FURZELEIGH HOUSE
FURZELEIGH HOUSE NR AXMINSTER, DEVON
A handsome, mostly Edwardian country house with cottages and land
Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Library / Sitting room • Kitchen Utility room • Office • Garden room • Work room 7 bedrooms (including Garden Cottage and apartment) • 7 bath / shower rooms Attached 2 bedroom cottage (Garden Cottage) • Self-contained one bedroom apartment Two further cottages Landscaped gardens • Pasture • Woodland • Large barn • Range of further outbuildings In all approximately 37 acres
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Situation The Property from the main house which also has its own to the midlands and the North of England at private entrance. The three cottages have been Taunton is 25 miles. Axminster has a mainline Furzeleigh House occupies an enviable and Furzeleigh House is an elegant Edwardian successfully let out in recent years for holiday railway station to London Waterloo (2 hours peaceful setting amongst the blissful rolling property with later additions, which has 40 minutes) and Exeter by train is 30 minutes. countryside of the Axe Valley, approximately undergone significant improvement in recent use, but would be equally well suited for Exeter airport has international flights, 4 miles North of the Dorset / Devon Jurassic housing, family or staff or for a range of other years under the present owners, now providing and there are ferry ports at Plymouth and coastline, a designated world heritage site. uses. Surrounding the house and cottages are a traditional style property with modern Southampton. The property is ring fenced by its own land day requirements. The front elevation of the landscaped grounds, paddocks and woodland and enjoys complete privacy as a result, house faces in a southerly direction over its and there is complete privacy with no nearby making Furzeleigh an ideal retreat. This part own land and has striking, painted rendered public rights of way. • Axminster 1 mile of the Dorset / Devon border is glorious, with elevations under a slate roof with a decorative its quaint pretty villages and larger towns clay toothed crest ridge and attractive ornate • Lyme Regis 4 miles including the attractive bustling market towns clay chimney stacks. In addition to the main Communications • Exeter 25 miles of Honiton and the nearby Axminster both house there are 3 cottages, one being attached The house has easy access to the A35 headed • Dorchester 28 miles of which have excellent range of shopping to the house, the others just a short distance East to Poole and Bournemouth and West facilities and rail connections to London. away with separate access and parking. There to Honiton and Exeter. To the North is the (Mileages / distances approximate) is also a self-contained apartment accessed A303 to London and the south east. The M5
Accommodation From the carriage drive gravel gives way to steps which lead down to the main entrance lobby with glazed door to: - Reception Hall with flagstone floor and staircase to first floor. Steps lead down to the rear hall and an archway opens to the Dining Room This pretty room focuses around the inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove. The deep window sills frame newly fitted double glazed windows and the decoration throughout is excellent. A door leads through to the Drawing Room A good sized room with large open fireplace, carved marble surround and painted wood panelling above; display cabinets either side. A light room with glazed doors opening to the front of the house. To the other side of the reception hall is the Library / Sitting Room Another large room, recently refurbished with new windows, wood panelling and door to Office with fitted desk, shelving and door to garden room with glazed roof. Access to Work room with oil fired central heating boiler. Also from the reception hall is access to the rear hall and Kitchen Fully fitted with views out to gravelled courtyard garden. Utility room with worktops, sink and separate wc. First floor landing to Master bedroom with ensuite shower room Three further ensuite bedrooms all with views. Self-contained Apartment (accessed from first floor landing and also has its own private entrance) with kitchen, sitting room, bathroom and balcony.
The Cottages roof set to the North West of the main house. holiday use and are a well-established income Cottage 2 has a sitting room, kitchen / diner, Garden Cottage with main access from the Both cottages have independent access, parking stream. ground floor double bedroom with shower walled garden, comprising sitting room, and private gardens set within a courtyard Cottage 1 has a sitting room / diner, kitchen, room. Two double bedrooms and bathroom at kitchen, wc, two bedrooms both ensuite. also comprising a range of outbuildings ground floor double bedroom, and shower first floor level. Courtyard Cottages, a pair of semi-detached incorporating a log store, machine store and room. Two bedrooms and bathroom at first cottages with rendered elevations under a slate laundry room. The cottages have consent for floor.
Holiday cottages
Garden and Grounds gravelled, walled garden with ornamental fish lawn, probably once a grass tennis court and a excellent machine store, workshop, storage pond overlooking the wooded hill as a back pretty wooden summerhouse, beyond that is a barn or possible equine use. The property is accessed via a long sweeping drop. The cottages with their small enclosed paddock. carriage drive from the road which dissects private gardens lie to the North West and paddocks enclosed by post and rail fencing. The to the South East is the main walled kitchen Education drive splits close to the house with one spur garden stocked with a wide array of soft fruits, Devon and Dorset have an excellent choice leading to the cottages and barn and another to The Land and Buildings vegetable, shrubs and plants, a small orchard of both state and private schools. Just 4 miles the main house culminating in a planted turning The remainder of the woodland and paddocks and greenhouse. away is the renowned Colyton Grammar circle. surround the property and water is available The main formal gardens to the South East School, in nearby Lyme Regis the Woodroffe where required for livestock. Furzeleigh sits right in the centre of its own are splendid and set around a series of ponds School, public schooling at Sherborne, grounds of about 37 acres with the formal with giant Gunnera plants and mature trees, In recent years a substantial portal framed barn Bryanston, Canford, Milton Abbey, Port Regis, gardens extending to approximately 5 acres. through which is a most attractive woodland with electric roller doors has been constructed Blundells, Kings, Queens and Taunton school Immediately to the rear of the house is a walk. Beyond this an opening leads to a neat to the North West of the cottages, and is an are all within reasonable reach by car. FURZELEIGH HOUSE Furzeleigh House Garden Cottage Approximate gross internal floor area House, Apartment and Garden Cottage: 5205 sq ft / 483.6 sq m Cottage 1 and 2: 2594 sq ft / 241 sq m Laundry: 103 sq ft / 9.6 sq m Outbuilding: 5205 sq ft / 483.6 sq m Total: 8100 sq ft / 752.6 sq m Garden Garden Cottage - Cottage - Ground Floor First Floor
Apartment House Ground Floor Garden Cottage First Floor 1 Courtyard Cottages Apartment
Cottage 1 Outbuilding (Not shown in actual Cottage 2 location/orientation) Outbuilding
2 Courtyard Cottages
Cottage 1 - Ground Floor Cottage 2 - Ground Floor Cottage 1 - First Floor Cottage 2 - First Floor
Measured in accordance with RICS guidelines. Every attempt is made to ensure accuracy, however all measurements are approximate. This floor plan is for illustrative purposes only and is not to scale. Based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with permission of the Controller H.M.S.O. Crown Copyright reserved.
PROPERTY INFORMATION Services Devon County Council Contents, Fixtures and Fittings Postcode County Hall Topsham Road Exeter Devon, Mains electric, private water and drainage, Unless specifically mentioned in these EX13 5SW EX2 4QD oil fired central heating. Independent heating particulars, all contents, fixtures and fittings, Telephone: 0345 155 1015 systems in each cottage. garden ornaments and statues, carpets and Directions curtains are specifically excluded from the sale. Council Tax Certain items may be available by separate From the A35 take the B3261 (Lyme Road) Local Authority towards Axminster. Proceed for approximately Furzeleigh House Band G negotiation. East Devon District Council 1 mile and the entrance gates to Furzeleigh will Station Rd, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 8HL Garden Cottage Band D be located on the right hand side. Telephone: 01395 516551 Fast Find 58135
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