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Dining area perfect for family meals
Impressive well-equipped kitchen
Kitchen a perfect place to try out some new recipes
Listen to some music whilst cooking up a storm
Lounge/kitchen/diner with impressive apex ceiling
Impressive well-equipped kitchen
Lounge area a perfect place to relax and unwind
Stunning lounge area with woodburner for those cooler evenings
View towards the property with wood fired hot tub
Wood fired hot tub with surrounding countryside views
Countryside location
Relax in the hot tub
View towards the property boasting fabulous countryside views
View towards the property
King-size bedroom with TV and beautiful views
Stylish en-suite bathroom with hand held shower and WC
King-size zip and link with dressing room and en-suite bathroom
Relax in comfort
Cosy twin bedroom perfect for children
Luxury wet room with shower and WC
Upstairs king-size bedroom boasting countryside views
Enjoy a hot drink before getting up for the day ahead
Spacious entrace
View from the property
View of complex  towards Melbury Beacon
Property detail
Utility room perfect for storing muddy boots
1 / 27  Dining area perfect for family meals
2 / 27  Impressive well-equipped kitchen
3 / 27  Kitchen a perfect place to try out some new recipes
4 / 27  Listen to some music whilst cooking up a storm
5 / 27  Lounge/kitchen/diner with impressive apex ceiling
6 / 27  Impressive well-equipped kitchen
7 / 27  Lounge area a perfect place to relax and unwind
8 / 27  Stunning lounge area with woodburner for those cooler evenings
9 / 27  View towards the property with wood fired hot tub
10 / 27  Wood fired hot tub with surrounding countryside views
11 / 27  Countryside location
12 / 27  Relax in the hot tub
13 / 27  View towards the property boasting fabulous countryside views
14 / 27  View towards the property
15 / 27  King-size bedroom with TV and beautiful views
16 / 27  Stylish en-suite bathroom with hand held shower and WC
17 / 27  King-size zip and link with dressing room and en-suite bathroom
18 / 27  Relax in comfort
19 / 27  Cosy twin bedroom perfect for children
20 / 27  Luxury wet room with shower and WC
21 / 27  Upstairs king-size bedroom boasting countryside views
22 / 27  Enjoy a hot drink before getting up for the day ahead
23 / 27  Spacious entrace
24 / 27  View from the property
25 / 27  View of complex towards Melbury Beacon
26 / 27  Property detail
27 / 27  Utility room perfect for storing muddy boots

Dukums House

Melbury Abbas, Dorset
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Sleeps 8
Bedrooms 4
Bathrooms 2
Change Fri
No Dogs
4 star
Downstairs bedroom
Downstairs bathroom
Complex of properties
Open fire / wood burner
Hot tub
Internet access
Games / Play facilities
Parking on site / nearby
Decorated for Christmas
Towels included
Travel cot available
Highchair available
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At a glance

  • Beautiful detached barn conversion with wood fired hot tub
  • Countryside walks from the doorstep and a short drive from the market town of Shaftesbury
  • Take a day trip to the seaside resorts of Poole, Bournemouth and Weymouth
Property code: 48814

Situated in the heart of Dorset’s beautiful landscape of rolling hills and open farmland affording wonderful walking, there are a network of footpaths directly from the property. The area offers a wealth of pretty villages, sandy beaches and a coastline which has world heritage status. The pretty market town of Shaftesbury, which itself is home to Gold Hill, known to many as “Hovis Hill” as it was used in the 70’s television adverts for Hovis bread, is 5 minutes away. The popular seaside resorts of Poole, Bournemouth and Weymouth are also worth a visit. Other attractions include Hayes Motor Museum, Longleat House and Safari Park, the beautiful gardens at Stourhead House, Salisbury Cathedral, Yeovilton Air Arm Museum and Monkey World.

Entering the property from the terrace, you are met by a beautiful lounge/kitchen/diner with an impressive apex ceiling, exposed beams, sliding doors and oak flooring. Here you can relax and enjoy the countryside views while snuggled up in front of the wood burner. Enjoy watching your favourite programme on the Smart TV or take time to enjoy a DVD. The impressive kitchen is very well equipped and is perfect to try out some new recipes or cook some old family favourites using the breakfast bar/island. The kitchen has an electric oven and hob, Lavassa coffee machine, microwave, fridge with ice compartment and dishwasher. The utility room has a fridge/freezer, washing machine and plenty of space for storing muddy boots. Leading from there are the ground floor bedrooms starting with the king-size with TV and beautiful views, the second super-king-size zip-and-link (which can be made into a twin on request at time of booking) has a dressing room, TV and en-suite bathroom with handheld shower over bath and WC. You will then come to the third bedroom a cosy twin with TV, a great room for children. There is also a wet room with shower and WC conveniently located on this floor too. Heading upstairs you will find a king-size bedroom with a TV. All four bedrooms are beautifully furnished and all king-size rooms boast countryside views.

Venturing outside, you will find a private terrace directly outside the lounge/kitchen/diner doors, perfect for outside dining with garden furniture, BBQ and a wonderful wood-fired hot tub. There are large shared gardens all enjoying the fabulous countryside views. Have fun in the shared open-sided games barn with table tennis and table football.

  • 4 bedrooms – 2 super king-size, 1 king-size zip-and-link and 1 twin
  • 1 bathroom and 1 wet room
  • Kitchen with electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge with ice compartment and dishwasher
  • Lavassa coffee machine
  • Utility room - fridge/freezer and washing machine
  • Wood fired hot tub - logs included
  • Wood burner - logs included
  • Shared open sided games barn with table tennis and table football
  • Ample parking
  • Regret no smoking
  • Shop and pub 2 miles
  • Smart TV and DVD 
  • BBQ
  • Within a 5 minute drive to shops, cafes, restaurants and pubs
  • This property will be decorated for Christmas
  • Arrival: 16:30 onwards
  • Departure: before 10:00, unless otherwise stated in your arrival details
  • Sorry, no dogs allowed
  • There is an Accidental Damage Deposit of £350 when booking at this property, however this may be waived for £40. We’ll provide more details about this when booking your holiday.

Sarah Jadali

This property is personally managed by Sarah.

Reviews

From guests that have stayed at the property.

Based on 22 guest ratings

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Reviewed by Steph 20th September 2024

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Reviewed by Janet 23rd August 2024

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The most wonderful place to stay for a family holiday. Perfect in every way! Relaxing views, lots of space. So quiet but in easy reach of all the attractions Dorset has to offer. Well equipped kitchen, comfy sofas, a fabulous dining table, excellent beds and lots of character. The children had a lovely area to play games outside too. One of the besRead moret places we have stayed in. Thank you so much. Hide

Reviewed by Sarah 26th July 2024

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We had a fantastic stay - it is a beautiful house and fitted out to a very high standard. There is plenty of crockery etc without fear of running out before the dishwasher is turned on! It is great for multi-generational families. The wooden hot tub was fantastic, especially as we hadn't used one before, and is aesthetically pleasing with the countRead morery surroundings. Hide

Reviewed by Lorraine 19th July 2024

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Lovely property in a lovely location. Well equipped and mostly very happy with it. Owners were unobtrusive but it lacks privacy generally if that's important to you. Spacious for our large family group in all respects except toilet facilities which were inadequate for the number it accommodates.

Reviewed by Jonathon 31st May 2024

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A lovely stay, beautiful accommodation. Well equipped kitchen, very clean and comfortable. Stunning location. Thank you for a fabulous weekend stay!

Reviewed by Ian 15th March 2024

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Reviewed by Claire 1st March 2024

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Reviewed by Hayley 19th January 2024

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We have had a wonderful weekend at Dukums. The setting was beautiful. The cottage was stunning. Tastefully decorated and really well equipped. The hot tub was a lovely addition. Hannah the host was so lovely. Couldnt do enough for us to make our stay really memorable and enjoyable. Thankyou so much.

Reviewed by Kundai 17th November 2023

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Had such an amazing stay! The cottage met all of our expectations and looks exactly like the pictures.The garden view was amazing and the hosts where lovely..We tried using the Hot tub on the last day but we wasnt able to start it properly but except that we had a great time!!

Reviewed by Irene 11th November 2023

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The cottage was stunning. It was everything we imagined and more. Definitely recommend

Reviewed by Peter 27th October 2023

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A great place to stay, very well equipped.

Reviewed by Deborah 20th October 2023

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A lovely property, clean, well equipped and spacious. The wood burning hot tub takes a while to warm up but once hot is a real treat. Plenty of parking and the children enjoyed the space to play football and the facilities in the play barn

Reviewed by Suzie 15th September 2023

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Huge and very well equipped barn conversion. Super comfortable beds, lovely linens. The hot tub was a huge hit! Great area for beautiful walks.

Reviewed by Paige 8th September 2023

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We had a really lovely stay. The cottage is in a great location and has beautiful views. We stayed as 6 adults, and 3 under 3s. The kitchen is really well equipped and all beds are comfortable. We did struggle only having 1 shower between all of us and the wet room is quite small so everything becomes wet in there which can be a pain. We would defiRead morenitely stay here again. The games provided are excellent. Everything was clean and well presented. We enjoyed meals at the Nest, Forester & Grosvenor. Hide

Reviewed by Barbara 25th August 2023

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Reviewed by Alan 7th July 2023

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Good location and walks from the door. Well equipped and friendly owners nearby.

Reviewed by Cheryl 26th May 2023

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Dukums was the perfect place for our special family holiday, open plan worked perfectly, very well equipped kitchen, huge dining table, squishy leather sofas, children loved the bean bags, and bedrooms/bathrooms worked perfectly for us all. Great outside space with bbqs, we fired-up the hot tub every day amazing, all in the stunning Dorset county sRead moreide. Walking over the hills, beach days at Lulworth and Swanage (by steam train!) Monkey World, Shaftsbury, loved it all, thank you Hannah & Nigel. Hide

Reviewed by Lucie 19th May 2023

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We had a wonderful family holiday! There is plenty of room at the house and the view/area is just beautiful. We enjoyed cooking family meals in the big kitchen and eating together around the huge table. The games barn was great fun. The hot tub was easy to use and added something extra to the lovely holiday home. The owners were very welcoming and Read morehelpful. And we had everything we needed for our 11 month old in the house. We hope to come back again soon and would definitely recommend to friends Hide

Reviewed by Beverley 12th May 2023

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Wonderfully peaceful & relaxing setting. Friendly & helpful hosts. Beautiful accommodation & great facilities. Just needs some adjustment to the bathroom area, which the owner is planning to address, and it would be perfect. I was part of a 3 generation party & everybody was happy, especially the 2.5 year old who loved the freedom and the sheep. AnRead mored we could relax, because it was safe for him. Will hopefully return. Have already reccommended it to a couple of friends. Hide

Reviewed by Jess 10th February 2023

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We had fantastic stay, the home was stunning and well equipped. We loved the local landscape and area, it felt peaceful from the moment we arrived. There was plenty to explore nearby, including walks and a vineyard. We also made trips to Stourhead and Longleat which are both a short drive away. Our children loved playing in the garden and the gamesRead more area. Hide

Reviewed by Meme 3rd February 2023

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It was just perfect for our girlie getaway. So much so, the girls want to book again. Fab place on all levels.

Reviewed by Michelle 18th November 2022

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A lovely house in a beautiful location. Very cosy and the hot tub was awesome but took a long time for us to get it hot, make sure to give it a few stirs as you are heating it otherwise the water is hot on top but once you get in cold at the bottom!

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Dining area perfect for family meals
Impressive well-equipped kitchen
Kitchen a perfect place to try out some new recipes
Listen to some music whilst cooking up a storm
Lounge/kitchen/diner with impressive apex ceiling
Impressive well-equipped kitchen
Lounge area a perfect place to relax and unwind
Stunning lounge area with woodburner for those cooler evenings
View towards the property with wood fired hot tub
Wood fired hot tub with surrounding countryside views
Countryside location
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