The Old Longhouse Loventor Manor • Berry Pomeroy The Old Longhouse Loventor Manor • Berry Pomeroy
Grade II listed manor house in a glorious rural setting.
Kitchen Dining Room • Play Room • Reception Room Living Room with Magnificent Stone Inglenook Fireplace Utility Room • WC • Shower Room
Master Bedroom with Dressing Room 4 Further Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • Shower Room
Totnes 4 miles (London Paddington in under 3 hours) Dartmouth (by Higher Ferry) 11 miles • Exeter 25 miles (All distances and times are approximate)
These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Location The Old Longhouse sits just outside the charming village of Berry Pomeroy. Berry Pomeroy is a large parish to the east of Totnes and still contains working farms and a number of orchards which gives it a distinctive rural character. The village has a well-regarded primary school and there is an excellent prep school, St Christophers, within a 10 minute drive. Totnes has a full range of shops, a thriving weekly market and a wide choice of cultural facilities shops, supermarkets, restaurants and inns.
There are easy links to Exeter’s fine selection of state and independent schools with a school bus collection from Newton Abbot. The village has a well-regarded primary school. Secondary schooling in the area is excellent, Totnes has a community college and South Devon College, 5 miles away, is recognised by Ofsted as ‘Outstanding’ and one of the top Further Education and Tertiary Colleges in England.
There are regular bus services between Torbay and Totnes. Totnes has a mainline railway station giving direct connections to London Paddington. There is also excellent access to the A38 Devon Expressway, linking Plymouth, Exeter and the M5.
This part of Devon is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty with Dartmoor National Park ten miles to the north and stunning beaches and coastline ten miles to the south. The Berry Pomeroy Estate has many lovely woodland walks.
Berry Pomeroy Castle is a romantic medieval ruin, managed by English Heritage and open from Easter to the end of October. The adjacent Berry Pomeroy Castle Cafe provides light lunches, Devon Cream Teas, ice creams and Sunday roast lunches.
For sale freehold The Old Longhouse is a substantial wing of the Georgian Loventor Manor house with centuries of history and spectacular countryside views overlooking Berry Pomeroy Castle woodland. A superb period entrance porch with large W S N E
Playroom Utility 4.86 x 2.04 15'11" x 6'8"
Kitchen F/P 5.67 x 5.40 Living room F/P 18'7" x 17'9" 5.57 x 4.30 Office 18'3" x 14'1" 5.30 x 3.74 17'5" x 12'3" Dining area
Seat
Garage 5.66 x 5.03 W 18'7" x 16'6" S W S oak door leads to a grand entrance hall. The ground floor offers N W E N generous and flexible reception rooms, play room and stunning S E kitchen/dining room with double doors flowing onto the garden. On the first floor are five bedrooms, luxurious bathroom and Playroom N Playroom E Utility 4.86 x 2.04 Utility 4.86 x 2.04 15'11" x 6'8" shower room. The property beautifully combines the very old with 15'11" x 6'8" Bedroom 3 the modern; the kitchen is well appointed and the main bathroom 3.77 x 2.69 12'4" x 8'10" is particularly impressive. Playroom Utility 4.86 x 2.04 Kitchen 15'11" x 6'8" F/P 5.67 x 5.40 Living room Gardens and Grounds F/P 18'7" x 17'9" 5.57 x 4.30 18'3" x 14'1" Bedroom 1 Office Kitchen F/P 5.30 x 3.74 The property is approached over a gravelled drive/parking area 5.54 x 3.30 17'5" x Bedroom12'3" 5 BedroomDining 4 area Bedroom 2 5.67 x 5.40 Living room 3.35 x 2.79 3.45 x 2.76 4.34 x 2.75 5.57 x 4.30 18'2" x 10'10" which opens onto the garden. There F/Pare paved terraces in front 18'7" x 17'9" 11'0" x 9'2" 11'4" x 9'1" 14'3"Seat x 9'0" 18'3" x 14'1" and outside the kitchen. On the north sideOffice of the house is an 5.30 x 3.74 Kitchen F/P 17'5" x 12'3" Dining area enclosed lawned garden with creeper clad pergola ideal for al 5.67 x 5.40 Living room 5.57 x 4.30 fresco dining. There is a double garage within a block F/P 18'7" x 17'9" W Office Seat 18'3" x 14'1" Dressing S of garages. 5.30 x 3.74 room 17'5" x 12'3" Dining area Garage 5.66 x 5.03 18'7" x 16'6" N Services E Seat Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. LPG gas fired central heating. Playroom Utility 4.86 x 2.04 Fixtures and fittings 15'11" x 6'8" Garage Bedroom 3 5.66 x 5.03 3.77 x 2.69 All items usually known as tenant’s fixtures and fittings whether 18'7" x 16'6" 12'4" x 8'10" mentioned or not in these particulars together with all items of Garage equipment and garden statuary are excluded from the sale but Bedroom 1 5.66 x 5.03 5.54 x 3.30 Bedroom 5 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 2 18'7" x 16'6" 18'2" x 10'10"Kitchen 3.35 x 2.79 3.45 x 2.76 4.34 x 2.75 F/P some may be available by separate negotiation. 11'0" x 9'2" 11'4" x 9'1" 14'3" x 9'0" 5.67 x 5.40 Living room 5.57 x 4.30 Local Authority F/P 18'7" x 17'9" Office 18'3" x 14'1" 5.30 x 3.74 Dressing South Hams District Council, Follaton House, 17'5" x 12'3" room Dining area Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NE. Tel: 01803 861234. Bedroom 3 3.77 x 2.69 Seat www.south-hams-dc.gov.uk 12'4" x 8'10"
Directions (Postcode TQ9 6NJ) Bedroom 3 3.77 x 2.69 From A38 take the A380 towards Torquay. LeaveBedroom the 1 A380 at 12'4" x 8'10" 5.54 x 3.30 Bedroom 5 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 2 Newton Abbot and take the A381 towards Totnes.18'2" x 10'10" After approx.3.35 x 2.79 3.45 x 2.76This plan is for guidance4.34 only andx 2.75must not be relied 11'0" x 9'2" 11'4" x 9'1"upon as a statement of14'3" fact. Attention x 9'0" is drawn to 5 miles, turn left at Red Post Garage (signposted Afton). Stay the Important Notice. on this lane for 1.5 miles. Just after two thatched cottages (on Bedroom 1 5.54 x 3.30 Bedroom 5 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 2 Garage your right) take a left hand lane signposted Totnes to Torbay Trail. 18'2" x 10'10" 3.35 x 2.79 3.45 x 2.76 4.34 x 2.75 5.66 x 5.03 11'0" x 9'2" 11'4" x 9'1" 14'3" x 9'0" Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an18'7" offer xor 16'6"contract, nor part of one. You Loventor is after 500 m at the end of this drive. Bear leftDressing into the should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing room (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight gravelled parking area. 01392 423111 Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) 19 Southernhay East, or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. 3. Dressing Exeter EX1 1QD Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that room [email protected] any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. KnightFrank.co.uk Particulars dated February 2017. Photographs dated February 2017. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC305934.Bedroom Our registered 3 office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’3.77 names. x 2.69 12'4" x 8'10"
Bedroom 1 5.54 x 3.30 Bedroom 5 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 2 18'2" x 10'10" 3.35 x 2.79 3.45 x 2.76 4.34 x 2.75 11'0" x 9'2" 11'4" x 9'1" 14'3" x 9'0"
Dressing room