Northcote

Castle Hill, Hemyock, Cullompton, EX15 3RU

Northcote

Superb 5 bed country house with guest suite located centrally in4.5 acres with sweeping driveway & versatile outbuildings

Offers in excess of £850,000

Hemyock 1 mile Wellington/M5 (J26) 5 miles Taunton 12 miles

• Privately located country house

• Commanding views from principle rooms

• Fantastic oak framed farmhouse style kitchen with Aga

• Guest suite/income potential

• Sweeping driveway and range of versatile outbuildings

• Private grounds of 4.5 acres

• Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty/Uffculme School

catchment

SituationNorthcote is situated privately within its grounds and lies approximately 1mile south of the popular village of Hemyock and within the BlackdownHills, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Hemyock offers anexcellent range of day to day facilities including local stores, public house,doctors surgery, church and post office, parish hall, playing fields and villageprimary school which feeds into the highly regarded Uffculme School.Wellington is within a further 5 miles, Honiton 8 miles and Taunton 12 milesall benefiting from excellent shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities.The M5 motorway is within 5 miles and Tiverton Parkway railway station asimilar distance with its main line rail link to London Paddington.

DescriptionNorthcote comprises a five/six bedroom country house of part stone andrendered exterior elevations and contained beneath a tiled and slate roof.The accommodation is light and spacious with magnificent views from allprinciple rooms across the Culm Valley. A particular feature of the propertyis its superb oak framed farmhouse style kitchen with bi-folding doorsleading out onto a magnificent sun terrace. The property benefits from oilfired central heating, double glazed windows and some original featuresincluding exposed beams and wood burning stove.

AccommodationA glazed door opens directly into the hallway with attractive tiled flooringand slate flooring with a staircase rising to the first floor. Access to all mainrooms including cloakroom and a boiler room which also houses the watertreatment equipment. A glazed door leads into the guest suite whichcomprises a superb shower room, large double bedroom benefiting from itsown side entrance porch together with glazed French doors leading to alounge with deep window cills and cupboard beneath stairs. The mainsitting room offers superb views from three aspects including UPVC glazed

French doors to sun terrace. Woodburning stove on a raised slate hearth,oak flooring and exposed beams. The far end of the house is a superbfarmhouse style kitchen/family room within an oak framed barn with bi-folding oak doors leading out on the sun terrace. There are five velux rooflights and large glazed windows allowing tremendous light into this familyspace. Superb hand made kitchen with oak wall units, maple worktops andtwo bowl sink with mixer taps and wooden drainer. Electric Aga and Neffcalor gas hob with matching double oven and grill. High vaulted ceiling,electric underfloor heating and superb oak island unit. Adjoining utility roomwith Belfast sink, adjoining worktops with cupboards and drawers beneath,vaulted ceiling, tiled flooring and door to rear.

On the first floor a spacious landing with loft access and airing cupboardwhich also houses the controls for the solar hot water tubes. There are atotal of five bedrooms, four of which enjoy magnificent views from twoaspects, one currently used as a study and the master bedroom with largewalk in wardrobe and adjoining en suite bathroom with bath and showerattachment, vanity unit with inset wash hand basin and low level WC. Thefamily bathroom comprises a free standing ball and claw roll top bath withVictorian shower attachment. Separate shower cubicle, pedestal wash handbasin and WC. Attractive panelling to dado and oak flooring.

OutsideThe property is approached off the quiet lane over a gravelled drivewayflanked by banks, some some stone walling and a most productive fig treeat the rear of the house. The driveway leads to a large area of parking/turning and access to a two bay car port with concrete floor. Adjacent is auseful block shed and a large open fronted tractor shed set beneath a boxprofile roof.

Planning permission has been passed for the conversion of this building intoa three bay oak framed garage/tractor store with room over. There is alsoplanning permission for a balcony to the master bedroom. Adjacent to thesebuildings is the oil tank and useful compost area.

The gardens and grounds surround the property and are laid mainly to lawnwith areas of copse and potential paddock areas. The house enjoyswonderful views over its surrounding gardens and grounds with a largepaved and gravelled sun terrace, large sweeping lawns which are naturallyhedged giving much privacy and a fine selection of trees including oak,sweet chestnut, beech, hazel, field maple and mountain ash. In total theland extends to approximately 4.5 acres. Close to the entrance to the drive isa large galvanised tractor shed measuring approximately 24' x 12' withleanto.

ServicesMains electricity, Private water and drainage. Oil fired central heating

ViewingBy appointment with the agents, Stags.

DirectionsFrom Hemyock take the Dunkeswell Road in a southerly direction and afterapproximately 0.75 miles at Lickham Cross turn right taking the secondentrance on the left hand side to Northcote.

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Northcote, Castle Hill, Hemyock, Cullompton, EX15 3RU

7 High Street, Wellington, Somerset,TA21 8QT

Tel: 01823 662822

wellington@stags.co.uk

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