SITUATION

This peaceful and pretty village benefits from a central village shop/post office, several good nearby public houses, two hotels with restaurants and the very popular Cranborne Garden Centre with café and gift shop. Furthermore, the recently renovated village hall provides a busy calendar of social and sporting activities. Cranborne offers a charming rural community lifestyle and benefits from the nearby towns of Verwood and Fordingbridge which offer shopping and various amenities. The market towns of Wimborne and Ringwood each offer good shopping including Waitrose supermarkets, bars and restaurants, are both approximately ten miles away, and the cathedral city of Salisbury is approximately 18 miles.

The sandy beaches of Bournemouth are approximately 20 miles and access to the M27 and M3 to London is via the A31 at Ringwood. Mainline trains to London run from Salisbury, Southampton Parkway and Bournemouth stations. The village benefits from Cranborne First and Middle schools while private schools in the area include Bryanston, Canford, Dumpton, Forres Sandle Manor, and Clayesmore.

Sporting amenities include golf at Remedy Oak and Rushmore and there are plenty of opportunities for countryside walks locally.

THE PROPERTY

The property is approached via a gate and path leading to the wooden front door, which opens into a light and spacious sitting/dining room. The room features double-aspect windows, an original fireplace with an attractive wooden surround and log burner, and access to the staircase and modern, well-equipped kitchen. The kitchen offers ample storage and worktop space, an enamel sink, built-in electric oven and hob, extractor fan, and space for a fridge/freezer and washing machine. There is also useful understairs storage, ideal as a pantry or utility space.

The ground floor is completed by an outer lobby with access to the rear garden and an attractive bathroom with a white suite.

Upstairs, there are three bedrooms, including a spacious principal bedroom with a fireplace and front aspect window, a good-sized second bedroom, and a third bedroom which would make an ideal study or home office.

OUTSIDE

The front has a small, enclosed garden and a gravel driveway providing off road parking.

Gated side access leads to the generous rear garden which is mainly laid to lawn and well enclosed by mature trees and shrubs which offer a high degree of privacy, with the benefit of additional external storage.

Agents Note The property is situated within a Conservation area and the sale is subject to restrictive covenants reserved by the Estate.

DIRECTIONS

From Wimborne Minster, proceed north on the B3078, following signs for Cranborne. Continue for approximately 10 miles and, upon entering the village, take the first turning on the right beside the Fleur de Lys Inn into Castle Street. Continue along Castle Street, where number 33 will be found on the left-hand side.