6 bedroom house

* This property was sold prior to full marketing and has now exchanged contracts *

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Staverton Manor, a beautiful family home in a private setting near to Dartington and Totnes in the glorious South Hams. The property has been greatly improved over the years and now has everything you could want in a modern-day country estate.

Staverton Manor is a very handsome house that has been sympathetically extended and improved to create large, elegant living spaces and bedrooms. Outside has been as well thought out as the interior with 19+ acres in total. The formal gardens that surround the house are superb and include woodland areas, lawns and an established lake.

The property also has an indoor heated salt water swimming pool (the salt is virtually undetectable in the water, has additional health benefits and is much safer than chlorine) which overlooks the lake. It has platform lift access from the house and can be accessed from the outside or garden apartment.

If garaging is a requirement then you will be more than happy with what's on offer at Staverton Manor. There is enough space for a large car collection, boat or whatever else you need to store. To give you an idea of size, the largest garage is around 60 ft in width.

If generating an income from the property is of interest, then there is a self-contained garden apartment which generates a healthy holiday let income. The current owners have also got a marriage licence with the aim of providing wedding packages for small and elopement weddings.

STEP INSIDE

The sweeping driveway opens up to the impressive frontage of this beautiful property. Double doors open into a very impressive entrance. Oak panelling and with a galleried landing, it certainly has the wow factor and gives a fabulous first impression.

The layout works incredibly well and the living spaces all flow from the reception hall. On the left is the drawing room- a beautifully elegant room with two pairs of French doors leading onto the terrace. There is also a large bay to the front. To the right side of the reception hall is the Snooker/Play room. This would also work well as a formal dining room if it was required as it has a door in from the kitchen. It also has a bay window to the front and two windows to the side. The kitchen / breakfast room sits to the back of the house and again has doors out onto the rear terrace, parking and garaging. The room has a lovely kitchen area and sizeable dining area- it really is a great family/social space. The utility, boot room, larder and boiler room are all accessed off the kitchen which works very well indeed.

The sitting room is a very large room which is full of light and has French doors leading to the terrace and another into the orangery. It is in the orangery that you'll find the passenger lift down into the swimming pool complex and garden apartment.

Going up stairs you'll admire the quality of the galleried landing overlooking the Reception Hall. The master bedroom suite is to the front and stretches to the back of the house. It is a lovely suite which has a sitting area with two pairs of French doors leading onto a balcony. On from this there is a raised bedroom area and then a large ensuite with shower and bath. Next to the ensuite is an equal sized dressing room. Bedroom two, three and four are all doubles and all have ensuite facilities. There is a further staircase up to the second floor. There is a sitting room, bedroom, dressing room and ensuite available. This would make ideal guest accommodation or would be suitable as a teenager's flat.

POOL COMPLEX

The pool enjoys views over the lake and gardens. There is a changing room with shower, a separate WC and a large plant room. The pool can be accessed externally, from either the apartment area or down steps leading from the rear terrace. There is internal access directly from the apartment or via the platform lift from the orangery. The pool itself has steps leading into the water giving easy access.

GARDEN APARTMENT

Accessed from the main house or via separate entrance is the garden apartment. It has level access to its own sizeable garden. There is a generous living room which has lovely views over the lake, gardens and land beyond. It's a very tranquil space, you can certainly see why it works so well as a holiday apartment. There are two main bedrooms, an additional room, a modern fitted kitchen, a shower room and WC, separate bathroom with shower over and direct, level access into the swimming pool complex.

STEP OUTSIDE

The land at Staverton Manor extends to around 19 acres. The remaining acreage is made up of woodland, lawns and the lake. The lake is stream fed and so there are lovely pathways to walk following the stream down through the grounds and woodland. There are lots of seating areas and spaces to get peace and tranquillity. You really can switch off and relax here very quickly. On a viewing we'll show you all around the grounds, so you can experience it first hand – It is very special indeed.

The driveway at the front leads around to the back of the house where there is parking for a number of vehicles. The main garage is here. It is 36ft wide and has two electric up and over garage doors. Beyond this there is a drive which leads its way through the trees and up to a separate gated entrance. Along the drive there is another very large garage/workshop with a vehicle inspection pit. Between this garage and the house there is also a small detached office building. This is fitted out with purpose made light oak office cupboards and a built in desk. There are ample power sockets and potentially two phone lines in. Further on again is the largest of the garages 60ft wide by 26ft deep. It has three large, electric roller shutter doors and would make a perfect showroom garage for any car collection.