luxury contemporary houses for sale Exbourne, United Kingdom
Contemporary house with pool and garden Exbourne (United Kingdom)
Coming down the tree lined drive studded with primroses in the spring, one has no inkling as to what a discovery awaits around the corner. First are the cottages and barns and then suddenly, a picture postcard image opens up, as this Grade II listed Devon long house comes into view with its eyebrow thatching and cream painted cob elevations. At the front there is plenty of gravel parking and before entering through the fine oak front door, turn around and just take in the surrounds - it is quite special. Coming in through the front doorway, the dining hall really sets the tone for the old part of the house, with its impressive stone fireplace with inset log burner, original bread oven, stone paved flooring and exposed beams with decorative inserts. A honey oak church style door leads into a fine drawing room with its wonderful oak plank flooring, impressive inglenook fireplace with wood burner and a strategically placed window seat overlooking the front. Leading on from here is the dining room with a slate paved floor and a door opening into a cellar room, ideal for wine storage. Over more recent times, the property has been cleverly extended with an amazing contemporary build incorporating honeyed oak plank flooring and floor to ceiling glass in an oak frame gable, looking out onto the landscaped gardens beyond. This ‘L’ shaped room with the kitchen to one end allows for zoned living areas, as here, with sofas and chair in the gable end, optimising the view and natural light, plus an eating area with ample room for a table and chairs. In addition to the underfloor heating, there is a modern log effect gas fire set in a fine stone fireplace, linking the two areas together. The Chalon kitchen with Miele and Franke appliances offers a plethora of polished granite work surfaces with storage and wall units and a large central island with solid maple top. Sitting along one wall is an impressive range of cooking ware that would satisfy most keen cooks who enjoy entertaining, with a 4 oven Aga and warming plate, and an Aga range cooker with 5 gas rings and 3 electric ovens. The large central island unit with lighting, power points and pan hooks above doubles up as a social bistro counter as well as food prep station. Beyond the kitchen is a conservatory/ garden room which overlooks the substantial terrace outside, down to the river below. On the opposite end of the kitchen is a utility room with an extensive range of cupboards and appliance space, with a door leading out to yet another terrace. It is very unusual to see an extension like this blending with such a period property, but it works ever so well. Staircases are found either end of the older part of the house. Taking the one from the drawing room, a very useful cloakroom is found, before taking the stairs to the first floor. The first bedroom on this side is a wonderful room with plenty of honeyed oak, exposed beams and an ensuite bathroom with a walk-in electric shower and separate bath. This room has a double aspect, enjoying views to the south and east. Off the small landing, paddle steps lead to a boarded attic space with light, power and heating. A door also opens into the main bedroom which has a wonderful, planked flooring, high ceiling with an incredible grapevine frieze and plenty of room for free standing furniture. A few steps lead down into a stylish ensuite. From here, the main landing leads to a second set of paddle steps up to a further carpeted attic room, and further accommodation. There is a contemporary shower room and two further bedrooms overlooking the front, one of which is understood to have been consecrated as a small chapel by the Bishop of Wells in 1710 as outlined in the records of the Church of Exbourne. Before heading down the second set of stairs, you come to the galleried library/ music room and study formed from the extension. It is an extraordinary space, full of light with views over the gardens and down to the river. In former years this was all used as a main bedroom with ensuite, but this works very well for our current client as a quiet, reflective space, yet still connected to the family room downstairs via the gallery. DAIRY BARN This former dairy provides for open plan living downstairs, with wood flooring, a modern log burner at the raised sitting room end and at the other end a well appointed kitchen with bistro bar makes a sociable casual entertaining area. A wrought iron spiral staircase leads to a galleried landing with bedrooms at either end. One is a good double with a modern ensuite shower room. The other is significantly larger, currently set up with both bunks and a double bed and has its own ensuite bathroom. There is parking outside and the adjacent former stables provide storage. DANS BARN For someone who loves the use of wood and exposed beams and peg frames and open plan living, this serves it up in bucketfuls. Downstairs there is a modern shower room, freestanding kitchen, space for a table and chairs and space for sofas and chairs to relax and admire the outside, but also to admire the magnificent work that has gone into creating this building. The first floor is mezzanine living, again open plan with two sleeping areas bisected by the stairs and gallery. There is parking outside, as well as decking overlooking the orchards to the woodland beyond. COB BARN This sits beside the Dairy Barn and has cart doors on either side, wonderful timber trusses and further external storage. A more modern agricultural barn offers tremendous scope for a number of uses, previously having loose boxes. Doors are found at either end and power and light are connected. A manège sits adjacent to the barn. It is currently used as a children’s play area. Opposite, a small track leads to 4 acres of level paddocks, once used for grazing horses and currently for grazing sheep. FISHING Beer Farm owns the double bank fishing rights on the River Okement, as far as Monkokehampton Weir. It contains a series of pools, attracting salmon, sea trout and wild brown trout. GARDENS and GROUNDS Wandering through these is almost like being in your own private parklands with large swathes of lawn, mature shrubs, plants, trees, hedgerows, rockery, pond, pasture and orchard, all with the sound of the River Okement running along one side. Double bank fishing rights run for about 500 yards down to Monkokehampton Weir. Everywhere you look, there is a vista to enjoy. The immense terrace that runs around two sides of the house allows for large parties and al fresco entertaining in the warmer months. A slope leads up to the kitchen gardens with over a dozen raised beds, a greenhouse with water, electricity and lighting, a large fruit cage, a 50 ft polytunnel and garden sheds. So for someone looking to grow and eat their own produce and enjoy the good life that growing your own food can provide, this will take a lot of beating. A magnificent 100 year old olive tree with twisted and gnarled trunk leads to a curving 20m long wisteria arbour and strategically at the end is a bench to just sit and listen to nature and the sounds of tumbling water. Between the drive and the river is a productive orchard with beehives. The overall private and natural setting of this particular home cannot be over-emphasised. Any owner will feel privileged to own this little part of Devonian tranquillity. SERVICES Mains water, electricity, oil fired heating to the main house and to Dairy Barn. Electric heating to Dans Barn. Drainage to a modern treatment plant. LPG for gas hob and fires. Agents note. There is an existing historical indemnity insurance in perpetuity to cover the change of use of the barns from agricultural to residential. The modern agricultural barn has a traditional asbestos cement roofing which is not uncommon for this type of building.
…By Annonceur International
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Contemporary house with garden and terrace Langtree (United Kingdom)
Coming up the driveway with silver birch lining either side really is only a small taster of what lies beyond. The handsome farmhouse sits back on the left above the drive, before it turns off to the ample parking for the cottages. Farmhouse Approached across an enclosed paved courtyard and coming in through the front door, one is immediately struck by the contemporary feel that has been created inside. A fine reception hall guides you in, with Walnut doors featuring aluminium horizontal inserts, a Porcelain tiled floor that extends through other parts of the ground floor complimented by hard wood stairs, having glass side panels and risers, leading to the first floor. The sitting room with its log burner is a delightful south westerly facing room having a log burner sat upon a stone hearth with fireplace surround. Continuing down the hall is a double aspect office. The splendid south westerly facing drawing room has a fireplace with inset Clearview stove and adjacent luminated display cupboards with glass fronts as a focal point. Having two large sash windows, this is a wonderful room to be in at any time of day but especially mid afternoon through to the early evening as the sun pours in. They say the heart of a home is the kitchen and this is the theme expressed by our clients by creating a wonderful ‘T’ shaped entertaining environment, combining a double aspect 30’ kitchen/family opening into an 18’ dining room, allowing refectory table dining for 10. The kitchen offers an extensive range of burgundy wall, floor and drawer units with concealed lighting, all balanced with granite work surfacing and a substantial island unit. The kitchen design is based around someone who enjoys cooking offering an induction hob with extractor and light above, oven, grill, microwave, tall fridge and separate tall freezer, dishwasher and waste disposal/recycling drawer. Two pairs of bifold doors open up into the garden thus creating even more entertaining space during the warmer months. Leading off is a generous size utility room with ample storage and appliance space, with doors leading off into a small study on one side which overlooks the garden and a useful boot room with external door to the courtyard outside. Rounding off the accommodation on the ground floor is a stylish cloakroom. Upstairs is a fusion of contemporary with traditional farmhouse panel doors to the rooms with brass knobs whilst the decoration is finished in a modern style. The whole right side of the first floor is taken up with a substantial main bedroom, dressing room and large en suite having a wooden floor, double ended spa bath, separate shower, wash hand basin and WC with hidden cistern. There are two further double bedrooms, a single room currently used as a second dressing room and a family bathroom with bath, shower, wash hand basin and WC. Gardens Large areas of terracing run adjacent to the house and provide ample room for al fresco entertaining with the wonderful gardens as a back drop. As a garden designer, our client has put much thought into the layout, the positioning and planting throughout the formal gardens with several places to sit and relax throughout. There are several areas all zoned differently, with lawns for playing on, to vegetable patches, to Japanese water garden with bridge, to a Mediterranean hot garden. Outside the kitchen across from the terrace is a long Rill water feature taking the eye into the distance. Strategically placed is a selection of steel and wooden structures giving further form and shape to the environment. Planting includes, box, banana, ferns, acer, bamboo, black bamboo, button lavender, lavender, lily Crocosmia and Photinia to mention but a few. Parking The house has its own separate parking beside the formal gardens. Primrose Cottage This is held under a section 106 agreement as an Annexe and currently falls outside the holiday accommodation. It is an ideal relative cottage, as demonstrated in the current living arrangements, and offers a sitting room overlooking its own garden with doors out into it, a kitchen/breakfast room with plenty of units, hob, oven and microwave, along with a double bedroom and en suite. Planning was passed in 2019 to enlarge the accommodation to create a larger shower room, a walk in wardrobe, larger living area with sun room, separate kitchen/breakfast room and utility room. Stables and Paddocks These are found adjacent to the farmhouse and Primrose Cottage. The paddocks all interlink on this side of the grounds with the main paddock being on the South Westerly side adjacent to some of the cottages and cottages parking area. The Holiday Cottages Over recent years these have all undergone extensive refurbishment, upgrading, and have been refurnished which has paid off dividends, with several Visit England rating awards including the Prestige 5 Star Gold, winning the South West of England Prestige award for holiday accommodation 2024/2025 and being rated 5.0 on Trip advisor. All of the cottages have their own welcoming and homely feel, private gardens of varying sizes with six of them sleeping 4 plus a cot, with a further one sleeping 6 plus a cot. Facilities in the cottages include Combi boilers for heating and water TV with Freeview and DVD player Radio and CD player Washer/dryer Fridge and full size freezer Electric oven and hob Or fridge/freezer Dishwasher Microwave Bread making machine Nespresso coffee machine Milk frother Iron and ironing board Hairdryer Baby and toddler equipment WIFI Children are well catered for within the complex. A two storey Indoor Play Barn offers a soft play area for babies, toddlers and children up to 3 years. Downstairs is set up for imaginative play with a shop to serve pizzas or ice-creams, dressing up costumes, and more. There’s plenty of comfortable sofas for parents to sit and relax while the children play. The Indoor Play Barn also houses toilet & hand washing facilities which are accessible from either inside or outside. Within the Tractor Play Barn are a good selection of ride on tractors and cars, ideal for those odd rainy days. Have your friends over for tea in the playhouse or get messy in the sand and water play tables. There’s also a fort, arts and crafts, and more. The Den provides older children with table football, a pool table and toys. The enclosed Outdoor Play Area has a varied selection of swings, slides, climbing frames, picnic tables and for the musical amongst us percussion chimes! Before heading into the woodland walks down to the stream and pond is a fire pit and circular rotunda which is an ideal spot to while away the hours. Please refer to the brochure for the holiday cottages floor plans. Outbuildings Adjacent to the farm is a prefabricated building that acts as storage and laundry facility for all the bed linen, towels etc. Parking Each of the cottages has a space in the communal parking area. Services Mains water, electricity and private sewage treatment plant. Heating via oil. Within the on site plant room is a filtration system for a private water supply currently not in use. Agents Note The lane off the main road is owned by Homelea Farm and the complex has rights of access. Summary Birchill Farm represents a unique blend of elegant country living and thriving holiday enterprise. Whether as a private residence with guest accommodation, a multi-generational estate, or an award-winning hospitality business, it offers exceptional lifestyle and investment opportunities in one of the UK’s most sought-after rural regions.
…By Annonceur International
Contemporary house with garden and terrace Bideford (United Kingdom)
Ford Mill Farm is an enchanting former farm which is now is used as a smallholding with characterful farmhouse, two established holiday lets, multiple barns and stables and over 8 acres of unspoiled Devon countryside. Tucked away in a truly idyllic setting on the outskirts of the picturesque North Devon village of Woolsery, Ford Mill Farm offers an exceptional opportunity to embrace the rural lifestyle in one of the South West’s most scenic and peaceful locations. This captivating farmstead comes complete with approximately 8.75 acres of gardens, paddocks, a spring-fed ornamental lake, smaller pond with 'Monet Bridge', stabling, and two beautifully converted holiday cottages, all nestled within a charming and private valley with stream and river borders. Lovingly maintained and sensitively modernised, the main farmhouse dates back in parts to the 17th century and exudes timeless character, with exposed beams, natural stonework, traditional fireplaces, and generous room proportions that reflect its long agricultural heritage. In direct contrast the kitchen and interlinking conservatory as well as the first-floor veranda provides a blend between the old and modern contemporary finishes. In addition to the principal residence, the property also includes two holiday lets The Dairy and The Shippon offering scope for continued income generation or multigenerational use. Step Inside As you enter the main farmhouse, you're greeted by a welcoming and spacious entrance hall that leads into a series of characterful living spaces with downstairs shower room. The principal sitting room is centred around a large feature fireplace with wood-burning stove, perfect for cosy evenings. Adjacent is a second reception room, which offers flexibility as a formal dining area, snug, or study. The heart of the home is the expansive contemporary kitchen which forms part of an extension, thoughtfully positioned to take full advantages of the grounds. With an array of fitted units, traditional range cooker, ample workspace including a kitchen island, and a generous dining area, it’s an ideal space for family gatherings or entertaining guests. The kitchen also enjoys direct access to the garden via the adjacent boot room, allowing for relaxed indoor-outdoor living during warmer months. The ground floor also enjoys an additional shower room, utility room and pantry off the kitchen. Upstairs, the main farmhouse offers four bedrooms positioned off a main landing, all with far-reaching views over the surrounding countryside. The principal suite has been fully vaulted and now features exposed wooden beams and an inter linking private en-suite bathroom as well as direct access onto a roof terrace. Further double bedroom at the opposite end as well as two bedrooms are also served by an upstsairs W.C. Step Outside The grounds at Ford Mill Farm are nothing short of magical. A sweeping private driveway leads past the agricutural barns and three stables, opening into a large parking area and courtyard. The farmhouse is set in beautifully maintained gardens with sweeping lawns, flower borders, vegetable plots, and sun terraces that take in the idyllic surroundings. Beyond the formal gardens lie paddocks and prediminantly flat pasture land with lawned pathways, ideal for equestrian or smallholding use. The spring-fed lake, set within its own clearing, attracts a rich variety of wildlife and provides a serene spot for quiet reflection or informal picnics and is believed to hold carp fish. Several outbuildings, including a stable block, offer flexible space for livestock, storage, or further development, subject to the necessary consents. Running at the base of the plot is the River Torridge which at the furtherest corner has a picturesque spot which needs to be appreciated and is perfect for observing local wildlife or a quite reflection area. Holiday Cottages A key feature of this unique property is its established holiday accommodation, offering a valuable and proven income stream. Positioned at the rear of the main courtyard sit two charming stone-built holiday cottages, each carefully converted and fully self-contained. These cottages blend rustic charm with modern comfort, and are currently used for holiday letting throughout the year. They enjoy their own outdoor spaces, ensuring guest privacy and a truly relaxing countryside escape. NB: The internet is on Starlink which is boasting 100mbps on download and upload is approximately 20mbps.
…By Annonceur International
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