Property Round Up By Helen Fisher

Homes with a muddy boot room By Helen Fisher

DALWOOD £1.5M

A thatched 4/5 bedroom farmhouse set in a former thoroughbred stud farm. Many character features inc: exposed beams, wooden flooring, inglenook fireplace with wood burner and window seats. Plus separate self-contained 1 bedroom annex. Pretty formal gardens plus 13 purpose built stables and barn stabling. All set in over 20 acres.

Savills Tel: 01392 455700 MUSBURY £595,000

An extremely spacious, detached 4 bedroom home in the centre of the village. Recently refurbished. Large L shaped sitting room with multifuel stove and doors to the garden. Newly fitted kitchen with utility and cloakroom. Fully double glazed. Gardens surround the house with garage and ample parking

Gordon & Rumsby Tel: 01297 553768 BETTISCOMBE £850,000

A substantial 4 bedroomed rural house. Previously 2 cottages, combined to create a family home. Retaining many characterful features inc: open fireplaces, casement windows and high ceilings. Attached glasshouse with mature plants and seating area. Stunning, private gardens adjoining open countryside. Double garage and ample parking

Symonds and Sampson Tel: 01308 422092 CHETNOLE £1.4M

A beautifully presented family home dating from 1850 with Edwardian and later additions. With 5 bedrooms plus converted coach house. Generous family kitchen and many period features inc: fireplaces, coving and sash windows. Conservatory, gym and double garage. Mature gardens with paddock and outbuildings. All set in 2.25 acres

Knight Frank Tel: 01935 810064 NETHERBURY £470,000

A detached, 1920s edge of village house with many attractive features inc: wooden floorboards, wood panelling and Rayburn stove in a brick fireplace. Front and rear organic gardens with specimen trees, veg and fruit areas, wood store, greenhouse and natural water well. Garage and ample parking

Kennedys Tel: 01308 427329 CHIDEOCK £695,000

Spacious and individual family home with 4 bedrooms. Stunning countryside & sea views. Well proportioned reception room with French doors overlooking the garden, wood burner and Hamstone fireplace. Large, established south-east facing gardens with sun terrace. Detached garage and car port, ample parking

Stags Tel: 01308 428000

MAPPERTON House and Gardens are set to hit the small screen in two television specials during the run-up to Christmas.

The West Dorset home of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich is being featured in the hit series An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates, to be broadcast in both the UK and the US.

In the two special episodes Julie Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, introduces life at Mapperton including Thanksgiving and Christmas preparations at the historic house, located just outside Beaminster.

The first episode Welcome to Mapperton will air in the UK on the Smithsonian Channel at 8pm on Tuesday 1 December. The second episode Christmas at Mapperton will broadcast at 8pm on Tuesday 8 December. Viewers will enjoy a Victorian Christmas feast prepared in the Mapperton kitchens with celebrity chef Darina Allen as well as a tour of the stunning Christmas market at Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey) with the Countess of Carnarvon.

The Gardens at Mapperton were recently voted the Historic Houses’ Garden of the Year 2020 after winning a public vote. The Gardens are now open Sunday to Thursday, 11am to 5pm.