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5 bedroom detached house
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Property description & features
- An attractive Georgian-style 4-6 bedroom farmhouse
- 3,023sq ft of accommodation
- Set in the South Hams AONB
- In all about 2.2 acres
- Superb potential to create a magnificent family home
- On the market for the first time in 80 years
- Freehold, Council Tax Band F
- Further cottage, land and buildings behind available by separate negotiation
Situation - Nestling in a peaceful valley, this renovated farmhouse offers spacious accommodation and is just 3 miles from Slapton Sands. The towns of Totnes, Kingsbridge and Dartmouth are located a short drive away and offer a wide range of amenities, with Totnes providing the added bonus of a main line station with links to London.
Description - Newton Farmhouse is a Grade II Listed property dating back to the 1840s and has been in the vendor's family for 80 years. The house is currently empty and offers the potential purchaser a superb opportunity to put their own mark on the house and enjoy this peaceful and tranquil location. The house has a rich history, including its time occupied by the American army during WW2's Operation Tiger.
The vendors have recently put in a new entranceway in front of the house which sweeps up to a parking area on the eastern side of the farmhouse. There remains the original drive to the western side which provides access to the cottage known as Chiffs Chaffs, which can be made available for purchase by separate negotiation.
Newton Farmhouse enjoys some fantastic southerly views over the meadow below and is contained within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The recent addition of the new drive will allow the purchaser the opportunity to build a garage on the large level area at the end.
Accommodation - From the westerly parking area, a flight of slate steps leads up into the entrance porch with door into the hallway with door to a rear hall to outside and the turning staircase leading up to the first floor. The house benefits from two fine reception rooms with large timber sash windows with shutters to either side. Both reception rooms have tall ceiling heights and marble fireplace surrounds, one with a wood burning stove and the other which could be made open to accommodate a similar wood burner. Much of the original detail of the house remains, with bookcase and original cupboards either side of the fireplaces.
The kitchen is accessed from the rear hall or from an archway from one of the reception rooms, which has a tiled floor and a range of handmade base and eye-level timber kitchen units. The stone fireplace currently houses a Rayburn (oil-fired) and the kitchen has a double electric oven, space and plumbing for a ? size dishwasher and a Bosch 4-ring electric hob over. A nice feature of the kitchen is the large dresser, which remains, which has space for a refrigerator below. The kitchen has exposed ceiling timbers with meat hooks and will most likely be updated by the next purchaser.
From the kitchen, a door leads through to the rear hall with door to outside, door to an under-stairs cupboard, all with original slate flooring and door into a utility room with a Belfast sink, further base level kitchen units, where a dishwasher is plumbed in. There are meat hooks in the ceiling and a second turning staircase leading to the first floor. Once, of course, this staircase was used by servants for the main house.
The main staircase leads up to a half-landing where there is a shower room and toilet, and on to main landing with doors to the two principal bedrooms, both of a good size, with large working timber sash windows and the original wardrobes and cupboards remaining. Bedroom 2 has a cast iron fireplace and a door through to the rear staircase landing. Bedroom 3 is a double room, again with original cupboards and hanging rail, one of which houses the immersion tank. This bedroom has a rear view of the property towards Chiffs Chaffs and the adjoining stone barn. There is a family bathroom and from the main landing a door leads through to the rear staircase landing with door to bedroom 4, with a view of the rear, and a further flight of stairs which lead up to the second floor where there is a large shower room with exposed ceiling timbers, with access to storage in the eaves. There are a further two doorways, one of which leads into what would have been servants' bedrooms in previous years and now used for storage and through the other door there is another area for storage where the water tanks for the house are located. All of these rooms have windows and, subject to the relevant consents, could be utilised into more formal bedrooms once more.
From the parking area on the western side, there are steps down with a door into the basement of the house, where the exposed stone walls are seen. There is a concrete floor and we imagine the next purchaser will wish to make a cinema room or gymnasium, for example. Electricity is connected.
Outbuildings - Accessed from the door from the rear hall or from pathways either side of the house, is a wash house which has a slate floor and the original copper for boiling clothes in the corner. Adjoining is a covered deep well with a pump (now not in use) and the original granite water trough.
Garden And Grounds - The gardens of the house lie below the property and are mainly laid to lawn with a low stone wall with some herbaceous planting, including a variety of mature trees, all enjoying the far-reaching views. The outside oil-fired boiler and the recently replaced oil tank is hidden from view. Behind here and adjoining the stone barn, there is a private walled garden, with a mature bay in the corner, which was once the location for a Victorian greenhouse, now has a gateway with granite steps up to the new parking and turning area to the east.
Off the front area of level lawn there is a raised deck area, which is a perfect spot to sit and enjoy the far-reaching views and enjoy the peace and tranquillity, which Newton Farmhouse brings.
The Land - In all, the property is sold with 2.2 acres, with the main paddock beyond the new entrance drive. This paddock has a number of trees recently planted within it and has a hedge way to the lane and mature trees on its boundary. There is a coniferous plantation with an access track running along the northern boundary and the tree plantation. There was once a spring fed pond, as shown on the site plan- but this is no longer but could easily be reinstated, the permanently running spring currently feeds into the stream that runs along the bottom of the paddock. The paddock and buildings above can be made available by separate negotiation, if required.
Services - The main house has mains water, private septic tank drainage and mains electricity with oil-fired central heating.
Viewings - Strictly by prior appointment with Stags Totnes on[use Contact Agent Button].
Directions - Proceed towards the property, following the post code TQ9 7AG. At Newton Cross turn right and follow this lane for about ? mile, passing some farm buildings on the left, turning left through the stone-pillared entrance posts, which lead up the private drive, with parkland fencing either side, up to the parking and turning area to either side of the house.
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