Rashleigh Barton CHULMLEIGH, DEVON Rashleigh Barton CHULMLEIGH, DEVON Eggesford station 2 miles (Exeter Central 42 minutes), Chulmleigh 3 miles, Winkleigh 5.2 miles Exeter 23 miles (London Paddington 2 hours 6 minutes), Exeter Airport 31 miles (Distances and times are approximate) A magnificent Grade II* listed family home, recently restored and set in a private and tranquil position surrounded by rolling Devon countryside. A woodchip boiler covers the cost of the heating and generates additional income. Porch • Entrance hall • Dining hall • Drawing room • Snug • Library • Kitchen • Butler’s pantry • Larder • Family room Bathroom • Rear hall leading to courtyard garden with laundry, boiler room and log store Landing • Master bedroom with dressing room and en-suite bathroom Guest bedroom / Cromwell room with Jack and Jill en-suite bathroom Galleried landing • 3 further bedrooms • Bathroom Outbuildings: Storage barns • Boiler room with woodchip boiler • Workshop • Old Cider Barn Formal gardens • Pasture In all about 32.7 acres Exeter Country Department 19 Southernhay East, 55 Baker Street, Exeter, Devon EX1 1QD London W1U 8AN Tel: +44 1392 423 111 Tel: +44 20 7861 1717 [email protected] [email protected] www.knightfrank.co.uk 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 brochure. Situation Rashleigh Barton stands proudly at the end of a long drive with superb far reaching views over its own land and the surrounding countryside. The area is renowned for its spectacular scenery, tranquillity and rural feel, whilst still being within easy reach of Exeter city centre. The nearby River Taw and immediate area inspired the setting for Henry Williamson’s classic novels Tarka the Otter and Salar the Salmon. This area of mid Devon remains largely unchanged, and is situated between the extensive wild moorland of Exmoor and Dartmoor. There are many opportunities for walking, riding and cycling nearby with Eggesford Forest and many bridle paths in close proximity to the property. There are a range of facilities in nearby Chulmleigh, which is about 3 miles from Rashleigh Barton. This classic Devon market town offers a number of independent shops, pubs, a doctor’s surgery, sports centre, delicatessen, and a church. Winkleigh is about 5 miles from the property and also offers a general store, and two pubs. This idyllic Devon village has in the past been named ‘Best place to raise a family’ by children’s savings provider Family Investments. Further afield, but still within easy reach are the larger towns of Crediton and Barnstaple and the cathedral city of Exeter. The well regarded Highbullen Hotel, Golf and Country Club is about 7 miles from Rashleigh Barton and offers a range of leisure activities including a spa as well as fishing, shooting regular service to London Paddington. Exeter Airport provides although it is possible that there was involvement from the and golf. regular domestic flights to London City airport as well as Abbott family from the village of Frithelstock, a famous north There are some exceptional schools in the area, notably international flights to a number of European destinations. Devon plastering ‘dynasty’. West Buckland which runs a daily bus from Chulmleigh. The estate passed to a Cornish family in 1708, and Rashleigh Other schools in the area include Blundells at Tiverton, Exeter Historical Note Barton became a tenanted farmhouse and was badly School, The Maynard, Mount Kelly at Tavistock and Stover at The Rashleigh family, who originated in Barnstaple were neglected until the family sold it in 1975. Successive owners Newton Abbott among others. in ownership of the property in 1196 and in 1530, the have gradually restored the property, notably Lord and Lady Despite its rural setting, the communications links around Rashleigh heiress Ibbot married Thomas Clotworthy from O’Hagan between 1987 and 1988 who reportedly spent a Rashleigh Barton are excellent. The A377 gives access to South Molton. During the tenure of John Clotworthy in the million pounds on renovating Rashleigh Barton. The current Exeter in the south and Barnstaple and the North Devon Coast 1630’s, its interiors were reordered and then overlaid with owners have continued the restoration and have transformed in the north. The branch line station at Eggesford provides the beautiful decorative plasterwork seen today. The author Rashleigh Barton into a comfortable, stylish and manageable services to Barnstaple as well as Exeter, from where there is a of this stunning plasterwork remains somewhat of a mystery, family home. Rashleigh Barton Rashleigh Barton is a Grade II* listed property with a contains some elaborate ceiling plasterwork, featuring captivating history. It is first and foremost a family home, shields of Clotworthy heraldry and is an excellent room with spacious rooms within a manageable layout and an for entertaining, sitting opposite the fully fitted kitchen. To abundance of historical features. The house sits at the end the rear of the house is a family room, a cosy and informal of a long drive, with an imposing west façade. The principal room facing east for the morning sun and looking over the reception rooms are at the front of the house, with far courtyard garden at the back. The house flows extremely reaching views over the grounds and countryside beyond. well, with a rear hall linking to the snug and library, which The dining hall is a particularly impressive size and features according to the listing were added in the 19th century and a vast beer stone fireplace. From here, the drawing room, provide an area that is nicely separated from the principal kitchen and butler’s pantry can be accessed. As with reception rooms, the ideal place to relax and enjoy a book other important rooms in the house, the drawing room whilst appreciating the marvellous views. The generous proportions continue to the first floor, where a large landing area gives access to the two bedrooms on the northern side of the house. The master bedroom suite is neatly positioned in the eastern corner of the first floor, and offers a spacious dressing room and en-suite bathroom. The Cromwell room is perhaps the most elaborately decorated room within the house and would have once been the great chamber where all the formal entertaining, dining, music and dancing would have been held. The barrel vaulted ceiling is intricately decorated and has three pendants, the central of which has a cage like sphere, next to which are the coats of arms of the Earls of Bath. From this room some of the finest views over the neighbouring countryside can be enjoyed. A sizeable jack and jill bathroom is shared with bedroom 5, and there are a further two bedrooms and additional bathroom linked via a beautiful mezzanine corridor overlooking the rear hall below. Rashleigh Barton provides the ideal combination of historical provenance with practicalities for present- day family life. The layout is such that there is open and welcoming feel throughout the house, helped by the large windows giving an abundance of natural light, often hard to find in old houses. Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 8168 sq ft / 758.8 sq m (excludes outbuildings & void) Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen/Utility Storage Terrace Outbuildings Old Cider Barn Ground Floor First Floor This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan, please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. Gardens, grounds and outbuildings The approach to Rashleigh Barton is via a long and private A long row of outbuildings stretches east to west along terraces and areas of formal lawn. Neatly tucked away to the drive, which sweeps through the paddocks owned by the the boundary to the south of the main house and contains north of the house is a terrace and lawn, protected by a small property, and at the end of which the stunning façade of the numerous storage areas, one of which could be used as copse on the northernmost boundary. A traditional walled house opens up in front. There is a large gravelled in and out a games room, as well as the boiler room / workshop, garden sits to the south of the house. drive which leads up to the front door, and a spur from the which houses the wood chip boiler. The RHI pays £10,000 The grounds are predominantly pasture with areas of main drive leads to the outbuildings beside the main house. per annum, covering the cost of heating the house and woodland and, along with the high hedges, give the house Immediately behind the house, and accessed from the rear generating an income of circa £5,000 per annum. hall, is a courtyard garden, which houses a laundry, boiler great protection and a potential source of income from room and log store. The old cider barn sits to the south of the The formal gardens surrounding Rashleigh Barton are mature, grass cutting, as well as attracting a payment from the Basic main house, with space for vehicle parking and two storage established and complement the house perfectly. There is Payment Scheme. The majority of the land is to the west of units either side. a mixture of mature trees, shrubs and borders as well as the house and extends to around 32.7 acres. Not to scale. For identification purposes only. RASHLEIGH BARTON Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the control of H.M. Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only.