Beachborough Kentisbury, Devon EX31 A stunning late Georgian rectory in a rural setting with 4 acres, self-contained annexe, wonderful gardens and charming outbuildings. Situation & Amenities Beachborough is situated just outside the Exmoor National Park within the parish of Kentisbury (total population c.300) consisting of three small hamlets, Patchole, Kentisbury Ford and Kentisbury. Kentisbury has excellent amenities despite its size, with a shop, post office, pub, primary school (OFSTED rated 2 Good), parish church and the 4 Star Kentisbury Grange Hotel. The town of Barnstaple (9.1 miles) has an excellent range of shops and other amenities including medical, dental and vetinary surgeries. For more extensive shopping, Taunton (44 miles) and Exeter (58 miles) are both with a reasonable driving distance. Barnstaple also has a regular rail service to Exeter (1 hour 15 minutes) and Exeter Airport connects to a number of UK and international destinations, including a regular, 1-hour service to London City Airport. There is a wide choice of schools both from the State and independent sectors. These include two village primary schools within a 3-mile radius and a choice of independent schools within the wider area including West Buckland and Blundell’s School in Tiverton (35 miles). Exmoor is renowned for its excellent outdoor sporting and recreational opportunities, including riding and walking. Beachborough is also situated just 10 minutes away from the nearest beach on the superb North Devon Coastline. Kentisbury 1.3 mile , Barnstaple town centre 9.1 miles, (Exeter 1 hour 15 minutes), Woolacombe Beach 12.7 miles, A361 13.7 miles, South Molton 15.6 miles, J27 M5 39.3 miles, Exeter Airport 55.6 miles (London City Airport 1 hour) (Distances and times approximate) Beachborough Built between 1830 and 1840 and Grade II listed, Beachborough is a charming example of a former rectory of the period. Virtually no modernisation had been undertaken when it was bought in an almost derelict state in 2000 by the current owners, who then undertook a comprehensive, yet very sympathetic refurbishment. The house is built of rendered roughcast local stone with a slate roof extending out over deep eaves with shaped soffit brackets. It has double plan of rooms arranged around a central hall with a further wing arranged around an incorporated atrium courtyard. All of the original architectural features have been retained or, where necessary, sympathetically replaced including fireplaces, timber floors, tall sash windows and working 6 6 4 shutters. The house has an elevated and south-facing position with lovely views across the garden towards the far side of the valley. The house has a wonderful feeling of light and space throughout achieved not only by its position and c. 4 2 Acres tall sash windows but also by the large, circular roof lantern that allows natural light to flood the galleried landing, elegant, sweeping staircase and the reception hall below. The house has a four good sized reception rooms; the adjoining dining and drawing rooms both face south, the study looks out towards the front drive and the cosy snug is tucked away adjacent to the kitchen. The kitchen itself is fitted with bespoke painted timber units, a 2-oven Sandyford Cooker inset in the original fireplace and with windows on two sides including French windows opening to the atrium courtyard. Through the adjacent snug is a large, north-facing larder and there is a suite of cellars beneath the ground floor. The house has a total of six double bedrooms, all with en-suite bath/shower rooms. Two are on the ground floor created from former servants quarters and the remaining four are off the central galleried landing. The servants bedrooms on the first floor of the service wing now form a self-contained 1-bedroom flat. Outbuildings Set back behind and to one side of the house are various fully restored period outbuildings that would be suitable for a variety of different purposes, subject to the appropriate planning permissions. Arranged around two sides of a concrete yard are the stable block housing three loose boxes and the adjacent former coach house with groom’s quarters above accessible by an external stone staircase. The coach house itself is currently used as a fourth loose box. To one side and set well back from the house are two open-fronted Linhay, one of which is currently used as a wood store and the other as a workshop. Set further back is a traditional Devon two-storey bank barn, which provides a games and party house and has considerable potential subject to obtaining the necessary consents. Garden & Grounds The house is approached through a stand of trees via a sweeping drive to a gravelled turning circle in front of the house with sufficient parking space for several cars, before continuing on past the stable yard to the garages and bank barn. The current owners have undertaken extensive landscaping to create a beautiful, tiered garden that is famed for its wonderful array of roses and is considered of sufficient merit to warrant a place on the National Gardens Scheme. The garden is framed by sheltered grounds planted with several mature specimen trees and extends out from the south side of the house. It comprises a paved terrace fringed with richly planted borders, with the land descending downwards through tiered borders retained by walls of local stone to a two- tiered lawn. Below the lawn is a delightful brook that flows into a large pond overlooked by a summerhouse with decking and bordering an orchard. Adjacent to the bank barn is a productive kitchen garden with greenhouse protected by mature hedging with a series of raised beds laid out around brick paths in the form of a cartwheel. At the other end of the grounds is a hard tennis court sheltered by several mature trees. Behind the stables is a gently sloping paddock of just under an acre. In all the garden and grounds extend to about 4 acres (1.62 hectares). Beachborough Preston Farm T r a c k Pond P A Beachborough R Beachborough S O N A G Agent’s Note E FB L Beachborough has been used very successfully over recent A N E years as a country house B&B/private party venue. For full details see www.beachboroughcountryhouse.co.uk. Totalarea= 3.91 acresapprox. Tenure Freehold This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (ES763454). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. Services Mains water & electricity. Private drainage. Additional private N Date: DrawnBy: Scale: water supply.Plan Ref: Oil-fired central heating & AGA. Mapping Department 05:03:21 CW 1:1500 @A4 Knight Frank LLP RamsburyHouse, 22 High Street Title Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0NF W E Beachborough (t) 01488 688508 Local Authority & Council Tax Band (e)[email protected] This Plan is publishedfor guidance only,and although it is believed to be correctits accuracy is notguaranteed, S norisitintended to form part of anycontract. ©Crown copyrightand database rightsNorth2021 Licenc DevoneNo. 10002172 District1 Council (www.northdevon.gov.uk). Main house Tax Band E. Flat Tax Band A. Directions (Postcode EX31 4NH) Travelling west on the A361, at the North Aller Roundabout turn north onto the A399, signed to Brayford. Follow the A399 for 12 miles and then turn left onto the A39, signed to Barnstaple. Continue for 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Parsonage Lane (Beachborough is clearly marked) and the entrance gates to the property will be found on the right after about a quarter of a mile. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 548.6 Sq.M. - (5,906 Sq.Ft.) Approximate Outbuildings: 354.4 Sq.M. - (3,811 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. Knight Frank Exeter I would be delighted to tell you more. 19 Southernhay East Exeter Ed Clarkson Devon 01392 423111 EX1 1QD [email protected] knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. Fixtures and fittings: A list of the fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings and other items fixed to the property which are included in the sale (or may be available by separate negotiation) will be provided by the Seller’s Solicitors. Important Notice: 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. 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