Spacious period farmhouse with adjacent cottage for sale
This attractive Grade II listed farmhouse is a charming family home with additional accommodation in the form of a stone cottage
Ailwood Farm is a pretty period farmhouse located at the foot of the Purbeck Hills in Dorset. The farmhouse itself is Grade II listed and believed to date back to the 18th century; subsequent renovations have extended the property over time.
Period features of note include an inglenook fireplace, a vaulted, galleried family room with flagstone flooring and stone mullion windows. The views are exceptionally pretty from most of the rooms.
Accommodation comprises: entrance hall, drawing room, family room, farmhouse kitchen/breakfast room, study, cloakroom and five bedrooms with a bathroom and shower room.
Ailwood Farm is on the market for £1,250,000
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The house comes with just under an acre and the gardens are mostly lawned with a paved patio, pond, orchard, greenhouses, kitchen garden and a chicken run. There are also some outbuildings providing very good storage and workshop space.
The cottage, included in the sale, has entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen, and a double bedroom and bathroom, as well as a small rear courtyard outside.
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The house is located near Corfe Castle in Dorset and enjoys a southerly aspect at the foot of the Purbeck Hills.
The guide price is £1,250,000. For further information please contact Corben & Son on 01929 422 284 or visit www.corbens.co.uk.
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