West Milton, Bridport, Dorset, DT6

Nestled into the hillside on the edge of a sought after village, this beautiful family home looks out across rolling hills and unspoilt rural views

THE PROPERTY
Nestled into the hillside on the edge of a sought after village, this beautiful family home looks out across rolling hills and unspoilt rural views

ACCOMMODATION
Life here revolves around the magnificent sitting and dining room. At its heart is a welcoming fireplace complete with a woodburning stove, ideal for chilly country evenings. To one side, there is plenty of space for a large dining table, with quality wood-effect flooring stretching across the entire room. The garden room is the natural hub for daytime relaxing, bathed in light and offering panoramic views of the changing seasons. Nearby, the kitchen is thoughtfully fitted with an abundance of classic floor and wall cupboards, finished with timeless stone worktops. It comes fully equipped for family cooking, featuring a five-ring gas hob, an electric oven, a fridge, and an integrated dishwasher.
The ground floor offers wonderful flexibility. To one side lies a peaceful guest suite, complete with its own private en suite bathroom. There is also a study, a separate home office, a cloakroom, and an exceptionally large utility room, an absolute essential for muddy boots and country living. From here, a doorway leads straight through into the integral, double-length garage.
Heading upstairs, you will find three more lovely bedrooms. The principal bedroom serves as a relaxing retreat, featuring two sets of built-in double wardrobes and its own en suite shower room. The remaining two bedrooms share a spacious family bathroom. The house is fully double-glazed and kept warm by oil-fired central heating, beautifully supplemented by the wood burner and solar energy. Alongside a mains water connection, the property also benefits from its own private water supply.

OUTSIDE
The property is approached from the village lane via a driveway finished in tarmac and stone setts, providing ample parking and turning space for several vehicles.
The gardens are arranged in three distinct areas. The formal garden extends south and west into the valley and is laid mainly to lawn, framed by well-stocked herbaceous borders, shrubs and mature trees. Below the formal garden lies a meadow, enclosed by mature hedging and dotted with trees, with the village stream running along its lower boundary.
The third area lies beside the house and is arranged as a productive vegetable garden. It includes a large greenhouse and a garden shed, offering useful storage for garden machinery and tools.

LOCATION
West Milton is a most picturesque village situated in the heart of rural West Dorset within a designated area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The countryside in this part of Dorset is wonderful, with rural pastures, undulating chalk downland, coppices and woods. The iconic Eggardon Hill iron age hillfort with its commanding views over the Bride Valley towards Golden Cap and Lyme Bay, and Powerstock Common nature reserve are both nearby. The World Heritage Jurassic Coast is just a short distance - West Bay with its pretty harbour, and Burton Bradstock home of the popular Hive Beach Café and Seaside Boarding House.
The village of Powerstock is just 1.6 miles, with a church, a primary school and popular public house The Three Horseshoes, with another popular public house the Marquis of Lorne Inn in the hamlet of Nettlecombe, also 1.6 miles.
West Milton is also conveniently located for the popular and vibrant market town of Bridport which is only a short drive away, a most attractive and bustling Georgian town that retains an excellent number of independent and high street shops, supermarkets including a Waitrose and a thriving street market on Saturdays and Wednesdays, restaurants, a cottage hospital, a large medical centre, a popular leisure centre, a successful Arts Centre, two theatres, and a number of independent festivals involving the arts are held throughout the year.
A further wider range of amenities, including a mainline railway station to London Waterloo can be found at the County Town of Dorchester, or Crewkerne.