Riverside House Riverside House Alswear, , EX36 4LG South Molton 2.75 miles 14 miles

• Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Utility and Cloakroom • Sitting Room • Dining Room • Four Bedrooms (2 en-suite) • Family Bathroom • Garage/Workshop with Studio • Fishing Rights

Guide price £545,000

SITUATION Riverside House is situated on the edge of the small village of Alswear, only three miles from the popular market town of South Molton, which has a good range of shopping, social and banking facilities and amenities including infant, junior and senior schools. Dating from Saxon times, it has some fine buildings, interesting shops, a museum, stock market on Thursdays and a popular pannier market on Thursdays and Saturdays. The A361 North Link Road bypasses South Molton and provides access to the regional centre of Barnstaple to the west and to Tiverton and the M5 (Junction 27) to the east. There is a main line railway station at Tiverton Parkway on the London Paddington line. Exmoor National Park is easily accessible and the impressive coastline with A beautifully presented period home with lovely gardens and its steep cliffs and wide sandy beaches is also within easy reach by car. fishing rights on the River Mole DESCRIPTION Riverside House is a large Grade II listed period house of rendered elevations under a primarily slate roof. The house has been much improved by the current owners over the years with exacting attention to detail and will be found in exceptional decorative order throughout. Opposite the house is a very useful, detached, two storey stone building currently utilised for garaging with a versatile studio over. The house is set within very attractive gardens running down to the River Mole and enjoys an exceptional outlook across the Mole Valley. ACCOMMODATION Door into UTILITY/BOOT ROOM with a slate floor, plumbing for washing machine and vent for dryer. Dual bowl ceramic sink with slate drainers and cupboards below, plumbing for dishwasher, space for large fridge/freezer, boiler cupboard housing the oil fired grant boiler. Door to larder cupboard. The appealing KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM has a slate floor and a large inglenook fireplace with oil fired Aga. There is a modern range of solid oak fronted units with timber worktops over, dual bowl ceramic sink with mixer tap, integrated electric oven with four ring hob over, integrated microwave. Matching range of wall mounted units including a glazed display unit. Part panelled walls, window seat and fitted dresser style cupboard. The STUDY has a slate floor, door to outside, part stone walling, exposed beams and double cupboard. The CLOAKROOM has a slate floor, low level WC, wash basin with tiled splashback and slate tops to either side and cupboard below. The SITTING ROOM has a large stone and brick fireplace with slate hearth, bread oven and wood burning stove and display alcove to the right. There is an under-stairs cupboard, exposed ceiling beams and wall timbers. The DINING ROOM has exposed ceiling beams, window seat and part stone walling. FIRST FLOOR From the living room turning stairs rise to a HALF LANDING with exposed wall timbers and part stone walling. The FAMILY BATHROOM is superbly fitted with a slipper bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, large shower cubicle with power shower, circular bowl wash basin set on a slate top with cupboards below, panelled walls and heated towel rail. Separate CLOAKROOM with concealed cistern WC. BEDROOM ONE is a double room with extensive built in wardrobes and storage cupboards along two walls and a lovely garden outlook. The EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM has a tiled shower cubicle with power shower, wash basin and concealed cistern WC, part tiled walls and shelved storage cupboards. BEDROOM TWO is a large double room with panelled walls, built in wardrobes and EN-SUITE with WC and wash basin on a slate top. BEDROOM THREE is a smaller double room with panelled walls and BEDROOM FOUR a small double room with panelled walls. OUTSIDE The property is approached off the country lane through wrought iron gates to a parking area alongside the house. Set opposite the house is a detached stone BUILDING, currently used as GARAGE/WORKSHOP on the ground floor with outside steps leading up to a STUDIO above with exceptional views across the valley and a further room with extensive storage cupboards.

The gardens lie mainly to the west of the house and are primarily laid to lawn with a variety of mature shrubs and trees, especially alongside the lane. The gardens run down to the banks of the River Mole and enjoy an exceptional outlook across the river and away to pasture and woodland beyond. In total the property extends to about a THIRD OF AN ACRE. FISHING RIGHTS The property has the benefit of approximately 71 yards of single bank fishing rights on the River Mole at the end of the garden with named pools including Garden Bank Pool and Bridge Pool. The current owners report plenty of brown trout, sea trout and the occasional salmon. Sea trout tend to range between 1.25 lbs to 3 lbs with a best of 6.5 lbs in recent years.

A further 241 yards or thereabouts of fishing rights on the opposite bank may be available by separate negotiation. For further details please contact the selling agents. VIEWING Strictly by appointment please through the sole selling agents, Stags on 01769 572263. DIRECTIONS From South Molton take the B3137 south out of the town signposted to Witheridge. Continue on this road into Alswear and on reaching the centre take the only right turn signposted to Kings Nympton and Chulmleigh. Ignore the next left turn and the property will be found soon after on the left. SERVICES Mains electricity, water and drainage. Oil fired central heating via radiators. AGENT'S NOTE Bearing in mind the location the property has been susceptible to slight flooding in the past. The current owners have been in residence for over 15 years and the house has only been affected twice in their time there, with only the lower levels of the ground floor of the house (utility/kitchen/study/cloakroom) being affected. There are provisions in place to minimise the effect of any flooding and these include two automatic sump pumps and boarding. Riverside House, Alswear, South Molton, EX36 4LG

These particulars are a guide only and should not be relied upon for any purpose.

Stags 29 The Square, South Molton, Devon, EX36 3AQ Tel: 01769 572263 [email protected]

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