Shipstal Point, Arne, Wareham, Dorset

An amazing opportunity to purchase this waterside home, being sold for the first time since being built in the 1960’s, Shipstal is a spacious single storey bungalow residence designed to take full advantage of its outstanding location and glorious outlook. The elevations are of render, wood cladding, and the natural local Purbeck stone, under a tiled roof. The house has the benefit of oil fired central heating plus PV solar panels on the roof and double glazed windows. The house offers bright accommodation with generous room sizes. Many rooms in the house, together with the balcony, terrace and garden studio, enjoy beautiful views across the gardens to the water, and the islands of Poole Harbour in the distance.

An entrance porch and front door open into the entrance hall, with wood floor, and a range of storage and linen cupboards. Your eye is drawn through double doors into the sitting room with wide picture windows on two sides providing truly spectacular views. There is a feature stone fireplace and full height chimney breast with log burner, oak flooring, and French doors to the terrace at the side. A wide archway leads through to the good size dining room which in turn has doors to the conservatory, the perfect place to sit and enjoy another slightly different harbour view. Leading from the dining room is the kitchen/breakfast room, having space for a table and chairs, and fitted with a range of wood fronted units, plus appliances including a double oven, gas hob (propane), dishwasher and washing machine. The back door opens onto a wide covered verandah at the rear, perfect for early evening drinks.

The bedroom accommodation is arranged in a separate wing and provides three double bedrooms each with its own shower room. The main suite includes a particularly good size bedroom with garden views through double aspect windows, a range of built in wardrobes, and a bright and spacious modern shower room with double shower, twin basins, WC and return door to the hall. The second bedroom has a fantastic harbour view, built in wardrobes and an en suite bathroom with pretty blue and white tiling. The third bedroom is a double and has its own en suite shower room.

Gardens and grounds
Shipstal is approached along a private unmade lane running through the RSPB Arne Nature Reserve, to which the public do not have vehicular access. The area is renowned for wildlife particularly bird life and has previously featured in BBC TV’s Springwatch. There are many hides within the reserve and in the area directly to the north of Shipstal is a protected nesting site for Spoonbills. [hidden information]

High electrically operated gates and a screen of established shrubs and trees ensure complete privacy, and the bungalow cannot be seen from the lane. A generous driveway has a turning circle and provides extensive parking for a good number of cars. The driveway continues down to the Garage/ Boat House built on the lower ground floor beneath the bungalow providing a large and versatile space with an electric roller shutter door at the front, and concertina doors at the rear. The rear doors open straight onto the garden and beyond is the private slipway providing direct access into Poole Harbour. A petrol powered generator provides electricity in the event of a power cut. Also on this floor are a useful store room and the utility/ boiler room, housing the oil fired boiler and water softener.

Shipstal sits centrally in its beautiful mature gardens which extend to over three quarters of an acre. They are well stocked and include a wide variety of shrubs and trees, including fine rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias. There are specimen trees including a fine maritime pine tree which helps to frame the view. At the rear of the bungalow are several terraces and sitting areas from which to enjoy the stunning location at different times of the day, and perfect for outdoor entertaining. At the end of the garden is a log cabin Garden Studio, ideal for use as an inspirational home office or occasional bedroom, together with an original 1960’s Finnish Sauna cabin imported by the owner from Finland.

This truly amazing plot includes a wide frontage to the sheltered inner reaches of Poole Harbour, accessed by boat along the Arne Channel, including a slipway with direct water access. Adjoining the garden to the south is the exquisite ‘desert island’ beach of Shipstal Point.

The current owners rent a deep water mooring from Poole Harbour Commissioners, one of just four moorings in a small basin just offshore at the rear of the property, the yellow buoy in the photograph below. Interested parties should contact them to discuss the possibility of taking over this mooring. [hidden information]

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