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Guide Price£550,000

Templemans Ash, Bridport

Land size
1.5 acres
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2

Key Features

  • Semi-detached
  • Two double bedrooms
  • Two reception rooms
  • Separate utility room
  • Large Garage/ workshop
  • Fenced paddock
  • Driveway parking for numerous car
  • Oil central heating

Description

A rare opportunity to acquire a charming rural home set within approximately 1.5 acres, enjoying stunning countryside views, extensive grounds and highly versatile accommodation.

Intorduction - An attractive and well-positioned rural home set within approximately 1.5 acres, enjoying far-reaching countryside views and offering spacious, versatile accommodation together with extensive parking. Believed to date back to around 1840, the property presents a rare opportunity to acquire a home where space, setting and character are all in equal measure. The property offers a wonderful sense of privacy and lifestyle potential, ideally suited to those seeking a more rural way of living. The current vendor has previously used the land as a smallholding, further enhancing its appeal for those with similar aspirations.

The Property - The accommodation is both generous and well-balanced, with a strong emphasis on light, space, and attractive outlooks throughout.

There are two well-proportioned reception rooms, each offering a versatile layout suitable for both formal and informal living. These inviting spaces are filled with natural light and provide comfortable areas for relaxing, entertaining, or working from home, with a pleasant sense of openness and flow.

The kitchen is well positioned to take full advantage of the surrounding views, creating a bright and enjoyable space that forms the heart of the home. It is both practical and functional, whilst also offering excellent scope for modernisation or enhancement, should the new owner wish to personalise it further.

Upstairs, the property offers three comfortable bedrooms, all enjoying appealing rural outlooks that reinforce the home’s peaceful setting. The sense of space and calm continues throughout this level. The accommodation is completed by a modern family bathroom.

Outside - The grounds are a particular feature of the property, extending to approximately 1.5 acres and providing a superb outdoor setting.

Predominantly laid to open space, the land offers a variety of potential uses, subject to the necessary permissions, whether for gardening, recreation, or those seeking a more lifestyle-led rural environment. The elevated position enjoys far-reaching views across the surrounding countryside, creating a peaceful and picturesque backdrop. There are also stunning distant sea views, along with undulating rolling hills, further enhancing the property’s peaceful and scenic setting. The land has previously been used as a smallholding, with livestock including sheep, geese, chickens and turkeys.

In addition, the property benefits from a well-appointed garden area incorporating a summerhouse, patio and barbeque space, together with a vegetable plot, greenhouse, lawn and established fruit trees, creating an ideal setting for both relaxation and productive outdoor living.

To the front and side of the property is extensive off-road parking for numerous vehicles, adding excellent practicality to this already versatile home. In addition, there is a substantial double garage/workshop with power and lighting, together with a separate store room and WC. This highly versatile outbuilding offers excellent scope for a variety of uses, subject to the necessary permissions.

Situation - Templemans Ash is a tiny hamlet lying on the B3165 between Broadwindsor and Birdsmoorgate. Broadwindsor is an active village approximately 3 miles west of Beaminster, 13 miles from Lyme Regis and 6½ miles north of Bridport. Amenities include public house, village hall, church, primary school, community shop with a visiting Post Office on a Tuesday and Friday mornings and an interesting ‘craft centre’ which has a variety of local studios and a tea room/restaurant. The nearest town of Beaminster offers many facilities including a good range of shops, churches, post office, library, two schools, health centres, other professional services and many social and sporting facilities.

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Services - Mains electricity. Solar panels owned outright.
Private well and borehold.
Shared septic tank with No. 3.
Oil central heating and wood burner.

Broadband
Standard and ultrafast is available.

Mobile Phone Coverage
There is mobile coverage in the area, please refer to Ofcom's website for more details.

Local Authority - Dorset Council -
Tax Band D.

Material Information - This property has restrictive covenants which is the case with some properties. The vendor has no knowledge of any issue caused by the covenants For further information please contact the office.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
D
Date Posted
2026-04-25

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,727 Homes with Land listings in South West England (1+ acres).

This Property£366,667 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £198,060 / acre
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Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Efficiency Rating

Very energy efficient - lower running costs
CurrentPotential
(92+)A
(81-91)B
(69-80)C
(55-68)D
(39-54)E
(21-38)F
(1-20)G
63 D
88 B

Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)

Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains, Solar Panels
Water
Private Supply
Heating
Oil Heating, Wood Burner
Broadband
Fibre (FTTC)
Sewerage
Septic Tank / Private

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed Property
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Restrictions
Yes

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

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Garage, Driveway, Off-Street Parking
Garden
Garden

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

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 88% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

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

  • Marshwood CofE Primary Academy1.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    43
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    93
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy2.4 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    34
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    109
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Hawkchurch Church of England School3.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    43
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Beaminster School4.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    673
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Christian
  • The Sir John Colfox Academy5.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    756
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Wadham School6.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    763
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Axe Valley Academy6.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    741
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Woodroffe School6.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    886
    Type
    Foundation school

* 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 - Orchard Way, Mosterton4.1 miles
Spar - Beaminster, Beaminster4.2 miles
Co-op Beaminster, Beaminster4.6 miles

GP surgery

Barton House Med Practice4.6 miles

Pharmacy

Beaminster Pharmacy4.5 miles

Hospital

Bridport Community Hospital5.4 miles

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

Crewkerne Rail Station5.5 miles

Nearest bus stop

Village Hall0.8 miles

Typical drive times

Axminster16 min · 9 miles
Crewkerne13 min · 8.3 miles
Beaminster9 min · 5.3 miles
Lyme Regis16 min · 10 miles
Exeter (city)55 min · 36 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

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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