White Pit Lane, East Melbury, Shaftesbury, SP7

THE PROPERTY Situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty in the centre of its grounds overlooking the National Trust's Spreadeagle Hill, Winterfield is a fabulously stylish and substantial family home. Built in 1921 by the acclaimed architect, Edward Turner Powell, this is a classic example of the Arts and Crafts movement, constructed using the finest locally quarried sandstone for the walls, Delabole slate for the roofs and chestnut guttering. The property has been sympathetically refurbished with upgraded wiring and plumbing and underfloor heating to the majroity of the ground floor rooms. Of particular note is the drawing room with an impressive stone fireplace and wooden over matel, the entrance hall with full length stained glass and the galleried landing. Other works have included the erection of the garage building, with ancillary accommodation over, in 2007/8 and the building of the swimming pool in 2010 with external stonewortk matching the original and with folding doors and terraces to both the East and West taking full advantage of the outstanding outlook. The building has an oak frame and American hardwood decking. In the same year, the gym was built with hardwood floors and underfloor heating. This could be put to a variety of alternative uses subject to the usual planning consents. Included in the sale is Burnbeck Cottage, built in the early 1980s with brick elevations under a tiled roof and screened from the main drive by beech hedging. OUTSIDE Winterfield is approached off White Pit Lane through electric gates onto a gravel drive leading to a circular car parking and turning area, adjoining which is an area of hardstanding with triple garage and ancillary accommodation above. A spur leads off the drive to the gym, a modern barn and the floodlit tennis court. GARDENS These are a particular feature and comprise a mixture of formal and informal gardens. At the front of the house there is a large expanse of lawn with an area of wild garden, flanked by box hedging and trees. The curren towners have opened up the vistas with a belt of mature specimen trees offering protection from the East. To the west and rear of the property there is a delightful partly walled garden with a variety of stone outbuildings, a lawned area flanked by colourful flower and shrub boarders and a terrace from which there are magnificent views over the lakes. THE LAND Winterfield sits in the centre of its land. To the north there is a flat paddock of approximately 8 acres with a field gate onto the lane, while to the south there are rolling paddocks with spring fed ponds flanked by a protective shelter belt of mature trees. There is a footpath on the northern boundary of the property. In all approximately 35 acres. AT A GLANCE Ground floor: reception hall drawing room with doors onto the loggia dining room study open plan kitchen / breakfast room family room opening to the garden cloakroom and WC domestic offices wine cellar First floor: galleried landing master bedroom with a large ensuite bathroom / dressing room four further bedroom suites, each with dressing area and bathrooms Second floor: two further bedrooms with their own bathrooms sitting room / library Outside: formal gardens, produce area and paddocks totalling circa thirty four acres. SERVICES Private supply and mains water, private treatment plant, mains electricity, oil fired central heating Tenure: Freehold Winterfield EPC Band E Burnbeck Cottage EPC Band D Winterfield: North Dorset District Council Band H Agents Note: photographs were taken in 2021 Viewing strictly by appointment Burnbeck Cottage Band D