Property Details
Guide Price £925,000
4 bedrooms
Coombe, Dartmoor National Park
- Cross Passage Hall
- Character Living Room With Wood Burner
- Kitchen-Diner with AGA
- Utility Area
- Snug/Ground Floor Bedroom and Shower Room
- Study/Occasional Bedroom
- Three Double Bedrooms (One with En-suite Bathroom)
- Family Bathroom
- Garden/Orchard
- Large Garage Building/Workshop With Room Over
- PV Panels
A fine example of a traditional Dartmoor Farmhouse dating back to the early 16th century, Beards Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building with numerous architectural period features.
Behind its mellow stone walls and natural slate roof lies an interior which starts with an original through cross-passage containing a timber plank and muntin screen and seamlessly connecting to the spacious kitchen-dining room by Barnes of Ashburton with Aga and glazed conservatory-style dining area with glazed doors to the garden. The living room is a bright room with four windows and has an impressive inglenook fireplace with wood burner and bread oven, along with a beamed ceiling. The through-passage and kitchen-dining room have Indian flagstone paved floors with underfloor heating. The snug also has underfloor heating and there is an array of PV panels on the outbuilding roof benefitting from the higher feed-in tariff.
The outside space is equally as impressive with a walled front reception garden with box-hedging, side area with growing beds and a lawned main rear garden which leads down to an orchard and the River Mardle. The whole plot extend to about 0.85 acres and will keep the most avid gardeners entertained.
A large detached garage/workshop building provides excellent garaging and hobbies space with a useful first floor store room over and potential perhaps for an annexe, subject to the required consents.
Beards Farmhouse lies in the sheltered hamlet of Coombe towards the southern edge of Dartmoor around three miles north-west of Buckfastleigh. There is picturesque walking and riding country literally on the doorstep and you can easily head out to the open moor by following the nearby River Mardle up-stream.
The village of Scorriton is a few minutes walk along the high-hedged lanes and has a pub/restaurant and meeting hall. Holne village (5 minutes by car) has a well stocked shop, pub/restaurant, village hall and fine towered church. Whilst undoubtedly occupying a rural setting, Coombe is readily accessible being just eight minutes drive from the A38 at Dart Bridge, Buckfastleigh which connects the two Devon cities of Plymouth and Exeter with the national motorway network beyond.
Council Tax Band: Band F at the time of preparing these particulars
Tenure: Freehold
Entrance Area
With oak and slate porch and timber door with glazed panel inset to the through cross passage hall.
Hall
Timber plank panelling and muntin screen to one wall. Paved floor. Access straight ahead to the kitchen-dining room. Door on the left to the snug/ground floor bedroom (4) and door on the right to the living room.
Living Room
A bright room with two front and two rear aspect windows. Beamed ceiling. Large inglenook fireplace with bread oven and wood-burner. Engineered oak flooring. Door to the kitchen-dining room and door to the study/occasional bedroom.
Study
Windows to the front and rear aspects. Wood finger-block flooring. LED ceiling spotlights.
Kitchen-Dining Room
Range of rustic kitchen units by Barnes of Ashburton with granite worktops. Butlers sink. Neff built-in electric oven , combination oven/microwave and LPG five burner hob over. Integrated fridge-freezer and dishwasher. Two windows to rear garden aspect and stable door to the outside. Paved flooring. Oil-fired AGA . DINING AREA with French doors connecting to the rear garden.
Snug-Ground Floor Bedroom (4)
Window to front aspect. Former fireplace opening with exposed stonework. Door to...
Utility Area
The utility area has a window, storage cupboard and drawers. Quarry tiled floor. Plumbing for washing machine in recess and a door to the outside.
Shower Room/WC
White suite of glazed shower enclosed, circular wash basin with cupboard beneath and WC with concealed cistern. Window. Tiled floor. LED ceiling spotlights.
First Floor Landing
Approach via an original turned-staircase off the living room. Two interior window openings.
Bedroom 1
Multi-paned window to front aspect. Roof window. Wardrobe/storage unit along one wall with curtained-front. Two steps up and door to...
En-Suite Bathroom/WC
White suite of bath with side mounted mixer shower-tap, glazed shower enclosure, butler's sink-style wash basin and WC. End window. Pine floorboards. Built-in-storage.
Bedroom 2
At the far end of the landing. Roof window with outlook to countryside.
Bedroom 3
Window to front aspect. Exposed timber roof supports. Access hatch with pull-down ladder to the roof space.
Outside
Immediately at the front of the house is a level reception garden with two lawns enclosed by walling and neat box hedging with a central path leading to the main entrance door.
A cobblestone path with picket gate connects to a side garden with vegetable growing beds, gate to the drive and garage/workshop building and a wisteria-clad metal trellis which leads to the kitchen door. The gardens continue to the rear of the house with further lawn edged by well-stocked shrubbery beds and a stone boundary wall. There are fruit trees, further raised vegetable growing beds and stone-chipped seating area. From here a gate and post and rail chestnut fence link through to an orchard with a variety of apple trees, pear and plum and access down to the River Mardle. This is a particularly picturesque and tranquil spot.
A cobblestone path with picket gate connects to a side garden with vegetable growing beds, gate to the drive and garage/workshop building and a wisteria-clad metal trellis which leads to the kitchen door. The gardens continue to the rear of the house with further lawn edged by well-stocked shrubbery beds and a stone boundary wall. There are fruit trees, further raised vegetable growing beds and stone-chipped seating area. From here a gate and post and rail chestnut fence link through to an orchard with a variety of apple trees, pear and plum and access down to the River Mardle. This is a particularly picturesque and tranquil spot.
Garage/Workshop
A substantial detached building with timber weather-boarding. It includes a large garage and a workshop with staircase to a store room over,
The driveway provides parking for around 6 cars.
The driveway provides parking for around 6 cars.
Services
Mains electricity and water. Private drainage shared with two neighbouring properties. Oil-fired heating with external boiler. PV panels on the garage/workshop building roof.
Directions
From the A38 take the Dart Bridge exit at Buckfastleigh and at the mini-roundabout take the second exit towards Buckfast Abbey. Pass Buckfast Abbey on the right, continue to the top of the hill and turn right at Pound Cross. Proceed for approximately two miles and turn left at stone cross, signposted to Coombe. Drop down the lane and at the bottom bear right and Beards Farmhouse will be found after around a couple of hundred yards on the left.
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Map
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