Taw Valley, Near Chulmleigh
£875,000

Guide price

Bedrooms: 5
A superbly situated and very spacious detached house with absolutely stunning mature gardens. Hall, cloakroom, utility room, living room, study/bed 5, fitted kitchen, dining room, 4 double bedrooms (2 en-suite) and family bathroom. Double garage, workshop and large car-port. Beautifully landscaped mature gardens. Total about 3.26 acres. Freehold. Council Tax Band G

Situation

Kersham House is set in a wonderful and tucked away position on the edge of Bridge Reeve on the western side of the beautiful Taw Valley not far from Chulmleigh. The small, hilltop town has an excellent community spirit and a good range of amenities including various shops, a post office, health centre, dentist, pubs, church, primary and secondary school. Good road communications are nearby with the A377 within half a mile and links to the busy market towns of South Molton (11 miles) and Crediton (15 miles) The Cathedral City of Exeter is about 23 miles to the south.

There are also nearby rail stations on the Barnstaple to Exeter 'Tarka' line at Kings Nympton and Eggesford.

Description

Kersham House is a highly attractive and spacious barn conversion offering over 3,300 sqft of very well-presented accommodation. The accommodation is also quite flexible and offers the possibility of a fifth ground floor double bedroom if required. There is a very useful range of ancillary buildings including a double garage, workshop and a large, open-fronted timber barn.

The impressive home is beautifully complemented by the stunning mature gardens which are a credit to the the current owner.

Accommodation

The front door and LOBBY opens into a spacious HALLWAY, off which are located the three reception rooms and at the far end double doors lead into the kitchen. The dual-aspect KITCHEN with a slate tiled floor features a Nobel oil-fired range cooker (similar to an Aga) and also includes an integrated, eye-level double electric oven. It is fitted with a range of modern units and granite worktops, inset 1 ceramic sink with mixer tap and matching wall units. There is also an integrated dish washer, microwave, fridge freezer and space for a free-standing fridge. Steps lead up to a large DINING ROOM with fitted dresser style units either side of a stone ornamental fireplace. There is a further large fitted dresser and French doors lead to a stone paved outside courtyard dining area.

Returning to the hall, steps lead up to the impressive, triple aspect SITTING ROOM with vaulted ceiling, large stone fireplace with wood burning stove and French doors also opening onto the outside dining area. Opposite the sitting room, access via double doors is given to the spacious, dual aspect THIRD RECEPTION ROOM, currently used as a study but is equally suitable as a ground floor bedroom if required.

Returning to the hall, opposite the front door, a doors leads into a BOOT ROOM with a short passage leading to a CLOAKROOM with WC and wash basin and a UTILITY ROOM with storage units with granite worktops over, Belfast sink and plumbing for washing machine. The passage also has a door into the double garage.

On the FIRST FLOOR the GALLERIED LANDING leads to the FOUR BEDROOMS and the FAMILY BATHROOM. The MASTER SUITE comprises a well-appointed EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM fitted with a modern suite and a particularly large BEDROOM with a vaulted ceiling and extensive fitted wardrobes. BEDROOM 2 is also a large, double aspect room with fitted wardrobes and an EN-SUITE BATHROOM fitted with a modern suite. BEDROOM 3 has a fitted wardrobe and airing cupboard and BEDROOM 4 also has a fitted wardrobe.

Outside

The property is approached over a driveway and through a timber five-bar gated entrance to a gravelled driveway that leads up to the house. To the left and adjoining the house is a DOUBLE GARAGE with power and light and a stainless steel sink. There is a separate WORKSHOP and a large, timber-framed and open-fronted BARN with LOG STORE to the side.

The Gardens

The gardens at Kersham House are magnificent and it is clear that a considerable amount of thought and planning has gone into creating such a superb aspect of the property. Immediately to the higher side of the house is a large, sheltered stone paved courtyard. It is flanked on two sides by the dining room and sitting room, both of which provide double French door access to this wonderful outside dining space, with beautiful views of the gardens beyond.

The mature, landscaped gardens, which offer stunning views over the Taw Valley, are mainly laid to lawn and imaginatively planted with a wide variety of mature plants and are interspersed with a large variety of mature trees, set against a backdrop of neatly trimmed beech hedges. There is a timber-framed SUMMERHOUSE with a paved area next to a pond, an area of orchard and a productive kitchen garden with raised beds, greenhouse and potting shed. There is also a further timber shed used for storage.

In total the property extends to about 3.26 ACRES.

Services

Mains electricity, private water supply (well and borehole) and private drainage system (mini treatment plant leading to a shared reedbed).

Oil-fired central heating via radiators.

Mobile - Likely outside for all major providers (Ofcom).

Broadband - Standard available (Ofcom).

Viewing

Strictly by confirmed prior appointment please through the sole selling agents, Stags on 01769 572263.

Directions

From the A377 at Leigh Cross (just to the west of Chulmleigh) take the turning to the west signposted to Bridge Reeve. Continue down into the valley, over the bridge and at the T junction turn right and immediately left onto a private road next to a thatched cottage. Continue up the hill and just before the end keep right into the entrance to the property.

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