Barleycombe House
Avonwick, South Brent, Devon, TQ10 9EX
Guide Price
£925,000
Residential Tags: N/A
Property Tags: Class Q
Land Tags: Pasture Land, Vineyard
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Dec 2022
- Removed: Feb 2023
- Residential Tags: N/A
- Property Tags: Class Q
- Land Tags: Pasture Land, Vineyard
AVONWICK Avonwick is a charming village located on the River Avon, in the heart of the South Hams area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The A38 Devon Expressway is within a mile, connecting to the M5 and national road network. The village offers a friendly community atmosphere, a pretty Victorian church, automotive garage and a well-regarded public house and restaurant. The Avon Vale Tennis Club is reputed to be one of the oldest lawn tennis clubs in the world and is a popular gathering place for many in the local area. There are three popular primary schools within three miles and three comprehensive schools within six miles. The delightful Elizabethan town of Totnes is just five miles away with a full range of services and facilities including a mainline train station offering services to Plymouth, Exeter and on to Bristol, Cardiff and London.
Useful facilities can also be found in South Brent with churches, a primary school, and a range of local retailers. Dartmoor is nearby offering countryside walks and some of the finest beaches on the south coast being within easy reach.
DESCRIPTION Luscombe Maye are delighted to bring to market Barleycombe House, a substantial detached home with two detached barns and approximately seven acres of pasture land. The property comes to market for the first time in 34 years and is understood to have origins dating back to the late Victorian era. Barleycombe House situated in a tranquil yet accessible location in Avonwick and boasts spectacular views over the rolling hills of the South Hams.
The ground floor of the property comprises a spacious reception room with views down the valley and a beautiful stone fireplace with convection wood burner. A part-stained glass door leads into the kitchen dining room, which enjoys a wonderful outlook and includes plenty of floor units, plus space for a fridge and space and plumbing for a dishwasher. There is another entrance to the property off the kitchen and via a boot room. A separate dining room, which could also double up as a fifth bedroom, is a great space for hosting dinners for friends and family and features another beautiful stone fireplace. One of the double bedrooms plus a shower room with W.C. completes the ground floor of the home.
Upstairs there is an impressive master suite enjoying far-reaching views down the valley plus an en-suite bathroom. The other two bedrooms are both generous doubles in size, with one having exposed wooden flooring. Both double bedrooms have use of the family bathroom.
A useful utility room and a workshop are accessed from outside of the property. There is space and plumbing in the utility room for a washing machine and the workshop houses the oil fired boiler.
OUTSIDE:
The property is accessed via a private shared driveway and once in the grounds of Barleycombe House there is ample driveway parking for several vehicles.
There are approximately seven acres of pasture land with two sizable barns situated within the curtilage of the property. A conditional planning approval for the conversion of a barn to a dwelling and the other barn to a garage/studio is in place. Please see further details below.
A cedar summerhouse which the current owners have enjoyed, overlooks the duck's pond and will remain at the property. A flourishing vineyard has enabled the current owners to produce and enjoy their own red wine as well as home grow some of their own fruit and veg.
PLANNING PERMISSION 1472/22/FUL - Conversion of barn to dwelling and adjoining old pighouse to garage/studio further to original Class Q approval
AGENTS NOTE There is a restriction on Barleycombe House to be used as residential use only and permission of the covenantee is required for any further development to the plot.
SERVICES Mains electricity and water supply, private septic tank drainage and oil-fired central heating.
LOCAL AUTHORITY & COUNCIL TAX South Hams District Council. The property is in Band F.
TENURE Freehold
LETTINGS Luscombe Maye also offers an Award Winning Lettings service. If you are considering Letting your own property, or a buy to let purchase, please inform us and we can put you in contact with Andrew and Ross who would be delighted to discuss our range of bespoke services with you.
VIEWINGS Strictly by appointment only via Luscombe Maye, South Brent.
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Useful facilities can also be found in South Brent with churches, a primary school, and a range of local retailers. Dartmoor is nearby offering countryside walks and some of the finest beaches on the south coast being within easy reach.
DESCRIPTION Luscombe Maye are delighted to bring to market Barleycombe House, a substantial detached home with two detached barns and approximately seven acres of pasture land. The property comes to market for the first time in 34 years and is understood to have origins dating back to the late Victorian era. Barleycombe House situated in a tranquil yet accessible location in Avonwick and boasts spectacular views over the rolling hills of the South Hams.
The ground floor of the property comprises a spacious reception room with views down the valley and a beautiful stone fireplace with convection wood burner. A part-stained glass door leads into the kitchen dining room, which enjoys a wonderful outlook and includes plenty of floor units, plus space for a fridge and space and plumbing for a dishwasher. There is another entrance to the property off the kitchen and via a boot room. A separate dining room, which could also double up as a fifth bedroom, is a great space for hosting dinners for friends and family and features another beautiful stone fireplace. One of the double bedrooms plus a shower room with W.C. completes the ground floor of the home.
Upstairs there is an impressive master suite enjoying far-reaching views down the valley plus an en-suite bathroom. The other two bedrooms are both generous doubles in size, with one having exposed wooden flooring. Both double bedrooms have use of the family bathroom.
A useful utility room and a workshop are accessed from outside of the property. There is space and plumbing in the utility room for a washing machine and the workshop houses the oil fired boiler.
OUTSIDE:
The property is accessed via a private shared driveway and once in the grounds of Barleycombe House there is ample driveway parking for several vehicles.
There are approximately seven acres of pasture land with two sizable barns situated within the curtilage of the property. A conditional planning approval for the conversion of a barn to a dwelling and the other barn to a garage/studio is in place. Please see further details below.
A cedar summerhouse which the current owners have enjoyed, overlooks the duck's pond and will remain at the property. A flourishing vineyard has enabled the current owners to produce and enjoy their own red wine as well as home grow some of their own fruit and veg.
PLANNING PERMISSION 1472/22/FUL - Conversion of barn to dwelling and adjoining old pighouse to garage/studio further to original Class Q approval
AGENTS NOTE There is a restriction on Barleycombe House to be used as residential use only and permission of the covenantee is required for any further development to the plot.
SERVICES Mains electricity and water supply, private septic tank drainage and oil-fired central heating.
LOCAL AUTHORITY & COUNCIL TAX South Hams District Council. The property is in Band F.
TENURE Freehold
LETTINGS Luscombe Maye also offers an Award Winning Lettings service. If you are considering Letting your own property, or a buy to let purchase, please inform us and we can put you in contact with Andrew and Ross who would be delighted to discuss our range of bespoke services with you.
VIEWINGS Strictly by appointment only via Luscombe Maye, South Brent.
DIRECTIONS what3words location
nutty.jeeps.commit
Marketed by: Luscombe Maye, South Brent
Land Registry Data
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