Summary - WARDOUR COTTAGE WATERY LANE DONHEAD ST MARY SHAFTESBURY SP7 9DF
3 bed 1 bath Detached
Charming period cottage with large gardens and full renovation potential.
Three-bedroom detached thatched stone cottage with period features
Large beamed sitting room with inglenook fireplace and wood burner
Country kitchen/breakfast room, utility/pantry and ground-floor WC
Very large cottage garden, meadow areas, greenhouse and spring-fed brook
Parking for two vehicles and timber garage; pedestrian gate to side
EPC F (36) — significant energy-efficiency improvements likely required
Private drainage (septic) and assumed uninsulated stone walls
Lower section of Watery Lane currently impassable; access may be limited
Wardour Cottage is an attractive early-19th-century stone cottage with a recently thatched roof and well-proportioned rooms arranged over two floors. The large beamed sitting room is a highlight, featuring an inglenook fireplace, fitted wood burner, exposed joists and built-in bookcase around the open staircase. A country-style kitchen/breakfast room, utility/pantry and covered sitting area add useful day-to-day living space. Outside, the plot is very large and largely left as meadow with gravel paths, well-planted beds, vegetable plot, greenhouse, spring-fed brook and a timber garage with parking for two.
This home will suit buyers seeking rural character and space rather than a fully modernised turnkey property. Construction is traditional sandstone/limestone with assumed lack of solid wall insulation; glazing is double but install date is unknown. Heating is oil-fired boiler with radiators (and electric storage heating listed), and the EPC rating is F (36), so buyers should expect energy-efficiency and running-cost improvements will be needed. Drainage is private and the lower section of Watery Lane is currently impassable — access should be checked before viewing.
The setting is quietly rural yet not isolated from amenities: Donhead St Mary and nearby Ludwell and Semley offer local shops, pubs and a primary school, while Shaftesbury and Tisbury supply wider services and a mainline station. Fast predicted broadband and strong mobile signal make remote working viable. This cottage offers immediate period charm, large gardens and clear potential for sympathetic upgrading to improve comfort and efficiency.
3 bedroom detached house for sale in Milkwell, Donhead St Andrew, Shaftesbury, SP7 — £360,000 • 3 bed • 1 bath • 1460 ft²
2 bedroom cottage for sale in Birdbush, Ludwell, Shaftesbury, SP7 — £450,000 • 2 bed • 1 bath • 1292 ft²
3 bedroom detached house for sale in Milkwell, Donhead St Andrew, Shaftesbury, SP7 — £675,000 • 3 bed • 2 bath • 1259 ft²
2 bedroom cottage for sale in April Cottage, Bozley Hill, SP7 — £325,000 • 2 bed • 1 bath • 677 ft²
1 bedroom character property for sale in Lower Wincombe Lane, Donhead St. Mary, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 — £350,000 • 1 bed • 1 bath • 689 ft²
4 bedroom detached house for sale in Salisbury, Dorset, SP5 — £750,000 • 4 bed • 2 bath • 2167 ft²
