Listed for £340,000
November 10, 2025
Sold for £300,000
2018
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The Area - Set in a very beautiful conservation area, Sutton Waldron is a village with no local pub or shop; however, what it lacks in facilities is more than made up by the energy, enthusiasm and community spirit of the villagers themselves. Amenities are close at hand however, Iwerne Minster, some 1.5 miles away has an Inn, which is popular with locals, a village shop and post office, which also contains a café'. Iwerne is also home to Clayesmore School & Preparatory School and Fontmell Magna, only 1 mile away, has a C of E Primary School, a village shop & post office and a popular pub.
Sutton Waldron is a small, pretty village in the Blackmore Vale, situated under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 8 miles North of Blandford Forum, and 5 miles south of Shaftesbury and 8 miles East of Sturminster Newton. The Saxon name 'Sutton' means 'south farm' and refers to its position as being south of a well-known place, while the manorial addition of 'Waldron' is a corruption of 'Waleran', the name of the huntsman who held the estate at the time of the Domesday Book (1086). The invention of machinery to mass produce buttons around 1851 destroyed Sutton Waldron's sizeable cottage industry making linen buttons and the population declined, with some even being 'helped' to emigrate to Australia and Canada.
The village contains many delightful houses, including an attractive row of 1830s alms houses with an impressive array of hollyhocks in their front gardens during summer. However, the main attraction is St Bartholomew's Church, which is at the far end of Church Lane, described by Sir John Betjeman as 'one of the best and most lovely examples of Victorian architecture'.