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Guide Price£1,500,000

Beer Hackett, Sherborne, DT9

Land size
15 acres
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
2

Key Features

  • 5 Bedrooms
  • Range Of Outbuildings and Stables
  • Plot Of Approximately 15 Acres

Description

A private and peacefully positioned 5 bedroom farmhouse, set in approximately 15 acres with a range of outbuildings and stables.

The well-presented Claypits Farm is an exceptional period home built in the 18th century and extended in more recent years, offering generous accommodation, beautifully balanced living spaces, and a versatile layout ideal for modern family life. Set in a peaceful no through road, rural position on the edge of Beer Hackett, this elegant farmhouse blends traditional charm with wellplanned practicality.
The ground floor provides a superb flow, beginning with a welcoming entrance hall that opens into the heart of the home. A spacious family room enjoys excellent natural light and is perfect for everyday living, while the nearby sitting room offers a more intimate space complete with a feature fireplace and woodburner—ideal for cosy evenings.
The kitchen/dining room is a standout feature, a beautifully proportioned room with AGA, stone tiled flooring, feature stone walling and a canvas for a buyer to further design the kitchen. Completing the ground floor is a study, utility/kitchen, boot room, and cloakroom, ensuring the home functions seamlessly for a busy household.
Upstairs, the first floor offers five comfortable bedrooms, or alternatively three bedrooms, with two interconnecting dressing rooms, arranged around a central landing. The principal bedroom includes an ensuite shower room, while the additional bedrooms are supported by a family bathroom. Several rooms benefit from views over the surrounding countryside, adding to the sense of rural tranquillity.
The overall accommodation extends to approximately 2,759 sq ft (256.3 sq m), offering a substantial yet manageable home in a delightful village-edge setting.

SERVICES
We understand that mains electric and water are connected to the property. Oil fired central heating. Septic tank drainage.
Council Tax: Dorset Council—Band F

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Broadband: FTTP—Standard broadband is available—highest available download speed 24 Mbps, highest available upload speed 3 Mbps. (Openreach)
Mobile Coverage: Available via EE, O2, and VODAFONE. For an indication of specific speeds and supply or coverage in the area we recommend contacting your own provider.
Flooding: The property is in an area at a HIGH RISK from River/Sea and Surface Water flooding.
Agent’s note: the vendor has advised us that the property has never flooded. The vendor has installed ditches to assist with drainage and a storm drain.

The hamlet itself has a church to its centre while the neighbouring villages of Yetminster and Thornford within short motoring distance have shops, a couple of public houses, a health centre, two primary schools, two train halts and a selection of village shops. The historic Abbey town of Sherborne and the local regional centre of Yeovil are also a short drive away providing between them an excellent range of cultural, recreational and shopping facilities. Sporting, walking and riding opportunities abound within the area while the region is well known for both its public and privately funded schooling. Communication links are good with the thornford train halta short step away on the Bristol to Weymouth line, a main line station at Sherborne linking directly with London Waterloo while road links are along the A303 giving swift access to London and the Home counties along the M3, M25 route.

Timber Store/Workshop (13.53m x 4.79m): A Monopitch building of block construction with concrete floor, timber shiplap cladding to eaves beneath a CA roof, double doors to side and front
2x Monopitch Stable Blocks (17.87m x 5.30m); Two buildings located opposite each other formerly one single building. Each building has 5 individual stables of block construction with concrete floor beneath a CA roof.
Agricultural Building 1 (29.98m x 9.71m): Steel portal framed with concrete and hardcore flooring, block walling and steel profile sheeted cladding to eaves beneath a fibre cement sheeted roof.
Agricultural Building 2 (29.98m x 9.71m): Steel portal framed with concrete and hardcore flooring, block walling and steel profile sheeted cladding to eaves beneath a fibre cement sheeted roof. Adjoining the agricultural buildings is a large, hardcore yard area.
LAND
The land comprises productive permanent pasture land which surrounds the property in a ring fence. The land is bound by mature hedgerows, woodland and post and rail fencing in part.
ACCESS
The property benefits from three separate access gateways leading directly from the public highway.
SPORTING & MINERAL RIGHTS
We have assumed the sporting and mineral rights are included within the sale.
OVERAGE CLAUSE
There will be no overage clause included within the sale.
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
We are not aware of any planning permissions affecting the property. Some of the agricultural buildings offer potential for conversion subject to the necessary consents.
RIGHTS OF WAY, EASEMENTS, WAYLEAVES ETC
There is a footpath traversing the south western boundary of the property. The property is offered for sale subject to and with the benefit of all matters contained in or referred to in the property charges register of the registered title together with all public and private rights of way, wayleaves, easements and other rights of way whether these are specifically referred to or not.
MEASUREMENTS & OTHER INFORMATION
All measurements are approximate. Any field numbers and areas shown on the attached plan are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for identification purposes only. They do not necessarily correspond either with the National Grid plan numbers or with those produced on the Rural Land Register.
Whilst we endeavour to make our sales particulars as accurate and reliable as possible, if there are any point which is of particular importance to you please contact the office, especially if you are contemplating travelling some distance to view the property. We have not tested any of the equipment, appliances, central heating or services.
AGRI ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES
We understand the land has not been entered into any Agri environment schemes. As a result, prospective purchasers are free to enter the land into a scheme as and when they are available.
TENURE
The land is of freehold tenure with full vacant possession available upon completion of the purchase.
DESIGNATIONS
We are not aware of any designations affecting the property.
HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
Our Health and Safety policy requires all interested parties undertaking viewings of this site to be accompanied by a member of our staff. They must wear their own Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). If interested parties do not adhere to our policy and view the site unaccompanied or without PPE then they do so at their own risk and we/the seller cannot be held liable for any personal injury or associated claim for compensation.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
F
Date Posted
2026-04-18

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 216 Homes with Land listings in South West England (10+ acres).

This Property£100,000 / acre
Homes with Land Average (10+ acres) £68,224 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

75 Mbps

Superfast · available to 71% of premises

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Thornford CofE Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    104
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Andrew's Church of England Primary School1.1 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    99
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas2 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    90
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School2.7 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    336
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School3.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    58
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • The Gryphon School4.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,569
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Buckler's Mead School4.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    812
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Westfield Academy5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,013
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Preston School Academy5.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,003
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Stanchester Academy8.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    829
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Yetminister, Yetminster1.2 miles
Co-op Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorset2.9 miles
Iceland Yeovil FWH, Yeovil3.2 miles

GP surgery

Yetminster Health Centre1.1 miles

Pharmacy

Boots3.3 miles

Hospital

Yeatman Hospital3.6 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces981 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Yetminster Rail Station0.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Beer Hackett Turn0.9 miles

Typical drive times

Yeovil15 min · 6 miles
Crewkerne29 min · 15 miles
Sherborne17 min · 6.3 miles
Stalbridge29 min · 13 miles
Wells (city)59 min · 31 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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