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Neals Lane, Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset DT9

South West

£995,000

Listed on 22/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
5
Type
Detached
Area
4831 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

Spring Cottage is a substantial detached stone house with three reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, utility, WC and walk-in pantry. A single-storey garden room has its own shower room and is described as potentially usable as a fourth bedroom. Upstairs are three double bedrooms, two with dressing rooms and en-suite bathrooms, plus a family bathroom. A lift connects the utility room with the dressing room serving one of the bedrooms. The grounds also include a separate Grade II* listed thatched cottage, currently used as ancillary accommodation and without a kitchen. It has three reception rooms and a bathroom on the ground floor, two double bedrooms above, and attached stores. The listing notes that installing a kitchen and making minor internal changes could allow the cottages to function as separate homes. Both properties are described as needing some modernisation. A long driveway leads to parking, with gardens, a kitchen garden, stores and a level paddock within approximately 2.5 acres. The grounds include a lawn and paved terrace between the buildings and border the River Wriggle. Chetnole is within reach of Yetminster, Sherborne, Yeovil and Dorchester, with a request-stop rail station in the village. The property is in the village Conservation Area.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

82out of 100
Grade AStrong opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

Spring Cottage is a distinctive, substantial project: a stone detached house with a separate Grade II* listed thatched cottage, set in 2.5 acres with a maintained garden, paddock and long approach. The photographed interiors are occupied and usable but dated, making this a light modernisation opportunity rather than a major overhaul; the older kitchen and bathrooms offer scope to refresh the characterful accommodation.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh dated but serviceable finishes while retaining the stone house’s traditional character.
  • Explore configuring the ancillary cottage as a separate home; the listing identifies a kitchen installation and minor internal changes as possibilities, subject to listed-building and other requirements.
  • Make the most of the maintained gardens, kitchen garden, paddock and 2.5-acre setting.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Map

Location

Neals Lane, Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset DT9
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Chetnole Rail Station

    0.4 miles

    Train · Chetnole

  • Yetminster Rail Station

    1.9 miles

    Train · Yetminster

  • Thornford Rail Station

    3.0 miles

    Train · Thornford

  • Yeovil Junction Rail Station

    4.4 miles

    Train · Yeovil

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Current average variable rate is 6.58%

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£4,066
Based on a loan of £746,250 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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