Hobhouse

Hobhouse is a lovely home situated down a private drive offering a discreet and beautiful setting with great access to Dartmoor. The property is full of charm with a wonderful kitchen breakfast room with a stove and a sitting room with a wood burner as well as a separate dining room making it ideal for entertaining. There is also a separate spacious utility. There are five bedrooms in total, one of which retains its historically important medieval garde robe, another is an impressive principal bedroom suite making this home perfect for a family.

One of the key features of this home are its beautiful grounds. There is a wonderful sense of arrival and plenty of parking. Adjacent to the house is a large characterful Granite Barn, which has light and power connected, and is currently divided into a lean to covered Garage/Carport and Storage Barn, with granite steps to a large first floor Workshop and Store. Whilst adjoining the front is a further Wood and Garden Store. Set slightly above the house is a more modern Garage/Workshop with light and power connected, double doors to the front, personal door to the side and windows to the rear overlooking the gardens.

The gardens and land are delightful and lie largely to the higher side of the house and continue around to the rear cottage gardens. The higher gardens offer a four bay covered storage area and consist of mature cut pathways and natural areas with many mature trees, including an attractive orchard with a variety of apple trees. A small stream serves two delightful wildlife ponds/lakes, again surrounded by mature trees, providing a delightful backdrop to the house. Accessed from a gate to the right of the house is a vegetable garden with various raised beds, Greenhouse and water tap.
Set above the ponds is a covered seating area with adjoining patio offering an attractive aspect. The rear gardens offer a patio area and are primarily laid to lawn with well stocked flower beds, shrubs, trees and bushes, enclosed by mature tees. From here a gate leads to the side, with a five bar gate opening to the neighbours field. Crossing this field is a enclosed pasture paddock of 2.685 acres, suitable for horses, livestock etc.

This superb private location combines idyllic, rural tranquillity with unusually easy accessibility, nearby amenities and excellent communication links.
The A30 at Whiddon Down is 1.3 miles away giving direct access to central Exeter from which there are regular, direct trains to London Paddington, taking from two hours, as well Exeter International Airport.

Whilst the Dartmoor National Park provides a wonderfully rural setting, secondary school choice, links and convenience are excellent. Nine miles away, Okehampton College provides a strong state secondary school, and in Exeter there are a number of well-regarded fee paying schools, including Exeter School and The Maynard, with school bus links from Whiddon Down. Mount Kelly, hosts both prep and senior schools in Tavistock and there is also Stover, near Bovey Tracey.

The thriving community of Chagford is 4.5 miles from Hob House and has been voted as one of the best rural places to live in Britain by The Sunday Times. It boasts a wide range of speciality shops including a butcher, wine shop, bakery, artisan bakers, organic food shop, weekly market, green grocer, delicatessen and library as well as various restaurants, cafés, four pubs and a large and unique hardware and household shop and significant local sports facilities. There is a 130 pupil Church of England primary school which was entirely rebuilt in 2018 and a Montessori school.

There are a myriad of local societies catering for all forms of cultural interests, the town even boasts highly professional annual film, literary and music festivals. Gidleigh Park Hotel with a Michelin Star restaurant sits to one side of the town, whilst the other side hosts the extensive facilities of The Bovey Castle Hotel, including an 18 hole members golf course.

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