Extended family home Village is hidden gem

By Darcy Gresham

“How do you like living in a holiday destination?”

This four double bedroom Edwardian semi-detached home in Fordington has been extended, yet still has a generous town garden and off-road parking, It has a large garage/workshop with mains wiring and an EV charging point.

Accommodation is flexible, presently laid out with a large en-suite bedroom on the ground floor and a further 3 double bedrooms upstairs, a modern family bathroom and a useful attic store room, complete with Velux window and lighting. The light and airy kitchen dining space offers ample space to entertain, with French doors opening into a lower courtyard, with the main garden elevated in a sunny position behind the garage, lawned and stocked with fruit bushes.

£375,000 Freehold. Viewing by appointment only.

Connells 01305 266755

Having boomeranged back to Dorset many times after university, working in London and overseas, there is no better place to live. When people ask where I’ll be going for my holiday this year, I just smile and say I’ll be exploring breathtaking coastlines, taking countryside walks, exploring ancient archaeological sites and being tempted by delightful tea rooms. Basically, I’ll be day tripping from home!

One of my favourite haunts is the picturesque village of Fontmell Magna. Being in the heart of the beautiful Blackmore Vale, close to Cranborne Chase and the fabulous Springhead Trust, all a short drive to Blandford and Shaftesbury, it’s the perfect place to pause for a ramblers’ breakfast and a warm welcome from Rick at at the Village Shop Tea Room, who has been keeping this hidden gem and heart of the village pumping for 10 years this month! What will we do when he retires, as he plans to do soon?

The village recently got a little bigger with a charming new road, lined with 30 traditionally built new homes, whose purchasers will enjoy a warm reception from the parish council, who thoughtfully organise welcome packs for all new residents. When such cherished land is built on, it takes a special developer to get it right, and Pennyfarthing Homes have done just that with their top notch nod to the vernacular. See below for details.