GOODMANS HOUSE & FURLEY COTTAGES MEMBURY DEVON

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1 GOODMANS HOUSE & FURLEY COTTAGES MEMBURY DEVON

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3 GOODMANS HOUSE & FURLEY COTTAGES MEMBURY DEVON EX13 7TU A beautifully situated Georgian country house with holiday / guest cottages set in mature gardens GOODMANS HOUSE Porch Reception Hall Drawing Room Morning Room Sitting Room Dining Room Garden Room Cloakroom Cellars Kitchen / Breakfast Room Boot Room Laundry Principal Bedroom Two Further Bedrooms Family Bathroom En Suite Guest Bedroom Cloakroom Second Floor Bedroom and Shower Room Five Well-Presented Letting Cottages Providing One and Two Bedroom Accommodation Heated Roman Style Pool set within Original Walled Garden Lawned Gardens Garden Storage Buildings Gravelled Carriage Drive Large Carp Pond Many Mature Trees Three Paddocks Orchard In all about hectares (7.989 acres) Taunton Office 8 Hammet Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1RZ Telephone: taunton@jackson-stops.co.uk Country Houses and Estates Office 17c Curzon Street London, W1J 5HU Telephone: london@jackson-stops.co.uk

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5 Axminster - 5 miles Chard 6 miles Honiton 11 miles Taunton 25 miles Exeter 28 miles (All mileages approximate) Situation Goodmans House occupies a secluded and tranquil setting in the heart of the East Devon Countryside, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The property is close to the small village of Membury with its church, post office / store, and primary school. The market towns of Axminster and Honiton are a few miles away, and Lyme Regis and the Jurassic Coast are about thirty minutes drive. Taunton, the county town of Somerset is within easy reach and has a good shopping centre with most well-known high street stores. Exeter, the Cathedral City, less than thirty miles on the fast A30, offers similar facilities in the recently opened Princess Hay Shopping Centre. Taunton has a good range of schools including The King s College, The Queen s College, Taunton School and King s Hall Preparatory School. Colyton Grammar School, with one of the finest academic records in the country, is within easy reach, as are Perrott Hill near Crewkerne, Port Regis near Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Millfield and Bryanston. Good sporting and recreational facilities are found throughout the area, for those with equestrian interests there is National Hunt racing at Haldon Hill, Exeter, Taunton and Wincanton, golf courses are found at Lyme Regis, Axmouth, Honiton and Taunton and a little further away at Tiverton and Exeter. Communications Taunton has a main line station with trains to London Paddington taking an hour and forty minutes on the fast service, the same trains leave Exeter. Axminster also has a main line station on the Waterloo line, taking approximately two hours fifty minutes to arrive in London. International airports are found at Exeter and Bristol providing an increasing number of international flights. For those wishing to travel to the Continent, there are ferry ports at both Plymouth and Weymouth. The A30 and A303 can be reached within about fifteen minutes, the A303 providing a fast route to London. The Property Not surprisingly, Goodmans House is Listed Grade II as being of historic or architectural interest and has many of the hallmarks of a Georgian property. Records show that a dwelling has been on this site since at least the fourteenth century with a reference to William Godman in In recent years the house has been the subject of a restoration programme, which has included a new welsh slate roof, new bathrooms and redecoration. The house retains a number of features synonymous with the Georgian era, including panelled doors, sash windows with shutters, and exquisite plaster cornices. Another notable improvement includes a second floor conversion of the attic space, which now provides a good size guest bedroom and adjoining shower room. The grounds provide a perfect setting for Goodmans House, gently sloping with many mature trees, lawned areas, space for those wishing to keep horses and a particularly attractive feature is the Roman style swimming pool set within the original walled gardens. Furley Cottages are set away from the main house and include three two bedroom cottages in the principal building and two one bedroom detached cottages. The cottages afford a good income but could also provide scope for conversion into other uses, subject to the necessary planning permissions and listed building consents. The English Tourism Council rate the holiday cottages as Four Star.

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7 ACCOMMODATION GROUND FLOOR Entrance Porch: With terracotta tiled floor and fine six panelled door to: Reception Hall: A lovely entrance to the house with ceiling cornice and arch with intricate plasterwork. Drawing Room: With beautiful ceiling cornice and picture rail, fireplace with Jetmaster grate and cupboards and bookcases to either side. Sash windows with shutters enjoying glorious outlooks over the pond and the hillsides beyond, oak floor. Bose Surround Sound System. Morning Room: A beautifully light double aspect room with two tall sash windows with panelling and shutters, oak floor, plain ceiling cornice, picture rail and fireplace with Minster surround and recessed cupboard to one side. A door leads through to the: Sitting Room: With fine inglenook fireplace with bressumer beam and fitted wood burning stove, oak floor and double sash windows with shutters, doors lead through to the: Dining Room: With inglenook style fireplace (not used) with bread oven to one side, sash window with shutters, window seat and oak floor. From the sitting room a studded panelled door leads out into the: Garden Room: With quarry tiled floor, lovely outlooks and French doors out into the gardens. Inner Hall: With door down to the cellar and doors through to the: Cloakroom: With WC and pedestal wash basin. Cellar: With three areas of cobbled floor, raised stands (possibly for the old cider barrels). Kitchen / Breakfast Room: The kitchen area is well-fitted with a range of panel fronted wall and floor mounted cupboards with wooden work surfaces and includes a ceramic double sink, oven, grill and microwave and a four ring ceramic hob and dishwasher. The oil fired Aga also supplements the hot water. The terracotta tiled floor extends into the breakfast area with windows enjoying lovely views up through the garden. Rear Entrance Lobby / Boot Room: With door to outside and doors to the: Laundry: With work surfaces, cupboards and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer and a tall utility cupboard. The Boiler Room is also found off the boot room, has floor mounted oil fired boiler and the water treatment equipment. FIRST FLOOR An elegant staircase rises from the reception hall to a light and spacious Landing with views to the North through a tall arched Georgian sash window. Cloakroom: With WC and wash basin. Principal Bedroom: A light room with double aspect enjoying glorious country views, picture rail, down lighting and a recessed wardrobe cupboard and a shelved cupboard. Bathroom: Attractively fitted with tiled shower cubicle, a freestanding slipper bath, WC and oval wash basin set into a marble top with cupboards below, sash window with lovely views and a heated towel rail. Bedroom: With Victorian fireplace, oak floor and window looking to the East. Bedroom: With oak floor and window to the South, bookcase and large walk-in hanging cupboard with storage shelf over. Inner Landing: Built-in airing cupboard with pressurised lagged hot water cylinder. A further Bedroom also on the south side of the house, which has useful hanging cupboard and pretty Victorian fireplace. En Suite Bathroom: With freestanding bath, WC, column pedestal wash basin, heated towel rail and oak floor. A staircase leads up to the Second Floor Landing: Guest Bedroom: With vaulted ceiling with Velux windows and under eave storage cupboards. Shower Room: Which is well-fitted with tiled shower cubicle with Matki spray and hand held showers, WC and two wash basins, one with cupboard below and mirror over.

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10 GOODMANS HOUSE Gross Internal Area House: 377 m² (4,057 ft²) Cellar: 59 m² (635 ft²) Furley Cottages: 216 m² (2,324 ft²) Holly: 37 m² (398 ft²) Hazel: 37 m² (398 ft²) For identification purposes only. Not to scale. Second Floor Cellar Ground Floor First Floor

11 Old Orchard Cottage Chestnut Cottage Holly Cottage Ground Floor Upper Ground Floor Hazel Cottage Ground Floor Main House Old Orchard Cottage Lower Ground Floor Oak Cottage Oak Cottage Chestnut Cottage Old Orchard Cottage Holly Cottage Hazel Cottage

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13 FURLEY COTTAGES The cottages are set away from the main house and have been created from a range of stone barns and include: Oak Cottage (Sleeps 4) Has entrance via French doors into the Kitchen / Sitting Room well-fitted with a range of wall and floor mounted storage cupboards, including a hob oven, fridge freezer and dish washer and a good sized sitting and dining area. A door leads through into an En Suite Bedroom with French doors leading out onto the Terrace, recessed boiler cupboard and En Suite Shower Room with wash basin, shower cubicle and WC. The second Double Bedroom also leads off the sitting room with built-in cupboards and an En Suite Shower Room with shower cubicle, WC and wash basin. Old Orchard Cottage (Sleeps 4) The main entrance is at courtyard level and leads into a Sitting Room which has staircase leading up to a large Kitchen / Dining Area, the kitchen being well-fitted with oven, hob, fridge freezer and sink unit. The room has French doors leading out to the garden level Terrace and doors leading into an En Suite Double Bedroom with good cupboard space and an En Suite Shower Room with shower cubicle, wash basin and WC and a further Bedroom also having good sized cupboards and an adjoining Bathroom with panelled bath, wash basin, WC and built-in airing cupboards. Chestnut Cottage (Sleeps 4) Has French door entrance at the upper garden level, which leads into the Sitting Room Area with offset Kitchen with oven, hob, fridge freezer and dish washer, Two Double Bedrooms and an adjoining Shower Room with shower cubicle, wash basin and WC. Hazel Cottage (Sleeps 2) Detached and has a glazed small paned door leading into the Sitting Room / Kitchen which is well-fitted with a contemporary feel and has sink, oven, hob, dish washer and washer / dryer and a passageway through to a Double Bedroom with built-in cupboard and En Suite Shower Room with shower cubicle, wash basin and WC. Holly Cottage (Sleeps 2) Detached within a secluded setting and includes Sitting Room / Kitchen, the kitchen area being particularly well-fitted with oven, hob, fridge freezer, dish washer and sink unit and doors leading into a Double Bedroom with built-in cupboards and an En Suite Shower Room with shower cubicle, wash basin and WC.

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15 NOT TO SCALE OUTSIDE A handsome pillared entrance leads in from the passing country lane to the gravelled carriage drive which passes the cottages and leads up to the main house and beyond, opening out into a good parking area. A flight of stone steps leads down to the pond, which is surrounded by established, wellchosen plants including gunneras, bamboo and irises. Several willows also provide a good amount of shade. Lawned gardens stretch out to the south side of the house and are edged by well-stocked herbaceous borders and further trees, including a well-designed bed with a variety of acers. The gravelled drive opens out in front of the cottages and provides good parking for the guests, with various sitting out terraces and lawned gardens stretch out to the south providing a good play area. Further grounds lie behind the cottages at a higher level and have steps and garden gate leading into the Original Walled Garden, which provides the perfect setting for the Roman Style Heated Swimming Pool with both oil and solar heating, measuring approximately 9.75m x 4.87m (32 x 16 ). For those wishing to keep horses, there are Three Paddocks, which may require post and rail fencing and lie mainly to the north and west of the house, and an Orchard. To the rear of the property, a Garage houses the pool equipment and provides storage for garden machinery. There is also a further Workshop, covered Wood-store and small Laundry. A further Workshop / Storage Area provides scope for future development. The gardens and ground amount to approximately hectares (7.989 acres) in total.

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19 PROPERTY INFORMATION Post Code Fast Find EX13 7TU Services Directions (Postcode : EX13 7TU) Mains electricity. Private water and drainage. Oil-fired central heating Local Authority East Devon District Council Council Offices, The Knowle, Sidmouth EX10 8HL Tel : Tax Band G (2011/2012-2,467.64) Contents, Fixtures and Fittings Unless specifically mentioned in these particulars, all contents, fixtures and fittings, garden ornaments and statues, carpets and curtains are specifically excluded from the sale of the main house. Most contents, furniture, fixtures and fittings are to be included in the five letting cottages except for some personal items. Full inventories will be available. Travelling on the A30 pass through Yarcombe towards Chard, just after a stone bridge over the River Yarty and turn right immediately beside an old fashioned filling station. Proceed up this hill and at the first junction turn right. Follow this road downhill, taking the left turns sign posted Furley and, at the T junction by the old phone box, turn left, signposted Ford. Proceed up the hill, passing Hook Hill Farm on the left, carrying on for approximately half a mile and the entrance into Goodmans House and Furley Cottages will be found on the left. Viewing By appointment with Jackson-Stops & Staff s Taunton office : Based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with permission of the Controller H.M.S.O. Crown Copyright reserved. Important Notice Jackson-Stops & Staff and Strutt & Parker give notice to anyone reading these details:- (1) These particulars are set out for the interested parties and purchasers as a guideline only. They are intended to give a fair description but not to constitute an offer or contract. (2) All descriptions, dimensions, distances, orientations and other statements/facts are given in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement or representation of facts. (3) Nothing in these particulars shall be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good condition or otherwise nor that any services are in good working order.we have not tested the appliances, central heating or services. Interested applicants are advised to make their own enquiries and investigations before finalising their offer to purchase. (4) The photographs appearing in this brochure show only certain parts and aspects of the property at the time the photographs were taken. Certain aspects may have been changed since the photographs were taken and it should not be assumed that the property remains precisely as displayed in the photographs. Furthermore no assumptions should be made in respect of parts of the property, which are not shown in the photographs. (5) Any area measurement or distances referred to herein are approximate only. (6) Where there is reference in these particulars to the fact that alterations have been carried out, or that a particular use is made of any part of the property, this is not intended to be a statement that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consents have been obtained and these matters must be verified by any intending purchaser. (7) Descriptions of a property are inevitably subjective and the descriptions contained herein are used in good faith as an opinion and not by way of statement of fact. If there are any points of particular importance that need clarifying before viewing please do not hesitate to contact this office. Photographs taken July 2012 and brochure prepared in July 2012.

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