The North Dorset Saxon hilltop market town of Shaftesbury is famed for the iconic cobbled street of Gold Hill and rich history going back to the times of King Alfred. Shaftesbury is a delightful community orientated town with an attractive and bustling High Street that provides most everyday requirements including a farmer's market, cafés, charity shops, various retail shops and a cottage hospital. Families are drawn to this area by the quality of life and excellent choice of state and independent schools including Port Regis, Clayesmore, Sandroyd and Bryanston amongst many others. Shaftesbury also offers several ways to explore the stunning countryside and traditional English villages of the Blackmore Vale, Cranborne Chase and Wiltshire Downs with their many miles of public footpaths and bridleways.

The local road network offers strong connections to the other main towns in the region including Gillingham, Salisbury, Sherborne, Warminster and Yeovil as well as to the South Coast. In addition the A303 links with the M3 that makes London accessible for the motorist. There are railway stations at Gillingham (4.5 miles) and Tisbury (8 miles) with mainline services to London (Waterloo) and the West Country.

A well presented three bedroom detached house situated on a popular road in Shaftesbury. The property has been extended at the rear to provide extra living accommodation, with light and airy rooms throughout the house. The property is entered into a hallway with the spacious sitting room to the right with a large bay window and a door opening into a separate dining room, with double doors opening into the garden. Adjacent is a spacious kitchen/dining room which benefits from an extension with Velux windows giving plenty of natural light. A door opens into the utility room, with a further door to a shower room. Upstairs, there are three bedrooms, two of which are spacious double bedrooms and one further single bedrooms, and all benefit from fitted wardrobes. There is also a family bathroom fitted with a three piece suite.

The property enjoys a good sized plot, with a garden to the front of the house is laid to gravel with flower beds and shrubbery, and a spacious driveway with parking for multiple cars, leading to the single garage. The garage has been partially converted to provide the potential to fully convert for another reception room or ground floor bedroom. The south-facing rear garden is a good space which is mostly laid to lawn with a mix of flower beds, shrubbery, as well as a shed and a greenhouse. There is also side access to the front of the property.

Freehold

Mains services are connected.

Dorset Council Tax Band D.

Strictly by appointment, only with Boatwrights Estate Agents. 01747 213106 www.boatwrights.co.uk