Coombe Orchard Lustleigh • Dartmoor National Park • Devon

A highly distinctive and thoroughly renovated and modernised Victorian house, in a stunning location on the edge of one of Dartmoor’s most beautiful villages and having wonderful views over the Wrey Valley and surrounding countryside.

Summary • Entrance Hall • Sitting room • Open plan kitchen/dining room • Utility room • Principal bedroom/dressing room/bathroom suite Guest bedroom/wet room suite • Stunning 3rd bedroom with vaulted ceiling, painted with Victorian fresco and turret area Family bathroom • Timber decked balconies with spectacular views • Greenhouse • Parking and turning areas Terraced gardens • Vegetable and soft fruit garden • Orchard • Paddock About 3.5 acres

Location Communications Coombe Orchard occupies a stunning location, facing south and there are many opportunities locally for walking, riding and fishing, There is easy access along the A382, via Bovey Tracey, to the A38 west, overlooking the beautiful, partly wooded Wrey Valley and off including the nearby Reservoirs of Kennick, Tottiford and Trench- dual carriageway leading south west to Plymouth and north east to Mapstone Hill, which is a small country lane, on the edge of the ford. Popular restaurants in the area include Gidleigh Park Hotel, Exeter. There is a railway station at Newton Abbot, with mainline village. Lustleigh is one of the most beautiful and popular villages near Chagford and there are golf courses at Bovey Castle Hotel and connections to Exeter and London. At Exeter there is access onto within the National Park, being in a beautiful valley towards the Stover. To the south is the fabulous South Devon coast, with its the M5 motorway and an international airport with regular eastern edge of Dartmoor. Many of the houses date from the 16th many beaches, coastal walks, estuaries and opportunities for sailing connections to London City Airport. From Plymouth there are century and the village is laid out around the Green, with church, and other water sports. There is also a selection of private schools ferries to the Continent. shop, post office, garage and popular pub. There is an active local in the area at Stover and in the university and cathedral city of community and the cricket club plays on the private pitch below Exeter. The nearby moorland towns of Bovey Tracey and Moreton- the pub with clubs for all interests. Dartmoor itself is renowned for hampstead provide an extensive range of local amenities, including Distances (approximate) its spectacular scenery, with its granite tors, heather clad moorland shops, pubs and restaurants. • Bovey Tracey 4 miles • A38 6 miles and wooded valleys bisected by rushing streams and rivers and • Chagford 8 miles • Exeter 16 miles The Property • Distinctive and unique Victorian building, believed to have Wrey Valley and surrounding Dartmoor countryside kitchen/dining room with tiled floor, kitchen area with range of originally been an annexe for Coombe House • Well stocked and maintained terraced gardens with large fitted, bespoke, oak fronted base and full height cupboards with • Bought by the current owners in 2006 and since thoroughly and greenhouse granite worktop, dishwasher, oven and microwave, 4 ring hob, extensively renovated, modernised and extended • Vegetable/soft fruit garden and orchard fridge and freezer and dining area with built in woodburner and • Stunning location, at the end of a private entrance drive off • Gently sloping paddock below the gardens, currently a wild French doors out to the balcony. Mapstone Hill, overlooking the beautiful Wrey Valley flower meadow. • Easy walking distance of the village centre First Floor • Many notable features, including the turret and full height Ground Floor From the hall, the oak staircase rises to the landing, with separate bedroom with barrel vaulted ceiling, having Victorian fresco From the parking area at the end of the entrance driveway a flight study area, fitted bookcase and doors to bedroom 1, which is a • Beautifully presented accommodation making full use of space of brick steps descend to the entrance door and the entrance hall spectacular and unique room, with full height, barrel vaulted and light, including large, open plan kitchen/dining room and with exposed oak boarded floor, built in coats cupboard and a door ceiling covered by the fresco, understood to date from the late 19th French doors from there and the sitting room to broad, timber to the cloakroom. century, by an Italian artist working for Kingskerswell Pottery. decked balconies on the south side From the entrance hall a sliding, glazed door opens to the sitting There is a woodblock floor as well as the turret area, with fitted • Low energy and running costs with bore hole water supply, solar room, also with oak boarded floor, built in woodburner, fitted window seats and benefiting from stunning views across the valley panels and heat recovery system bookcase and French doors out to the timber decked balcony. and surrounding countryside. The room has shuttered windows • Fabulous views from the house, balconies and grounds over the From the hall a wide opening leads on to the impressive open plan and fitted wardrobe cupboards.

First Floor (continued) From the landing further doors lead into the family bathroom and the guest suite, including bedroom 2 with oak boarded floor and glazed door to outside and a wet room.

From the kitchen/dining room a staircase descends to the rear hall, with doors to the gardens and to the utility room, with fitted base and wall cupboards, plumbing for washing machine and separate WC, as well as the principal suite, bedroom 3 with oak boarded floor, full height window with fabulous views over the valley, dressing room with fitted wardrobe cupboards, shelving and drawers and bathroom. nectarine, apricot and cherry trees and plant beds. Around the Outside gardens are colourful and well stocked plant and shrub borders. French doors from the sitting room and kitchen/dining room open There are to the broad, timber decked balcony running all along the south storage sheds and workshop, one incorporating the ground source west side of the house and providing sitting and dining areas, with heat pump equipment and water reservoir. Fringing the gardens stunning views over the valley and countryside beyond where one are many mature ornamental trees and shrubs, including magnolia, is enchanted by the buzzard soaring overhead, or swallows rhododendron, azalea, camellia, etc. swooping over the flower meadows, being alive with wildlife. To the north of the house and below the entrance drive is the From the parking and turning area at the end of the entrance drive, productive vegetable and soft fruit garden and below that the a flight of brick steps descend to the entrance door, beside which orchard with apple, pear and plum trees. is a small, enclosed, lawned garden area. Stone steps descend from here to the beautiful and extensive terraced gardens below and Below the terraced gardens is a gently sloping paddock, planted to the south west of the house with areas of lawn, stone retaining with a variety of ornamental trees and supporting a plethora of walls, a fine lean-to greenhouse with two productive vines, espalier spring bulbs. Important Notice Jackson-Stops & Staff and their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulations or other consents and Jackson-Stops & Staff have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.

Directions From Exeter and the M5 motorway, follow the A38 dual Property Information carriageway towards Plymouth and at Drumbridges turn off towards Services: Mains electricity, private water and drainage. Underfloor Contents, fixtures and fittings: Only those mentioned in this Bovey Tracey. Continue straight across two roundabouts, following heating, solar PV panels, Villavent heat recovery system. brochure are included in the sale. All others such as carpets, the A382 towards Moretonhampstead and about 4 miles from the (The PV panels produce electricity for use in the house for the curtains, light fittings, mirrors, garden ornaments etc. are second roundabout turn left signed to Lustleigh. Follow this road heating system, then exported to the National Grid. The bore holes specifically excluded but may be made available by separate for about 0.7 miles around sharp right and left hand bends, towards provide all the water in the house and for the heating). negotiation. the village centre. Beside the War Memorial, just before entering Local Authorities: Devon County Council, County Hall, Topsham Viewing: By appointment with Jackson-Stops & Staff’s Exeter the centre of the village, turn right, up Mapstone Hill. Continue Road, Exeter EX1 3QQ. Tel. 01392 382 000. office: 01392 214 222. up this road for about 0.4 miles, passing the large rock on the right Dartmoor National Park Authority, Parke, Bovey Tracey TQ13 9JQ. For sale by private treaty with vacant possession upon hand side and turn left into a lane and then first left into the private Tel. 01626 832 093. completion. entrance drive to Coombe Orchard. For identification purposes only. Not to scale. Exeter 01392 214 222 [email protected] 10 Southernhay West Exeter EX1 1JG www.jackson-stops.co.uk