House For Sale £3,650,000
An exceptional small country estate situated in a magical setting with gorgeous views, two bedroom coach house, swimming pool, lake, glorious gardens and grounds including extensive woodland, extending to about 78 acres in total.
This beautiful family home offers uninterrupted, south-facing views of unspoilt Devon countryside. Built in 1901 of stone under a Welsh slate roof, Kings Warren is a classic example of a country house of the prosperous Edwardian period, combining elegance, good design, and high quality workmanship.
With six bedrooms, five reception rooms, and many original architectural features, Kings Warren offers beautifully proportioned and generously sized rooms that afford views across the garden and surrounding countryside. The gardens, grounds, and land surrounding Kings Warren provide complete privacy, 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 woodland screening the front of the house.
A converted coach house now accommodates a large games room on the ground floor and a first-floor self-contained flat with two bedrooms. The property also includes ample parking and garaging close to the house, along with several outbuildings, including a large barn, woodsheds, workshop, and various storerooms. The mature gardens encompass rolling lawns, richly stocked borders, tennis and croquet lawns, a heated swimming pool, and a kitchen garden with a greenhouse, soft fruit cage, and twelve raised beds.
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.
This beautiful family home offers uninterrupted, south-facing views of unspoilt Devon countryside. Built in 1901 of stone under a Welsh slate roof, Kings Warren is a classic example of a country house of the prosperous Edwardian period, combining elegance, good design, and high quality workmanship.
With six bedrooms, five reception rooms, and many original architectural features, Kings Warren offers beautifully proportioned and generously sized rooms that afford views across the garden and surrounding countryside. The gardens, grounds, and land surrounding Kings Warren provide complete privacy, 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 woodland screening the front of the house.
A converted coach house now accommodates a large games room on the ground floor and a first-floor self-contained flat with two bedrooms. The property also includes ample parking and garaging close to the house, along with several outbuildings, including a large barn, woodsheds, workshop, and various storerooms. The mature gardens encompass rolling lawns, richly stocked borders, tennis and croquet lawns, a heated swimming pool, and a kitchen garden with a greenhouse, soft fruit cage, and twelve raised beds.
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.
