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Set within approximately 12 acres of beautiful North Devon countryside, Moorhead Country Holidays is an exceptional lifestyle and commercial opportunity, combining a highly established holiday accommodation business with extensive leisure facilities, on-site hospitality, camping provision and exciting scope to further develop wedding and events use. Peacefully positioned at Moorhead Farm, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5RG, the site enjoys an enviable rural setting close to the North Devon coast. Moorhead Country Holidays describes itself as being in Woolsery, just 4 miles from the sea at Bucks Mills and the famous fishing village of Clovelly, with Westward Ho! and Bideford approximately 9 miles away. The Business Moorhead Country Holidays is currently operated as a successful self-catering holiday complex, offering a substantial collection of guest accommodation within a well-maintained countryside estate. The site’s existing holiday accommodation comprises 18 self-contained apartments, arranged as a flexible mixture of one, two and three-bedroom units, appealing to couples, families, larger groups and repeat visitors The accommodation is supported by an impressive range of guest amenities, helping create a true holiday destination rather than simply a place to stay. The complex as a peaceful self-catering holiday and function venue with hot tub, swimming pool and countryside views, ideal for family breaks, coastal walks and relaxing stays in North Devon Guest Accommodation The apartment accommodation provides a practical and versatile letting mix. The one-bedroom accommodation is described as ideal for couples, while the two-bedroom properties are arranged with a double bedroom and single/twin accommodation, and the three-bedroom apartments offer a double bedroom together with two twin rooms. This variety enables the business to appeal to a broad market, from romantic breaks and short coastal escapes to extended family holidays, group stays and wedding guest accommodation. A selection of dog-friendly units further enhances the appeal, with the site currently identifying Bluebell, Hawthorn, Willow and Hawfinch as dog-friendly properties. Leisure Facilities A major strength of Moorhead Country Holidays is the quality and breadth of its leisure offering. Guests have access to a superb indoor leisure complex, including an indoor heated swimming pool, hot tub, gym, games room and snooker room. The swimming pool is stated to be open daily throughout the year and heated to 31 degrees, while the hot tub sits within the pool complex. The games room provides entertainment for all ages, with pool, table tennis, darts, table football and board games, while the gym includes a treadmill, rowing machine, exercise bike and multi-station equipment. There is also a full-size snooker table, creating a wide leisure provision that supports both family and adult guest markets. Grounds, Fishing Lake and Outdoor Recreation The wider grounds are a defining feature of the property. Extending to approximately 12 acres, they offer attractive open spaces, countryside views and a wealth of recreational opportunity. Moorhead promotes its grounds as a place for picnics, football, boules and badminton. The outdoor facilities include a nine-hole pitch and putt golf course, provided as a relaxed “just for fun” family activity, together with a well-stocked fishing lake of over an acre. The fishing lake is described as being stocked with common carp, mirror carp, bream, perch and rudd, and provides a further income and guest-experience feature. Restaurant, Bar and Guest Hospitality - Moorhead Country Holidays also benefits from a commercial kitchen and an on-site restaurant and bar, adding significantly to the business model and guest appeal. The restaurant offers evening meals and takeaway options, while the bar is described as well stocked and open Monday to Saturday evenings, serving drinks in a relaxed setting. . The bar is linked to the games room, creating a sociable space for guests to unwind, and also has a lounge and Wi-Fi area. This hospitality provision gives the site a more complete destination feel and provides additional commercial opportunities. Camping Provision In addition to the holiday apartments, Moorhead offers countryside camping near the coast, with the added benefit of access to on-site facilities and fishing. The current camping operation is described as an adult-only grass pitch site for tents and motorhomes, with changing rooms, shower, toilet, washing-up area, laundry, fridge freezer, drinking water and phone-charging facilities. The camping area is promoted as quiet and relaxing, with 10 spacious pitches measuring approximately 20m x 20m. This represents a useful additional income stream and broadens the customer base, particularly for those seeking a countryside camping experience with the benefit of leisure and hospitality facilities close at hand. Owners’ Accommodation In addition to the trading accommodation, the site includes a substantial four-bedroom farmhouse, currently arranged as two, two-bedroom semi-detached homes for owners’ use. This flexible arrangement is particularly attractive for purchasers seeking on-site living, multi-generational accommodation, staff accommodation, or the potential to reconfigure the property to suit their future requirements, subject to any necessary consents. Wedding and Events Potential Moorhead Holiday Cottages also offers compelling potential as a wedding and events venue. The site is already promoted as a DIY wedding venue near Clovelly, with countryside views, accommodation, camping and a choice of ceremony areas including grounds, lake and woodland backdrops. The wedding information highlights exclusive-use packages, flexible outdoor and indoor options, and accommodation for up to 52 guests plus camping. It also notes the availability of an indoor function room for up to 70 seated guests, staffed bar provision, restaurant support and the flexibility for couples to design their own day. This gives future buyers an excellent platform from which to further develop weddings, celebrations, retreats, corporate events or private functions, subject to business strategy, licensing and any necessary planning consents. Location The location is one of Moorhead’s great strengths. Set in peaceful countryside yet within easy reach of the coast, the property is ideally placed for guests wanting to explore North Devon’s beaches, coastal walks, villages and wider attractions. Its proximity to Clovelly, Bucks Mills, Westward Ho!, Bideford and the wider North Devon coastline gives the business strong tourism appeal.

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.