Great Eckworthy

A beautiful period farmhouse together with holiday letting and residential cottages, outbuildings and land extending to 9.61 acres, in an outstanding country location with no immediate neighbours.

Introduction - Approached down its own drive, Great Eckworthy is a ring-fenced home with income, land and multi-generational living opportunity. With no immediate neighbours, a good degree of privacy is enjoyed, together with an outlook across the land to the surrounding countryside.

Currently used as three holiday letting cottages, the planning use is for one as a residential so could equally suit a family member or longer term letting. Added to this is the coach house barn, converted to provide a games/treatment room which has many potential uses, subject to planning.

The land provides excellent grazing in workable paddocks, with spacious gardens surrounding the house and cottages together with a large agricultural building providing storage space. Locationally the property benefits from a tranquil countryside setting whilst being accessible to the dramatic North Devon coast with its wide sandy beaches and popular South West Coast Path and major road networks.

Situation - Located approximately 3 miles from the village of Buckland Brewer, which offers a good range of amenities including a local community shop, church, primary school and popular traditional thatched inn. The nearest town is the historic market town of Great Torrington, which has a range of leisure pursuits and tourist attractions including a 9-hole golf course, RHS Rosemoor Gardens, Dartington Crystal and the renowned Tarka Trail, which is ideal for walkers and cyclists alike.

The property is located within 10 miles of the sandy beach at Westward Ho! which is ideal for families, keen surfers and golfers as it adjoins Northam Burrows Country Park and the Royal North Devon Golf Club. There is also access to the South West Coastal Footpath, which affords good walks with stunning vistas of the rugged North Devon coastline. The port and market town of Bideford offers a wider range of amenities including banks, schooling for all ages (public and private), restaurants, pubs and five supermarkets.

The regional centre of Barnstaple has all the area’s main business, shopping and commercial venues and rail link to Exeter station, which then links to the rest of the national rail network.

The Farmhouse - An attractive period house, but not listed, with abundant charm and character, providing spacious accommodation with large gardens. The accommodation briefly comprises, enclosed entrance porch, fitted kitchen/breakfast room with island unit and Aga, adjoining utility room and cloakroom with WC. Sitting room with inglenook and wood burner, dining room and study/ Bedroom five. On the first floor are four bedrooms accessed from a spacious landing and two bathrooms.

The Cottages - The two detached holiday cottages were converted from stone outbuildings, with the third joined to the main house and having residential use. The current owners let all three on a holiday basis and are complemented with hot tubs for each. All three have recently undergone a programme of refurbishment and are now beautifully presented inside and out and attracting good bookings. The accommodation is marketed through cottages comprise:

Moonlit Barn – Sleeps 6
Stargaze Cottage – Sleeps 3
Twilight Cottage – Sleeps 2 (residential use)

The facilities are enhanced by the coach house, another detached barn conversion with use as a games/treatment room. With is own kitchen and shower room this building could suit useful event/retreat space, offering therapies or treatments to guests or, perhaps, other uses subject to planning consents.

Gardens, Land And Outbuildings - The property is accessed over its own drive from the road with former agricultural barns near the entrance providing a large storage facility with secure lock-up store and scope for animal housing. Gardens surround the house and cottages, with individual areas allocated for the cottages’ guests’ use and hot tubs. Large gardens lie to the front and the rear of the farmhouse. A communal guests’ garden with children’s play area is provided. The majority of the land is split into two large paddocks, currently laid to permanent pasture.

The whole provides a wonderful opportunity for a smallholding or equestrian use over a ring-fenced holding enjoying good privacy and distance from neighbours, in all approximately 9.61 acres.

Services - Mains electric, water and private drainage.
Highspeed fibre broadband connected.

Outgoings - Farmhouse Council Tax Band F
Business Rateable value £10,250

Local Authority - Torridge District Council


Fixtures And Fittings - Only those mentioned in the sales particulars are included in the sale. All others are excluded but may be available by separate negotiation. However, the majority of furniture, contents, fixtures, fittings and equipment in the lettings cottages will be included.

Directions - From Bideford turn off satnav and follow directions as follows: Take the A386 from Bideford towards Torrington. Ignore the first sign to Buckland Brewer, go over a small bridge around some bends and turn right onto the A388 to Holsworthy opposite a cream house with wagon wheels on the side. Continue to the ‘T’ junction by the Union pub at Stibb Cross. Turn right and then immediately right again, signposted Woolsery/Clovelly. Continue for 2.3 miles, take the 2nd right turn after the white chalet style house, signed Buckland Brewer. Continue on this road for 0.2 miles, turn right signed to Eckworthy, continue for 0.7 miles and the drive can be found on the right.

Viewings - Strictly by appointment through Stags Holiday Complex Department on .

Disclaimer - These particulars are a guide only and should not be relied upon for any purpose.



Marketed by: Stags, Bideford