Property description

This three/four bedroom, semi-detached house with garage is situated on the outskirts of a wood close to the popular village of Horton. It is approached by a 50 yard gravel driveway across a common which we are advised by the vendor, belongs to the property. It has generous gardens to the front and rear. The well proportioned sitting room/diner has a feature Inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove. The recently fitted kitchen has a utility room attached. Presented in good order throughout, the accommodation is well proportioned and its rural location offers delightful country walks from the door. Ample parking for five vehicles.

The property is approached via a gated entrance with driveway parking and front garden laid mainly to lawn with established hedging to boundaries. Door to the front elevation opens to a side passage between house and garage where the main door to the property opens to the hallway with stairs rising to the first floor.

On the ground floor, the well proportioned sitting room/diner has windows overlooking both front and rear gardens and a focal point is created by a large fireplace housing a woodburner which fuels the radiators throughout the property. Wood flooring. Door from the sitting room leads to the kitchen which is fitted with a generous range of cream, shaker style base and wall units with worktop over. Built under oven and inset ceramic hob over with integrated extractor above. Inset single drainer sink with mixer tap. Part tiled walls. Tiled floor. Window overlooking the front garden. Open access to the utility area with storage space and plumbing for white goods. Window overlooking the rear garden.

Returning to the hall, a second reception room/dining room has window overlooking the front garden.

On the first floor, there are three bedrooms - two doubles and one single - each with the benefit of a built in cupboard/wardrobe. All bedrooms overlook the front garden, whilst the landing has two windows looking towards the rear garden.

The family bathroom is fitted with a white suite comprising bath, with separate shower above. Vanity wash hand basin and semi-concealed WC with adjoining cupboard space. Part tiled walls.

Outside, the attached garage has up and over door to the front and window overlooking the rear garden as well as pedestrian door opening to the connecting passage between house and garage. The front garden, with gated entrance, is laid mainly to lawn with gravelled driveway leading to the garage. With established border planting and an ornamental fishpond there is ample space for garden furniture. The large rear garden enjoys a high degree of privacy with established hedging to boundaries and woodland beyond with access to delightful woodland/countryside walks.

Haythorne Common is a small hamlet of a dozen houses nestling in a wood above the ancient village of Horton. It is situated between two areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), Cranborne Chase and the New Forest.

Haythorne, or Hawthorne common started life as a squatter’s area on the Salisbury Estate in the 16th Century. Traditionally, if a worker could build a house and get the fireplace working within 24hrs then he could claim the land and Commoners rights. These rights included Turbery, Pannage and Estovers. These are the rights to graze animals, cut firewood and dig turf. This property has a sizeable piece of common land attached to the front of the property. It is owned by the property and bestows the title of Commoner on the owner.

The house was built in 1950 as a part of the Home Fit for Heroes scheme. The Cocker family were the first owners and stayed in the premises for 57 years before selling to the present owners in 2007. The beam over the Inglenook fireplace was taken from the officer’s mess at the nearby wartime aerodrome of Tarrant Rushton. Most of the airborne forces taking part in D Day flew from here including Major Howard who led the raid on Pegasus Bridge. The airport closed in the 1960’s when Mr Cocker removed the beam and installed it in the property in memory of the brave men who flew from the airfield never to return.

The property has rear access to Haythorne copse. This is a coppiced mixed wood mainly hazel and beech. It was last coppiced for hazel to make sheep pens in the 1980’s. The wood is famous for its show of old English bluebells in the spring when it receives many visitors. Deer are seen daily in the wood. A public footpath runs through the wood and connects with the all the main footpaths in the area including the Dorset Jubilee Trail.

Spectacular walks in Cranborne Chase can be taken from the property to such landmarks as Horton Tower, Knowlton Rings and the pretty villages of Witchampton, Wimborne St Giles and Pentridge. The thatched pub The Drusilla’s Inn is 600 yards by footpath. The Horton Inn is approx. 1.25 miles by footpath.

EPC: tba
Council Tax Band: C
Services: Mains Electric, radiators heated by woodburner, private drainage.

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Property Features :

• Semi-detached House
• Three Bedrooms
• Sitting Room/Diner
• Kitchen and Utility
• Further Reception Room

Property Info:

• FLOOR PLAN