Southgate, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8

Nestled in the heart of Beaminster, this charming cottage combines character features with a wonderful village lifestyle. Boasting an inglenook fireplace, attractive gardens, a sunny private patio and garage with parking, the property offers a peaceful retreat within a thriving community. Enjoy independent cafés, local events and beautiful countryside, all while benefiting from excellent transport links.

Entrance Door leading to Inner Hall with coat hangers and access to Reception Room and Bathroom.

Kitchen: Sealed unit double glazed window overlooking the garden. Range of Shaker Style custom kitchen units with a mix of wood and tiled work tops, period butler sink with mixer tap above. Inset electric hob and single electric oven below. Utility space and plumbing for washing machine. Quarry tiled floors.

Reception Room: Dual aspect sealed unit double glazed windows to front and rear and double doors leading on the pretty patio and garden. A feature of the room is the inglenook fireplace with cast-iron log burner. Door to stairs leading to the First Floor. Open access to Kitchen.

Ground Floor Bathroom: Dual aspect sealed unit double glazed window to rear and side. Modern White suite with panelled Bath with Telephone Mixer taps with shower attachment, ceramic tiled splash backs. Inset Vanity Sink with cupboard below, Low Level WC. Heated Towel Rail. Quarry tiled floors.

Stairs from Reception to First Floor: Small landing with doors to all rooms and stairs to second floor.

Main Bedroom: Seal unit double glazed window with window seat and overlooking the pretty garden. Radiator. Door opening into a compact en-suite with WC and wash hand basin. Built-in Cupboard.

Bedroom Two: Sealed unit double glazed window overlooking the garden and lane with a charming window seat. Radiator.

Step Stairs from Landing to Second Floor with restrictive head height.

Bedroom Three: Located within the loft space and with sloping headroom there is restrictive head room at the access point and to each side of the sloping roof but still provided a very workable space as a bedroom or home office and plenty of space for double bed. Two large Velux style windows overlook the gardens and lane and an addition window to side. Radiator.

Beaminster is a small West Dorset market town, rather than a village, lying in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the River Brit. Its medieval street pattern and historic market-place layout remain unusually well preserved.

A market and fair were granted in the late 13th century, helping Beaminster grow into a trading and cloth-making centre. Wool, flax and linen were once central to the local economy. In the 18th and 19th centuries, flax was spun and woven into canvas, nets, clothing and sailcloth; the surrounding district became an important supplier to the Royal Navy.

A surprising local fact is that Beaminster once had its own racecourse on Beaminster Down. The first meeting in 1867 attracted more than 4,000 spectators, although racing there lasted only until 1870.

Interestingly, Numatic, founded in Crewkerne in 1969, moved into premises on Broadwindsor Road in 1974. The first red Henry vacuum (model HVC200), created by company founder Chris Duncan, rolled off the production line in Beaminster in 1981.

Gardens:
The outside space is mainly to the front of the property with a pretty “sun trap” stone patio area leading to the main garden area with shrub and flower boarders and flanked with a mature and screening hedge providing total privacy, stone steps lead up to an additional grass area, again with shrub and flower boarders and again with the same hedges providing privacy to the garden.

Garage:
Located behind the garden off the lane that provides access to the cottage is a single garage with up and over door and additional parking space in front of the garage.