MULBERRY HOUSE RIDLEY HILL • KINGSWEAR • DEVON

MULBERRY HOUSE RIDLEY HILL • KINGSWEAR • DEVON

A wonderful period family home situated in a very special and elevated south-facing position in the heart of Kingswear. The house has retained lovely period and original features which all make the house particularly special. The exotic garden is filled with fascinating specimen trees and shrubs.

Reception hall • Kitchen/breakfast room • Dining room Drawing room • Sun Room • Cloakroom • Inner hall with staircase

Basement workshop and cellar

Principal bedroom suite with south facing balcony Guest bedroom suite with separate access • 2 further bedrooms Family shower room

Double garage • Greenhouse • Garden shed • Gazebo

Gardens and Grounds • South facing terrace • Lawns

Gross Internal floor Area (approx.) House: 3,917 sq ft (364 sq m)

Dartmouth 3 minutes (by ferry) Totnes 12 miles (London Paddington 2 hours 50 minutes) Exeter 31 miles (London Paddington 2 hours 4 minutes) (All distances 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. The South Hams Sporting and leisure opportunities Transportation • The village of Kingswear stands on the east bank of the River • There are number of lovely beaches in the South Hams and • Communication links are good with the A38 Devon Expressway Dart opposite the thriving town of Dartmouth. The village is excellent golf courses at Dartmouth and Churston. 20 miles to the north and the M5 motorway at Exeter. located in the heart of the much sought after area of South • Both Kingswear and Dartmouth have excellent facilities for • There are regular Intercity rail services from both Exeter Devon known as the South Hams. The region is known for sailing, with the Dartmouth Royal Regatta being a highlight of (London Paddington 2 hours 4 minutes) and Totnes (London having an uncommonly temperate climate, consisting of the racing calendar. For the more ambitious yachtsman there Paddington 2 hours 50 minutes). lush, unspoilt countryside, hidden combes and a spectacular are deep water moorings, three marinas and a number of boat coastline. • Exeter Airport has a growing number of domestic and yards. For the cruising yachtsman Kingswear is the perfect international flights often negating the need to travel to Bristol • Kingswear has a pub, church, village store and post office as base from which to explore France, The Channel Islands and or the London airports. well as the Royal Dart Yacht Club and a privately owned marina. the picturesque harbours and creeks of the West Country. • The local railway line is only used by Brunel’s Steam Railway • Dartmouth, a short ferry ride away, has a larger collection of • Kingswear and its immediate environs have numerous sandy between Paignton and Kingswear. The sound of the occasional restaurants, pubs, boutique shops, banks, chain stores and beaches, coves and sheltered anchorages, all of which make steam engine combined with the charming sound of the supermarkets. It is also home to the Britannia Royal Naval it excellent for water sports, boating and long walks along the recently renovated “Kingswear Castle” paddle steamer creates College. beautiful coastline. the most enchanting atmosphere across the Dart Estuary. Mulberry House – for sale freehold Services • Mulberry House forms the principal part of a larger Victorian • Stairs lead down from the inner hall to the workshop and cellar Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil-fired central heating. property and occupies a commanding, south-facing position below. The cellar has the original wine bins still in use. The LPG gas fire. with spectacular views across the entrance to the Dart Estuary workshop has high ceilings with a door leading out into the Fixtures and fittings and Start Bay beyond and also upstream and across to the garden. Royal Naval College. Mulberry House also owns a double All items usually known as tenants’ fixtures and fittings, whether • A wide original staircase leads from the inner hall on the ground garage opposite the driveway and the garden is particularly mentioned or not in these sale particulars are excluded from the floor, to the first floor landing, off which there are a total of four notable, with an amazing variety of interesting and rare sale but may be available by separate negotiation. Such items bedrooms, of which two are en suite. Two of the bedrooms specimen shrubs and trees, including an array of unusual include all fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, domestic electrical share a family shower room and one of the en suite bedrooms camellias. Although semi-detached, the property has a very items, garden equipment, statuary and machinery. has a secondary entrance hall addition which leads directly private feel to it. The property is not Listed. onto the driveway. The principal bedroom is particularly Local Authority • Mulberry House is approached from the parking area through impressive and has a high, vaulted ceiling and an LPG gas fire. South Hams District Council, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, a gate and down a path leading through the exotic garden to Both the principal bedroom and one of the guest bedrooms Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE. Tel: 01803 861 234. the front door. This leads into the reception hall which forms the share a balcony to maximise the panoramic views out across core of the house. Off the hall is the kitchen/breakfast room the Dart Estuary. Viewing which has a central island and a two-door, oil-fired Aga. The • In addition to the double garage and part of the garden the Viewing is strictly by prior appointment with the Sole Agents Knight dining room has a ceiling rose and the drawing room has a other side of the driveway, the majority of the garden surrounds Frank LLP. lovely original fireplace that dates back to the 1800s; both have the house and drops down as a series of terraces to a high fabulous views out across the Dart Estuary. All three principal Directions (TQ6 0BY) retaining wall above the lane below. Within the garden there is reception rooms have high ceilings and lovely original cornicing From Exeter and the M5 follow the A38 and A380 towards Torbay. a lovely, immaculate flat lawn behind which is a 40 foot long and fireplaces. Also off the reception hall is the Sun Room Join the ring road (A3022) around Torbay. Follow the signs to greenhouse. There is a flagpole positioned on the flat lawn. which has French doors leading out onto the south-facing Brixham and Dartmouth. Join the A379 following similar signs and A series of paths lead down to a garden shed, poly tunnel and terrace. Beyond the reception hall is the inner hall, off which is after about 1 mile just beyond the garage turn right signposted gazebo at the front and bottom of the property. The gardens the cloakroom. Kingswear. After about 2 miles go straight over a roundabout and are a particular feature of the property and are truly spectacular. then immediately left for Kingswear. In approximately two miles fork left onto Higher Contour Road. At the end of the road bear right down Ridley Hill for 120 meters, then turn into the private gravelled drive on the left. Mulberry House is the furthest part of the large white house on the right. The property owns both the double garage and the garden on the left hand side of the drive. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 361.9 sq m / 3895.9 sq ft

This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars

Basement

Ground Floor First Floor

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