House For Sale £3,995,000
Set well within its own grounds with uninterrupted, south facing views across a wide stretch of unspoilt Devon countryside, Kings Warren today is a beautifully presented family home that provides a rural haven set apart from the bustle of the wider world. It was built of stone under a Welsh slate roof in 1901 and is a classic example of a country house of the prosperous Edwardian period, famed for combining elegance, good design and high quality workmanship. It was built for Orlando Chichester, son of Sir Arthur Chichester of Youlsden Park. A scion of the well-known Chichester family who had extensive landholdings across the area. Kings Warren has beautifully proportioned and generously sized rooms that afford views across the garden and surrounding countryside.
It is not listed and has retained many original architectural features including high ceilings with moulded cornices, plaster ceiling roses, wood block floors and elegant sash windows. It has a centrally
positioned hall with the five reception rooms radiating off it, positioned to provide the optimum light for a given time of day. The dining room and sitting room look out to the east capturing the morning light, the library and adjacent drawing room face south to benefit from light throughout the day, with the study facing west to catch the afternoon/ evening light. Accessible from the drawing room is a well-proportioned raised south facing stone terrace with a stone and brick built outdoor wood fuelled oven and barbecue which enables extended outdoor living across the spring, summer and autumn months. On the northern side of the house is the kitchen, which is very generously sized with plenty of space for both dining and seating areas and has twin roof lights and wide French windows looking out onto the garden. The kitchen has a range of fitted units at one end combined with a central island, has a stone-tiled floor and an adjacent, old-fashioned pantry with slate shelving and space for extra fridge/freezer capacity.
The upper floor has an enclosed landing leading to all six bedrooms. The principal bedroom faces south and east and incorporates a dressing room and bath and shower room. All but one of the remaining bedrooms face west and between them share the family bath and shower room and a further shower room.
The gardens, grounds and land surrounding Kings Warren provide complete privacy and match the quality of the house, extending to about 78 acres. The approach to the house is superb and gives a wonderful sense of arrival as the long driveway sweeps through pasture land and the woodland screening the front of the house.
A short distance from the house is a converted coach house that now accommodates a large games room on the ground floor and a first-floor self-contained flat with two bedrooms. There is ample parking and garaging close to the house along with several outbuildings, including a large barn, woodsheds workshop and various storerooms. The beautiful, mature gardens encompass rolling lawns, richly stocked borders, tennis and croquet lawns and a heated swimming pool with adjacent pool room, gym and spa and set in its own stone built terrace.
The kitchen garden incorporates a greenhouse, soft fruit cage and twelve raised beds. On the west facing slope below the carport area is a mature fruit orchard with apple, plum, pear, cherry and damson trees. Beyond and providing total privacy is a stretch of permanent pasture divided into three enclosures and about 55 acres of ancient and young woodland intersected by maintained rides and walks. Crossing the pasture land and running into the woodland is a stream feeding into a pond and a pretty lake stocked with a mixture of fish and overlooked by a delightful oak built summer house.
Kings Warren is approached through its own grounds via a long driveway and stands in an elevated yet sheltered and private position, just on the western fringes of Exmoor National Park. It is also situated in one of the most beautiful and unspoilt parts of North Devon, where there is an abundance of wildlife and almost no light pollution and therefore the night skies are magnificent. The spectacular North Devon coast is within easy reach having recently been selected as a 'World Surfing Reserve' (wsr) – the first in the UK and only cold-water wsr in the world.
The sandy beaches of Woolacombe and Saunton are within a half hours drive and are consistently rated as some of the best in the UK and Europe. The property is about a mile away from Shirwell village, which has a parish church and primary school and is conveniently near to the large former river-port town of Barnstaple, which has excellent everyday amenities including three large supermarkets. The town also has a regular rail service to Exeter (1 hour 15 minutes) and Exeter Airport connects to several UK and international destinations, including a regular, 1 hour service to London City Airport.
There is a wide choice of schools within the area from the state and independent sectors. These include a choice of independent schools within the wider area including Blundell's School in Tiverton plus King's and Queen's Colleges and Taunton School in Taunton.
It is not listed and has retained many original architectural features including high ceilings with moulded cornices, plaster ceiling roses, wood block floors and elegant sash windows. It has a centrally
positioned hall with the five reception rooms radiating off it, positioned to provide the optimum light for a given time of day. The dining room and sitting room look out to the east capturing the morning light, the library and adjacent drawing room face south to benefit from light throughout the day, with the study facing west to catch the afternoon/ evening light. Accessible from the drawing room is a well-proportioned raised south facing stone terrace with a stone and brick built outdoor wood fuelled oven and barbecue which enables extended outdoor living across the spring, summer and autumn months. On the northern side of the house is the kitchen, which is very generously sized with plenty of space for both dining and seating areas and has twin roof lights and wide French windows looking out onto the garden. The kitchen has a range of fitted units at one end combined with a central island, has a stone-tiled floor and an adjacent, old-fashioned pantry with slate shelving and space for extra fridge/freezer capacity.
The upper floor has an enclosed landing leading to all six bedrooms. The principal bedroom faces south and east and incorporates a dressing room and bath and shower room. All but one of the remaining bedrooms face west and between them share the family bath and shower room and a further shower room.
The gardens, grounds and land surrounding Kings Warren provide complete privacy and match the quality of the house, extending to about 78 acres. The approach to the house is superb and gives a wonderful sense of arrival as the long driveway sweeps through pasture land and the woodland screening the front of the house.
A short distance from the house is a converted coach house that now accommodates a large games room on the ground floor and a first-floor self-contained flat with two bedrooms. There is ample parking and garaging close to the house along with several outbuildings, including a large barn, woodsheds workshop and various storerooms. The beautiful, mature gardens encompass rolling lawns, richly stocked borders, tennis and croquet lawns and a heated swimming pool with adjacent pool room, gym and spa and set in its own stone built terrace.
The kitchen garden incorporates a greenhouse, soft fruit cage and twelve raised beds. On the west facing slope below the carport area is a mature fruit orchard with apple, plum, pear, cherry and damson trees. Beyond and providing total privacy is a stretch of permanent pasture divided into three enclosures and about 55 acres of ancient and young woodland intersected by maintained rides and walks. Crossing the pasture land and running into the woodland is a stream feeding into a pond and a pretty lake stocked with a mixture of fish and overlooked by a delightful oak built summer house.
Kings Warren is approached through its own grounds via a long driveway and stands in an elevated yet sheltered and private position, just on the western fringes of Exmoor National Park. It is also situated in one of the most beautiful and unspoilt parts of North Devon, where there is an abundance of wildlife and almost no light pollution and therefore the night skies are magnificent. The spectacular North Devon coast is within easy reach having recently been selected as a 'World Surfing Reserve' (wsr) – the first in the UK and only cold-water wsr in the world.
The sandy beaches of Woolacombe and Saunton are within a half hours drive and are consistently rated as some of the best in the UK and Europe. The property is about a mile away from Shirwell village, which has a parish church and primary school and is conveniently near to the large former river-port town of Barnstaple, which has excellent everyday amenities including three large supermarkets. The town also has a regular rail service to Exeter (1 hour 15 minutes) and Exeter Airport connects to several UK and international destinations, including a regular, 1 hour service to London City Airport.
There is a wide choice of schools within the area from the state and independent sectors. These include a choice of independent schools within the wider area including Blundell's School in Tiverton plus King's and Queen's Colleges and Taunton School in Taunton.
