Property description

The English Courtyard Association and The Beechcroft Trust –synonymous with the very best in retirement housing since the 1980s.

A two bedroom first floor apartment with a balcony overlooking the courtyard gardens.Motcombe Grange is an impressive former country house and school which has been renovated to offer a comfortable, independent lifestyle for the over 55’s. The communal facilities include a dining room, an elegant drawing room, snooker room with bar and library, a gym and hairdressing salon. Additional services are available at extra cost from a menu of care. This two bedroom first floor apartment has a double aspect reception room with double doors onto the balcony which overlooks the courtyard gardens. The communal grounds consist of a central courtyard with a fountain and is well stocked with shrubs and flowers. There is also a duck pond in the large lawned area.Motcombe village is situated in the heart of the North Dorset countryside and has good local facilities include a village store, church and country house hotel. It is some 3 miles from the ancient hill-top market town of Shaftesbury whilst Gillingham with its mainline station with services to London (Waterloo) Salisbury and Exeter is a similar distance. The A303 trunk road with access to the area’s other main towns, the South Coast and its link to the M3 is about 5 miles away.Industries are agricultural and dairy. Cyder is made on a considerable scale and the district is celebrated for its cheese. Market gardening and brick making find employment for many and there are also milk, cream and butter factories and poultry egg, bacon and other farm produce merchants who do a thriving trade with London buyers. Motcombe is chiefly interesting as the residence of the Rt. Hon Lord Stanbridge who is Lord of the Manor and a major landowner. His residence is Motcombe House in red brick Tudor style with stone dressings built be Messrs George and Peto the renowned London architects.

Property Features :

• Two bedroom first floor apartment
• 01327 359099
• Entrance Hall
• Sitting/dining room
• Fitted kitchen

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