4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Attractive home sitting in 9.3 acres
- Stunning Village Location
- Gardens, Fields and River Frontage
- Stables, Barns and Stores
- Riding and Walks from the property
- A rare opportunity not to be missed
- EER/EPC: D
- Council Tax: G
Available for the first time in 34 years, Fairbrook is a most attractive family home, in a wonderful and tranquil setting, fully surrounded by its own gardens and land of approximately 9.3 acres, all in arguably the most picturesque village within the renowned Dartmoor National Park.
Very well presented and with an array of outbuildings, including stables, workshop, garage and barn, the property comprises a Grade II listed, 4 bedroomed detached house, partly enclosed by stone walls and positioned a short walk through its own land or via the village, to the parish church, village green & the well known Ring of Bells public house. There are local & riverside walks from the property to the nearby Bovey Castle Hotel & golf course as well as the open moorland.
Situation
The property sits on the southern outskirts of the sought after village of North Bovey and adjoins beautiful open countryside and private woodland with the lovely River Bovey and its stone bridges, all adding to this special place.
The village is of quintessentially English style with a variety of mainly thatched cottages round a village green. There are excellent paths, byways and riverside walks with the splendid Easdon Hill with its moorland readily accessible.
The village has a strong community with the superb dining pub, village hall and church providing social and meeting places. The annual traditional fate draws folk from afar and many other activities add to the vibrancy of the parish. Bovey Castle is within a mile and is available to day visitors to the hotel, spa and restaurants as well as providing memberships for its excellent facilities including 18 hole golf course, indoor swimming pool and tennis courts.
North Bovey is located on the eastern side of Dartmoor, just 1.5 miles from the country town of Moretonhampstead affording facilities including : stores, post office, butcher, green grocer , cafe, garages, restaurants and 3 public houses, modern sports centre, community swimming pool, church and primary school. Within a short drive there are the towns of Chagford and Bovey Tracey, with Exeter, Newton Abbot and Okehampton all within an 11 mile radius. From Exeter there are main line train services to Bristol (58 minutes) & London (2 hours and 7 minutes) and Exeter airport for international & regional flights. The beaches of both North and South Devon are about an hours drive away.
Directions
North Bovey is reached from south via the A38 near Bovey Tracey. From Exeter using the B3212 and coming from the North at Whiddon Down on the A30.
Upon reaching Moretonhampstead centre, take the turning opposite The Co-Op store, signposted North Bovey. Keep on this road for about 1.5 miles. Leave the village green to the left, the church to the right and continue down the hill and immediately before Fairbrook Bridge, turn right alongside the river. The lower gated entrance to Fairbrook Farm is now on the right after approximately 80 yards
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Rooms
The Accommodation
Fairbrook Farm is a traditional Dartmoor farmhouse with a central entrance hall and stairway, sitting room, dining room, living kitchen, utility room, walk in larder, cloakroom, principal bedroom with both a dressing room & shower room, three further bedrooms and a bathroom.
Ground Floor
From the veranda, the house is entered through a wooden and part glazed door to the ...
Entrance Hall
A wide hall with attractive stairway to the first floor and doors to ....
Sitting Room
A good sized reception room with french widows opening to the veranda and giving garden views also to trees and hills beyond. Large granite open fireplace with recessed cupboards and shelving to either side. Study area and full height bookshelves. Small window to side looking onto the top drive, barn & stables.
Kitchen/Dining Room
A lovely farmhouse room with oil fired Aga, range of built in kitchen units incorporating electric oven, hob, dish washer and sink. Space for large breakfast table. Window seat with window looking onto raised garden and top drive. Doors to ...
Side Entrance Porch
With space for boots and coats.
Utility/Boot Room
A good sized room fitted with two Belfast sinks, working surface with cupboard below, plumbing for washing machine, oil fired boiler and high level window.
Inner Lobby
Providing additional linking access to Kitchen, Dining Room and to the Larder. Built in Fridge. Door to...
Larder
A traditional well fitted room with shelving, slate worktop, built in cupboards, high level window and space for freezer.
Dining Room
Attractive second reception room used for more formal dining. Would also make a second sitting room. French windows opening to veranda and giving front garden views. Rather fine stone fireplace with bread oven (chimney temporarily blocked). Built in display shelving with cupboard below. Door to ...
Cloakroom
A door to the garden and a high window to the side, low level w.c., and wash hand basin.
First Floor
A central balustraded landing with window to the rear and doors to ....
Bedroom One
A large principal bedroom with lovely southern views over the gardens, the River Bovey and the trees, field and hills beyond. Walk-in Dressing Room with fitted shelving and small window looking onto side garden and land to rear of the house.
En Suite Shower Room
Window to front, wash hand basin unit and low level WC.
Bedroom Two
A second large bedroom with similar attractive views. Built in wardrobe. Wash hand basin unit.
Bathroom
Family bathroom with deep bath, wash hand basin, corner shower, low level WC and roof hatch to well insulated and partially boarded roof space, approached by retractable ladder.
Bedroom Three
A small double bedroom with wash hand basin unit and window with outlook to rear looking onto fields with church tower in the distance.
Bedroom Four
A single bedroom with built in wardrobe and window giving views onto the front garden and beyond.
Outside
The property sits in and is surrounded by its own land of about 10 acres, is approached by a terrace and veranda overlooking the the well stocked mature gardens, walled paddock to one side and fruit trees with space for a Kitchen garden, to the other. The outbuildings include a two story barn incorporating a workshop, a tandem garage, field shelter, implement store and other ancillary sheds.
The house is approached by two drives, the lower one providing parking for a number of vehicles. The top drive serves the side of the house as well as fields; here there is parking for a further three cars. The land surrounding the house comprises a walled paddock, 4 fields to the rear of the house; beyond the front gardens is a lane, The River Bovey and the 5th field. All the fields vary in size and character, are predominantly tree lined and enjoy country views; they have been well maintained by the owners, used mainly for their own horses. Currently there is a short term sheep (truncated)
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Solar panels generate an income of approximately £2,000 per annum.
SERVICES:
The vendor has advised the following:
Oil storage tank (serving the central heating boiler and hot water, and a range style cooker).
Open fire in the sitting room and dining room.
Mains electricity and mains water.
Private drainage system/septic tank for the exclusive use of the property.
Telephone landline and broadband currently in contract with BT Openreach approx. Download speed 11 Mbps and Upload speed 2.8 Mbps.
Mobile signal: Several networks currently showing as available at the property, although some may have limited coverage outside the property.
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