Country houses for sale

OnTheMarket

A 200 year old cottage with fabulous views over the Marshwood Vale

Providence Cottage is an attractive detached period property.

Providence Cottage

Dating back more than 200 years, charming Providence Cottage, in Ryall near Bridport is on the market with Jackson-Stops & Staff at a guide price of £675,000.

Approached via a long drive through secluded grounds amouting to about an acre, Providence Cottage is a charming property of colour washed stone, flint and brick elevations under a slate roof.

The property benefits from three good sized bedrooms and boasts a wealth contemporary features which compliment the existing period features, such as Inglenook fireplace and timber panelling.

Outside, Providence Cottage has a detached garage and two further outbuildings which, subject to planning, could offer potential conversion. The surrounding gorgeous gardens and grounds feature a summer house with garden store, a lovely formal garden, vegetable garden, orchard and small area of woodland.

Ryall is a pretty and idyllic hamlet set on the edge of the Marshwood Vale and set within an Area of Outstanding National Beauty. The nearby village of Morcombelake has a shop and post office and about 15 minutes to the West is the coastal resort of Lyme Regis and Axminster with a mainline railway station serving London Waterloo is also within easy reach.

Agnes Stamp

Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in 2026.

Latest in Property
Property for Sale
An idyllic countryside home that's light, spacious and comes with a Grade II-listed folly
A villa in Rome on the Via Nomentana
A historic villa for sale on the Via Nomentana worthy of Rome's rich history
Images of Edwardian Ashton House, near Chard
Eight bedrooms of unlisted Edwardian elegance with sweeping views of Somerset
Property
A waterside cottage in Devon with a private quay, idyllic views and the prettiest summerhouse we've seen in years
Athenian Legacy property pictures
This elegant Greek villa offers would-be buyers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live in the shadow of the Acropolis
Harford Manor
Inside the £28 million home that sets out to be 'the English country house of the 21st century'
Latest in Features
Property for Sale
An idyllic countryside home that's light, spacious and comes with a Grade II-listed folly
Woman boarding a train
Scotland's majestic landscapes meet holistic wellness aboard Belmond and Dior's inaugural train retreat
Grayson Perry for The Wallace Collection
'This is the funnest exhibition London has seen in recent memory': Grayson Perry’s new show at the Wallace Collection explores the delusions of a fictitious woman
Diamond brooch
How Cartier became ‘the jeweller of kings and the king of jewellers’
A villa in Rome on the Via Nomentana
A historic villa for sale on the Via Nomentana worthy of Rome's rich history
dogs on Country Life 26 March 2025
Country Life 26 March 2025