Wheal Lucky House

An outstanding, charming, and spacious 5 bedroom, 5 reception room house situated in a stunning moorland setting with far reaching panoramic views. Lawned and landscaped gardens, traditional refurbished barns with potential, stables and 9 acres of paddocks with natural streams. Direct moorland access and superb outriding.

Wheal Lucky House is situated in a stunning moorland, yet easily accessible position with breath-taking panoramic views within the picturesque Dartmoor National Park. The renowned Dartmoor Inn is a mile to the west and fine dining is available at the Two Bridges Hotel 2 miles to the east. Princetown is 1.5 miles to the south-east offering a general stores and post office, public house, cafés, take away, primary school, museum and visitor centre. Yelverton is 6 miles away adding a supermarket, traditional butchers, doctors, dentist and an 18 hole golf course. The historic market and stannary town of Tavistock, gateway to the World Heritage Site, is 6 miles to the west, offering a variety of individual shops, high-end chain stores, pannier market, delicatessen, supermarkets, an excellent range of recreational, medical and education facilities, including another 18 hole golf course, swimming pool, hospital, primary and secondary schools, both state and private. The cities of Exeter 34 miles northeast and Plymouth 15 miles southwest, both offer a more comprehensive range of educational, cultural, recreational, and shopping facilities.

Wheal Lucky House occupies a prominent and enviable position in the rugged moorland landscape and has featured many times in the Dartmoor Magazine. The house was built in 1903. Over the subsequent years it has been conserved, extended and improved by successive generations, making it a spacious, comfortable and flexible equestrian property in some of the best riding and walking country the southwest has to offer.
The panoramic views from the property are stunning, overlooking the rugged, yet picturesque Dartmoor landscapes, the Devon countryside to the hills of Bodmin moor beyond. Whichever window in the house you look out from is a delightful vista. From the front and north side of the house, are breath-taking panoramic far reaching views over the surrounding moorland to Great Mis Tor, Little Mis Tor, White Tor, Roos Tor, Great Staple Tor, Cox Tor, Middle Staple Tor, and the hills of West Devon and Bodmin Moor in the distance. The views from the rear and southern side of the house are over the stable yard, gardens, paddocks, Hollow Tor, North Hessary Tor and Rundlestone Tor. Stunning sunsets over the western tors are an absolute delight.

Wheal Lucky House has been extended and upgraded over time and benefits from oil fired central heating (radiators and underfloor), uPVC double glazing, wall insulation, solar panels and a modern sewerage treatment plant.
The Accommodation comprises: Front entrance porch. Kitchen / breakfast room: a dual aspect with windows to the front and rear, bespoke units with polished granite worksurfaces, a large Butler's sink and an electric 3 oven AGA. Sitting room: a triple aspect room with windows to the front and sides, glazed French doors opening onto the granite patio and lawned garden, granite fireplace and hearth with a woodburning stove. Games / craft hobbies room: a dual aspect room with windows to the rear and side, Velux window. Utility Room: fitted wall and base units, beech effect work surfaces and inset sink, plumbing for two washing machines and a tumble dryer, connection for a Range Master electric range cooker, Velux window and glazed door to rear by the log shed. Cloakroom: W/C and Butler's sink and window to the rear. Boiler room: Worcester oil fired boiler, underfloor heating controls, private water supply filtration and purification. Rear hall: stone tiled floor. Conservatory / rear porch: doors to either end and windows overlooking the garden and stable yard.

The House - Boot room / side entrance room: a dual aspect room, part glazed door and loft access hatch with ladder to a boarded loft. Snug sitting room: fireplace with granite lintel and woodburning stove, window to the front. Study: a dual aspect room, windows to the front and side, mock fireplace with shared heat from the snug fireplace, built in bookshelves. On the first floor: landing with staircase rising to the second floor, built in storage cupboard with controls for the second floor underfloor heating. Bedroom 2: wash hand basin and window to the front. Family bathroom: whirlpool bath with shower cubical over, W/C and wash-handbasin, fully tilled walls, underfloor heating, heated towel rail and window to the rear. Bedroom 3: built in airing cupboard, walk in wardrobe and window to the front. Master bedroom: a triple aspect room with Velux windows to the front and rear, window to the side, loft access hatch to the fully boarded loft. En suite bathroom: bath with shower cubical over, wash hand basin, W/C, heated towel rail and window to the rear. On the second floor a large landing is an ideal quiet reading room, Velux window to the rear, built in eaves storage cupboards. Bedroom 4: built-in eaves storage cupboards and drawers, Velux window to the rear. Bedroom 5: built in eaves cupboards and drawers, Velux window to the rear.

Gardens - At the front of the house are lawned gardens with flower bed borders, a stream meanders through the garden, a granite paved seating area to relax and enjoy the stunning and far-reaching panoramic moorland views. To the south side of the house is a further lawned garden with well stocked flowerbed borders and a granite paved patio ideal for alfresco dining and entertaining whilst taking in the breath-taking views. At the rear of the house mature herbaceous borders surround a sunken, level lawned garden with granite cobbled terraces. Three sets of steps lead up to further patio and grass terraces. On the north side a five bar gate gives access to a large parking area beside the house, which leads to the concrete yard by the stables, feed room and barn.

The Land - The property extends to approximately 10 acres with 3 paddocks to the rear of the house which total approximately 1.25 acres, each with gated access to open moorland and approximately 0.5 acres of owned unfenced moorland. Located across the road is approximately 8.20 acres of traditional Dartmoor flower meadows with an area of rough grazing, all divided into 5 conveniently sized paddocks, with a natural water supply and piped water troughs. Drainage has been blocked in one corner of the rough grazing to provide a haven for wetland wildlife.

Buildings - Traditional Granite Barn 8.35m x 4.40m (27'5 x 14'5)
Refurbished, insulated and lined, used as a workshop and store.

Adjoining Feedstore / Tack Room
5.73m x 5m (18'10 x 16'5)
Refurbished, insulated and lined, power, water supply to sink with drainer.

Adjoining Stable Block
Refurbished and with a large covered canopy to the
front, power to both stables.
Box 1 is 3.70m x 3.62m (12'2 x 11'11)
Box 2 is 3.64m x 3.60m (11'11 x 11'10)
Located in the upper paddock to the rear of the house is a:

Traditional granite barn 7.45m x 5.40m (24'5 x 17'9)
Refurbished. Power and water. Machinery Store and Livestock accommodation.

Services - Heating Oil Fired Central Heating
Water Private borehole
Electricity Mains
Drainage Private Sewage Treatment Plant
Telephone BT Connection available
Broadband Air Band connection
Renewable Energy Solar photovoltaic panels situated on the barn roof with a feed in tariff
contract until 2040.
Council Tax Band D

Local Authorities - West Devon Borough Council, Kilworthy Park, Tavistock, Devon PL19 0BZ


Dartmoor National Park Authority, Parke, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 9JQ


Viewing Arrangements - Strictly by appointment with D. R. Kivell Country Property



Marketed by: D. R. Kivell Country Property, Tavistock