Thorne Farm

Thought to date from the early 17th century or possibly earlier, Thorne Farm is a charming and characterful farmhouse situated in an elevated position alongside its traditional farmyard of principally period farm buildings. The house is built of a mix of local stone and cob with red brick chimney stacks under a Welsh slate roof and is thought to have been partially rebuilt in the early 19th century.
All the rooms are well-proportioned with good ceiling height and where necessary have been sympathetically refurbished. It has also retained many of its original architectural fittings including ground and first floor fireplaces and a mix of internal joinery from the 17th through to the 19th centuries. These include chamfered beams, built-in cupboards and shelving, dado panelling in the hall and a fine plank and muntin screen between the sitting and drawing rooms.
The house is south-facing and built to a three room and through passage plan. This is reflected in the two principal reception rooms and the large kitchen/breakfast room, which are separated by a through hall leading to a charming courtyard at the north-facing rear of the house.
The kitchen has an inglenook fireplace fitted with a two-oven electric AGA, bespoke, painted timber units including a central island and Welsh dresser, flagstone floor and original fitted corner bench. Adjacent to the kitchen is the former dairy, which now serves as a laundry and boot room with a door to the rear, brick-paved courtyard.
Three of the house's five double bedrooms face south and both the principal and guest bedrooms have en suite wet rooms. Another with lovely westerly, countryside views has an en suite shower room. The two remaining bedrooms share the family bathroom and it should be noted that one of the bedrooms, which was formerly an apple store has exposed roof timbers that limit the head height in parts of the room.
Outbuildings, garden and grounds
Thorne Farm is approached off a peaceful country lane via a 50 yard long driveway that leads onto a concrete yard in front of the farmhouse. A mix of period traditional farm buildings surround the other three sides of the yard. These include a substantial cob-walled barn with an extensive, lean-to livestock shelter behind, dairy, stable with hayloft above, cider house containing an old cider press and a large, modern livestock barn. Behind the cider house is an apple orchard and adjacent vegetable garden.
Backing onto the garden on the west side of the house is a further concrete yard leading to a livestock shelter and agricultural store which has planning permission for a holiday let if someone wanted that option. The formal garden wraps around three sides of the house. At the front is a part-walled lawn with fringing rose borders.
A paved terrace extends around one side and behind the house with lawn beyond with a far-reaching view of open countryside to the west. The property's pasture is divided into two enclosures. One is a paddock to the rear of the cob barn and the other a gently sloping field, that stretches out to the west. In all the garden, orchard and pasture amount to about 7.96 acres.

Thorne Farm is situated amidst open countryside in the North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with the Exmoor National Park (first International Dark Sky Reserve in Europe) and the North Devon coastline (World Surfing Reserve) within easy driving distance.
It lies between the small village of George Nympton and the charming market town of South Molton, which has a wonderful selection of local shops and businesses capable of meeting most day-to-day needs. These include a post office, excellent butchers, bakery and banks, along with medical, dental and veterinary surgeries.
About forty minutes away and just outside Tiverton, via the A361 Devon link road, are Junction 27 on the M5 and Tiverton Parkway station, which has a regular service to Paddington (1 hour and 52 minutes). Exeter Airport offers a regular, 1 hour service to Lon

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