Chideock, Bridport, Dorset

Classic detached six bedroom Victorian house in the Gothic style, with a wealth of accommodation and an annexe, a walk to Seatown Beach.

The Castle is believed to have been built in the late 19th Century and has handsome dressed stone and brick elevations under slate roofs. This property is all about position and scale. The property has a broad range of substantial living and sleeping accommodation that can be used in any number of ways, with the bonus of an annex that yields a substantial Airbnb income. Add its position within walking distance of Seatown beach and a property that has undergone a rolling programme of renewal and refurbishment over the last few years, taking in the roof, the heating system and the electrics and you have a very attractive proposition indeed.

The accommodation is arranged over two floors around a spacious hallway on the ground floor and and an equally light and bright landing above. The three principal rooms on the ground floor are the drawing room, the dining room and the kitchen with in addition a fully equipped gym that could double as another reception room given its size, a sauna, a study, a pottery/kiln area , a utility room and a cloakroom. Upstairs there are six good bedrooms five of which have ensuite bath or shower rooms with the principal bedroom having a sixth bedroom interconnecting with it. Character features include good ceiling heights, large windows, open fireplaces and a classic Victorian tiled hall floor, complemented by UPVC double glazing (some triple glazed), a fitted kitchen and gas fired central heating.

Outside - To the side of the property there is parking for three or four cars while the gardens are a particular highlight with an extensive area of paved terrace immediately to rear of the property that makes a lovely outside entertaining area during the Summer months and is enclosed by mature herbaceous and shrub planting. Beyond the paved area the gardens are laid out in contemporary style, with a square of lawn to the centre enclosed by a gravelled area, behind which there is a decked terrace with a classic stone wall behind, that makes particularly good morning sun spot as it faces South and East. To one side of the house there are two useful sheds, one currently used for wood storage the other for garden tools, with to one a useful covered area for bike storage