Property Round Up By Helen Fisher

Turn Over a New Leaf By Helen Fisher

NORTON-SUB-HAMDON £785,000

A beautifully restored wing of an impressive late Georgian Grade II listed house. Originally built as a ballroom for the manor house, the property is spread over 3 floors and has 2 double bedrooms. The garden extends out towards a neighbouring orangery behind which is a garage and parking space.

Knight Frank Tel: 01935 808426 LOSCOMBE £1,100,000

A Grade II listed Dorset longhouse, dating back to the 16th Century. Located in a quite, unspoilt valley with numerous characterful features and 5 bedrooms. With a secret garden with detached home office plus veg garden. Plus 3 paddocks and track down to a stream and self-contained shepherd’s hut. Garage and ample parking. All set in 4.86 acres.

Symonds and Sampson Tel: 01308 422092

HODGEDITCH £800,000

Large detached period 4 bedroom home with attached 1 bedroom self-contained annex. Parts dating to 17th Century. Set in a small community surrounded by meadows. Formal garden with sun terrace, plus water meadow, stream, orchard, fruit and veg gardens, outbuildings, garaging and ample parking. Set in 1.75 acres.

Gordon & Rumsby Tel: 01297 553768

LYME REGIS £895,000

A stunning newly completed single-storey grand design style home with 3 double bedrooms, outstanding eco-credentials and sea glimpses. This contemporary living space has double-height ceilings and hi-spec attention to every detail. Gravel parking area with electric car charger and attractive, private rear courtyard garden.

Stags Tel: 01308 428000 BRIDPORT £350,000

A modern house, built about 20 years ago in a traditional town house design with 3 bedrooms spread over 3 floors. With wooden double glazed windows and dormer window to the attic rooms. With a large communal garden square to the front and an enclosed private rear garden plus private parking.

Kennedys Tel: 01308 427329

WEYMOUTH £795,000

A well appointed and spacious luxury apartment with 3 bedrooms over 2 floors. Master bedroom suite with balcony and stunning panoramic Jurassic coastline views. Security entrance system, lift access and parking permit. Level walking to town and all local amenities.

Symonds and Sampson Poundbury Tel: 01305 251154

Mary Anning - Lost in Time

DORSET’s As One Theatre Company is touring a new play about the famous Lyme Regis fossil hunter Mary Anning, with Dorset dates at the Exchange at Sturminster Newton on Saturday 2nd October, the Marine Theatre on 6th October, and Dorchester Arts at Sunninghill School on 9th, with further dates planned for the autumn and the new year.

Lost in Time begins in 1846. Lyme Regis is battered by howling winter-gales. Dying and increasingly dependent on laudanum, Mary Anning reflects on her life. By challenging the status quo while making remarkable strides in a male-dominated scientific world, her work threatens to disprove the very foundations she was raised on.

Haunted by hallucinations of friends, enemies and even the creatures she spent her life hacking out of the living rock, Anning tries to make sense of her existence in her last moments.

With company founder Jane McKell as Mary Anning, the play has been written by Peter John Cooper and is directed by Marta Vella. It features As One’s regular blend of narrative, movement, music and visuals to tell this true story about legacy and coming to terms with the past. For information visit www.as-onetheatre.co.uk.