Crown Road, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, DT10

A substantial and significantly extended, detached 5 bedroom house, well positioned with generous gardens and a versatile annexe attached


Hinton Lodge was built in 1949 and further extended in both the 1980’s and 2008. The substantial detached property has brick and rendered elevations under a tiled roof. This has created a most a spacious house with well-proportioned reception rooms offering a great deal of flexible space, a superb configuration for families or multi generational living. Set back from the road giving privacy with a level lawn front garden, the driveway gives plenty of parking and turning space, a double garage and a versatile annexe that easily links to the main house.
From the front door, through the porch area, is the first reception room with parquet flooring and a central fireplace with wood burner. The kitchen/ dining room offers a wonderful open plan, sociable living space. A large dining area, with double doors out to the front garden, is open to the kitchen, this side having access to the rear garden. There is a comprehensive range of base and wall units with all the usual appliances with a gas Range Cooker and double Belfast Sink. To the right are doors to an inner lobby with a guest wc and then a link to the annexe or possibly to create a large utility room beyond
The sitting room measures an impressive 22ft in depth, with a wood burner and Bressumer beam in the fireplace with a working wood burning stove. There is a plentiful supply of natural light with a bay window to the front and double doors set in a feature glass wall accessing the rear garden.
The annexe is integral to the house but has a separate front door. The sitting room / bedroom is dual aspect and the bathroom adjacent.
On the first floor again reflects the spacious foot print below with five bedrooms, two en suites and a family bathroom. The principal bedroom is particularly impressive having a very large en suite bathroom and a separate dressing room. Bedrooms 2 and 3 are of great proportions, offering built in wardrobes and with a Jack & Jill shower room. The two further bedrooms share the family bathroom, bedroom 4 with built in wardrobe and bedroom 5 is currently used as a study.

Services
Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage are connected to the property. Gas fired central heating.  Worcester boiler installed 2022
Council Tax Band: F
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Marnhull is a picturesque village in North Dorset in the Blackmore Vale area, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The village is celebrated for its association to Thomas Hardy and was called Marlot in Tess of The D’Urbervilles. There are excellent amenities which include a Post Office and award winning Robin Hill Stores, Newsagents and General Stores, a Hairdresser, a Village Hall, a GP surgery with pharmacy attached and two pubs with restaurants. There are two Primary Schools in the village itself and Secondary Schools at Gillingham, Sturminster Newton or Shaftesbury which are all nearby. The village has a thriving community with a great choice of clubs and activities to suit all ages. Sporting opportunities are also catered for with a cricket club, football club and pitch, and a tennis club and court.

A five bar gate opens to the driveway with extensive parking to the house and annexe. There is a landscaped area of garden laid to shingle with a greenhouse and offers scope for more parking and turning area if required. The remainder of the front garden is laid to level lawn with a path leading to the front door.
There is side access to the rear garden, which also has access from the sitting room and the kitchen. A large and level lawn has a high hedge affording privacy and offers great space, a secure level plot with two garden sheds. The double garage has electric up and over door and a personnel door to the rear garden.