Athelstan Road, Dorchester Guide price £650,000

Fordington Dairy is a development of beautifully restored and renovated properties on the site of a former Victorian dairy and now forms an exclusive gated community. Dorchester town centre is within walking distance and has good variety of independent shops, restaurants and coffee shops. Steeped in history there are several museums within the town as well as two cinemas and the modern shopping and entertainment complex at Brewery Square. There are excellent transport links with regular trains to both London Waterloo and Bristol Templemeads. Dorchester itself is handily placed to explore the beautiful Dorset countryside and the stunning Jurassic coast which is a world heritage site.

A most characterful and unique five bedroom Grade ll listed property which forms part of a well thought out conversion of a former victorian dairy in the county town of Dorchester. This exclusive and secure development is approached via electrically operated gates leading to a central courtyard with ample parking. No12 is the most spacious of the properties on the development and offers grand and impressive accommodation over two floors with the main living areas on the first floor. It is the agents opinion that the property would make a fine permanent residence or second home and would suit a family seeking a home for multi generational living. The property is approached via a private sheltered courtyard with a flagstone floor and once inside the main Entrance Hall stairs rise to the first floor. The Kitchen/Breakfast room is a lovely area for the family to gather and is great entertaining space. There are ample cupboards with a central island, worksurfaces and room for appliances. With vaulted ceilings and exposed rafters this is a light and airy space with room for a dining table. The sitting room is a most imposing and spacious room with a wealth of exposed stone and brick and a vaulted ceiling with rafters and beams. To complete the first floor accommodation there are two double bedrooms, one of which is currently used as an office/study, and a useful shower room. The ground floor has the master bedroom which has an en-suite shower room, two further double bedrooms, a family bathroom and the splendid cinema/family room with tall windows giving natural light, a flagstone floor and a waterfall feature along one wall. The room is linked to the sitting room by a spiral staircase. The property benefits from two allocated parking spaces in the secure central courtyard area.

Sitting Room (23' 9'' x 21' 0'' (7.23m x 6.40m))

KItchen/Breakfast Room (23' 0'' x 13' 5'' (7.01m x 4.09m))

Cinema/Family Room (21' 1'' Max x 13' 6'' Max (6.42m x 4.11m))

Master Bedroom (13' 11'' x 13' 4'' (4.24m x 4.06m))

Bedroom 2 (15' 0'' x 10' 9'' (4.57m x 6.02m))

Bedroom 3 (13' 4'' x 11' 6'' (4.06m x 3.50m))

Bedroom 4 (13' 4'' x 11' 6'' (4.06m x 3.50m))

Bedroom 5 (9' 9'' x 8' 10'' (2.97m x 2.69m))

Shower Room

Family Bathroom