Kestor • National Park

Kestor Moretonhampstead • Dartmoor National Park

A stylishly renovated and beautifully presented single storey house and separate cottage, with large gardens, woodland and paddock and having stunning Dartmoor views.

Summary • Reception hall • Cloakroom • Drawing room • Dining room • Study • Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room • Principle bedroom/shower room suite • Guest bedroom/shower room suite with walk-in wardrobe • Further bedroom and bathroom • Detached two bedroom cottage • Decking • Extensive, well stocked gardens • Woodland • Stable and Linhay • Pasture paddock • About 10 Acres

10 Southernhay West, , EX1 1JG Telephone: 01392 214 222. [email protected] www.jackson-stops.co.uk Location Kestor is situated less than a mile from the centre of the town of Moretonhampstead on the north eastern side of Dartmoor National Park. The town provides a good selection of local amenities, including shops, primary school, library, hospital, doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeries, sports centre and open air swimming pool in the summer. Dartmoor National Park is renowned for its spectacular scenery, with its tors, heather clad moorland and wooded valleys bisected by rushing streams and rivers and there are many and varied opportunities locally for walking, riding and fishing. Nearby is the well renowned Bovey Castle Hotel, with golf course and also Park Hotel. Within easy access is the university and cathedral city of Exeter, providing a full range of recreational and cultural facilities.

Communications From Moretonhampstead there is access, via the A382, to the A38 dual carriageway to the south or the A30 to the north, both of which lead to Exeter, where there is access onto the M5 motorway, railway stations with mainline connections to (Paddington and Waterloo) and an International airport. The A38 leads south west to , from where there are ferries to the Continent and the A30 leads west into .

Distances • 4 miles • A30 7 miles • Exeter 14 miles (distances approximate) The Property • Stunningly situated single storey house, understood to date from the early part of the 20th century with later additions and bought by the current owners in 2006 and subsequently thoroughly renovated and modernised throughout • Beautifully presented and spacious accommodation with large high ceilinged, well proportioned main rooms making full use of light, space and the views and with high quality fixtures and fittings throughout • Separate, detached two bedroom cottage • Sheltered, private, peaceful and rural setting at the end of a long private drive with spectacular views across the surrounding Dartmoor countryside to the moor • Extensive, well stocked gardens and grounds around the house • Large area of natural woodland, being a haven for wild flora and fauna, above the house and gardens • Pasture paddock with stone stable and linhay • Privacy and seclusion, yet within walking distance of Moretonhampstead town centre and easy access to A30, Exeter etc.

From the turning and parking area beside the house, a gravel path leads around the entrance door to Entrance hall (S) stone paved floor, part glazed double doors, opening to Reception hall doorway to passageway with doors to Cloakroom wash basin, W.C. Boot room (E). From the reception hall, glazed double doors open to

Drawing room (W) a beautifully spacious and light room benefitting from stunning views over the surrounding Dartmoor countryside, French doors opening to decking and gardens, fireplace with ornate surround and mantle and woodburner. From the passageway off the reception hall a further door leads to Inner hall (E) fitted dresser and built-in, part glazed cupboard, part glazed door to Study (W) stunning Dartmoor views, fitted bookcase, fireplace with woodburner, built-in cupboard. From the inner hall a doorway opens to Kitchen/breakfast room (S,W&E) an outstanding, high quality room with hand built, painted units, extensive fitted base units with polished quartz worktops, sink and drainer, double oven, hob and extractor, dishwasher, fridge, central island with microwave, oven and grill, breakfast bar, fitted bench seat, bespoke designer lighting, walk-in shelved pantry with walnut unit and wine rack, part glazed double doors opening to Dining room (W&S) stunning Dartmoor views, French doors to decking and gardens, fireplace with gas coal effect stove. From the kitchen/breakfast room a further door leads to Utility room (N) fitted base and wall cupboards with solid oak worktop and double butler’s sink and drainer, airing cupboard with hot water tank, plumbing for washing machine, oil fired boiler, back door to gardens. From the reception hall, double doors open to Rear hall doors to Principal suite Bedroom 1 (S,W&N) stunning Dartmoor views, glazed door to decking and gardens, built-in The Cottage wardrobes. Shower room shower cubicle, Porcelanosa glass topped vanity unit with inset basin, W.C, bidet, heated towel rail and underfloor heating. Guest suite Bedroom 2 (N). Dressing room open fronted wardrobe and shelving. Shower room shower cubicle, wash basin, W.C, heated towel rail and underfloor heating. Bedroom 3 (W) stunning Dartmoor views, picture rail, fitted wardrobe. Bathroom roll top bath, wash basin, W.C, heated towel rail and underfloor heating.

The Cottage Beside the house and adjacent to the parking and turning area is the detached cottage. To the front door opens to Hall doors to Sitting room (W) French doors to gardens, fitted dresser, fireplace with woodburner. Kitchen/breakfast room (S&W) tiled floor, fitted hand built and painted base and wall units with worktops, double sink and drainer, double oven, gas The Cottage hob, dishwasher, fridge and freezer, downlighting, back door to outside and doors to Utility room butler’s sink, fitted cupboard, plumbing for washing machine. Inner lobby doors to understairs cupboard, sitting room and to Cloakroom wash basin, W.C. From the hall the staircase rises to Landing cupboard housing hot water tank, airing cupboard, doors to Main suite Bedroom 1 fitted wardrobes and chest of drawers, skylights, glazed doors to decking and gardens. Bathroom bath, wash basin, W.C, bidet, heated towel rail. Shower room shower cubicle, wash basin, W.C, bidet, heated towel rail. Bedroom 2 (S). Bathroom bath/shower, wash basin, W.C, bidet, heated towel rail.

Outside From the road, painted wrought iron gates and pillars open to a cattle grid and the long concrete entrance drive leading up to a broad tarmac parking and turning area beside the house and cottage.

From the drawing room, dining room and principal bedroom, glazed doors open to timber decking running all along the west side of the house, from where there are stunning views across the surrounding Dartmoor countryside to the moor.

A flight of steps descend to colourful, well stocked shrub and plant borders behind stone retaining walls to a level lawn, fringed by further ornamental shrubs and plants. A further flight of steps descend between plant borders with retaining walls to further extensive, sloping gardens interspersed with a plethora of ornamental shrubs and trees. Property Information To the south side of the house is a gravel terrace boulders, is a haven for wild flora and fauna and Services: Mains electricity. Private water and mentioned in this brochure are included in the area and beyond a further level lawned garden, is a carpet of bluebells in the spring. drainage. Oil fired heating. Electric heating in sale. All others such as carpets, curtains, light partly enclosed by stone walling and hedging and the cottage. fittings, mirrors, garden ornaments etc. are A gate on the south side of the gardens leads to a again from where there are beautiful Dartmoor specifically excluded but may be made available small yard area with stone and timber built Local Authorities: , views. by separate negotiation. stable, log store and lean-to timber storage County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter EX1 3QQ. Adjoining and above the gardens and house is an shed. Adjoining the yard and woodland is a Tel. 01392 382 000 or Viewing: By appointment with Jackson-Stops extensive area of natural woodland, sloping and sloping pasture paddock with separate road Dartmoor , Parke, Bovey & Staff’s Exeter office: 01392 214 222. consisting essentially of hardwoods of beech, ash, access and from where there are lovely views over Tracey, , Devon TQ13 9JQ. For sale by private treaty with vacant sycamore and oak but also including a stand of the surrounding Dartmoor countryside. Tel. 01626 832 093. possession upon completion. conifers. This area, interspersed with granite Contents, fixtures and fittings: Only those Directions From Exeter and the M5, follow the A30 dual representations or warranties in relation to the carriageway to . Turn off at property. These particulars do not form part and follow the A382 to of any offer or contract and must not be relied Moretonhampstead. On reaching the roundabout upon as statements or representations of fact. at Moretonhampstead turn left, signed to Howton. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are After about 200 metres turn left, again signed to approximate. The text, photographs and plans Howton. Follow this lane for about 0.3 miles and are for guidance only and are not necessarily the entrance drive to Kestor is on the right. comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building Important Notice regulations or other consents and Jackson-Stops Jackson-Stops & Staff and their clients and any & Staff have not tested any services, equipment or joint agents give notice that: facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by 1. They have no authority to make or give any inspection or otherwise. House Cottage

For identification purposes only. Not to scale. Exeter 01392 214 222 [email protected] 10 Southernhay West Exeter EX1 1JG www.exeterjackson-stops.co.uk