Bessels Lane, Shroton, Blandford Forum

A delightful and bucolic Grade II listed cottage with replaced thatch and a good extension, set in fine and extensive gardens with a four car purpose built garage with workshop, located on the edge of an excellent village.

The Property - Larks Rise is a charming pink painted double fronted and detached thatched cottage of immense charm and character with a spacious extension in the 1980's giving further bedroom or living space.

The front door leads to a tile floored entrance hall and this has the two reception rooms to either side. The formal reception room has a fine feature fireplace with deep recesses either side and an electric fire. The dining room has a Stanley oil fired range giving the central heating to the house set in a Bressumer beamed inglenook fireplace. A study / office is off to one side and likely created when the staircase was moved many years ago. The dining room then leads to a galley style kitchen with larder cupboard and a range of floor units. The rear lobby houses the utility room, shower room and French doors to the patio and large rear garden. The 1980's extension has a double bedroom with garden views.

The stairs from this lobby leads to the second bedroom which flows through to the smaller bedroom or original landing with an upstairs wc and airing cupboard and then on into the double principal bedroom.

Outside - Added to the attractiveness of the house are lovely sized gardens. A pretty front garden is off the quiet village lane behind a low hedge and paths lead from the lane or the parking area. To the side of this wide plot is a purpose built garage for at least four cars and an attached shed / workshop and garden stores. The rear garden is level and mainly laid to lawn and affords views towards Hambledon Hill across farmland. Immediately to the rear of the house is a large patio area with access from the 1980's extension lobby.

Situation - Shroton is a desirable village set off the Blandford to Shaftesbury Road just outside the Cranborne Chase National Landscape but inside the Conservation Area. The village sits under Hambledon Hill, a prehistoric fort owned by the National Trust, and has a Parish Church, a farm shop, Public House and a network of footpaths whilst further local amenities are available in Child Okeford and Iwerne Minster. More comprehensive shopping and dining facilities as well as a hospital, leisure centre and and doctors surgery can be found in Blandford Forum, approximately 5 miles and Shaftesbury, approximately 7 miles. The area is well known for its excellent range of independent and state schools. There is a mainline railway station at Gillingham 12 miles away which runs direct to London, Waterloo and the A303 some 13 miles to the north giving access to the south-west and London, via the M3.

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Services - Mains water and electricity and drainage are connected to the property. Oil fired central heating system fed from the range oven.

Material Information - Standard, superfast & ultrafast broadband is available.
There is mobile coverage in the area, please refer to Ofcom’s website for more details.
Council Tax Band: D
EPC: Exempt
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Restrictive Covenants: TBC
Agents Notes: The thatch has been recently renovated in 2025. There is a 'filled' in inspection pit in the garage
Photographs taken June 2026