Long Street, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2

A beautifully presented Grade II Listed attached property, offering 4 bedrooms, south facing garden and allocated parking.


Maple Cottage has been renovated and refurbished to provide a character home of immense charm within the heart of this historic village. The elevations are a mixture of rendered and colourwashed brick and stone flint, under slate and tiled roofs, overlooking the communal courtyard and its own walled gardens. Grade II listed, the building now provides a spacious period home located at the rear of the complex.
Accommodation on the ground floor from the courtyard entrance includes a large open-plan living room with feature log burner fire and direct access to the second walled garden. The kitchen with dining area opens onto the walled patio courtyard. The fitted Shaker-style kitchen features solid timber doors, quartz work surfaces with integrated Neff appliances including Nef oven & induction hob, with extractor fan over. The utility room and cloakroom are also accessed from the kitchen/dining area and have space and plumbing for additional white goods. The first floor has four bedrooms, of which the master and second bedrooms are fitted with Hammond integrated wardrobes and chest of draws, master with an ensuite and a family bathroom. The roof loft has been boarded out providing additional storage.

Broadband: FTTP - Superfast broadband is available - highest
available download speed 80 Mbps, highest available upload speed 20 Mbps. (Openreach).
Mobile Coverage: Available via O2, Vodafone, Three and EE. For an indication of specific speeds and supply or coverage in the area we recommend contacting your own provider.
Flooding: The property is in an area at VERY LOW risk from River/Sea flooding.

Cerne Abbas is a popular village in the heart of Thomas Hardy's Dorset and is surrounded by rolling hills and countryside. The village is probably most famous for its Giant carved into the chalk hillside, but also has many places of interest including an ancient church, medieval abbey, Tudor cottages, village shop and three pubs. There is also a primary school and a doctors' surgery. A bus service runs to the towns of Dorchester, Sherborne and Yeovil. The main towns of Dorchester and Sherborne are about 8 miles equidistant where a wide range of facilities for education, entertainment, health and leisure can be found. Sport in the area includes golf at Came Down, Dorchester cricket, football and rugby clubs and sailing in the waters of Portland and Weymouth. Communications are excellent with main line railway links to London Waterloo from all the major centres, cross channel services at Poole, an airport at Bournemouth and there is a very effective road network.

The rear walled courtyard patio enjoys a south-facing aspect and there is a second walled, lawn garden to the side of this property, also south facing, with its own direct access to Long Street. The rear communal courtyard has been delightfully hard landscaped with planting. A feature of the courtyard is an original water pump dating back to 1786. The pump was discovered during the refurbishment and carefully restored. From the courtyard, a path leads to a secure lockable gate which gives access to Long Street. A path leads to the bin stores and allocated parking area which is approached from Back Lane through the gated access.