5 bedroom detached house

A handsome, substantial family home of over 3,000 sq ft with stylish period features and integral one bedroom annexe. Formal guardens, paddock and stabling amounting to approx. 4.61 acres. EPC Band D.

Situation - This handsome property occupies a peaceful and idyllic rural position in the hamlet of Hollacombe. The busy vibrant town of Crediton (1.7 miles) offers excellent schooling, medical care, independent shops and cafes, a regular farmers market, supermarkets, bank and much for those seeking sport and recreation. Crediton railway station offers links to Exeter, Dartmoor at Okehampton and north and south Devon coasts. The university and cathedral city of Exeter (9 miles) has excellent shopping, restaurants, theatres, museums, art galleries and sporting amenities. Exeter has two railway stations on the Paddington and Waterloo lines and an international airport with daily flights to London.

Description - Middle Hollacombe is a handsome and substantial unlisted family home situated in the small hamlet of Hollacombe on the edge of Crediton. This elegant detached property benefits from stylish period features such as sash windows, inglenook fireplace and high ceilings. A spacious home of over 3,000 sq ft incorporates 5 bedrooms on the 1st floor and a wonderful open plan kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, dining room/study on the ground floor. To the north end of the house is an integral 1 bedroom annexe. To the rear of the property are extensive gardens, a 3 bay carport with garage and store room, stabling and a paddock with separate gated access from the lane.

House - The entrance door leads into a porch with a glass paned door into an impressive cross passage with stairs rising to the 1st floor and a door to the rear gardens. To the left is a spacious kitchen with floor mounted units, a central island and inglenook fireplace with Aga. Open plan with the kitchen is a breakfast room with period fireplace, storage cupboards and glorious rural views. Doors from the kitchen lead to a utility with separate WC/shower room and to a secondary staircase and covered yard leading to the back door. To the right of the cross passage is a sitting room with sash window and period fireplace with woodburner. A small section of corridor leads to a dining room which is currently used as a study.
Stairs from the cross passage lead to a spacious landing with 4 double bedrooms, a single bedroom
ursery, family bathroom as well as a shower room and separate WC.

Annexe - To the north end of the house is an integral 1 bedroom annexe linked to the main house by an internal corridor. Arranged over two floors, the annexe has an Aga, a separate external entrance and could be integrated into the main house if required.

Gardens And Grounds - Formal gardens wrap around the rear of the property comprising of a paved terrace, large area of lawn with established shrubs and trees, an orchard, wild flower meadows and potting shed. To the south of the property is a paddock with stabling and separate gated access from the lane. In all the land amounts to approx. 4.61 acres.

Outbuildings - To the south side of the property is a 3 bay car port with garage and store room offering potential for conversion.

Services - Mains water and electricity. Private drainage (septic). Private well. Oil fired central heating in the main house and electric radiators in the annexe..

Directions - From Exeter proceed on the A377 to Crediton. Pass through the centre of the town on the A377 and take the left turn after the Crediton hospital on to Threshers. After a short distance take the 1st right onto Pitt Hill and after 1.3 miles the property will be found on your left.
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