The Shepherds, Dorchester occupies a 2,795 m² plot as recorded by HM Land Registry.

Of the 42 other houses in this postcode, 24 have recorded plot sizes, and this one ranks as the 11th largest.

The Shepherds, Dorchester has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 30 Jun 2014.

The property is not connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using a boiler and radiators (oil).

The Shepherds, Dorchester last changed hands on 16th September 2015, selling for £500,000. The transaction was logged as a freehold house by HM Land Registry.

In total it has sold 3 times since 1995.

The market for similar properties has risen by 14.9% since September 2015.

• Sold Sep 2015£500,000
• Sold Feb 2003£350,000
• Sold Oct 2001£250,000

Land Registry records and our Estate Agent network show 31 sales of comparable properties within 6.3 kilometres of The Shepherds, Dorchester since 2013.

Most recently, 2, Church Close, Sherborne, DT9 6PN, a freehold house, sold at £785,000 on the 12th December 2025.

Read more about house prices in DT2.

• Sold Dec 2025£785,000 | 5 Bed House2, Church Close, Sherborne, DT9 6PN2, Church Close, Sherborne, DT9 6PN
• Sold Oct 2025£910,000 | 5 Bed HouseSunnyside Farm, Sherborne, DT9 6HASunnyside Farm, Sherborne, DT9 6HA
• Sold Apr 2024£860,000 | 5 Bed HouseBrookside Farm, Chetnole Road, Sherborne, DT9 6HJBrookside Farm, Chetnole Road, Sherborne, DT9 6HJ
• Sold Oct 2023£1,602,500 | 5 Bed HouseOsmond Farm, Sherborne, DT9 6HAOsmond Farm, Sherborne, DT9 6HA
• Sold Oct 2022£1,000,000 | 5 Bed HouseWisteria Cottage, Dorchester, DT2 7BBWisteria Cottage, Dorchester, DT2 7BB
• Sold Aug 2022£1,150,000 | 5 Bed HouseFarthing Gate Farm, Sherborne, DT9 5PXFarthing Gate Farm, Sherborne, DT9 5PX
• Sold Feb 2022£851,000 | 5 Bed HouseThe Old Farmhouse, Totnell, Sherborne, DT9 6HTThe Old Farmhouse, Totnell, Sherborne, DT9 6HT
• Sold Mar 2021£3,000 | 5 Bed HouseOrchard Cottage, Sherborne, DT9 5PHOrchard Cottage, Sherborne, DT9 5PH
• Sold Feb 2021£950,000 | 5 Bed HouseBlackberry Farm, Dorchester, DT2 7BBBlackberry Farm, Dorchester, DT2 7BB
• Sold Nov 2020£715,000 | 5 Bed HousePark View, Sherborne, DT9 6HAPark View, Sherborne, DT9 6HA
• Sold Dec 2017£1,181,200 | 5 Bed HouseWilliford House, Dorchester, DT2 7BBWilliford House, Dorchester, DT2 7BB
• Sold Oct 2017£1,400,000 | 5 Bed HouseLawns Farm, Sherborne, DT9 6HYLawns Farm, Sherborne, DT9 6HY
• Sold Jun 2017£517,500 | 5 Bed HouseProvidence Cottage, Dorchester, DT2 7BUProvidence Cottage, Dorchester, DT2 7BU
• Sold Sep 2016£810,000 | 5 Bed HousePicketts Cottage, Newlands Lane, Sherborne, DT9 5QGPicketts Cottage, Newlands Lane, Sherborne, DT9 5QG
• Sold Aug 2016£611,750 | 5 Bed HouseChantry Cottage, Sherborne, DT9 5QJChantry Cottage, Sherborne, DT9 5QJ
• Sold Feb 2016£745,000 | 5 Bed HouseRew Cottage, Rew Lane, Dorchester, DT2 7DNRew Cottage, Rew Lane, Dorchester, DT2 7DN
• Sold Jan 2014£537,500 | 5 Bed HouseSherfield House, Sherborne, DT9 6HWSherfield House, Sherborne, DT9 6HW
• Sold Jan 2014£542,500 | 5 Bed HouseThe Good Hope, Dorchester, DT2 7BDThe Good Hope, Dorchester, DT2 7BD
• Sold Oct 2013£590,000 | 5 Bed HouseMelbury Cottage, Neals Lane, Sherborne, DT9 6PFMelbury Cottage, Neals Lane, Sherborne, DT9 6PF
• Sold Sep 2013£615,000 | 5 Bed HouseThe Pure Drop, Sherborne, DT9 5QFThe Pure Drop, Sherborne, DT9 5QF

Our analysis of the public data ranks The Shepherds, Dorchester as the 7th largest and the 5th most expensive of the 42 addresses on Hermitage, Dorchester, DT2.

Against the DT2 postcode district average, it is £444k more expensive than the typical property.

• Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School

  4.7 km away
• Cerne Abbas CofE VC First School

  6.0 km away
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

  6.9 km away

• The Gryphon School

  10.8 km away
• Buckler's Mead School

  13.6 km away
• Westfield Academy

  14.3 km away

• Chetnole

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  5.2 km away
• Yetminster

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  6.4 km away
• Thornford

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  7.9 km away

Environment Agency data suggests this area has a Very Low risk of flooding.