• No onward chain +
• Further land & stables available by separate negotiation +
• Five miles from vibrant Bridport +
• Spacious accommodation with period features +
• Two bedroom stone barn annexe with income potential +
• Mature gardens +
• EPC Rating = D +

Most handsome listed Grade II former farmhouse, with converted barn providing ancillary accommodation set within 0.65 acres.

Description

Lower Townsend Farm was last on the open market in 1957 and has remained in the same family since - given its charm and character that is no surprise. The property is nestled off Dugberry Hill, just a short distance from the centre of the village. The main house is listed Grade II and thought to date back to the early 17th century, with typically early Georgian elevations of dressed stone, with stone mullion windows now under a slate roof, but most likely thatched at one point. The accommodation is arranged over two floors and has been extended in later years now providing spacious accommodation and retaining some attractive period features.

On the ground floor is a spacious sitting room with stone fireplace and wood burning stove, a splendid large family kitchen with part vaulted ceiling and AGA range cooker, a dining room with flagstone floor, fireplace and doors to the terrace, a boot room and large bathroom complete the ground floor accommodation. On the first floor there are five bedrooms, one with en suite and a further shower room.

The Barn
In 2016 listed building consent was approved for the conversion of the old barn at Lower Townsend which now provides superb ancillary accommodation incorporating a charming well-appointed kitchen with characterful white washed stone walls, beyond which is a fabulous double height sitting room, again with stone walls, minstrels’ gallery and wood burning stove. Double doors open into a garden room used for dining with lovely views out over the garden. Steps lead up from the kitchen to a double bedroom with en suite. On the first floor is a further double bedroom, a shower room and the gallery.

Outside
The house is approached from the lane where a private drive leads down to the front of the house and provides parking. A wisteria climbs up the front elevation of the main house and a stone wall encloses a southerly facing terrace. In front of the barn is a level lawn with mature shrubs and trees and a Beech hedge screens the lower paddock. To the rear of the house is a large terrace with stone retaining wall and steps leading up to a large area of lawn with maturing specimen trees and a mature hedge screens the lane, to which there is access at the top of the garden. On the opposite boundary a panelled fence provides a screen from a private area of garden for the barn, itself being mostly laid to lawn and with an area of hardstanding for parking. A pair of tall wooden gates provides the boundary between the garden and the outbuilding where there is a useful area of hardstanding.