Rowden Farm Widecombe in the Moor • Devon
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Rowden Farm Widecombe in the Moor • Devon Rowden Farm Widecombe in the Moor • Devon An archetypal cluster of traditional Dartmoor buildings, including listed farmhouse of great character and courtyard of barns, partly converted to provide hostel accommodation for the “Dartmoor Expedition Centre” and with potential for further development. (Subject to planning permission). Summary Hall • Sitting room • Family room • Kitchen • Pantry • Cloakroom • Office/Store • 4 bedrooms • Bathroom • “House Barn” (with living area and sleeps 13) “Gate Barn” (sleeps 21 on 2 floors) • “Old Stables” now with wash rooms, drying room and 3 loft bedrooms for instructors or families Large traditional barn with threshing floor • Beautiful, extensive, well stocked gardens, with moorland views Location Communications Rowden Farm is situated in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, Via Widecombe in the Moor and Bovey Tracey, there is access to the • Listed as being of architectural or historical interest Grade II* and about a mile and a half to the west of the well known and idyllic A38 dual carriageway, leading east to the university and cathedral stated as being “late 17th century, or early 18th century, with village of Widecombe in the Moor, which has 2 pubs, restaurants, city of Exeter, where there is an international airport with regular minor 20th century addition” a popular primary school, tea rooms and shops and a fine parish connections to London City airport, mainline railway stations with • Archetypal grouping of traditional granite Dartmoor buildings church known as “the cathedral of the moor”. Dartmoor is connections to London (Paddington and Waterloo) and access onto around the partly cobbled farmyard renowned for its spectacular scenery, with its granite tors, heather the M5 motorway. Alternatively, to the south, there is access onto • Barns converted to provide hostel living and sleeping clad moorland and wooded valleys, bisected by rushing streams and the A38 at Ashburton, leading west to Plymouth, from where there accommodation for the “Dartmoor Expedition Centre” rivers and there are many and varied opportunities locally for are ferries to the Continent. • Large, well-stocked moorland gardens with stunning views of the walking, riding and fishing, as well as many other activities. surrounding Dartmoor countryside. Within easy reach, to the south, is the moorland town of Distances (approximate) • Very easy access out onto the open moor Ashburton, with a full selection of local facilities, including shops, • Widecombe in the moor 1.5 miles • Ashburton 7 miles • Classically peaceful and private moorland location, yet with easy restaurants and secondary education and beyond the southern • Moretonhampstead 9 miles • Bovey Tracey 7.5 miles boundary of the National Park is the beautiful South Hams area access to the beautiful and popular village of Widecombe-in-the- • Exeter and Plymouth 25 miles of South Devon, with its rolling farmland and pretty villages and Moor especially renowned for the stunning South Devon coast, with • Long established business, providing bunk-house accommodation its beaches and estuaries and popular centres for sailing, such as The Property for outdoor activity parties in the area Salcombe and Dartmouth. Dartington Hall (15 miles) provides a • Traditional Dartmoor farmhouse of considerable character and • With 4 beautiful granite barns there is huge potential to develop cultural centre with music, films and festivals. charm, with many period features existing business or new projects (subject to planning permission) Ground Floor The Outbuildings From the farmyard, a small, walled garden leads to the front door The house and traditional stone barns and outbuildings surround a gents and ladies lavatories, showers and store room on the ground beneath an open porch to the hall with stone floor and doors to beautiful, part-cobbled farmyard. Some of the buildings have been floor, with two double bedrooms and twin bedroom within the loft, the sitting room to one side and living room to the other, with converted to provide living and bunk-house accommodation for the with skylights. Within this building is the water pump and exposed stone chimney breast with fireplace incorporating oil fired “Dartmoor Expedition Centre”. equipment and hot water tank. Rayburn and exposed beam. A door leads onto the kitchen with Adjoining the house is “HOUSE BARN” with kitchen/dining/ slate tiled floor, fitted wooden base and wall cupboards and living area on the ground floor, with stone floor, exposed beams and worktops, double sink and drainer, electric cooker point. fitted cupboards, sink and electric cooker point. A staircase rises to The exterior kitchen door leads to the farmyard via an oak porch dormitory accommodation for 13 within the loft, with exposed roof and useful sitting out area. At the rear of the kitchen there is a timbers and skylights. utility area with doors a shelved pantry and cloakroom. On the opposite side of the yard is “GATE BARN” on two floors, with dormitory accommodation for 21, exposed stone floor and First Floor walls and roof timbers. From the hall the staircase rises to the landing with doors to 4 bedrooms and bathroom. At the higher end of the farmyard is a fine, traditional stone barn, An additional door from the yard leads into an integral office/store providing excellent storage space and adjoining is a further stone overlooking the garden. outbuilding, being the “OLD STABLES” now converted to provide Outside Within the yard there is parking for 5 or more cars and a gate leads past the side of the house to the delightful, large, gently sloping moorland gardens. Areas of lawn, with many spring bulbs, are fringed and interspersed with a wide variety of trees, shrubs and plants and from here there are spectacular views across the surrounding Dartmoor countryside to the open moor. The garden features a decked patio, granite paved herbaceous area with pond and a granite seat placed for the view. At the end of the garden is an enclosed, walled vegetable and soft fruit garden with greenhouse, as well as a fenced chicken run. The Business The current owners have lived at Rowden Farm since 1970 and established the “Dartmoor Expedition Centre” themselves, running it successfully for many years. Currently it provides rustic and characterful living and bunk-house accommodation for outdoor activity groups, being a great base for a wide variety of activities, such as walking, climbing, canoeing, caving, riding, orienteering, archeology, fishing, wildlife watching, etc. Details of recent income figures can be obtained on request. Property Information Important Notice Directions Services: Mains electricity, private water and drainage, heating Jackson-Stops & Staff and their clients and any joint agents give From Exeter and the M5 motorway, follow the A38 dual from oil fired Rayburn and electric heaters. Solar panels heat water notice that: carriageway towards Plymouth. At Drumbridges turn off to Bovey for the wash rooms. 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or Tracey and at the second roundabout turn left and then left again, Local Authorities: Devon County Council, County Hall, Topsham warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not following the signs to Widecombe in the Moor. Come down Road, Exeter EX2 4QD. Tel. 01392 382 000. form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as the hill into Widecombe and through the village, passing the Dartmoor National Park Authority, Parke, Haytor Road, Bovey statements or representations of fact. pub and the village school on the right and turn right, signed to Tracey, Devon TQ13 9JQ. Tel. 01626 832 093. Southcombe. Climb up a steep hill and onto the open moor until 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. Contents, fixtures and fittings: Only those mentioned in this reaching an unmarked crossroads. Turn right and after about a The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not brochure are included in the sale. All others such as carpets, further 400 metres, take the first turn left at Rowden Cross, signed necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the curtains, light fittings, mirrors, garden ornaments etc. are to Broadaford and Cator. Rowden Farm is about 200 metres down property has all necessary planning, building regulations or other specifically excluded but may be made available by separate this road, on the left hand side. consents and Jackson-Stops & Staff have not tested any services, negotiation. equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by Viewing: By appointment with Jackson-Stops & Staff’s Exeter inspection or otherwise. office: 01392 214 222. For sale by private treaty with vacant possession upon completion. For identification purposes only. Not to scale. Exeter 01392 214 222 [email protected] 10 Southernhay West Exeter EX1 1JG www.jackson-stops.co.uk.