the property is approached via a lane onto a concrete hardstanding providing off-road parking.

The gardens are a particular feature, predominantly laid to the side and rear, and include a paved terrace, areas of lawn and a gravelled seating area.

Mature planting and tall laurel hedging provide a good degree of privacy, while a pergola leads to a further section of garden with an apple tree, composting area and oil tank.

Granary Cottage represents a wonderful opportunity to acquire a characterful home in an enviable rural setting. Services Mains water and electricity, private drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Tenure; Full vacant possession on completion.

Local Authority:.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk Full Fibre Internet (Wessex Internet) Council Tax: Band E EPC Band: E Granary Cottage lies in the centre of Stour Provost in an elevated position above the River Stour in the heart of the Blackmore Vale and consists mainly of period houses and cottages built of local stone.

The village is in a conservation area and has a Grade I Listed church, a village hall and primary school.

Nearby is the Udder Farm Shop and there is a small supermarket and fuel station in nearby West Stour.

Shaftesbury has an excellent range of facilities including cafes, restaurants, niche retailers, hotels, banks, a small hospital, library, health centre and arts centre.

In nearby Gillingham, there is a Waitrose as well as a mainline railway station with services to London Waterloo.

For more sophisticated requirements, Sherborne, Bath and Salisbury are within motoring distance. The A303 lies some eleven miles to the north, giving access to the South West and London, via the M3.

Council Tax Band: E Tenure: Freehold