The property is located within the picturesque village of Milton Abbas in the heart of the Dorset countryside which provides a cricket club, church, farm shop and post office. The nearest primary school is located in Winterborne Whitechurch (2.75 miles) and the Independent school of Milton Abbey School is only 1 mile away. The property is 5 miles from Blandford Forum which offers a full range of shops, supermarkets and a secondary school. Further facilities can be found in Dorchester which is the county town (12 miles). The property is in an ideal location to explore the Dorset coastline from Poole along to Lyme Regis. Tourist attractions in the area include The Tank Museum at Bovington, Monkey World at Wareham, the Cerne Abbas Giant, Swannery, Abbotsbury and the beaches at Osmington Mills, Lulworth Cove and Chesil Beach. Isle of Purbeck with Corfe Castle (National Trust), the sandy beach of Studland Bay and its nature reserve are at the end of the South West Coastal Path. BUSINESS The property has been in the same ownership since 2018 and the current owners have converted the property from a private residence into the tea rooms and have established the business and built up the current trade. Due to the picturesque nature of village being a popular tourist destination, they attract visitors locally and from far and wide. The business is open all year round and have an increasing trade due to the outside seating within the summer months. There is a biannual street fair which is extremely popular within the area. The current owners promote the business via their website and use social media including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Facebook Groups. In addition, they advertise the holiday cottages via Airbnb, Blandford Tourist Office and previously have used an agent being Cottages.com. There is potential to convert the property back into a private residence and just let out the two holiday letting cottages and to develop the workshop/garage into an additional holiday letting cottage or B&B room, subject to gaining the necessary planning consents. In addition, the gardens are sloping but have the potential to add in a glamping pod if the new owner wanted to increase the trade. The current business had a gross turnover year ending March 2020 of £47,086. PROPERTY Grade II listed period thatched tea rooms including rendered elevations under a thatched roof. Ground floor open plan tea rooms to front with open brick fireplace with heavy beam over leading through into the rear hall which gives access to the prep/ washing up room and ladies & gents WC facilities. From the rear hall there is access into the kitchen which is used by the tea rooms and for the private residence and gives access into the boot room/utility room for the property. In addition, there is the private sitting room which is accessed via the rear hall and tea rooms which has previously been used as a retail area or could be easily used as additional seating for the tea rooms. At first floor there are 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. COTTAGES Both the cottages are single storey holiday letting cottages with their own stepped access from the gardens. The cottages have been converted from a stone barn under a pitched slate roof with skylights and have fully kitted modern kitchens, WiFi, a flatscreen TV with freeview, DVD player and central heating. Outside to the rear is seating areas for the guests in the rear garden. The Hayloft The larger of the two cottages on a single level with an open plan kitchen/ diner, lounge area with sofa bed and bedroom with separate shower room. (Sleeps 2). The Granary Single level cottage providing an open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen area. Bedroom with en-suite shower room. (Sleeps 2). OUTSIDE The side courtyard is laid to patio for low maintenance and is used as outside seating for the tea rooms in the height of the season and has access into the rear hall to the WC facilities. From the courtyard there is access to the workshop/garage which has power and lighting along with a concrete floor. There is stone steps which lead up to the Hayloft Cottage and further access into the rear gardens. On the opposite side of the property is side access which leads to a log store and stone steps which lead up to The Granary and gives further access into the gardens. The rear gardens are sloping and have a vegetable patch and path that leads up to the top which has views over the village. In front of the side courtyard is a parking area for 2/3 vehicles plus there is unrestricted parking on the road within the village.