5 bed House - detached | St. Giles in the Wood DEV | 2898506370

Phillips Smith & Dunn

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5 BR, 3 BA

Location:

St. Giles in the Wood, Devon

Description:

THE PROPERTY OCCUPIES AN ENVIABLE SETTING HIGH ABOVE THE RIVER TORRIDGE VALLEY WITH SUPERB COUNTRYSIDE VIEWS. AN EXCEPTIONAL WELL PRESENTED SPACIOUS ADAPTABLE SOUTH FACING STONE BUILT COUNTRY HOUSE OFFERING IMMENSE CHARM AND CHARACTER WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, DELIGHTFUL LANDSCAPED GARDENS AND IN ALL OVER A HALF ACRE.

VIEWING
By appointment through Phillips Smith & Dunn Barnstaple office 01271 327878/327919. Out of office hours telephone Mr Michael Challacombe on 07970 445204. PLEASE DO NOT RELY ON SAT NAV TO GET TO THE PROPERTY. The centre of the post code area is well away from the house.
SITUATION
The area of South Healand enjoys a most enviable rural location set high above the River Torridge with superb views being afforded from the property over the valley, its wooded slopes and pasture fields. The property is one of a small cluster of 4 highly individual properties set to the end of a no through country lane, the whole otherwise surrounded by the typical slopes of the River Torridge valley and being less than a mile to the east of the renowned RHS Rosemoor Gardens. Locally within about 2 miles the country town of Great Torrington offers an excellent range of local facilities with live Theatre, golf course, various banks and shops together with senior and junior schooling. Bideford the port and market town is some 8 miles to the north west and affords a wider range of facilities with access just to the north to Westward Ho! with the Royal North Devon golf course, extensive sandy beach and the noted Pebble Ridge whilst just across the estuary is Instow with its beach and yatch club. To the north about 12 miles is Barnstaple, the anchient borough and administrative centre for the North Devon area offering a comprehensive range of both business and leisure facilities including various superstores, live Theatre, leisure centre, Tarka tennis centre.

From Barnstaple there is direct access on to the A361/North Devon Link Road which provides much improved communications to and from the North Devon area connecting directly as it does through to junction 27 on the M5 motorway to east side of Tiverton, where there is also the Parkway Railway Station from where train journey times to London/Paddington are approximately 2 hours distant.
DESCRIPTION
The property comprises a most spacious south facing country house conversion formed from an original threshing barn under a hipped roof. The conversion imaginatively planned offers adaptable accommodation with potential for two family accommodation should a purchaser so desire. The property was developed to preserve and enhance the inherent character features with some exposed stonework, some original threshing barn shafts and pully wheels, exposed original timbers and comprises a particularly well presented spacious family home with adaptable accommodation.The accomodation on two floors with approximate room sizes comprises as follows: Part glazed entrance door to
ENTRANCE PORCH 2.26m x 1.40m (7'5' x 4'7')
Internal door with inset lead light leading to
ENTRANCE HALLWAY 5.00m x 1.55m (16'5' x 5'1')
Original threshing door to south elevation with central French door with side lights to either side leading to the garden, panelled radiator, vertical timber stud work, exposed ceiling timber, wall light points, original barn shaft and pully wheel, exposed stone feature walling to
CLOAKROOM 1.83m x 1.60m (6'0' x 5'3')
Matching suite of low level close coupled WC, pedestal hand basin with mirror over, panelled radiator, extractor vent.
A short flight of steps leads up to the
DINING ROOM 5.44m x 5.00m (17'10' x 16'5')
A light south facing double aspect room, double French doors to garden, three panelled radiators, exposed feature stone walling, wall light points, original pulley wheel, stairs to first floor.
STUDY 3.56m x 3.00m (11'8' x 9'10')
Some exposed stone feature walling, panelled radiator.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 5.03m x 3.89m (16'6' x 12'9')
A double aspect room with south facing window overlooking the garden, extensively fitted with a range of work surfaces with inset one and a quarter bowl ceramic sink with mixer tap, inset Bosch induction hob set over a Neff multi function oven with extractor hood overall. A excellent range of drawers and cupboards under with space and plumbing for dishwasher, space for fridge, and tall freezer. Matching end display units and double lead light display cupboard, spice rack, wall light points, panelled radiator, tiled floor.
REAR ENTRANCE HALL 2.01m x 1.96m (6'7' x 6'5')
Door to outside, second stairs to first floor, panelled radiator. Door to garage
UTILITY ROOM 2.79m x 1.93m (9'2' x 6'4')
Door to understairs store cupboard, Camray 2 oil fired central heating boiler, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, fitted shelf, coats hooks, door to garden with cat flap.
From the main entrance hall a passageway leads off to the downstairs bedroom accommodation, panelled radiator, vertical timber stud work, exposed ceiling timber.
BEDROOM 2 3.61m x 2.95m (11'10' x 9'8')
South facing overlooking garden, panelled radiator, wall light points.
BATHROOM 2.11m x 1.75m (6'11' x 5'9')
Matching suite of shaped panelled bath with assist grips, pedestal hand basin with mirror and strip light over, low level close coupled WC, panelled radiator, mirror fronted medicine cabinet, tiled splashback. Door to cupboard housing hot water tank.
BEDROOM 3 4.60m x 2.82m (15'1' x 9'3')
A double aspect room with south facing window overlooking the garden, French door to garden, panelled radiator, wall light points.
From the dining room a staircase leads to
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
With steps down to
LOUNGE 7.24m x 5.28m (23'9' x 17'4')
A superb double aspect room with south facing views over the garden and west facing views over the wooded slopes of the River Torridge Valley. The threshing barn doors which are fully glazed rise into this room and look over the gardens. Superb open fireplace of brick and stone with beam over housing an inset multi fuel stove set on a slate hearth, 3 panelled radiators, 4 light points, window seats.
BEDROOM 1 5.59m x 4.39m (18'4' x 14'5')
South facing window overlooking the garden, exposed A frame roof truss ends, 2 panelled radiators.
BATHROOM 2.24m x 1.70m (7'4' x 5'7')
Matching suite of shaped panelled bath with gold effect fitments, mixer taps, shower attachment, panelled radiator, pedestal hand basin with mirror and strip light over, low level WC, tiled splahbacks.
BEDROOM 5/SITTING ROOM 4.42m x 3.61m (14'6' x 11'10')
Exposed ends of A frame roof trusses, panelled radiator, wall light points. South facing window overlooking garden. This room could be utilised for an annexe as a living room as there is an adjoining
KITCHENETTE 1.96m x 1.91m max (6'5' x 6'3' max)
Range of fitted kitchen units with rolled top work surfaces with inset circular single bowl sink with mixer taps, space for fridge under, lower tiled splashback, matching wall cupboard, panelled radiator.
REAR LANDING 3.89m x 2.26m (12'9' x 7'5')
Panelled radiator with south facing window, door to built in airing cupboard having lagged hot water tank with shelf.
SHOWER ROOM 1.55m x 2.26m min (5'1' x 7'5' min)
Matching suite of low level close coupled WC, panelled radiator, vanity handbasin with shelf under, recessed fully tiled shower cubicle with Mira shower.
BEDROOM 4 4.11m x 3.07m (13'6' x 10'1')
A partly vaulted room, panelled radiator.
At the eastern end of the house with integral door from the rear entrance hall is the
DOUBLE GARAGE 5.23m x 3.89m (17'2' x 12'9')
With up and over door to front, original Marland brick tiled floor, integral door to hall and door to garden.
OUTSIDE
The property is approached from the north side over the entrance lane where there is off road tarmacadam vehicle parking for 4/5 vehicles, this is set amongst areas of lawn interspersed with a variety of shrubs.
To the south and front of the house concreted and gravel patio areas which run virtually the length of the front of the property and lead to extensive easy to maintain garden areas, private and with outstanding views being afforded from the garden over the surrounding countryside, so typical of the beautiful River Torridge Valley area. The gardens are principally lawned and interspersed with various shrubs and young trees, rockery, flower borders, and back on to farmland and extend in all to over half an acre.
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