6 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 6 bedrooms
- 4 reception rooms
- 5 bathrooms
- 8.40 acres
- Outbuildings
- Detached
- Equestrian
- Garden
- Parking
- Rural
The property is light and airy throughout, with four well-proportioned reception rooms providing comfortable, flexible living.
The main reception room is the triple aspect sitting room, which welcomes plenty of natural light through the day and includes French doors opening onto the gardens. There is also a snug in which to relax with its woodburning stove, a useful study with built-in shelving and a splendid formal dining room with a ceiling lantern skylight and two sets of French doors opening to the gardens.
The ground floor also has a well-proportioned kitchen and breakfast room. It includes a central island, an AGA and integrated appliances, while the utility room and laundry provide further space for storage and home appliances.
A luxury addition to the ground floor is the indoor swimming pool, with the pool room featuring a vaulted timber ceiling. Sliding glass doors to two aspects welcome plenty of light and create a connection to the outside space.
Upstairs there are six well-presented double bedrooms, including the principal bedroom with its dressing room and en suite bathroom, which has a bathtub, a separate shower unit and dual washbasins. One further bedroom has an en suite shower room, with the first floor also including a family bathroom and an additional shower room.
The property is set in 8.4 acres and features several outbuildings, including the detached
triple garage. Further parking is available on the gravel driveway. There is also a stables block, a workshop, a store and a field store.
The gardens surrounding the house are mostly laid to lawn with paved terracing and
various established shrubs, trees and hedgerows. Beyond the gardens there is a hard tennis court and several paddocks and fields, including an all-weather paddock. The grounds are ideal for training and exercising horses.
Services
Private water supply. Mains electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating. 4 kW ground array of solar panels on a 2011 FIT.
The property is set in a rural location in the small village of Farringdon ye within easy reach of the popular city of Exeter. Farringdon has a village hall and a parish church, while there is a pub, the White Horse Inn, just outside the village.
There is also a farm shop within easy reach, providing fresh produce and fish.
The villages of Woodbury Salterton and Clyst St. Mary nearby provide a choice of everyday amenities, including a pub and a primary school in Woodbury Salterton, while Clyst St. Mary has a post office, a village store, a primary school and a local pub. Six miles to the west, Exeter provides a wide range of amenities and a wide choice of cultural activities, with the theatre, museum, arts centre and a wealth of good shopping and restaurants.
Exeter also offers a fine selection of schools and is home to one of the country's most well-regarded universities.
Farringdon lies close to the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and several stunning sandy beaches. The South West Coast Path is less than 10 miles away, while there are several excellent golf courses available nearby and sailing is accessible at Topsham six miles away.
The area offers excellent transport links and Exeter's four mainline train stations are all within eight miles of the property. Trains run regularly to the smaller nearby cities as well as Bristol, Plymouth and London Paddington.
The A30 and M5 lead to the national motorway network providing convenient road links with Exeter International Airport, just over three miles away, offering both local and international flights.
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