Description
A stylish contemporary country home, offering spacious and versatile accommodation across 3,745 SqFt, set within attractive grounds of approximately 1.65 acres, with open country views and excellent access to M5/Tiverton Parkway, 3.3 miles. Four Bedrooms. Two En Suites. Open-Plan Kitchen/Breakfast Room. Dual-Aspect Lounge/Dining Room. Council Tax Band D. EPC Band C. Freehold.
Situation - Ford Barn Farm is situated around a mile from Holcombe Rogus, a highly regarded village nestled on the Somerset-Devon border. The village has a thriving community, centred around its parish church and village hall, public house and primary school.
The nearby towns of Wellington and Tiverton provide a wide range of amenities, including shopping, healthcare, and schooling, including the renowned Blundell's school, whilst also lying within Uffculme School catchment. Access to the M5 Junction 27 and Tiverton Parkway railway station is approximately 3.3 miles, offering rapid services to Taunton, Exeter, Bristol, and London Paddington in just over 2 hours.
Description - Ford Barn Farm is a stylish modern family home, designed to provide exceptional contemporary spaces offering flexibility within modern-day living. Throughout, the property is bright and airy with large windows overlooking the adjoining farmland and views beyond. Extending to approximately 3,700 SqFt, Ford Barn Farm is superbly presented consisting of, in brief; a spacious kitchen/ breakfast room, generous sitting/dining room, study, separate utility, four well-proportioned bedrooms, two en suites and luxury family bathroom. Externally, the grounds extend to approximately 1.65 acres, of mainly laid lawn and pond, offering the opportunity to landscape further.
Accommodation - Entering the property, you are welcomed into a well-proportioned hallway, providing access to a conveniently located storage/ boot room and separate cloakroom with WC. To the rear lies a suitably placed dual-aspect study providing a quiet, tuck-away position for office or hobby requirements. Centrally, lies an exceptionally bright and spacious, dual-aspect, sitting/ dining room running the full depth of the property with a large window to the front and sliding doors to the rear paved terrace and garden beyond. To the eastern-end of the property, is the superb, dual-aspect, high-specification kitchen offering wall and base units, wooden work surfaces, larder cupboards, integrated appliances including a Falcon ranger cooker with extractor over, and a large central island. This kitchen/ breakfast room provides ample space for a large farmhouse-style table and chairs, whilst enjoying double doors opening to the rear, south-east facing paved terrace. A useful utility sits adjacent to the kitchen providing further storage via base units and space for additional appliances.
Stairs rise to the first-floor landing, giving access to all four bedrooms and the modern family bathroom with shower, standalone bath, heated towel-rail, vanity unit with inset wash basin and WC. The indulgently spacious master bedroom features expansive windows overlooking the garden and benefits from a large en suite with shower, bath, heated towel-rail, wash basin and WC. Bedroom 2 also enjoys an en suite, whilst all bedrooms benefit from built-in wardrobes.
Outside - The property is approached via a shared driveway, off which lies a large parking and turning area to the front of the property, suitable for multiple vehicles. The garden and grounds extend to about 1.65 acres, wrapping around the property, comprising sweeping lawns, maturing shrubs and trees. Directly to the rear of the property is a paved terrace offering a wonderful setting for alfresco dining and entertaining, with superb open views across the grounds and adjoining fields with the Blackdown Hills in the far distance.
A separate driveway could be constructed, subject to the necessary consents, from the north corner of the plot where there is an existing gateway.
Adjacent is an additional parcel of land, approximately 3 acres, available by separate negotiation, offering potential further space for equestrian use, hobby farming, or simply additional amenity land.
Services - Mains electricity and water. Private drainage via Sewage Treatment Plant. Oil-fired central heating with underfloor heating throughout the ground floor.
Ofcom predicted broadband services - Standard broadband available.
Ofcom predicted mobile coverage: External - EE, Three (variable), O2 and Vodafone.
Local Authority: Mid Devon Council.
Viewings - Strictly by appointment only through the agents, Stags.
Directions - Exit the M5 at Junction 27, proceeding westbound on the A361/ North Devon Link Road. Take the first exit signposted Sampford Peverall/ Halberton/ Parkway. At the end of the slip road, turn right signposted Holcombe Rogus/ Ayshford. Continue straight over the next mini-roundabout, remaining on Holbrook Lane for approximately 2.1 miles. Upon reaching Durleymoor crossroads, turn left towards Ford. After 350 yards, having passed Ford Farm on the left and just after the next stone barn on the right, the driveway entrance can be found. Proceed down the driveway, staying to the left, where the property is at the end.
