Handsome Dorset manor house
A wonderful classic manor house in Dorset has an annexe and holiday cottages, located just seven miles from Bridport


Marshwood Manor is a beautiful manor house with date stones of 1853 and 1931. The excellent spacious accommodation includes two reception rooms, the kitchen/breakfast room with Aga, as well as cellars on the ground and lower ground floors. Upstairs are six bedrooms, four of which have en suite facilities, and two further second floor rooms, as well as a superb annexe with two reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, five bedrooms, two of which are en suite, and two bathrooms.
The annexe is an integral part of the accommodation for Marshwood Manor and has two doorways leading from the main accommodation.
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The cottages, which have been stylishly converted, are located around a courtyard close to the house and are used for holiday lettings providing a good annual income.
The formal gardens adjoin open farmland and comprise lawns, hedging, well stocked flower/shrub beds and borders and a variety of trees including fruit. There is also a kitchen garden, an outdoor swimming pool with pool room and a children's play area. To the front of the property is a fenced area of paddock laid to grass with adjoining woodland.
Marshwood Manor is set amidst the beautiful West Dorset countryside of the Marshwood Vale below the village of Marshwood which has amenities including a church, primary school and shop. The towns of Bridport is seven miles and Lyme Regis is ten miles.
The guide price is £1.95m. For further information contact Savills on +44 (0)1202 856 800 or visit their website.
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