7 bedroom house

The Farmhouse
Lower Bowden Farm has been updated by the current owners to create a wonderfully spacious and light family home. The property has been completely refurbished to a very high standard,
including the rewiring and replumbing of the house, and the windows and doors have all been
replaced with quality engineered-wood double glazed units. The three bedroom farmhouse is linked via a door from the sitting room to The Shippen, which is a four bedroom annexe that forms the other half of the property. This door could easily be removed or blocked, should the purchaser wish to separate the two halves of the property. There is also a two bedroom bungalow, Oakmere, providing further living space. Lower Bowdens Farm therefore offers fantastic potential for multi-generational living or as a source of income from letting.

The front door of the farmhouse opens into a welcoming entrance hall with a slate floor and underfloor heating. To the left of the entrance hall is a study, and to the right is a useful hobby room which offers potential to be converted into a fourth bedroom, and a cloakroom. The spacious sitting room is to the rear of the house with lovely views of the gardens and lake, French doors leading out to the garden and a striking open fire within an inglenook fireplace. A door from here leads through to The Shippen. Also at the rear of the house is the thoughtfully designed large kitchen/breakfast room with handmade pippy oak units, slate flooring, a gas hob, AIMS electric 4 oven Aga, extractor fan and Siemens appliances including an electric oven, microwave oven, warming drawer, dishwasher and Liebherr wine cooler. There is under-unit lighting and LED ceiling spotlights, as well as underfloor heating. Lovely views of the garden and lake can also be enjoyed from here, and French doors open out to the garden. There is
also a separate utility room with a stable door to the garden, and a walk-in larder.

Upstairs, there are three spacious double bedrooms, each with en suite facilities and wonderful garden views. The master bedroom suite looks out over the lake and has a dressing
room with ample storage space. There is a
luxurious en suite bathroom with underfloor
heating, a freestanding Kaldewei steel bath, a
large walk-in rain shower and marble twin hand wash basins.

The Shippen
An entrance porch opens into the ground floor, where a large double aspect office with French doors leading to the garden is found to the left.
Accessed from here is a useful utility room, with a door leading through to the main farmhouse, and a cloakroom. There is also a boot room with another door leading outside to the front of the house. To the right of the entrance porch is a very spacious triple aspect sitting room, with attractive ceiling beams and a Woodwarm wood burner providing a focal point to the room. The large kitchen/breakfast room with underfloor heating is to the rear of the house, with a handmade oak kitchen, slate flooring, a double butler sink and integrated appliances including a wine chiller, dishwasher, microwave and an Ascot Range style cooker. French doors lead out to the gardens.

Upstairs, the double aspect master bedroom suite has a dressing room area and a stylish en suite bathroom with a freestanding bath and a large walk in shower. There are three further double bedrooms, all well-proportioned and with fitted storage, one with an en suite shower room. A family bathroom is also on the first floor.

Oakmere
Oakmere is well-maintained two double bedroom bungalow. It has a well-proportioned sitting room with a woodburner, a kitchen with an electric oven and hob, plus a family bathroom. Adjacent to the bungalow is a fenced garden with a large, level area of lawn plus a storage shed.

Services: Private drainage. LPG central heating in the farmhouse. Oil fired heating in The Shippen and Oakmere. Mains electricity and water.

Local Authority: Mid Devon District Council, Phoenix House, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton EX16 6PP.

Rights of Access: A neighbour has a right of access over a field to their own property for the purpose of maintenance and emptying of a septic tank only. Further information from vendor’s agent.

Covenants: There is a restrictive covenant limiting new buildings on part of the field.

Lower Bowdens Farm is situated in a peaceful, rural position just under a third of a mile from the
village of Shillingford. The surrounding area of
countryside has great natural beauty and a huge
variety of wildlife, and the Exmoor National Park is approximately 4 miles away. Everyday facilities are found in the market town of Bampton, approximately 2 ½ miles away, which has a range
of local shops, public houses, restaurants, a doctor’s surgery and a primary school.

Tiverton, approximately 10.5 miles away, has a comprehensive range of shopping facilities including a Marks & Spencer, a hospital, leisure
centre and 18-hole golf course. There are schools for all ages, including the well-respected Blundell’s School and Preparatory School. Lower Bowdens Farm is within the 10 mile reduced fee catchment area for Blundell’s.

Taunton, approximately 18.5 miles away, has a
good range of shopping facilities and a farmers’
market twice a week. Musgrove and Nuffield Hospitals serve the town and surrounding area.
There are excellent schools for boys and girls of all ages, including Taunton School, Kings College, Queen’s College and King’s Hall.

Exeter, approximately 24 miles away is the most
thriving city in the South West and offers a wide
choice of cultural activities with the theatre, the museum, arts centre and a wealth of good shopping and restaurants including John Lewis.
There is also a Waitrose supermarket in the city.
Many primary and secondary schools can be found in Exeter including Exeter School and The Maynard, whilst Exeter University is recognised
as one of the best universities in the country.

Communication links are excellent; the M5 motorway at Exeter or Taunton provides links to
the A38 to Plymouth or the A30 to Cornwall to the South, and Bristol and London to the North and East. Tiverton Parkway station provides regular services to London Paddington in a little over 2 hours. Exeter International Airport provides an ever increasing number of domestic and international flights including two flights a day to London City Airport.

The buildings at Lower Bowdens Farm surround a large driveway with parking for numerous vehicles. There is a quadruple carport with an adjoining enclosed workshop, with storage over. Adjacent to this, there are also two 12x12 stables.

The attractive gardens at Lower Bowdens Farm are level and mainly laid to lawn, with mature trees surrounding the boundary. A beautiful lake lies in the centre of the garden, providing a haven for birds and wildlife. Some distance from the house there are four kennels, as well as small building currently used as a log store. The remainder of the land comprises a large, level paddock. In total the land extends to approximately 8.2 acres.

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