A beautiful, stylish eco-modern property walking distance from the village of Halstock, with four beautiful bedrooms and a most delightful garden with a habitable summer house, outdoor swimming pool, amounting to two acres.

THE PROPERTY
A ten minute walk from the delightful village of Halstock, this magnificent property began construction in 2015 and was completed in 2016. It has striking kerb appeal with its pretty facade of local stone and partly rendered under a pitched corrugated iron and felt roof. The property takes full advantage of its elevated position with far reaching views over the large, mature garden and rolling countryside. The property is approached via an attractive metal gate into a large crunchy gravelled drive with ample parking for many cars. There is also a very large garage and separate studio.
On first entering the property, it is almost impossible not to smile, the house was meticulously designed with an enormous amount of flair and attention to detail. Even the front door was handmade locally and is a true work of art. You are immediately greeted by a large hall, an ideal place to kick off your boots after a countryside walk, with tall windows looking over the drive and gardens. The hall leads into the spacious sitting room, with a 4-kilowatt wood burning stove set in a generous modern fireplace, perfectly proportioned with high ceilings and a large fitted bookcase. This room is ideal for entertaining on a grand scale or sitting by the fire on a cold winter's day. Steps then lead down into the spectacular open plan dining and sitting area which is quite simply 'as good as it gets.' This room takes full advantage of the view of the south facing garden and ornamental pond, with glass sliding doors opening out to a large terrace ideal for al fresco dining. This room is yet again ideal for entertaining, with a sitting area to one end, and a wood burning stove and plenty of room for a large dining table. The patio windows provide abundant warmth and light. Alongside is a superb kitchen which can be cleverly partitioned off with sliding doors and like the dining room has beautiful and unusual fossilated green Purbeck stone flooring which is even anti-glare in the summer, highlighting the huge amount of thought and attention to detail. The kitchen exemplifies modern living incorporating a number of very attractive wall and base units and a large central island with twin sinks. There is a Fisher and Paykel extractor fan and professional Lacanche oven. This is the sort of kitchen that any professional chef would be proud of and forms a perfect hub to the house.
Also worth a special mention on the ground floor is a large study, a utility room directly alongside the kitchen, and a separate laundry room with direct access to the garden. There is also a cloakroom and large under stair cupboard housing the internal air source heat pump unit.
An elegant staircase with metal and wooden balustrade leads up to the first-floor accommodation with four beautiful bedrooms including the most exquisite master bedroom suite with an open plan wardrobe, dressing room, bathroom and walk-in shower. This room was designed so that you can wallow in the bath and enjoy the far-reaching views which can also be enjoyed by lying in bed and even brushing your teeth. It would almost be impossible to wake up in a bad mood in this room! Alongside the second bedroom is a family bathroom with Italian Carrara marble floor that would not be out of place in the Vatican, and large glass roof light which attracts a huge amount of natural light. The accommodation is ideal to suit most families' needs and offers very flexible accommodation. In winter the house feels warm throughout, in summer the windows allow the circulation of refreshing breezes.

OUTSIDE
A particular feature of this property are the truly delightful and sizeable gardens that have been lovingly designed and matured over the last 37 years. Large areas of lawn are interspersed with very well stocked plants and hedges and a huge number of specimen trees, including a Chinese Handkerchief tree, a mulberry tree, and a number of fruit trees including English and Oriental pears, plum, damson, walnuts, and a number of apple trees. There is also a beautiful pergola with stone columns and a roof of roses and vines, again taking full advantage of the location and the far-reaching views. The ornamental pond with its fountain gives the garden grandeur and is perfectly placed. There is also a substantial kitchen garden with one large greenhouse with water and electricity, as well as a smaller greenhouse and a potting shed with electricity. There are raised vegetable beds including one devoted to asparagus, and an enormous fruit cage. There are three compost bays and a large wooden shed. The garden offers a lovely morning walk accompanied only by the sound of birdsong and the river which borders the far end of the garden. The real surprise however is the large Japanese inspired summer house with wooden cladding and a pitched tiled roof which is fully habitable with electricity, its own boiler, kitchenette, shower room, and bed/sitting room. It has a wooden terrace looking over the river, the beautiful freshwater pond and below is a perfect sized 11m x 5m swimming pool which is deep enough to dive into and a further lovely walk down to the far end of the garden and the river. The pool has a new cover and was re-lined in 2024. The entire property is just under two acres and a true utopia for children and pets.
All in all, this is a truly idyllic property in a most sought-after location.

LOCATION
Hector's New Field lies on the edge of the village of Halstock, which has a church, village hall and community run village shop/PO. The neighbouring village of Corscombe with the popular Fox Inn public house is just 1.8 miles, and nearby Evershot has a village shop, bakery, the Acorn Inn, Summer Lodge country house hotel and a primary school.
Beaminster is an attractive and popular town offering many facilities including a good range of shops, churches, post office, library, two schools, health centres, other professional services and social and sporting facilities and is approximately 5.8 miles to the south west of the property. The larger commercial town of Yeovil is 6.5 miles away with a full range of high street stores and facilities, with Crewkerne and Sherborne both within easy distance, and offer mainline rail stations to London Waterloo.