A beautifully converted barn with 3 bedrooms, garden, grounds and detached paddock with stabling amounting to 4.23 acres. Freehold. Council tax band - C. EPC - F

Situation - The property is situated in the small village of Efford in a beautiful and unspoilt area of Mid-Devon near Shobrooke at the foot of the Raddon Hills. Shobrooke has a pub and a church whilst the village of Thorverton (3 miles) has a primary school (Ofsted: Good), pre-school, two pubs, cricket club, post office and a church. It is an excellent location for horse riding with quiet country lanes. Other villages in the locality with facilities including pubs/restaurants include Brampford Speke and Newton St Cyres. The property is also in the catchment area for Blundells School in Tiverton.
 
The university and cathedral city of Exeter is only 6 miles whilst the market town of Crediton with two supermarkets Tesco and Morrisons just 3 miles away. There is a good array of excellent schools in Exeter and Crediton and the property is conveniently located for the university. There are railway stations on the Paddington and Waterloo lines in Exeter, whilst to the east of the city is its international airport with daily flights to London.

Description - A unique barn conversion located in an idyllic semi-rural position only 6 miles from Exeter. The property is situated in a tranquil and friendly community of Efford Barns and boasts an array of modern and original features, spacious and versatile living accommodation and 3 bedrooms. In addition there are beautiful gardens, access to the communal grounds, and two parking spaces. A short walk from the property is a separate paddock of 3.23 acres with a modern stable block, open fronted barn and small vineyard.

Accommodation - A door from the landscaped courtyard leads into an entrance hall with stairs rising to the first floor. The ground floor provides; a ground floor bedroom, a family bathroom, an open plan kitchen/breakfast room with integrated appliances and a butler sink, a ground floor sitting room/snug with exposed brick walling, a woodburner and a door leading to a conservatory. The glazed conservatory provides wonderful entertaining space with bifold doors out to the gardens.
Stairs rise to a magnificent first floor sitting room with a vaulted ceiling and woodburner sitting on a granite grate. Doors lead to a double bedroom and a vaulted principle bedroom with ensuite shower room.

Gardens - Bi-folding doors from the conservatory lead to a decked entertaining area off which is a well maintained lawn with established borders, hot tub and open fronted summer house.

Land, Stables & Vineyard - A short walk from the property is a separate paddock with a concrete track giving access to a modern stable block with 3-4 boxes, an open fronted barn and a small south-facing vineyard growing a variety of grapes. In all the paddock amounts to 4.23 acres. There is an ideal opportunity for equestrian rental.

Services - This Freehold property has woodburners providing heating, private drainage, mains water and electricity. There is a communal charge per property per month of £75 which includes a gardener for the upkeep of the communal grounds, drainage and servicing of the communal septic tank which is not on the property.

Directions - From Exeter proceed north on the A377 and after one mile turn right signposted Langford and Shute. Continue along this road passing through the hamlet of Shute and aftre 0.6 miles the entrance to The Barns will be on your right.7
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