The Church House, Throwleigh, Devon, EX20 2HU

Price : £699,000 Freehold

• A detached home of huge character • 3/4 bedrooms • Upstairs bathroom •

• Large living room with granite fireplace • Big kitchen/dining room with Aga • Boot/utility room •

• Cottage garden • 1700 sq ft timber ancilliary barn/studios •

• Garden with pizza oven and greenhouse • Approximately 3.5 acres of pasture, woodland and orchard •

The Property

The Church House, featured in Devon Life Magazine,

is a picturesque Grade II* Listed granite home in a

superb state of preservation. It is built of Ashlar

granite with a thatched reed roof and dates from the

16th Century, although it may have had earlier

origins, having been a hall house according to

structural evidence. It is now a character home with

great atmosphere with lime washed and lime

plastered granite walls, exposed structural beams

and timbers and an internal granite spiral staircase.

The accommodation is comfortable with a large

sitting room with two fireplaces, a big kitchen/dining

room with an Aga and a useful boot room and w.c.

on the ground floor. Upstairs is a T.V. room/library,

a bathroom and three bedrooms. Planning has been

discussed to enlarge and alter the boot room to

create a second internal staircase and a new w.c. and

utility area. A small cottage garden sits to the rear of

the house and the adjacent private driveway leads to

the 1700 sq ft (160.5 m2) ancilliary barn at the rear

which sits by the garden and the gently sloping

pasture of approximately 3.5 acres which include an

orchard, pasture, gardens and a young woodland of

native trees.

Situation

Located in lovely Throwleigh, a village on the very

edge of the open moor. From the beautiful pasture

there is a glorious view to the moor and from the east

facing house there is a view down the village street

to the stone cross. Throwleigh has a village hall and

pub in the outskirts and it is only about 3.5 miles from

Chagford or the A30 dual carriageway, about 5 miles

from Okehampton and 19 miles from Exeter.

Entrance Porch

A slate roofed porch with oak supports shelters the

stable door and arched inner door to the living room.

Living room 16' 2'' x 15' 10'' (4.92m x 4.82m)

This is a room with massive character with a faded

painted floor and two magnificent fireplaces, one

with a woodburner and one with an open hearth.

There are exposed beams and timbers set into the

granite walls which have lime plaster and a lime

washed colouring.

There are four wall light points, a latched door to the

boot/utility room, an opening in the dividing screen

which leads to the kitchen/dining room and there is

a granite arched access to the stone spiral staircase.

Kitchen/dining room 16' 1'' x 15' 10'' (4.90m x

4.82m)

This almost square room has great character and two

leaded windows which face out to the village street.

There is an oil fired Aga set on a raised plinth and

exposed beams and timbers and a painted floor. A

window seat looks out to the front and there is a

freestanding range of carpenter built kitchen units

with a slate work top and a glazed ceramic single

bowl sink fitted with a chromed mixer tap set into a

deep sill beneath one of the front windows. There

are ample power points and three pendant light

points.

Boot/utility room 15' 9'' x 7' 1'' (4.80m x 2.16m)

A relatively modern structure with a paved section

inside the back door and a raised plinth for the utility

area. There are two rear windows, a glazed back

door and a wall mounted board for electric meters

and fuseboxes. A part glazed door with some

coloured glass panels leads to the w.c. Note : there

is pre-planning agreement with Dartmoor National

Park regarding redesign of room to extend this

utility/boot room to include a new interior staircase

and an improved utility room and w.c.

W.C.

Fitted with a low level w.c., a top hinged window and

painted granite walls.

First Floor

T.V. room/library 12' 2'' x 9' 5'' (3.71m x 2.87m)

The stone spiral staircase rises to the landing from

the living room. There is a broad rear window, fitted

shelving for books, a T.V., stereo and DVDs and a

built in airing cupboard with a hot water cylinder,

immersion heater and shelving. A latched door leads

to the landing/corridor.

Landing corridor

A first floor exterior portcullis door leads to an

exterior granite staircase. There is a loft hatch, a

fitted night storage heater, one wall light point and

latched doors to all rooms.

Bathroom

The bathroom has a cast iron bath with painted wood

clad sides which match the bath splashback. There is

a pedestal wash hand basin, a low level w.c., an

electric heated towel rail, a shuttered rear window

with coloured leaded glass and there is a ceiling light

point and cork tiled floor.

Bedroom 1 16' 9'' x 8' 8'' (5.10m x 2.64m)

A bright east facing with an oak mullioned window

with leaded glass and a deep sill. There is a large

granite fireplace with an oak bressemer and there

are some exposed trusses and lime plastered and

lime washed walls. A panelled latched door can

access bedroom 2.

Bedroom 2 16' 5'' x 8' 3'' (5.00m x 2.51m)

A latched door leads from the landing to this

charming room which has an oak mullioned leaded

glass window to the front and a magnificent granite

mullioned leaded glass side window. There is a part

exposed truss, a pendant light point and a double

hanging closet with latched double doors.

Bedroom 3 10' 2'' x 9' 5'' (3.10m x 2.87m)

A good size single bedroom with a granite mullioned

window with leaded glass and an internal timber

upright which overlooks the churchyard. A wall light

point is fitted.

Exterior

Immediately outside the back door is a path to the

private lane to the barn which also belongs to Church

House. Stone steps lead up to a little cottage garden

and a pathway leads along the west side of the house

past the boot room to the exterior stone stairs. To

the north side of the house is the concealed oil tank.

Cottage garden

This is adjacent to the lovely churchyard and

bounded by a metal railing fence and a mature beech

hedge. The garden is laid to grass and catches the

afternoon and evening sun. It is rented on a

peppercorn rent from the Diocese.

Private drive

From the village street a driveway leads from the

cottage to the barn, garden and fields.

The Barn

This large ancilliary barn totals somewhere in the

region of 1700 sq ft (160 m2) and it has a variety of

spaces which are used as studios for a multitude of

artistic disciplines. A deep recessed entrance with

two pedestrian doors leads into the barn.

Barn ground floor

Barn hallway

An exterior door from the deep recess leads into the

ground floor where there is a staircase to the first

floor studios and an opening to the side into the

ground floor store.

Barn ground floor store 15' 5'' x 11' 4'' (4.70m x

3.45m)

This has a paved floor, a raised shower plinth with

shower curtain rail and electric shower, a low level

w.c., access to an apple store, two windows, a ceiling

light point and light and power.

Barn workshop 22' 8'' x 15' 3'' (6.90m x 4.64m)

This workshop is accessed via a pedestrian door from

the deeply recessed entrance which leads into this

large ground floor studio which has a paved floor, a

large window to the front and fitted spotlights

enabling it to be used as an exhibition area. An out

shot to the front of the property houses and old

currently inoperable Rayburn. A doorway leads to a

workshop.

Barn workshop 16' 1'' x 7' 4'' (4.90m x 2.23m)

This has a door to the garden and to the front and a

further door into the stable/store at the rear.

Barn stable/store 16' 7'' x 7' 10'' (5.05m x 2.39m)

This useful space has a window to the side looking

out to the garden and a stable door out to the field.

Barn first floor

Studio 15' 6'' x 14' 10'' (4.72m x 4.52m)

A bright studio with two north facing skylights, a side

window, an exposed roof truss and a

study/preparation area. An opening leads through

to the studio/cinema room. North facing skylights

give a consistent natural light and a loft door gives

exterior access.

Studio/cinema room 22' 4'' x 15' 6'' (6.80m x 4.72m)

A spacious room with a side window looking out to

the garden, three skylights, exposed roof trusses, a

woodburning stove and a view to the fields. North

facing skylights give a consistent natural light and a

loft door gives exterior access.

The gardens

To the west side of the barn is a large vegetable and

fruit garden incorporating a wood framed

greenhouse with sliding doors and a pizza oven and

barbecue area with a cobbled base, wooden uprights

and a clear corrugated roof for weather protection.

Within the garden there are apple trees, a walnut

tree and access through a gateway into the fields and

orchard.

Forest garden

This is a mixed vegetable and fruit garden which

incorporates a polytunnel with a mature peach tree.

In this garden wild strawberries are used as ground

cover.

The Orchard

This is a lovely orchard on a gently sloping site with a

carefully selected mixture of old varieties of apples.

Set in the orchard there is also a fruit cage with

blackberries, loganberries and strawberries.

The fields

The fields combine a mixture of well drained pasture

and recently planted young native saplings. Within

the fields there are dogwood, beech, lime, oak, silver

birch, spindle, rowan and Scots pine and there are

defined areas with wild flowers and grasses. In all,

the fields extend to some 3.5 acres.

Note 1

On one corner of the field there is a longstanding

public footpath which cuts across one corner.

Note 2

The cottage garden to the immediate rear of Church

House is rented on a peppercorn rent from the

Church of England.

Directions

From the A30 at Whiddon Down proceed the village

to the mini roundabout and turn left onto the A382.

After approximately 0.2 miles turn right signposted

to Throwleigh and follow this road for approximately

2.1 miles to the centre of Throwleigh where there is

a stone cross and a gentle gradient up to the church.

The Church House is adjacent to the lych gate into

the churchyard.

Services

Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired Aga

provides hot water.

Council Tax Band

C

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