Helwell Barton Kenton, An idyllic country estate set in 20 acres with a beautifully renovated Grade II Listed house, ancillary accommodation, studio and leisure complex

Helwell Barton, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8NW

Kenton 1 mile, Exeter 8 miles, M5 motorway 5 miles

Features: Entrance hall, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, library, kitchen/breakfast room, garden room, utility room, wc, extensive cellars with original wine cellar, master bedroom suite of dressing room and bathroom, guest bedroom with en suite bathroom, 5 further bedrooms, two family bathrooms

Large landscaped gardens including a water garden, woodland walk, herb garden, orchard

Detached studio/home office with wc, original stables, leisure complex with gym/games room, sauna, shower, wc and access to outdoor heated swimming pool

Annexe comprising kitchen/sitting room, bedroom, bathroom

Substantial former winery concrete framed general purpose barn with gallery, kitchenette, store rooms and wc’s, additional storage/machinery building

In all approximately 20 acres (8.15 Hectares)

Location Helwell Barton is situated in a and to the North and East. rural and very peaceful position on There are regular rail services to the west side of ’s beautiful London Paddington from Exeter, Exe Estuary. The estate was once taking just over 2 hours; or for ease, part of the Powderham Castle the train can be boarded at Dawlish Estate and is surrounded too. Exeter International Airport by sweeping countryside. provides an ever increasing number Helwell Barton is secluded and of domestic and international remarkably tranquil, whilst flights including two flights a day to enjoying the closeness of the city of London City Airport. Exeter and all its amenities. The Property The nearby village of Kenton has Helwell Barton is a beautiful Grade a parish church, a well-regarded II listed residence with Georgian restaurant, the ‘Rodean’, inn, additions and approached over a primary school, post office and long tree lined drive to the east village store. Further inns at or a shorter drive from the west. Cockwood Harbour and Kenn The current owners have completely are very well renowned. refurbished and modernised the The Powderham Castle Estate has house over the last ten years after a fantastic farm shop and butcher purchasing the property in a poor and restaurant/café. There are state of repair. The property now moorings and sailing clubs at nearby offers light and spacious family and Dawlish and many accommodation whilst retaining opportunities for riding, walking much of the houses original features. and fishing on Dartmoor and the nearby Haldon Forest. The accommodation comprises an entrance hall with the main Exeter, 8 miles away, is the Georgian staircase flowing to most thriving city in the South the upper floors, with the main West and offers a wide choice reception rooms on either side. of cultural activities with the To the right of the hall is the cathedral, theatre, a museum, drawing room with easterly views arts centre and a wealth of good over the garden and a Georgian shopping, including John Lewis, marble fireplace, double doors and restaurants. There is also a lead through to the library. Waitrose supermarket in the city. The library has a further set of Many primary and secondary double doors, these lead through to schools can be found in Exeter the architect designed garden room including Exeter School and The featuring oak doors that open out Maynard School, whilst Exeter onto the private courtyard. To the University is recognised as one of left of the entrance hall is a sitting the best in the country. room with a wood burning stove and a dining room, again with The M5 motorway at Exeter a wood burning stove, and the provides links to the A38 and A30 original stone flooring which was to Cornwall to the South and Bristol re-laid during the refurbishment works. The kitchen has been

Floorplans for Helwell Barton, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8NW The House

Approx gross internal area*: Halwell Barton: 5,612ft2 = 521.4m2** Studio: 1,718ft2 = 159.6m2 Annexe and Leisure Complex: 2,186ft2 = 203m2

Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale.

* As defined by RICS – Code of Measuring Practice. ** Excludes Restricted Head Height and Voids

Second Floor

Basement Ground Floor First Floor Studio

First Floor

Ground Floor

Annexe and Leisure Complex

Ground Floor - Annexe First Floor - Leisure Complex completely re-modelled with travertine tiles, a hand built fitted kitchen, breakfast island with a chestnut surface and a Lacanche range. There are exposed beams and double doors leading out to the south facing terrace. A utility room, housing twin boilers and a boot room lie off the kitchen, with the boot room providing access to the courtyard through a stable door. The cellars have a large store room, a former dairy with slate surfaces and a wine cellar.

Upstairs on the first floor is the master bedroom suite with a dressing area and an ensuite bathroom with a claw foot bathtub, separate shower and ‘his and hers’ sinks, a guest bedroom suite with an ensuite bathroom and three further bedrooms. A family bathroom with a laundry area is also found on this floor. On the first floor are two further bedrooms and a bathroom, again featuring ‘his and hers’ sinks. Outside Helwell Barton sits neatly in the middle of its own land and is approached over two driveways. The westerly rear drive leads past the former winery and into the courtyard and parking area which the main buildings surround. The long easterly drive approaches the Georgian front of property and a gravelled parking area to the side.

The property is surrounded by private well maintained gardens with lawns to the east and south of the house. A south-facing terraced area with a pizza oven overlooks the pond. A pretty courtyard with many flowering shrubs lies off the garden room and to the western side of the house. The large pond, with cobbled entry point and island, and water garden is to the rear of the studio, where walks alongside the pond lead up to the ‘Zen garden’. Here, there is a berry garden and well-stocked herb garden surrounded by hedging with a greenhouse, compost bins and gardeners shed. A peaceful clearing and wooded area lies to the south of the westerly drive.

An orchard with traditional West Country apple trees lies off the gardens to the rear of the 18 metre outdoor heated swimming pool, alongside a Robinson Crusoe garden. Views from the gardens and orchard are spectacular and take in the surrounding countryside and Haldon Forest. Courtyard of buildings Situated across the courtyard from the main house is a stunning range of traditional outbuildings which have partially been converted. The original Georgian complete stable block with four stalls, hay mangers, doors and cupboards. Above the stables is a lovely large studio/multipurpose room, which has been beautifully converted with attractive beams, large glass windows in the ceiling, facing southwest and heating. There is a kitchenette area, separate WC and washbasin adjacent to the studio and potential to extend the accommodation into the first floor of the adjoining building.

There is a converted barn on the opposite side of the courtyard, which serves as an annexe to the property, and this is currently let by the vendors to a professional. The annexe comprises a spacious kitchen/dining room, bedroom and bathroom.

Above but separated from the annexe, accessed via glass doors, is an entertainment barn/leisure complex. This is a fantastic space, with a high vaulted ceiling and fitted kitchenette, and is currently used as a gym and entertainment room with table tennis and table football. The space could be used for meetings and has panoramic views of the Haldon Hills. There is also a changing room with a separate shower, WC, and an electric sauna. A door leads outside to the pool area. Outside is the 18m x 5m heated swimming pool, an attractive patio area and an artificial grass verge which is perfect for sun loungers The Leisure Complex next to the pool. The Studio Modern buildings Accessed from the West drive is 3 bay former winery with two large the former winery building, a storage rooms, a central drainage 7 bay concrete framed general passage, a laboratory sink and a purpose building measuring roller shutter door. 32.5m x 12m. The building was once the main hub for the well 2 bay storage area with 2 large renowned Kenton Vineyard doors and the 3 phase electric winery. The infrastructure of the circuit board. building is very good and presents substantial opportunities for the The 3 bay steel framed machinery next purchaser. The building is shed is located at the opposite well insulated, timber clad and has side of the drive and measures light, 3 phase power and water all 14.2m x 9.2m with two electrically connected; the building is divided operated roller shutter doors. into three distinct sections: Water is capped off just outside this building. A 2 bay open plan gallery with a sealed terracotta floor and an oak and granite kitchenette. Access to the raised decking area outside and additional parking. There is a wc and a disabled w.c.

The Gallery The land General The land extends to approximately Services: Mains gas and three 20 acres (8.15 Ha), some of which phase electricity. Mains water. has been used in recent years Private drainage. Broadband as a vineyard producing some connected. Separate broadband award winning wine. The vines for main house and annexe. have now been removed as the Cat 5 cabling. The studio and vendors have decided to pursue annexe are serviced by their other opportunities. These fields own separate gas fired boilers. are fenced and interspersed with The boiler for the swimming pool Italian Alder windbreaks, formerly is currently not used/working. to protect the vines, which are Helwell Barton still in situ. The land is now ready Covenants: Formerly part of the for equestrian or other uses or, of Powderham Castle Estate, there are a course, could be re-used for vines. few normal estate covenants reserved over the property (further details Directions available from Strutt & Parker). From the M5 (Junction 30) follow signs for Exeter/Dawlish A379 until Right of way: There are no public Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Mapping with the after approximately 1 ½ miles you rights of way over the property. permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright (ES763454). NOT TO SCALE reach Countess Wear roundabout. The Powderham Estate reserved an Continue straight ahead at the agricultural/sporting right of way roundabout, passing over the canal over the initial section of the East and at the next roundabout take Drive to enter the adjoining fields. the first exit towards and Kenton and continue on this Local Authority: Teignbridge road for 4 miles until you reach District Council, , the village of Kenton. Turn right at , Devon, the Rodean Restaurant and village TQ12 4XX green and proceed past the church, turning right into the High Street (ignoring the left to ). At the end of the High Street, take the left hand fork signposted Lyson/ Oxton and the signed easterly drive for Helwell Barton is found on the left hand side after approximately 0.7 miles. Strutt & Parker Exeter 24 Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon EX1 1PR

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