7 Bedroom Detached House Sold in Barnstaple, EX31
| Reference | 43783 |
| Address |
Challacombe, Barnstaple, EX31 4TS (Map Location) |
| Beds | 7 |
| Baths | 4 |
| Type | Detached house |
| Tenure | Freehold |
| Plot Area | 23 m2 |
| Built Area | 3998 m2 |
An immaculately presented old rectory and barn steeped in history and set in a beautiful and peaceful Exmoor valley with frontage onto the River Bray, with stables and its own wood
Description
The Old Rectory in Challacombe now boasts ownership of the wood which forms part of the breathtaking view from the house and the original path from the Rectory to the church.
You will be buying into a rarely available bit of Exmoor National Park with peace at its heart and a river runs through it, the river Bray. Frequent visitors to the land include Deer, Pheasant, Kestrel, Buzzard, Ducks and two resident Grey Heron are often seen standing motionless fishing in the river by one of the three beaches. Summer brings a multitude of colour with the arrival of Dragonfly, sit by your bit of river for a picnic and watch them dance around you.
You are close to many stargazing designated dark sky areas here, but you have your own in your enormous back garden. You are 20 minutes from Barnstaple for food shopping and the train, 1 hour from Exeter, 3.5 hours drive to London, 2 hours to Bristol and 20 minutes to Ilfracombe for Lobster sandwiches and Damien Hirst’s Verity.
Trains direct to Paddington from Tiverton Parkway or Exeter about 2.5 hours or faster.
Walks galore from your backdoor across the moor or to Heddon’s Valley.
The house is perfect for welcoming guests with many comfortable bedrooms and a big dining room to entertain them in.
The house works in the depths of winter with a big roaring fire and the height of summer with lunches on the sun-drenched terrace. You will sleep well in the silence that surrounds you.
Water is supplied from your own borehole and well and heating from a wood pellet burner that needs filling about three times a year.
The enormous Barn has the potential to be converted from a gym into a sizeable living space with the infrastructure for such a conversion already in place (STPP).
The existing stables, on the property, four loose boxes and a feed store are a short walk from the house has water and electricity.
There is a stone built garage that can house two small cars a woodshed and a garden shed.
The quiet village features one of the outstanding pubs of Exmoor, there is always a table for you there.
There are good schools within easy reach, West Buckland and Blundell’s in Tiverton. A fantastic health centre in Lynton as well as the privately owned tiny Lynton Cinema.
Main House: Reception Hall, Double Drawing Room, Dining Room, Beautifully Fitted Kitchen with Wolf range top, open pantry, Rear Hall, Dairy/Utility, Cloakroom, Mezzanine Landing, Superbly Fitted Family Bathroom, Guest Bedroom, Principal En Suite Bedroom, Four Further Bedrooms, Second Floor Studio Bedroom with Cloakroom.
Stone Barn: Reception Area, Kitchen, Shower Room, Studio/Gym, Office/Occasional Bedroom Space.
Outside: Tack Room, Garage, Implement Store, Well Timbered Gardens, Terraces and Courtyard, Sweeping Lawns, Carriage Drive, Stable Yard with Four Loose Boxes, Five Paddocks, River Frontage.
Fibre to the property broadband 300mbps connection (faster than London!)