House For Sale £1,450,000
Built in 1853 as a model farm for Francis Russell, the 7th Duke of Bedford, Dinnaton Barton is a classic four-square farmhouse of the period, designed for a “gentleman farmer”, with walls of painted render, large, deep sash windows and a Welsh slate roof. The house sits within a tranquil sheltered vale in open, unspoilt countryside in the centre of its plot of approximately 34 acres. The surrounding landscape is dotted with fine, mature beech and oak trees, which provide a park-like setting for the house.
The property is well presented with a light and airy feeling throughout, and retains many of its original architectural features such as its elegant staircase, tall ceilings with original coving, picture rails, fireplaces, working shutters and stone flagged floors. The accommodation is on two floors with a large suite of cellars that offer much scope for other uses besides storage. On the ground floor are four reception rooms including a sitting room and adjacent dining room across the hall, which both have double aspect windows with views across the gardens.
At the rear of the house are the study, the kitchen/ breakfast room, which is fitted with a 2-oven aga and a gas hob, and the family room which has a lovely outlook over the mill pond. Just off the kitchen is the stone flagged rear hall, with a door to the rear porch and steps down to a charming courtyard for outside entertaining.
Off the main first floor are the principal bedroom suite, which incorporates an en-suite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe, two further double bedrooms and a dual access family bathroom. Off the lower landing are two further double bedrooms, a shower room and separate WC.
The house is approached down a quarter mile long, tarmac drive to a parking area beside the house, with a side drive to the front of the house encompassing a lawned garden bounded by laurel hedging and stone walling. To one side are a rhododendron, maple and oak plantation and a walled former kitchen garden. Flowing down from the plantation is the leat, which flows through lawned gardens into the mill pond. The mill stream continues on through to a two-acre broadleaf wood beside an orchard.
Behind the house is an impressive two-storey, stone-built listed period barn incorporating a three-bay cart shed with an adjoined part walledyard and lawns. Outline planning consent has recently been granted to convert the listed barn to a residential dwelling (7- beds; galleried kitchen, dining area and large open plan family living area, along with studio/office/family room. Beyond the listed barn is a further large, modern three-bay atcost barn. This barn has planning consent to convert to an indoor swimming pool complex and outdoor all-weather tennis court.
The house sits in the middle of gently sloping fields of pasture bounded by mature hedging. In all about 34 acres (13.77 hectares).
Swimbridge 2 miles, Chittlehampton 2.2 miles, Barnstaple 6.2 miles, South Molton 7.3 miles, Tiverton Parkway 34 miles (Paddington 2 hours), Exeter City Centre 36 miles, Exeter Airport 42 miles, Saunton Sands 14 miles, Exmoor National Park 10 miles, Dartmoor National Park 22 miles (Distances and time approximate)
The property is well presented with a light and airy feeling throughout, and retains many of its original architectural features such as its elegant staircase, tall ceilings with original coving, picture rails, fireplaces, working shutters and stone flagged floors. The accommodation is on two floors with a large suite of cellars that offer much scope for other uses besides storage. On the ground floor are four reception rooms including a sitting room and adjacent dining room across the hall, which both have double aspect windows with views across the gardens.
At the rear of the house are the study, the kitchen/ breakfast room, which is fitted with a 2-oven aga and a gas hob, and the family room which has a lovely outlook over the mill pond. Just off the kitchen is the stone flagged rear hall, with a door to the rear porch and steps down to a charming courtyard for outside entertaining.
Off the main first floor are the principal bedroom suite, which incorporates an en-suite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe, two further double bedrooms and a dual access family bathroom. Off the lower landing are two further double bedrooms, a shower room and separate WC.
The house is approached down a quarter mile long, tarmac drive to a parking area beside the house, with a side drive to the front of the house encompassing a lawned garden bounded by laurel hedging and stone walling. To one side are a rhododendron, maple and oak plantation and a walled former kitchen garden. Flowing down from the plantation is the leat, which flows through lawned gardens into the mill pond. The mill stream continues on through to a two-acre broadleaf wood beside an orchard.
Behind the house is an impressive two-storey, stone-built listed period barn incorporating a three-bay cart shed with an adjoined part walledyard and lawns. Outline planning consent has recently been granted to convert the listed barn to a residential dwelling (7- beds; galleried kitchen, dining area and large open plan family living area, along with studio/office/family room. Beyond the listed barn is a further large, modern three-bay atcost barn. This barn has planning consent to convert to an indoor swimming pool complex and outdoor all-weather tennis court.
The house sits in the middle of gently sloping fields of pasture bounded by mature hedging. In all about 34 acres (13.77 hectares).
Swimbridge 2 miles, Chittlehampton 2.2 miles, Barnstaple 6.2 miles, South Molton 7.3 miles, Tiverton Parkway 34 miles (Paddington 2 hours), Exeter City Centre 36 miles, Exeter Airport 42 miles, Saunton Sands 14 miles, Exmoor National Park 10 miles, Dartmoor National Park 22 miles (Distances and time approximate)
