Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, BH21

A PICTURESQUE AND DECEPTIVELY LARGE DETACHED HOUSE SURROUNDED BY A FABULOUS GARDEN IN A QUIET RURAL SETTING Peveril House is a hugely attractive detached country house surrounded by an acre and a half of wonderful gardens. With dormers and picturesque Wisteria clad elevations, the house started life as a pair of red brick farm cottages that were amalgamated and heavily extended many years ago. It has now been home to our clients for over 27 years and in this time the house has been much improved, and the well presented and well organised accommodation now extends to over 3,000 sq/ft. A pretty porch and entrance lobby open into a large reception hall beyond which there is a 30ft sitting room and a recently rebuilt double glazed garden room, and behind the reception hall the dining room opens into a superb family kitchen breakfast room with an island unit and Aga (electric). A generous study, separate utility room and cloakroom complete the ground floor and upstairs there are 4 good double bedrooms, 3 bath/shower rooms (2 ensuite) and plenty of storage. The house is extensively double glazed and has a modern gas fired (LPG) heating system, and at the bottom of the garden there is substantial outbuilding that has been converted into a simple studio/office/annexe with a kitchenette and shower room. Peveril House is one of those pretty and rather deceptive properties that is much larger than you might imagine at first glance, it really is a fabulous family home and also offers the potential for a lucrative B&B/ Airbnb business, with a potential holiday cottage. Extending to about 1½ acres the garden is a key feature of the property and testament to the hard work and passion of the current owners, and the house is orientated perfectly to make the best of the sun throughout the day. At the centre of the imaginatively landscaped front garden is a large lily pond surrounded by reed beds and a well-kept lawn with a fine old weeping willow and lots of other specimen trees and shrubs. Walk around the house and the remaining garden is divided into 3 rooms, a productive fenced kitchen garden, a private lawn in front of the annexe and behind a mature beech hedge a private partially walled garden with wonderful old fashioned borders, a green house and a large paved terrace with French doors from the kitchen and dining room, where you can sit in the afternoon sun and enjoy the peace and quiet. Along the eastern boundary a gravel drive leads to a generous parking and turning area in front of the house and an attached garage. Peveril House is situated in the small hamlet of Newton Peveril surrounded by open countryside and close to the edge of Sturminster Marshall, a popular and thriving village with two pubs (The Golden Fox and The Red Lion), a post office, a couple of shops, a pharmacy and a well-regarded primary school. For a wider range of amenities, it is only a short drive into Blandford Forum with its attractive Georgian market square, M&S food hall, Tesco and Lidl superstores or Wimborne where there is a Waitrose. The popularity of the village is enhanced by its excellent location in the Stour Valley, surrounded by lovely countryside but only a short drive from many of the region's most important business centres. It is an ideal base for commuting to Dorchester, Ferndown, Poole and Bournemouth, and easy access onto the A31 provides a quick link to the M27 for Southampton and Portsmouth, and the M3 up to London. Poole station has regular trains to London (Waterloo about 2 hours). This area also offers a wide selection of schools at all levels and in addition to the local primary and secondary schools, Poole retains boys and girls grammar schools (at Parkstone) and independent schools in the area include Canford, Bryanston, Milton Abbey and Clayesmore, as well as Dumpton, Castle Court and Knighton House prep schools. Badbury Rings and Kingston Lacy (National Trust) are on the doorstep and there are plenty of opportunities for sport and recreation. There are numerous golf courses and sports clubs nearby, and great opportunities for walking, water sports and sailing in Poole Harbour, Studland Bay and along the famous Jurassic Coast which are within half an hour's drive to the south. Mains electricity and water are available at the property. Gas (LPG) central heating and electric Aga. Private drainage (septic tank). Good Broadband.