6 Bed Detached House, Single Let, Dorchester, DT2 7BB £1,500,000

GARDENS AND OUTSIDE
Gravelled driveway parking for several cars leads through to a paved pathway, flanked by richly filled, deep borders and clipped Bay trees up to the front door. Curated by a highly acclaimed garden designer, the outside has been divided using various hedging, pleached trees and stone walls, into a number of rooms, providing year round colour and interest. Along with a profusion of colourful beds, highlights include a Mediterranean garden with raised summer pool, a kitchen garden providing bountiful fruit and veg, a boule court, shaded with espaliered hornbeam, and a croquet lawn. Dotted around the garden are various seating areas to make the most of the generally south-westerly orientation. A large timber shed with steel roof marries into the space well and whilst ideal simply for storage, it equally makes an excellent events space, studio, teenage hang out or party barn complete with power, water and drainage. With views to the wildflower meadow and open countryside, this really is a triumph of design and a real sanctuary to be enjoyed all year round.

LOCATION
With beautiful surrounding countryside, Hermitage is an attractive village with church, village hall and thriving community. Nearby amenities that include shops, a public house, primary school and doctors surgery can be found in the neighbouring villages of Leigh and Yetminster.
Hermitage lies between Dorchester and Sherborne. The latter with its impressive Abbey, excellent range of shops, schools, restaurants and supermarkets including Waitrose. Dorchester, the county town, has a further excellent range of facilities including the redeveloped brewery. Both towns have mainline railway connections to London Waterloo. Within about a 35-minute drive is the Dorset Jurassic coast, a World Heritage Site with the resort of Weymouth, its marina and award-winning beach and access to the picturesque south west coastal path.

SPORTING AND RECREATION
West Dorset is a beautiful area and is well known for its sporting and leisure pursuits which include golf at Bridport, Dorchester and Sherborne. Horse racing at Bath, Wincanton, Salisbury and Taunton. Art centre in Bridport with theatres in Poole, Salisbury and Bath. Water sports on the south coast at Weymouth. There are an extensive network of footpaths and bridleways from which to enjoy the surrounding countryside.

EDUCATION
Dorset is well served for schools. As well as various local primary schools there is an excellent secondary school at The Gryphon School in Sherborne and Thomas Hardy in Dorchester. Private schooling includes preparatory schools at Sherborne, Sandroyd, Perrott Hill and Sunninghill School in Dorchester. Senior schooling at The Sherborne Schools, Canford, Milton Abbey, Bryanston and Leweston.