Barracott Barracott Manaton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 9XA Widecombe-In-The-Moor 3 miles Bovey Tracey 5 miles Exeter 17 miles

• Quintessential granite cottage • Large reception rooms with Inglenooks • Hand-built kitchen • 2 ensuite beds • 3 further beds/studies • Gorgeous moorland gardens • Large garage and parking

Guide price £795,000

SITUATION Barracott sits on the western fringe of the popular Dartmoor village of Manaton, with fantastic far-reaching views of the surrounding farmland, open moorland and several imposing tors. The village of Manaton is served by a popular parish Church, a well-attended village hall and the Kestor Inn public house with an integrated shop for bits-and-bobs. Wider amenities can be found in the towns of Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead with a wide array of cafes, delis, galleries, shops and supermarkets, highly regarded primary An enchanting Grade II Listed Dartmoor house and outbuildings schools and professional services. The A38/Devon Expressway is only nestled within its own gardens and grounds. 8.5 miles away providing access to Plymouth, Exeter and the M5 motorway network, and a mainline railway station can be found at Newton Abbot with direct links to London Paddington.

DESCRPTION Greatly enhanced by the current vendor, with many renovations inside and out, Barracott is superbly presented with an elegant and sophisticated air about it. The handmade Barnes of Ashburton kitchen with centrepiece Aga and granite work surfaces, newly renovated bath and shower rooms with contemporary sanitary wear and carefully chosen, high quality paints, all combine with distinguished character features to make Barracott a stunning and immediately-liveable family home. The sprawling gardens, with many hours of toil in recent years, are sure to bear much blossom, foliage and with specimen trees and rhododendrons the garden promises to be full of interest.

ACCOMMODATION (Please see accompanying floorplan.) Although quite possibly two separate cottages at some point, Barracott was built originally as a Devon Longhouse with through passage and it has a wide attractive entrance hall leading to a sizeable drawing room on one side and even larger sitting/dining room with beautiful inglenook fireplace on the other. The contemporary kitchen sits at one end with a separate utility, cloakroom and access to the rear garden at the back. Stairs from the drawing room lead to the first floor bedroom accommodation, made up of three double bedrooms, the master and second being en suite, a fourth bedroom/study, a family bath and shower room and bedroom five/dressing room with Jack-and-Jill entrance to the master bathroom.

SERVICES Mains electricity, private filtered water, private drainage, oil fired central heating.

OUTSIDE The gardens and grounds measure approximately 0.799 acres with sprawling areas of open lawn, bordered by deep flower beds, gravelled pathways, a workshop and storage building fashioned from a former piggery, two summer houses, several granite paved sitting and barbeque areas and a charming rill babbling through from top to bottom. There is plenty of off-road parking and a sizeable detached garage.

LOCAL AUTHORITY Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4XX. Tel: 01626 361101. E-mail: [email protected].

PLANNING AUTHORITY Dartmoor National Park Authority, Parke, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 9JQ Tel: 01626 832093 E-mail: hq@dartmoor- npa.gov.uk VIEWING Strictly by prior appointment with Stags on 01803 865454.

DIRECTIONS From the A38/Devon Expressway, exit at Drum Bridges and follow the signs to Bovey Tracey. At the second roundabout take the first exit signposted for Widecombe-in-the-Moor. Take the right hand fork to Manaton and follow this road for approximately 5 miles to the village. Pass through the village and proceed for approximately 1 mile, following the sharp left at Langstone Cross to a right turning to Barracott, which is located on the right. Barracott, Manaton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 9XA

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

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