Furlong House Chagford, Devon Furlong House Chagford, Devon Chagford 1½ miles, A30 at Whiddon Down 3 miles, Exeter 19 miles (All mileages are approximate) A fine Grade II listed Georgian House with outstanding Dartmoor views. House Entrance hall | Drawing room | Sitting room | Dining and entertaining room | Playroom | Kitchen/ breakfast room | Back kitchen Office and study | Utility room | Boot room Master bedroom suite | 8 further bedrooms | 3 further bathrooms Outbuildings Triple car garage | Annexe/games barn | Swimming pool and pool house | Garden room Gardens and grounds Landscaped gardens | Extensive walled garden | Stable yard with 4 loose boxes Railed paddocks and parkland with stream frontage | Bluebell woods About 11.75 acres Jackson Stops Exeter Savills Country Department Knight Frank Exeter Knight Frank Country Department 10 Southernhay West 33 Margaret Street 19 Southernhay East, 55 Baker Street Exeter EX1 1JG London, W1G 0JD Exeter, Devon EX1 1QD London, W1U 8AN Tel: +44 1392 214 222 Tel: +44 20 7016 3822 Tel: +44 1392 848 842 Tel: +44 20 7861 1717 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] jackson-stops.co.uk savills.co.uk 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. Location Furlong House stands in a commanding, elevated position over some of the most dramatic and unspoilt countryside in the UK, in an area that is renowned for the diversity and beauty of its countryside. The house faces southeast with uninterrupted views over northern Dartmoor and the upper reaches of the Teign Valley. This superb location combines idyllic rural tranquillity with unusually easy accessibility, nearby amenities and excellent communication links. The A30 at Whiddon Down is three miles away giving direct access to central Exeter. From Exeter there are regular direct trains to London Paddington, taking from two hours, as well as a regular flights from Exeter Airport to London City Airport, taking one hour. Whilst the National Park provides a wonderfully rural setting, secondary school links, choice and convenience are unparalleled. Ten miles away, Okehampton College provides a strong state secondary school and a school bus runs from Sandy Park. In Exeter there are a number of well- regarded fee paying schools, including Exeter School and The Maynard in Exeter, with school bus links from Whiddon Down. Mount Kelly, hosting both prep and senior school in Tavistock, provides a daily school bus from Furlong’s own driveway and Stover, near Bovey Tracey, also runs a school bus through Sandy Park. Furlong House is positioned at the end of a long private shared drive on the edge of the charming hamlet of Sandy Park. Next to the granite gateposts that mark the entrance hardware and household shop and significant local sports to the drive, is the 18th century Sandy Park Inn, a very well facilities. There is a 130 pupil Church of England primary regarded and popular pub and the focal point of the wider school entirely rebuilt in 2018 and a Montessori school. community. The hamlet is also host to The Chagford Show, There are a myriad of local societies catering for all forms of Dartmoor’s main annual agricultural and community show. cultural interests, the town even boasts highly professional The thriving community of Chagford is 1 ½ miles from annual film, literary and music festivals. Moretonhampstead Furlong House and has been voted as one of the best is under four miles away and also provides a similarly broad rural places to live in Britain by The Sunday Times. It range of facilities. boasts a wide range of speciality shops including a library, The internationally renowned Gidleigh Park Hotel with a butcher, wine shop, bakery, artisan bakers, organic food Michelin Star restaurant sits to one side of the town, whilst shop, weekly market, green grocer, delicatessen as well as the other side hosts the extensive facilities of The Bovey various restaurants, cafes, four pubs and a large and unique Castle Hotel, including an 18 hole members’ golf course. Description The tree lined lane drive leading to Furlong House provides the first glimpses of the well-proportioned and elevated façade of this elegant and beautifully presented house. The park railings, extensive use of granite in the landscaping and the adjoining new and well-kept stable yard confirm the impression of the quality of the remainder of the property and its grounds. The House Furlong House has undergone a complete renovation and now represents a turn-key home of exceptional quality. The house is entered via the pillared portico protecting the front door leading into the welcoming entrance hallway with its wide and generous main staircase up to the first floor. The accommodation at the front of the house is bathed in light from the tall sash windows, bringing the wonderful long view right into the rooms. The drawing room and sitting room, symmetrically arranged either side of the hall, have open fireplaces and are beautifully decorated, making the most of their tall ceilings and classical proportions. At the rear of the house the kitchen/breakfast room forms the heart of family life and provides bright space for informal dining, with contrasting outlook west, over a more intimate view of parkland and woodland. From the kitchen the accommodation extends to a back kitchen, also useful for casual summertime dining opening through French doors to an enclosed garden and outdoor eating area. There is extensive well thought out utility space for laundry, boots and drying. There are two separate office / studies quietly tucked away from the rest of the downstairs accommodation. Contrasting with the elegant proportions of the font of the house, the original 16th century farmhouse at the rear of the house provides an intimate dining area with flagstone floor, restored oak plank and muntin screen and two significant granite inglenook fireplace on the ground floor. Above this area are two semi-independent guest bedrooms and a bath room. This older area of the house has previously been used as a separate cottage with its own front door and internal staircase. The principal bedrooms on the first floor mezzanine include two generously proportioned and well-appointed suites. In addition there are five other bedrooms providing significant flexibility for both family and guests. In total there are nine bedrooms. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House: 6872 sq ft 638.2 sq metres (excludes outbuildings & includes annexe) 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 Pool House Not shown in actual location/orientation Outbuilding Not shown in actual location/orientation Stable Not shown in actual location/orientation Ground Floor Stable Annexe Annexe Ground Floor First Floor First Floor Not shown in actual location/orientation from the parkland beyond. On one side grass paths lead up overlooking it. It would once have been used for vegetable The gardens and grounds to a mini tor with fitted granite picnic table from where there growing for the house with greenhouses only recently Outside, the property has been subject to extensive are further views out over the entrance to the Teign Gorge removed. Plans exist to reinstate locally designed and built landscaping and building works in the past three years and Castle Drogo. Victorian greenhouses. There is a separate vehicular access and offers as much interest, practicality and quality as at the south western corner to enable cultivation by larger At the rear of the house a paved terrace, herb garden and inside. A stylish oak frame garage/carport by the back machinery. surrounding borders extend from the house and overlook door accommodates 3 vehicles and there is plenty of the walled garden and view beyond. It makes a most parking space on the courtyard. It links the back door with attractive outdoor dining area benefiting from the afternoon an adjoining detached annexe that provides workshop The stables and evening sun and also an adjoining heated garden room. and outdoor storage space downstairs and a games room The recently built stable yard beside the drive comprises an upstairs. The very large walled garden lies on sloping ground to L shaped range with more park railings enclosing the central the south and west of the house. It is surrounded by a paved yard. There are 4 good sized loose boxes, a feed and The gardens extend from the front of the house with level protective high granite wall with a small stream running tack room with WC. The building has been delivered to a lawns broken with pathways and shallow banks with granite through it and a picturesque thatched summer house very high specification. steps. They lead to the park railing separating the garden The swimming pool Enclosed within more park railings the swimming pool area includes paving and lawns around the 35’ x 15’ pool and adjoining pool house, with its stylish curved copper roof and matching extending rose pergola at each end. There are changing areas, kitchenette and outdoor heated shower in addition to the pool plant. Heating is provided by air source as well as gas. The parkland The foreground of the view and the immediate setting of the front of the house is made up of classical parkland with a canvass of a verdant permanent grassland, framed and broken up by specimen trees and flanked by light woodland. There is a small lake between the two main enclosures and delightful walks out from the gardens through the bluebell woods down to and along the stream that forms the western boundary of the property.