House For Sale £1,850,000
After the pre-existing rectory burned down in a fire in 1911, its owners, Oriel College, Oxford and the Bishop of Exeter, took the decision to have a larger replacement built closer to the passing lane and in a rather grander and more modern style, reminiscent of the Arts & Crafts architecture that
was popular at that time. The result is an impressive country house built of mellow red brick under a clay tile roof with integral staff rooms and its own coach house.
The house is set back from a little-used village lane with all three reception rooms and most of the bedrooms facing south and looking across the beautiful, mature garden, which is shielded by trees that afford a high degree of privacy.
In winter when there are no leaves on the trees the view extends to the pretty countryside surrounding the village.
The house underwent a comprehensive programme of sympathetic refurbishment following its purchase by the
current owners. This included completely re-roofing the property, fitting handmade, double glazed sash windows to match the original 1912 pattern and replacing the kitchen and bathrooms.
Original architectural fittings were retained including Arts & Crafts fireplaces in all three reception rooms and all but one of the five double bedrooms together with high quality joinery including gorgeous, light parquet flooring throughout much of the ground floor.
The good-sized rooms, high ceilings, tall windows and south-facing position all combine to create a fresh and bright feeling throughout the house, made all the better by the tall, stairwell window overlooking the main staircase, with its far-reaching, westerly view that floods the interior with soft natural light.
The kitchen/breakfast room is especially noteworthy. It now combines the original kitchen with the old staff parlour to create a lovely room fitted with bespoke, painted units under light grey granite work surfaces and an electric aga and adjacent lpg/electric aga Companion fitted within the original range fireplace
The house is approached through attractive double gates and piers to a gravelled parking area in front of the house. A spur on one side leads round to the front door and on the other side to the double carport and two-storey coach house incorporating a stable, gig store and garden store with an
integral well fitted to an automated watering system.
The former hay loft and groom's accommodation have been converted into a delightful, self-contained flat comprising a living room with kitchenette, double bedroom and wet room. Immediately beyond the coach house are the kitchen garden and chicken pen. Fringing the eastern side of the house
is a sheltered, paved terrace that catches the sun from morning through to the mid-afternoon.
The formal garden extends out behind the house starting with a gravelled terrace with steps down to the upper lawn bisected by a gravel path and raised lily pond. A further flight of steps drops down to the lower croquet lawn with a “wilder”, wooded area beyond planted with a variety of exotic
trees and flowering shrubs. The slope above each of the two lawns are faced with richly planted herbaceous borders providing colour throughout the growing season.
Agent's Note: The title also includes the private lane leading down beyond the western side of the garden to the three properties that stand beyond the southern end of the garden. This right of way includes a full liability for maintenance and repair of the lane on a one third basis for each of the three
properties.
The local area also offers a wide choice of schools both from the independent and state sectors including Exeter School, The Maynard and Exeter Cathedral School, which are all in Exeter itself, along with Blundell's School in Tiverton.
Cullompton 4.1 miles (Exeter Central 23 minutes), Junction 28 M5 5.8 miles, Honiton/A30 8 miles, Exeter Airport 10.6 miles (London City Airport 1 hour), Tiverton/Tiverton Parkway station 10.8 miles (Paddington 1 hour 54 minutes), Exeter city centre 13 miles
(All distances and times are approximate)
was popular at that time. The result is an impressive country house built of mellow red brick under a clay tile roof with integral staff rooms and its own coach house.
The house is set back from a little-used village lane with all three reception rooms and most of the bedrooms facing south and looking across the beautiful, mature garden, which is shielded by trees that afford a high degree of privacy.
In winter when there are no leaves on the trees the view extends to the pretty countryside surrounding the village.
The house underwent a comprehensive programme of sympathetic refurbishment following its purchase by the
current owners. This included completely re-roofing the property, fitting handmade, double glazed sash windows to match the original 1912 pattern and replacing the kitchen and bathrooms.
Original architectural fittings were retained including Arts & Crafts fireplaces in all three reception rooms and all but one of the five double bedrooms together with high quality joinery including gorgeous, light parquet flooring throughout much of the ground floor.
The good-sized rooms, high ceilings, tall windows and south-facing position all combine to create a fresh and bright feeling throughout the house, made all the better by the tall, stairwell window overlooking the main staircase, with its far-reaching, westerly view that floods the interior with soft natural light.
The kitchen/breakfast room is especially noteworthy. It now combines the original kitchen with the old staff parlour to create a lovely room fitted with bespoke, painted units under light grey granite work surfaces and an electric aga and adjacent lpg/electric aga Companion fitted within the original range fireplace
The house is approached through attractive double gates and piers to a gravelled parking area in front of the house. A spur on one side leads round to the front door and on the other side to the double carport and two-storey coach house incorporating a stable, gig store and garden store with an
integral well fitted to an automated watering system.
The former hay loft and groom's accommodation have been converted into a delightful, self-contained flat comprising a living room with kitchenette, double bedroom and wet room. Immediately beyond the coach house are the kitchen garden and chicken pen. Fringing the eastern side of the house
is a sheltered, paved terrace that catches the sun from morning through to the mid-afternoon.
The formal garden extends out behind the house starting with a gravelled terrace with steps down to the upper lawn bisected by a gravel path and raised lily pond. A further flight of steps drops down to the lower croquet lawn with a “wilder”, wooded area beyond planted with a variety of exotic
trees and flowering shrubs. The slope above each of the two lawns are faced with richly planted herbaceous borders providing colour throughout the growing season.
Agent's Note: The title also includes the private lane leading down beyond the western side of the garden to the three properties that stand beyond the southern end of the garden. This right of way includes a full liability for maintenance and repair of the lane on a one third basis for each of the three
properties.
The local area also offers a wide choice of schools both from the independent and state sectors including Exeter School, The Maynard and Exeter Cathedral School, which are all in Exeter itself, along with Blundell's School in Tiverton.
Cullompton 4.1 miles (Exeter Central 23 minutes), Junction 28 M5 5.8 miles, Honiton/A30 8 miles, Exeter Airport 10.6 miles (London City Airport 1 hour), Tiverton/Tiverton Parkway station 10.8 miles (Paddington 1 hour 54 minutes), Exeter city centre 13 miles
(All distances and times are approximate)
