Goodmans House & Cottages Furley, Membury, East Devon

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1 Goodmans House & Cottages Furley, Membury, East Devon

2 Goodmans House & Cottages Furley, Membury, East Devon, EX13 7TU Grade II Listed period manor house recently renovated with totally refurbished cottages within the grounds The property provides the opportunity for an ideal lifestyle and has been recently updated including a new Welsh slate roof in 2006 and the refurbishment of the main residence and the landscaping of the grounds. Goodman s House provides a reception hall, morning room, A drawing delightful room, sitting detached room, five dining bedroom room, garden/sun room, farmhouse, kitchen/breakfast enjoying room, laundry an room, elevated boot room, 5 bedrooms, 2 position cloakrooms with and 3 bathrooms. the benefit of far reaching The main southerly house includes views. a range of period features such as original window shutters, fireplaces, decorative plasterwork and Excellent enjoys a high family degree accommodation of privacy from the with cottages. light, Secluded airy rural and setting spacious enjoying rooms. outstanding views over the surrounding countryside and valley. The cottages were refurbished in 2006 including new kitchens, A formal courtyard of traditional stone bathrooms and floorings. and 5 stone slate built barns high quality which cottages have recently with a range of possible been alternative re-roofed. uses. Outdoor heated pool set in walled garden with patios and level Three lawned grass modern seating storage areas. buildings, together Set in 8 acres with including a further mature separate well planted range landscaped gardens, of walled modern gardens, buildings. orchards, large carp pool and paddocks including storage buildings. Set Website:- within nearly 31 acres of pasture and woodland. Humberts Mansfield Further House land available by separate Taunton negotiation. Somerset TA1 3DN Location Goodmans House & Holiday Cottages is set in a rural location 1 mile from the village of Membury with post office/general stores, church and primary school. The village of Stockland is also nearby (2½ miles away) with post office, school, church and village hall. The property occupies a beautiful site overlooking a quiet and lightly wooded valley. The small hamlet of Furley is a scattered community of farms within the larger parish of Membury. The surrounding countryside is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Axminster, the nearest market town, is situated 5 miles away; with the East Devon and West Dorset coastline being within easy reach (8 miles) and the picturesque seaside resorts of Sidmouth, Charmouth and Lyme Regis are ideal for day trips. The university and cathedral city of Exeter and the county town of Taunton are both within easy reach. The prestigious Colyton Grammar School, with a nationally recognized reputation for excellence is within the area. There is golf at Lyme Regis, Chard and Axmouth, sailing and boating along the coast, and pretty fishing villages such as Beer and Branscombe are nearby stephen.richards@humberts.com

3 The Property Goodmans House is an elegant country manor house listed as being of architectural or historical interest. The present house appears to have early 18th Century origins, although there are records of a property on the site from much earlier. The house was totally refurbished to a very high standard including a new Welsh slate roof in 2006, re- plastering, rewiring, laying of oak flooring and installation of spot lighting and a Bose surround-sound music system into the house. All bathrooms have been replaced. The house contains many period architectural features such as window shutters, original fireplaces, decorative plaster work and joinery. The property enjoys delightful gardens including orchards, a large Carp pool and paddocks. The 5 holiday letting cottages have been converted from a range of traditional stone barns and were totally updated in 2006 including new kitchens and bathrooms (except Hazel cottage) along with new floorings in all cottages. The cottages are set away from the main house to provide a high degree of privacy. The house is approached from a quiet lane up a gravelled driveway.

4 Goodmans House Ground Floor:- Entrance Porch 1.84 x 1.40 (6 x 4 6) with terracotta floor. French doors to outside overlooking the gardens and surrounding countryside. Stripped wooden door into:- Reception Hall 9.70m x 2.46m narrowing to 1.30m (31 8 x 8 narrowing to 4 2) with solid oak flooring. Doors leading to morning room, sitting room/dining room, cloakroom, cellar and kitchen. Coved ceiling with spotlights. Picture rail. Elegant staircase with turned polished handrail and banister leading to first floor accommodation. Ceiling height picture window over- looking gardens. Decorative plasterwork archway. Door to:-. Morning Room 4.93m x 4.34m (16 1 x 14 2). Dual aspect windows with original window shutters and views over gardens and surrounding countryside. Oak flooring. Plaster coved ceiling. Spotlights. Minster open fireplace. Built-in original wooden shelving with cupboard below. Door leading through to sitting room. Drawing Room 4.95m x 4.65m (16 2 x 15 2). Accessed off reception hall. Window to front with original window shutters with views over gardens and surrounding countryside. Oak flooring. Spotlights. Decorative plasterwork coved ceiling. New open castiron Jetmaster fireplace with slate hearth. Fixings above fireplace for plasma TV screen. Built-in Bose surround-sound music system. Built-in painted wooden shelving with cupboards below, either side of the fireplace housing the control system for the Bose surround-sound music. Sitting Room 4.45m x 4.33m (14 6 x 14 2). Large Inglenook fireplace with heavy beam over and quarry tiled hearth housing cast-iron wood burning stove. Exposed stone and brick walling. Oak floor. Spotlights. Window and window seat looking into sunroom. Glazed door into reception hall. Heavy wooden slat door into sunroom. Glazed French doors into:- Sun Room 7.92m x 2.69m (23 5 x 8 8). Accessed from sitting room. Double-glazed windows to all sides over-looking the gardens and surrounding countryside. Terracotta tiled floor. French doors leading out into gardens. Dining Room 3.86m x 3.56m (12 6 x 11 6). Window and window seat to side with views over the gardens. Oak flooring. Spotlights. Former Inglenook fireplace with heavy wooden beam over and quarry tiled hearth. Original bread oven to side. Cloakroom Accessed from reception hall. New white suite of coupled WC and pedestal wash hand basin. Window to rear. Oak flooring. Spotlights.

5 Kitchen 6.21m x 2.61m (20 3 x 8 5). Accessed from reception hall. Shaker style kitchen with a range of wall and base cupboards with wooden surfaces with inset 1½ bowl sink unit. Tiles to surrounds. Window overlooking gardens. Built-in Hotpoint electric oven and microwave. Two oven Aga. Builtin Neff Halogen hob. Quarry tiled floor. Built-in dishwasher. Spotlights. Door to rear hall. Archway with heavy wooden beam over through to:- Breakfast Area 3.05m x 2.77m (10 x 9 1). Window to side overlooking gardens. Quarry tiled floor. Spotlights. Rear Hall 2.39m x 1.96m (7 8 x 6 4). Glazed door to outside. Patio flooring. Access to roof void. Door to boiler/boot room and door to:- Utility Room 4.37m x 2.72m (14 3 x 8 9). Window to rear overlooking gardens. Spotlights. Large built-in cupboards with shelving. Base units with tiled work surfaces. Plumbing for automatic washing machine and venting for tumble drier. Belfast sink unit. Ceramic tiled floor. Access to roof void. Boiler/Boot Room 2.24m x 2.18m (7 3 x 7 1). Window to front overlooking gardens. Patio flooring. Spotlights. Grant boiler. Balmoral storage water tank and constant pressure water pump. Water treatment equipment. Basement:- Cellars accessed from the reception hall. Stone steps leading down to the cellars with two chambers with cobbled flooring. First Floor:- Galleried Landing with picture window to ceiling overlooking gardens. Oak flooring. Spotlights. Wooden doors to rooms. Wooden door leading to stairs to second floor accommodation. Picture rail. Cloakroom Suite of coupled WC and pedestal wash hand basin. Window to rear. Bedroom m x 4.33m (16 1 x 14 2). Dual aspect windows overlooking gardens and surrounding country side. Picture rail. Spotlights. Built-in original storage cupboard. Walk-in wardrobe. Bathroom Next to master bedroom. Recently refitted with low level Victorian style WC, built in vanity unit with marble top with wash hand basin and cupboard below. Picture rail. Spotlights. Slipper bath with ball and claw feet with shower attachment. Curved double shower tiled cubicle with Bristan Victorian style drencher shower. Window to front with views over the gardens and surrounding countryside. Oak flooring. Chrome heated towel rail. Bedroom m x 4.20m (16 3 x 13 7). Window to front with views over gardens and surrounding countryside. Oak flooring. Picture rail. Spotlights. Cast iron open fireplace with wooden mantle and surround. Bedroom m x 3.65m (14 4 x 11 9). Window to side overlooking gardens. Oak flooring. Spotlights. Built-in cupboard with shelving. Built in book shelve. Bedroom m x 4.12m max (13 5 x 13 4). Window to side with views over gardens. Castiron open fireplace with wooden mantle and surround. Built-in wardrobe. Spotlights. Door to:- Inner Landing 1.93m x 1.67m (6 3 x 5 4). Oak flooring. Spotlights. Built-in airing cupboard with new modern hot water cylinder and shelving. Bathroom 2.60m x 2.64m (9 7 x 8 6). En-suite to bedroom 4. Fitted with a white suite of coupled WC, pedestal wash hand basin and slipper bath with ball and claw feet. Spotlights. Oak flooring. Window to side overlooking gardens. chrome heated towel rail. Exposed stone walling and wooden lintel around window.

6 Outside: - To the front of the property are particularly attractive gardens enjoying a high degree of privacy. They include many fine semi-mature and mature specimens, including Acer, Azalea, Rhododendron, Magnolia, Meta Sequoia, Ginko and other unusual species. The cottages are each self-contained. Each kitchen is equipped to a very high standard with a range of new modern base and wall cupboards, along with quality integrated German built appliances to include stainless steel oven and ceramic hob and dishwasher. The bathrooms (except Hazel cottage) have marble tiles and Heritage sanitary ware all with heated towel rails. Second Floor:- Landing with skylight and doors to rooms. Bedroom m x 4.24m (15 2 x 13 11). Accessed from landing. Skylights. Limited eave height in part. Built in cupboard. All cottages are oil-fired centrally heated with Holly and Hazel cottages having their own boiler. A new central heating system was installed in 2006 for the remainder of the cottages. Hazel Cottage En-suite Shower Room White suite of close coupled WC, pedestal wash hand basins. Shower cubicle. Skylight. Limited eave height in part. Wash hand basin with cupboard below. Built-in cupboard. Chrome heated towel radiator. At the front of the main house is a spring-fed attractive large Carp pool surrounded by Gunnera. The remainder of the garden is laid mainly to lawn and planted with mature trees. The Cottages All cottages have been converted to a high standard from traditional stone outbuildings and were totally updated in 2006 including hand made kitchens and bathrooms (except Hazel cottage) along with new carpeting or laminate floorings in all cottages. Features include hand-made timber window frames, exposed beams and exposed natural stonework. Single storey detached cottage providing open-plan sitting/dining room and fully fitted beech kitchen area, bedroom with en-suite shower room. Private patio area to the side (Sleeps 2).

7 Holly Cottage Old Orchard Chestnut Cottage Single storey end of terrace cottage providing open plan sitting room, dining room and fully fitted Oak kitchen with doors leading out onto the courtyard garden. Two double bedrooms and shower room (Sleeps 4). Single storey detached cottage providing open-plan sitting/dining room and fully fitted hand painted cream kitchen area. Large double bedroom with en- suite shower room. Secluded lawn area with stone terrace (Sleeps 2). Two storey end of terrace cottage providing on the ground floor sitting room with stripped pine fireplace with stone hearth. At first floor level there is a kitchen dining area with a fully fitted Oak kitchen with French doors leading out onto the courtyard garden. There are two double bedrooms, one with an en-suite shower room and one with a bath with shower over (Sleeps 4). Oak Cottage Ground floor end of terrace apartment providing sitting room and kitchen/diner room with parquet flooring, coved ceiling and exposed stone walls. 2 bedrooms with exposed stone walls and en-suite shower rooms (Sleeps 5).

8 Outside Range of outbuildings, including a modern storage building with new profile metal clad roof of breezeblock construction enclosed by two wooden garage doors. Adjoining log store. In the grounds there is an Indian timber pagoda. To the front of the holiday letting cottages is a courtyard garden laid mainly to lawn which is surrounded by borders planted with a range of shrubs. Beyond this there is a walled garden, which was renovated in 2006, an outdoor pool 9.75m x 4.87m (32 x 16 ) with oil boiler and solar panels for heating. Stone patios to sides with level lawned seating areas. The gardens are surrounded by a ring of park-like pasture and orchards, and within the land there are some fine mature trees including beech, oak, pine and willow. The property has two accesses onto the highway, one of which is not used at present. This could be made into the main access for the cottages and a car park built away from the main house for them, resulting in the main house having its own driveway.

9 Services We understand that mains electricity is connected. There is a private water supply. Drainage is to private sewage systems. An oil fired boiler provides central heating and hot water to the main house. The oil fired Aga in the main house supplements the domestic hot water. Town and Country Planning The Business The present owner has been in ownership since 2007 and currently use a local letting agent to promote the holiday cottages Lyme Bay Holidays coupled with their website ( and internet advertising. Visit Britain has rated the self catering cottages as 4 star. No checks have been carried out on the service installations or equipment and interested parties must satisfy themselves by independent investigation in this respect. We understand that the five cottages have planning consent for holiday letting accommodation. Holly Cottage has planning permission for full residential use and is classed as an annexe to Goodmans House. There is further potential to convert an extra holiday letting unit from the former greenhouse building, subject to gaining the relevant planning consents. Trading information can be provided to bona fide purchasers. Tenure Freehold. It should be noted that there is a public footpath running along the south-west boundary of the land and across one of the paddocks. Local Authority East Devon District Council Council Offices, Knowle, Sidmouth EX10 8HL Tel: (01395) Method of Sale The property is offered by private treaty including the trade inventory to include furnishings, equipment and fixtures and fittings in the holiday letting cottages excluding any personal items

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11 Directions Leave the M5 at Junction 25 and follow the A358 to the A303. At the first roundabout take the third exit signed Honiton/Exeter A303 (which turns into the A30). After approximately 3 miles at the Eagle Cross/The Eagle Tavern Public House, turn left signposted Coombe St. Nicholas 1 ¾ miles/wadeford 2 ½ miles/chard 4 ¾. After approximately 2.5 miles you will arrive at the A30 and turn right signposted Honiton/ExeterA30. Follow the brown tourist signs for Ferne Animal Sanctuary. At the next junction turn left signed Ford ½ mile next to the red telephone box and follow this road up the hill round to the property, passing Hook Hill Farm and Goodmans House is clearly signed and is on the left hand side. Viewing Strictly by appointment with agents Humberts. For further information contact:- Stephen Richards on (01823) At the end of this road turn right following the signs for Membury/Stockland. After ½ mile, after passing Ferne Animal Sanctuary, take the first right hand turn signed Stockland. Follow this road for just over 1 mile passing Godworthy Farm down the hill following the signs for Stockland and Furley. Take the first left signed to Furley and Membury. Follow this lane for just over 1 mile passing Land Cottage and Land Farm. Continue following the signs for Furley and Membury. File Ref: C3472 Mansfield House Silver Street Taunton Somerset TA1 3DN T: E: stephen.richards@humberts.com

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