Huntshaw, Torrington, Devon, EX38

The first thing you notice as you drive in to the courtyard driveway Is the setting as your eye is immediately drawn across the gardens to the hillside beyond where you see Huntshaw Church and Huntshaw Woods.

Accommodation

This handsome stone and cobb home sits behind a wide paved terrace offering an ideal spot for some alfresco dining first thing in the morning having breakfast or at lunchtime as it's almost due South. Coming through the front door, you get real sense of this being a home and not just a house. Off to the right is a delightful double aspect sitting room with feature chimney breast, with inset log burner and is of a size that allows for big sofas yet retaining its sense of cosiness for an evening and just chatting with friends and family. On the opposite side of the hall is an equally charming dining room and is of a particularly good size with an impressive inglenook fireplace with inset log burner. This room offers plenty of space not only for dining but also for a couple of comfortable arm chairs just to sit aside the inglenook. Under the stairs is a useful storage cupboard. The kitchen/breakfast room has a real cottage feel to it having a range of units on two sides with extensive work surfaces. A large Rangemaster cooker occupies a recess with extractor and lights above and a former bread oven with door is found on the right. Other appliances include a built in dishwasher and under counter fridge. Of particular note, not often found nowadays, is a larder/pantry. Leading off the kitchen/breakfast room is a 18’ utility/boot room with a stable door out onto the afore mentioned terrace, This room offers plenty of room for outdoor clothes and footwear, has space for washing machine, a tumble dryer and upright fridge freezer and at one end is a sink with cupboards above and below. A cloakroom/shower room is at the head of the steps that takes you down to yet further accommodation which could be used as bedroom 5, a family room or offer a come and go style annexe as it has its own door onto the drive and the adjacent shower room.

A straight run of stairs leads off the hall to a large landing that runs along the rear of the property, off which all the bedrooms lead, three of which offer views out front across the gardens and the other side of the valley. The main bedroom suite has an illuminated walk in clothes closet, and refitted en suite shower. This, like the bedroom, has views. A further double suite is found at the head of the hall having a built in cupboard and en suite shower room with WC. The third bedroom is delightful room, again with cupboards and views, whilst bedroom four is currently used as an office, again having the rural outlook. Rounding off the accommodation is a refitted bathroom with ‘P’ shaped bath with shower over, heated towel rail and vanity unit with WC and wash hand basin There are easterly views from the window looking down the lane to the hillside. The feeling you get from wandering through the house is you are at ‘home’.

Gardens

These are on the southern side and sweep gently down to a very large decking approximately 5 metres by 5 metres where there is ample room for tables and chairs and it enjoys the most glorious outlook across the fields, the valley. What a great space to just sit and read quietly, listen to nature all around. Being screened from the main garden by a mature beach hedge and rose beds.

On the other side of the hedge and looking back up the garden is a former pond now filled in, with a range of natural shrubs around it. The way the garden has been designed you have a feeling of being away from it all. On the left coming down from the house is a delightful seating area with pergola. An ideal spot to be either in the shade through the early part of the day or to bask in the sunshine through the latter. The garden is stocked with a range of shrubs and plants which blend well with the surroundings and planting includes rose, lavender, lupin, fern, buddleia and crocosmia.

As agents we cannot emphasise enough the setting that this property sits in, being a delightful hamlet, yet being so convenient to the town facilities of Great Torrington and Bideford within about five miles and the North Devon Coast.