Bedchester, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7

Reputedly built in the 1960’s, Melbury Cottage is an attractive cottage under a tiled roof in a quiet position in the hamlet of Bedchester with views to Melbury Beacon. It was extended in 2011 to create a library/sitting room on the ground floor with a bedroom and bathroom over which has enhanced the living space. It now has sensibly configured and light accommodation with good ceiling heights and lovely views to both front and back. Other attributes worthy of mention include an open fireplace in the sitting room, fitted book shelves in the library and a range cooker with Bosch extractor fan in the kitchen/breakfast room.

The property is approached off the lane onto a gravelled car parking and turning area adjoining which is a single garage with aluminium up and over door with light and power. The garden lies to the sides of the cottage. Leading from the gravelled car parking area, there is an area of lawn with tall hedging bordering the lane. The majority of the garden is to the side accessed from a paved terrace with steps to the lawn, and an ornamental pond. The rear garden is screened on both sides by hedging and flanked with well stocked flower and shrub borders including roses, hellebores, potentilla, polemonium, diosma, peonies and clematis. Beyond the lawn there is a laurel hedge with a path leading to raised vegetable beds. The garden has been well tended and provides a delightful backdrop to the cottage.
Services: Mains water and electricity, private treatment plant. Oil fired central heating.

Council Tax: Band E
EPC: Band D
Tenure and Possession
Freehold with full vacant possession on completion.
Local Authorities
Dorset County Council;

Melbury Cottage is situated in the hamlet of Bedchester in the heart of the Blackmore Vale, not far from the Cranborne Chase. Fontmell Magna is the nearest village of any size some 1½ miles to the east, much of which is a designated Conservation Area. There is a Post Office/stores, primary school, village hall with tennis court, a popular village pub/restaurant and many public footpaths and bridleways. To the north, the hilltop town of Shaftesbury has facilities for most everyday needs, including an excellent range of shops, a boutique hotel, a health centre, small hospital, library and arts centre with small cinema. A more extensive range of facilities can be found in Salisbury, Bath and Sherborne. Both Gillingham and Tisbury have a mainline railway station with services to London Waterloo, while the A303 links to the M3 making London readily accessible by road.