Crows Nest Dartmoor National Park Guide Price £600,000 Crows Nest Sticklepath Dartmoor National Park Devon EX20 2PS

Crows Nest enjoys a spectacular setting 900 feet above sea level on Dartmoor’s northern flank, with fine views over the Devon count ryside. The house, which is approached via a rough single track private road, stands in mature gardens with adjoining broadleaf woodland with approximately 12 ½ acres of pasture and paddocks enclosed by traditional granite dry stone walls. The property was previously run as a Riding School and there is a substantial stable yard which includes an indoor school, 14 loose boxes, 2 foaling boxes, and self-contained groom’s accommodation. A planning consent, now lapsed, provided permission to build a replacement dwelling to the existing house which was to be situated on the ménage which adjoins the stable yard.

Some of the appointments and also the outbuildings themselves are somewhat dated and the whole property offers tremendous scope for those seeking to create a home to to their own specification in a magnificent setting.

The existing house dates from the 1930’s and is of a timber construction and provides versatile accommodation over two floors. This benefits from oil fired central heating and includes 4 bedrooms, a spacious lounge/dining room with a cosy woodburner, a study, a snug/additional sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room with an oil fired rayburn, utility room, a bathroom and a shower room. A verandah is accessed via the hall and commands pleasant views over the stream to the woodland beyond. Beneath the house is a cellar which is accessed from the garden and provides additional storage.

Crows Nest represents an extremely rare opportunity to acquire an equestrian property or smallholding on the edge of the open moor. Potential purchasers will also be drawn to the very clear potential to create a spectacular ‘Grand Design’ home within the National Park.

Despite the wonderful rural setting Crows Nest is actually within relatively easy reach of local amenities. The villages of Sticklepath, South Zeal and South Tawton include facilities such as a local shop, public houses and a primary school. The market town of Okehampton lies 4 miles to the west and offers a wide range of shops and busineses which include supermarkets (Waitrose, Lidl and Co-Op), primary and secondary schools, a community hospital, a leisure centre, and various sports clubs which include golf, cricket, football, rugby, and squash. The cathedral and university city of Exeter lies approximately 18 miles to the east and is about a 30 minute drive away via the A30 dual carriageway.

ACCOMMODATION with approximate measurements: - Study 3.61m x 3.22m (11' 10" x 10' 7") airing cupboard housing a factory sealed hot water Telephone point, window overlooking the verandah, oil cylinder with an immersion heater and slatted shelving, A Covered Porch with a timber front door to… fired central heating boiler. 2 doors accessing the garden.

Hall Snug/Sitting Room 2.89m x 2.87m (9' 6" x 9' 5") Ground Floor Bedroom 3.57m x 3.11m (11' 9" x 10' 2") Which opens into a useful study area with a spiral Plus an alcove. A dual aspect room with views over the With views of the surrounding woodland, radiator. staircase rising to the… garden, radiator. Bathroom 2.48m x 1.84m (8' 2" x 6' 0") First Floor Kitchen/Breakfast Room 3.81m x 2.70m A roll top claw-foot bath, pedestal wash basin with a Telephone point, door onto verandah. (12' 6" x 8' 10") tiled splashback, low level WC, radiator, shaver point A dual aspect room which includes an oil fired rayburn and window. Lounge/Dining Room 7.22m x 4m (23' 8" x 13' 1") with a granite lintel over. Double drainer stainless steel widening to 5.94m (19' 6") sink unit and roll edged worktops with tiled splashbacks, Shower Room 2.81m x 1.81m (9' 3" x 5' 11") A triple aspect L-shaped room with views over the electric cooker point, additional cupboards and worktop A shower cubicle with an electric power shower and gardens to the woods beyond. A woodburner set within to the alcoves either side of the chimneybreast, wall sliding glazed screen doors, vanity unit with a pine a brick arched fireplace with a wooden mantle, exposed cupboards. worktop and a tiled splashback with cupboards beneath, ceiling beams, laminate flooring and 2 radiators. mirror with light and shaver point, radiator and window. Utility Room 4.71m x 2.21m (15' 5" x 7' 3") Sink unit, plumbing for automatic washing machine,

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A spiral staircase leads to the First Floor Landing with a Adjoining Lean-to Barn 28.15m x 3.96m (92' 4" x 13') PLANNING HISTORY radiator With potential to subdivide to create further stables. Dartmoor National Park Authority granted outline planning consent on 6 October 2008 (Ref 0526/08) for Bedroom 4.38m x 2.59m (14' 4" x 8' 6") Former Outdoor Sand School the demolition of the existing and construction of a Plus alcove. 2 windows, built-in cupboard and 2 radiators. (The site of lapsed planning consent and illustrated on replacement dwelling on the adjacent menage the sketch overleaf) Bedroom 3.59m x 3.23m (11' 9" x 10' 7") The Groom’s accommodation was granted planning Plus an alcove to the door. A triple aspect room with far TENURE permission in 1981 (Ref 0/26/0989/21) on the reaching views, radiator and built-in cupboards. Crows Nest is offered for sale freehold with vacant condition that it would be ancilliary to the existing possession on completion. dwelling and was for benefit of a previous owner. Bedroom 3.80m x 3.03m (12' 6" x 9' 11") Maximum measurement as it includes sloping ceiling. SERVICES DIRECTIONS Cupboard with water tank, radiator and window. Metered mains water and electricity are connected to From Exeter take the A30 dual carriageway west the house. There is a private drainage system and oil towards Okehampton. At Whiddon Down take the A382 OUTSIDE fired central heating. A spring-fed reservoir serves the towards Okehampton following the s igns for Sticklepath. A five-bar gate gives access to the drive which in turn outbuildings. After about 3 miles drop downhill passing Wain Homes provides parking and turning space. A gently sloping The existing broadband is due to be upgraded to high- offices on the left. Just past the bus stop turn left lawn leads down to a stream with a gate and a bridge speed in March 2014. between a small barn and a pair of cottages. Follow this giving access into the woodland. unmade road for about ½ mile and turn right at the a T- COUNCIL TAX BAND F junction. Crow s Nest will be found down the hill on the Beneath the house there is a cellar area with lighting left. and there is also a covered storage area or loggia ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATING F adjacent to the oil storage tank. Beyond the bridleway which runs alongside the house there is a… LOCAL AUTHORITY West Devon Borough Council Timber Stable Block Kilworthy Park Which comprises two foaling boxes measuring 3.64m x Drake Road 2.56m (11' 11" x 8' 5") and 3.64m x 3.63m (11' 11" x TAVISTOCK 11' 11") respectively. Both stables have lighting. Devon PL19 0BZ Beyond this stable block there is a large somewhat Email: [email protected] overgrown pond and access to the main stable yard. A Telephone: 01822 813600 five-bar gate and a concrete drive give an independent access to the stable yard which comprises… LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITY Dartmoor National Park Authority L Shaped Timber Stable Block Parke With 14 loose boxes and self- contained Groom’s Bovey Tracey accommodation which, now rather dilapidated, inc ludes Newton Abbot a living room, kitchenette and bathroom. Devon TQ13 9JQ Indoor School 28.15m x 9.82m ( 92' 4" x 32' 3") Email: [email protected] With viewing gallery. Telephone: 01626 832093

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