Sutton Waldron, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11

Charming character home offering spacious and versatile accommodation.

Description

Formerly two cottages, The Hollow was sympathetically converted into a good size home for a multi-generational family. The current layout offers potential for an annexe for family or guest use, or to provide a valuable income. The appealing elevations are of whitened render and red brick under a tiled roof. Cleverly combining period character with a fresh modern style, this much-loved home offers excellent room sizes, and flexible accommodation to suit many different purchaser’s needs. The house is not listed and has the benefit of oil-fired central heating and UPVC double glazed windows.

French doors at the front open into the entrance hall. The bright sitting room has a fireplace with log burner, and south facing French doors onto the garden. The separate dining or family room also faces south over the garden, with a door through to the kitchen. This is fitted with a good range of modern units with space for cooker and dishwasher and has a limestone tiled floor. Leading off are a utility room, and a rear lobby and cloakroom. Approached from the sitting room (and potentially from the kitchen via a doorway currently blocked off), is a good size breakfast room and leading off is a second kitchen fitted with a range of modern units. There is also a second utility/ laundry room, also having a WC and basin.

A staircase from the hall leads up to the first-floor landing. The main bedroom has a fitted dressing room and bathroom en suite. The guest room has an en suite shower room, and the three further bedrooms share the family shower room.

Outside
A tarmac driveway approached from a shared drive leads up to an extensive parking and turning area at the side of the house, with an EV charging point. The Double Garage has two up and over doors and is currently arranged as a garage and a workshop, with a second workshop to the side. The gardens of The Hollow lie mainly to the south, with a large sunny terrace running across the front of the house. An avenue of yew trees line a central path and steps, with lawns to either side. At the rear of the house is a further large terrace with a glazed verandah over, enjoying delightful views over adjoining fields and perfect for outdoor dining and entertaining. On the far side of the house is a Garden Room with French doors, ideal for use as a home office, and there are two further garden stores.

Photographs taken 2025.

Location

The Hollow enjoys a semi-rural location along a farm lane on the edge of Sutton Waldron, a small and pretty Dorset village with a church and village hall, together with some fine houses and cottages.

The village lies just off the A350, providing easy access to both the Georgian market town of Blandford Forum (about 8 miles south), offering a range of major supermarkets and a branch of M&S Food, and the Saxon town of Shaftesbury (about 5 miles north) with its iconic Gold Hill and excellent amenities.

Iwerne Minster is under a mile away and has a local pub The Talbot, village shop and Post Office.

Trains run from Gillingham and Tisbury stations to London Waterloo, about 9.2 and 12.9 miles respectively.

Independent schools include the renowned Clayesmore school in Iwerne Minster, together with Bryanston, Sandroyd, Hanford and Sherborne in the wider area.

State schools include Fontmell Magna Primary, and Shaftesbury School.

Excellent walking, riding and cycling can be enjoyed in the beautiful surrounding countryside of the Cranborne Chase National Landscape, formerly an area of outstanding natural beauty, and in The New Forest National Park to the east beyond Fordingbridge.

Poole Harbour and the coast and beaches of the famous Sandbanks peninsular, are about 25 miles.

Square Footage: 2,372 sq ft



Directions

From Blandford, take the A350 heading north for about 6 miles. After driving through Iwerne Minster, proceed for a further 0.8 miles to the turning for Sutton Waldron. Instead of turning left into the village, take the turning right opposite, and the entrance to The Hollow is just along this lane on the left hand side.

Additional Info

Services
Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating Please note that the working condition of any of the services or appliances has not been checked by the agents but at the time of taking particulars we were informed they were all in working order