Foxworthy Farmhouse

Manaton

Price £695,000 Freehold

• A DETACHED RURAL HOME BUILT IN 1939
• APPROXIMATELY 1.73 ACRES IN ALL
• BEAUTIFUL RURAL SETTING WITH WOODLAND WALKS
• SUNNY SITE • ENTRANCE HALL • STUDY • SITTING ROOM
• LARGE KITCHEN/DINING ROOM
• DOWNSTAIRS SHOWER/CLOAKROOM
• BEDROOM/GARDEN ROOM
• LANDING • MASTER BEDROOM WITH ENSUITE BATHROOM
• SHOWER ROOM • TWO FURTHER BEDROOMS
• OIL FIRED CENTRAL HEATING • SOLAR PANELS • MAINS WATER
• PRIVATE DRAINAGE • APPROXIMATELY 0.43 ACRES OF GARDEN
• 1.3 ACRE FIELD • TWO BOX STABLE

THE PROPERTY

A rare opportunity to acquire a detached family home with all modern conveniences set in a beautiful wooded valley on an elevated and sunny site. The house was built in 1939 and has an original glazed plaque etched with the names of all the tradesmen who proudly built it. It has bright accommodation throughout with two fireplaces with woodburning stoves, one in each reception, and it has been extended to offer a new garden room or bedroom and a large kitchen/dining room with a Moben fitted kitchen and a glazed roof. The three/four bedrooms are all bright and enjoy glorious views of the valley and most of them have built in wardrobes. The house has two shower rooms and an ensuite bathroom and it is heated by an oil fired boiler which is supplemented by solar panels for hot water. It is presented in very good decorative condition and has Upvc double glazed windows and most door for good insulation. The garden is on a gradient but has a level lawned area at the front and paved patios to the east, south and west. Dotted about the garden and the adjacent field are huge natural granite boulders. There is a timber framed stable building with two loose boxes and also a further useful shed and a chicken run. Fowlers strongly recommend viewing to fully appreciate this lovely family home.

SITUATION

Located at grid reference 809819 in a beautiful wooded valley beneath Lustleigh Cleave and opposite Neadon Cleave which is the other side of the River Bovey. The nearby village of Manaton has a weekly library visit, doctors surgery and post office at the village hall and there are many village activities as well as the parish church, cricket club and green. The Kestor Inn pub has a small shop for basic provisions.

Both Lustleigh Cleave and Neadon Cleave are protected areas of scientific interest. Foxworthy Farmhouse has rights over the common land and to collect firewood. There are Dartmoor ponies, roe deer, badger, fox, buzzard and otter in the valley and many woodland birds. Light pollution is extremely low. Foxworthy Farmhouse occupies an elevated site which bathes the house and garden in sunshine even in the winter. It is sheltered, quiet and very secure.

Foxworthy is approximately 3 miles from the moorland town of Moretonhampstead where there is a wide variety of day to day and specialist shops, a post office, library, doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeries, a hospital and excellent sports facilities including a modern gym. The villages of Manaton and North Bovey are about 2 miles away and the Cleave pub at Lustleigh is a walk along the valley by footpath of approximately 2 miles. The A30 and A38 are roughly equidistant at about 8 miles and Exeter is approximately 14 miles. A school bus service runs from the top of the private lane to both Moretonhampstead Primary School and the Community College at Ashburton.

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