Higher Watchcombe Farm & Cottages
Shute, Near Colyton, Devon
Location
Higher Watchcombe Farm occupies a delightful position overlooking the Umborne Valley which is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The property is well situated to explore the picturesque East Devon coastline which is within 4 miles. The famous and historic coastal resorts of Lyme Regis and Sidmouth are both approximately 10 miles away.
The prestigious Colyton Grammer School (3 miles) has a nationally recognized reputation for excellence and Higher Watchcombe Farm is within their catchment area. There are railway stations at Axminster (4 miles) and Honiton (4 miles) and both market towns have a wide range of amenities and facilities including London Waterloo rail service. The university and cathedral city of Exeter and the county town of Taunton are also within easy reach.
The property is approximately 2 miles from the A35, which links to the A30/A303 at Honiton which gives good access to London mainly by dual carriageway.
There are golf courses at Honiton, Lyme Regis and Chard, sailing and boating along the coast, and pretty fishing villages such as Beer and Branscombe are nearby.
Higher Watchcombe Farm & Cottages, Shute,
Near Colyton, Devon EX13 7QN
Holiday letting complex in a delightful position overlooking
Umborne Valley, within 4 miles of the East Devon coast.
Grade II Listed 16th Century two storey farmhouse provides entrance porch, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, cloakroom, second bathroom, utility room, 4 bedrooms and family bathroom.
Part of the farmhouse is a self-contained annexe presently used as a two storey holiday letting cottage providing entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen, bathroom and 2 bedrooms.
Five spacious stone built holiday letting cottages.
Detached wooden frame games room and double open fronted garage.
Potential to convert the above building into an additional holiday letting cottage subject to the necessary consents.
Children’s play area with play tower, swings, slide, timber Wendy House and trampoline.
Approximately 2½ acres of gardens and grounds including paddock with stabling and summerhouse.
Website: www.higherwatchcombe.co.uk Chesterton Humberts Mansfield House Taunton Somerset TA1 3DN 01823 331234 stephen.richards@chestertonhumberts.com www.chestertonhumberts.com
The Property
The holiday cottage complex comprises a Grade II Listed 6 bedroom 16th Century farmhouse with flexible accommodation to create a self-contained holiday letting unit or annexe at the western end, together with five holiday letting cottages all overlooking the Umborne Valley.
The farmhouse at Higher Watchcombe is of traditional construction under a pitched slate roof, and maintains many attractive period features including an inglenook fireplace with bread oven and beamed ceilings.
The holiday letting cottages have been converted from a range of traditional stone barns and are also of traditional construction under pitched slate roofs.
Higher Watchcombe Farm is set in approximately 2½ acres, which includes a paddock with stabling.
Higher Watchcombe Farmhouse
Ground Floor:-
Entrance Porch 4.38m x 2.35m (14’4 x 7’8) Accessed via glazed French doors. Oil fired Grant boiler. Glazed windows to front, rear and side. Steps up to:-
Kitchen/Breakfast Room 5.46m x 4.91m (17’11 x 14’1) fitted with a range of pine wall and base units with Belfast sink unit. Wooden and granite work surfaces. Built in Hotpoint electric cooker, Hotpoint halogen hob and cooker extractor fan. Slate floor in part. Plumbing for dishwasher and built in Bosch fridge. Built-in airing cupboard with factory insulated hot water cylinder and shelving. Stairs leading to first floor accommodation. Wood burning stove on slate hearth. Window to front overlooking driveway. Heavy wooden beam over ceiling. Wooden stable door into:-
Sitting Room 5.67m x 5.10m (18’6 x 16’8) large inglenook fireplace housing woodburning stove with original bread oven and heavy wooden beam mantel over. Tiled hearth. Beamed ceiling. Wooden window seat and window overlooking driveway.
Rear Hall Accessed from kitchen via doorway. Door to outside. Slate floor. Wooden door to:-
Cloakroom White suite of close coupled WC and pedestal wash-hand basin. Frosted window to rear. Spotlights. Access from rear hall. Ceramic tiled floor. Bathroom Accessed from rear hall. White suite of close coupled WC, pedestal wash hand basin and panelled bath. Separate curved corner chrome and glass shower cubicle with Aqualisa power shower. Windows to side and rear. Ceramic tiled floor.
Utility Room 3.91m x 2.19m (12’10 x 7’1) Accessed from rear hall. Fitted with a range of wall and base units including an inset stainless steel single drainer sink unit. Space for American fridge/freezer and tumble dryer. Plumbing for automatic washing machine. Window to side and rear. Slate floor.
First
Floor:-Landing Accesses to the roof void. Window to front overlooking driveway and gardens. Wooden doors to rooms.
Bedroom 1 4.07m x 3.67m (13’4 x 12’0) Accessed from landing. Exposed roof trusses, built-in wardrobe with shelving. Window to front overlooking gardens.
Bedroom 2 5.93m x 3.30m (19’5 x 10’10) Accessed from landing. Window to front overlooking gardens. Built-in double wardrobe and cupboard. Interconnecting door to:- Bedroom 3 6.10m x 2.92m (20’0 x 9’6) wash-hand basin in vanity unit with cupboard below. Built-in wardrobe. Exposed roof trusses. Wooden door giving access to the first floor of ‘The Lodge’. Window to front overlooking gardens.
Bedroom 4 3.89m x 3.41m (12’8 x 11’1) Accessed from landing. Built-in double wardrobe. Wash-hand basin in vanity unit. Window to rear. Exposed roof trusses. Bathroom Accessed from landing. Matching suite of panelled bath, low level WC and pedestal wash-hand basin. Skylight.
The Lodge (Annexe)
At the western end of the farmhouse is a self-contained annexe which could be used by a family member or reincorporated back into the farmhouse. Presently the owners use this part of the farmhouse as a holiday letting cottage.
Bedroom 1 3.8m x 2.9m (12’6 x 9’6) Accessed from landing. Period Beer stone fireplace with heavy beam over. Beamed ceiling. Window to front overlooking gardens and driveway.
Bedroom 2 3.2m x 2.5m (10’6 x 8’3) Accessed from landing. Built-in cupboard. Skylight. Exposed roof trusses.
The Cottages
The cottages have been converted from a range of traditional outbuildings and have been converted to provide a high quality of accommodation and are rated by Visit England as 4 star.
Each kitchen is equipped with a range of modern base and wall cupboards, electric cooker, microwave ovens, fridge/freezers, dishwashers, washer/dryers (except Meg’s
Roost which does not include a washer/dryer).
All cottages have flat screen colour televisions with built in digital freeview, DVD players and electric central heating
(except Meg’s Roost which has electric heating).
Ground Floor:-
Entrance Accessed via wooden door to:-
Hall Flagstone floor. Panelled door leading to wooden spiral staircase giving access to first floor accommodation. Wooden door to:-
Sitting Room/Dining Room 5.2m x 3.8m (16’9 x 12’6) Beer stone fireplace with heavy wooden beam mantle over housing woodburning stove and copper canopy. Original wall cupboard with Elizabethan style doors. Beamed ceiling. Window to front overlooking driveway.
Kitchen 13’9 x 6’9 (4.2m x 2.1m) range of modern base units with inset stainless steel single drainer sink unit. Door leading to outside. Plumbing for dishwasher and automatic washing machine. Connecting door to:-
Bathroom White suite of close coupled WC, pedestal wash-hand basin and panelled bath with shower over. Built-in airBuilt-ing cupboard housBuilt-ing modern hot water cylBuilt-inder, immersion heater and shelving.
First
Floor:-Landing period plank door leading to bedroom 3 in the main farmhouse. Wooden doors to bedrooms.
Meg’s Roost
Detached single storey cottage providing an open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen along with raised level bedroom area. Shower room. (Sleeps 2).
Outside
The gardens and grounds extend to 2½acres and includes a paddock with stable block 8.77m x 2.94m (28’8’ x 9’7) providing two stables and a tack room with concrete floors, power and lighting. Currently used for storage.
The gardens that surround the holiday cottages are mainly laid to lawn and are well planted with a variety of mature plants and shrubs.
At the top of the property next to the greenhouse is an orchard with a variety of cooking and eating apples.
There is a small vegetable patch next to the greenhouse. Garden Cottage
Semi-detached two storey cottage providing open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen with patio doors leading onto decked area with wooden balcony and delightful views over the Umborne Valley. Spacious double bedroom and bathroom. (Sleeps 2/3).
Orchard Cottage
Two storey semi-detached cottage providing open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen with patio doors leading onto decked area with wooden balcony and delightful views over the Umborne Valley. On the first floor, two bedrooms, one bedroom with en-suite bathroom. (Sleeps 4).
The Barn
Two storey cottage providing on ground floor open plan sitting room/dining room and kitchen. At first floor, three bedrooms and a bathroom.(Sleeps 6).
The Granary
Two storey cottage providing on ground floor open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen. Bathroom. At first floor, three bedrooms. (Sleeps 6).
Detached wooden frame games room and double open fronted garage 5.59m x 5.47m (18’4 x 17’11) with concrete floor, power and light.
Games room 7.18m x 4.68m (23’6 x 15’4) with exposed roof trusses and oak flooring with under floor heating and pool table, table tennis and table football.
Town and Country Planning
We understand that the cottages have planning consent for holiday letting accommodation.
The farmhouse and The Lodge have planning consent for residential use.
The Business
Higher Watchcombe Farm is an established and successful holiday letting business. Currently the present owners choose not to use a letting agent and carry out their own advertising to promote the business coupled with their website:- www.higherwatchcombe.co.uk
Trading information can be provided to bona fide purchasers.
Tenure
Freehold.
Local Authority
East Devon District Council Council Offices The Knowle Sidmouth EX10 8HL Tel: 01395 516551 Website: www.eastdevon.gov.uk
There is a well equipped play area for children including play tower, swings, slide, trampoline, timber wendy house and metal football goal.
Workshop/Store 5.30m x 2.27m (17’4 x 7’5) adjoining the farmhouse. Externally accessed via wooden door; with concrete floor, power and lighting. Window to rear. Aluminum Greenhouse and summer house with panoramic valley views.
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Directions
From Honiton, take the A35 towards Axminster.
After 2 miles, you will enter the village of Willmington, turn right signed to Widworthy Church ¾ mile next to the Home Farm Hotel and follow the road for ¾ mile up the hill to the end.
At the T junction turn left signed Colyton and Umborne at New Road Cross and continue on this road for 1½ miles. The road forks at Homebush Cross turn left signed to Umborne.
Continue on this road for ¾ mile and the property can be found on the left hand side clearly signed.
Method of Sale
The property is offered by private treaty, inclusive of trade inventory to include furnishings, fittings and equipment in the lettings cottages, excluding The Lodge.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with agents Chesterton Humberts.
For further information contact Stephen Richards on (01823) 331234.
