Philip D. Fowler M.N.A.E.A.
40 The Square, Chagford, Devon TQ13 8AB
Telephone: (01647) 433595
Fax: (01647) 433548
West Chapple is described in the authoritative publication Devon Farmhouses as being of exceptional historic interest. It is a Grade II* listed longhouse with a host of original character features in a property enjoying excellent modern amenities. It was restored from being virtually derelict in 1979 and has been improved since then to offer accommodation to a very high specification which both compliments and enhances this charming home. It offers a traditional style breakfast room with Aga, a separate working kitchen, a granite cross passage hall, a dining room with slit windows and a tethering post, a large fireplace in the drawing room, a granite spiral staircase as well as a conventional staircase, exposed structural timbers and many other features of note. It is centrally heated by gas and also has the Aga and a woodburner. Outside is a pretty cottage garden, attractive grassland to the year-round summerhouse cabin and a field of 1.3 acres with a bridge leading to it across the fast flowing Moortown Brook, a large barn with a stable and workshop and a separate granite former stable and hayloft. The large barn may have potential for change of use to ancillary residential accommodation subject to planning permission and the former stable and hayloft has similar potential subject to planning.
Situated in one of the finest locations in the Dartmoor National Park in the parish of Gidleigh. West Chapple is in an elevated position with views across North East Dartmoor countryside to the south east yet sheltered from the prevailing weather from the south west. The grid reference is 671881. It is a short walk from the open moor and there is excellent riding. The thriving ancient stannary town of Chagford is just 23/4 miles away where there is a wide variety of day to day and specialist shops, a primary school, pre school and Montessori, a parish church, Roman Catholic church and chapel, a doctors, a dentists and a veterinary surgery. Sports facilities include a football and cricket pitch, a tennis club, bowling club and an open air swimming pool in the summertime. The A30 dual carriageway is approximately 3 miles and Exeter is approximately 19 miles.
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