A WELL PROPORTIONED FLEXIBLE VICTORIAN SCHOOL HOUSE IN A POPULAR VILLAGE SETTING

Rose House is a rather handsome detached Victorian house built by the Bryanston Estate for the village school master in the late 1800’s. In 2003 a previous owner carried out a comprehensive refurbishment to create an extremely comfortable family home with a clever extension that gives the flexibility of bedrooms upstairs and downstairs. With a combination of fine hardwood and ceramic floors downstairs the accommodation extends to just over 2,000 sq/ft and offers a generous drawing room with contemporary wood burner, a 2nd sitting room, an open plan kitchen/dining room with French doors to the garden and a study, plus the essential utility room, cloakroom and a separate back hall/boot room. There are four good size bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms of which two are ensuite, and the fourth bedroom (with ensuite shower) is on the ground floor off the rear hall. Presentation is tidy but would now benefit from a simple cosmetic make over and Rose House is not listed so it has the advantage of extensive double glazing and a modern oil fired heating system. The Victorian part of the house was re roofed in 2023 and it also has the benefit of being on mains drains (no septic tank), all of which go to make this charming period house both easy and economical to manage.

Set back from the road and slightly elevated, Rose House has a lovely garden on two sides with a level lawn surrounded by well stocked borders. Beside the house there is a terrace which faces south-west so that it gets the best advantage of the sun, and to one side there is a small orchard and a useful garden store and log shed. There is no garage but there is ample parking in a wide private parking bay beside the house.

Stourpaine is a picturesque and thriving village surrounded by lovely countryside straddling two National Landscape Areas (AONB’s). The village has a popular pub, The White Horse, a pretty C19th church, a village hall and playing fields with recently re-furbished tennis courts and pavilion which host well supported clubs and associations. There is direct access from the village on to the Dorset Trailway and the surrounding area provides for wonderful walking, riding and cycling, and the south coast is not much more than half an hour away at Poole Harbour, Sandbanks, Studland Bay and along Dorset’s renowned Jurassic Coastline. The majority of the essential amenities can be found nearby in Blandford which boasts an historic Georgian market square, M&S food hall, Lidl and Tesco superstores. Links to the surrounding towns are good with the business centres along the coast from Poole and Bournemouth through to Southampton and Portsmouth easily commutable. The A31 provides a quick link on the M27 and M3 up to London and Poole station has regular trains to London Waterloo (about 2 hrs. This part of Dorset has become popular because of the wide selection of schools at all levels. There is a successful primary school nearby in Durweston, a secondary school in Blandford and independent schools nearby include Bryanston (on the doorstep), Sherborne, Milton Abbey, Canford and Clayesmore, as well as Sandroyd and Hanford prep schools.

Agents Note
Photos taken summer 2024. The house is now empty and offered with vacant possesion.

Property information
Tenure: Freehold.
Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired heating and Aga.
Broadband and Mobile: Excellent broadband (full fibre connection) and reasonable mobile coverage. For more info on both visit:
Covenants and Easements: Please seek specific advice from a solicitor. Old estate covenants mean consent must be obtained to alter or extend, which cannot be unreasonably withheld.
EPC: Current Band E (potentially Band C)
Local Authorities: Dorset Council. /
Council Tax: Band E. Charge for the year 2025/26 £3,137.50