6 bedroom detached house

Once the seat of the Tuckfield Estate and partially re-built in the 1830s in the Italianate style by Richard Tuckfield (née hippisley) (1774-1844), Posbury House is a handsome country house that had been largely untouched since the 1940s, when it became home to an Anglican Franciscan nunnery. The house, which faces south-east across its garden and wooded grounds, is unlisted and presents a rare opportunity to create a lovely home of over 6,000ft², with potential for internal reconfiguration if required. The property has good-sized rooms with high ceilings and has retained its wooden and flagstone flooring, original joinery, fireplaces and a beautiful iron veranda that wraps around two sides of the house. The house has been the subject to a major modernisation programme and presents further scope for renovation whilst providing comfortable living accommodation.

Currently the ground floor accommodation comprises four reception rooms, kitchen, walk-in pantry, utility room cloakroom and a boot and saddle room, with cellars below. upstairs comprises a part-galleried landing, off which are six bedrooms with views of the surrounding countryside. The master en-suite and the family bathroom have been equipped with sanitary ware and he plumbing is in place in three further potential bathrooms. The roof space has extensive attic space for storage.

Posbury House is approached via a gated entrance and driveway leading to the front and side drives and a large parking area and adjacent garden store behind the house. The formal area of garden extends out to the south-east and comprises a large, level lawn with seating areas and fringed on one side by a low stone wall and on the other by a higher terraced walkway leading to a stone stairway. The lawn is surrounded on three sides by mature woodland containing many species of tree, including a magnificent cedar and a cork tree, as well as various colourful Magnolia, Rhododendron and Azalea. The garden and grounds are very private and immediately abutting the house is a flagstone terrace, part-covered by a cast iron veranda, suitable for outside dining and entertaining. In all approximately 2.8 acres.

Posbury House is situated in a small hamlet amidst beautiful countryside close to the market town of Crediton (3 miles), which has excellent day-to-day amenities and railway station (Paddington from c.2.5 hours). Exeter is also close and the local airport offers a regular service to London City Airport (1 hour). Dartmoor with its myriad outdoor activities is ten minutes away.

Exter City Centre 10.2 Miles /20 Mins By Car, Crediton/A377 3 Miles, A30 3.5 Miles, Dartmoor 7.8 Miles, Tiverton (Blundells School) 15 Miles, Tiverton Parkway (23 Miles), Exeter Airport 15 Miles (London City Airport 1 Hour) (Distances And Times Approximate)