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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