Stone Farm Lifton Devon

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1 Stone Farm Lifton Devon

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3 Stone Farm Lifton Devon Lifton 1 mile, Launceston 5 miles, Tavistock 10 miles, Exeter (M5 motorway) 40 miles, A30 dual carriageway 2 miles Amid stunning countryside, a most attractive residential stock farm Delightful Grade 11 listed farmhouse with 6 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms Wonderful range of stone and slated barns Pretty cottage with 3 bedrooms Second range of stone barns General purpose farm buildings In all about 306 acres For sale freehold as a whole or in 4 lots Kivells 2 Broad Street Launceston Cornwall PL15 8AD simon.alford@kivells.com Tel:

4 Situation Stone Farm occupies a delightful setting amongst gently undulating Devonshire countryside, close to the river Tamar boundary with Cornwall. This is a highly respected farming area to the west of the Dartmoor National Park with fertile, free draining farmland capable of supporting either grass or arable production, taking full advantage of the area s maritime climate. The village of Lifton is about 1 mile away and has a primary school, post office stores, public houses, restaurants, hotels and places of worship. The towns of Launceston and Tavistock are 5 and 10 miles respectively and provide an excellent range of shopping and recreational facilities together with public and state, junior and secondary schools. Both the north and south coasts are within easy striking distance whilst the city of Exeter and the M5 motorway are around 40 miles away. Directions Leave the A30 dual carriageway at the Liftondown junction and follow the sign posts into the village of Lifton. Having passed the Arundell Arms hotel on the left hand side take the next turning left and continue for a few hundred yards passing the primary school on the right hand side. At the next minor junction bear left, continue for 150 yds turning left up the hill where sign-posted Stone. The entrance drive to the farm will be found on the right hand side after around 800 yds. General Description This most attractive and productive farm extends in total to around 306 acres and lies within a ring fence, divided only by very quiet parish roads. The farmstead is positioned relatively centrally within the land and is dominated by the farmhouse with 16th Century origin and further complimented by a courtyard of impressive stone and slated barns beyond which are functional general purpose farm buildings. The farmland most attractively surrounds the farmstead whilst the entire farming acreage is presently down to grass, the farm has, in the past, produced excellent arable crops. In the east of the holding there is a 3 bedroom cottage together with a number of traditionally constructed barns which, as with the main courtyard of stone barns, may be suitable for conversion to non farming uses subject to the usual planning consents. Sitting Room Lotting Lot 1 Stone Farmhouse, courtyard of barns, modern farm buildings and around 156 acres of land. Lot acres of land Lot 3 34 acres of land Lot 4 Meadow Cottage, barns and land totalling around 1.4 acres Stone Farmhouse Stone Farmhouse occupies a delightful and sheltered setting facing southeast and standing at the head of a magnificent courtyard of barns. The property has immense character and charm and is, quite rightly, listed Grade 11 to reflect its architectural and historical interest and includes such features as open fireplaces, and ornate beam ceiling. It is constructed of stone and cob walls with rendered elevations under a natural slate roof and has been sensitively and extensively refurbished in recent years to include the installation of central heating, rewiring, plumbing and roofing, resulting in a handsome family house of character. All of the principal rooms are of a very good size and at the front of the house a carved granite archway with solid timber door leads to a wide Reception Hall off which there are doors to:- Drawing Room (SE) 17 2 x 14 4 (5.25m x 4.37m) central cast iron fireplace with slate hearth, wooden slips and mantle shelf. Window seat and up-lighters. Stairs to the first floor landing with under stair cupboard. Study Sitting Room (SE) 19 x 19 2 (5.79m x 5.84m) central open fireplace with slate hearth housing Jotul wood burning stove with heavy beam over and glazed display shelf to one side with window beyond. Exposed beam ceiling. Study (SE & SW) x 12 (5.78m x 3.65m) open fireplace with brick and slate hearth and granite slips and mantle housing, Jotul wood burning stove. A remarkable ornate carved beamed ceiling, fitted bookshelf and window seat. Uplighters. Door to a second staircase to the first floor with under stair cupboard.

5 Kitchen (NW) 18 3 x 13 (into bay) (5.57m x 3.96m) open fireplace with recessed oil fired Aga with side work surface, shelving and bressumer beam. Range of floor and wall units in light oak with inset stainless steel sink and drainer, Halogen 4 ring hob, plumbing for a dishwasher. Seating bench in the bay window, quarry tiled floor and down-lighters. Rear Hall with doors to the main reception hall and rear courtyard and third staircase to the first floor. Further door to:- Utility/Boot Room (NW & SW) 12 3 x 11 2 (3.75m x 3.41m) exposed beam ceiling, work surface with inset Belfast sink and wooden drainer, shelving and Grant oil fired heating boiler. Plumbing for washing machine, quarry tiled floor and WC with wash hand basin. From the sitting room stairs rise to a first floor Landing off which there are doors to:- Bedroom 1 (SE) 19 5 x 13 5 (5.94m x 4.09m) window seat, Victorian cast iron fire basket with timber slips and mantle shelf. Staircase descends from bedroom 1 to the study. Family Bathroom (NW) panelled bath, pedestal wash hand basin and WC. Airing cupboard with factory lagged hot water cylinder. Bedroom 2 (SE) 15 9 x 15 (4.80m x 4.59m) pair of windows with window seats. Ensuite Bathroom fitted cupboard with shelf, panelled bath, pedestal wash hand basin, glazed shower cubicle and WC. Bedroom 3 (SE) 17 5 x (5.3m x 4.23m) vaulted ceiling with exposed beams up-lighters and fitted shelf. Bedroom 4 (NW) 12 3 x 11 (3.73m x 3.36m) access trap to loft space. Bedroom 5 (NE) 13 1 x 11 4 (max) partly vaulted ceiling. Steps lead up to:- Bedroom 6/Dressing Room (SW) 14 2 x 9 2 access trap to loft space. Staircase outside bedroom 5 descends to the rear hall. Outside At the rear of the property is a small enclosed courtyard flanked on one side by a substantial two storey Stone and Slated Barn (60 x 22 ) providing stabling, log and domestic storage and Pump Room with tallet over. This building is suitable for its present uses or may well be incorporated within the main body of the house, subject to the usual consents x 20 Stone and Slated Two Storey Barn presently providing loose pens with slate tombstone divisions and former mill house with a loft over x 19 6 Single Storey Stone and Slated Barn presently providing loose pen with manger and feed rack x 19 3 Stone and Slated Two Storey Barn presently providing shippon and loose pen under a loft x 20 4 Parlour Building Block and CA roof x 9 7 Open Fronted Building x 12 Garage Block and GI clad x 13 Bull Pen Stone and slated x 93 (overall) Livestock Covered Yard Pole, steel and GI clad x 32 Hay Barn Pole and GI clad x 60 Hornes Livestock Building constructed of steel frame with part block walling and CA cladding providing cubicle housing and loose pen x 30 Livestock Building Block and CA clad mono-pitched x 23 Former Piggery Stone and CA clad. The Land The land comprises an excellent run of free draining pasture land that lies in a compact block within a ring fence, divided only by very quiet parish roads. The central road forms a hogs back off which the land runs down to pretty valleys on the flanks of the holding. It is hedged and fenced to a high standard and is contained in good sized enclosures that are all presently down to grass but which have grown arable crops in the past. With the exception of a little wetter ground against the stream boundaries, the land is exceptionally free draining and is generally sloping with some steeper ground in the south and east. In front of the house there is a good sized lawn flanked on one side by the entrance drive and elsewhere by stone walls. Alongside the lawn is a very good sized paved terrace ideal for sitting out. There is plenty of scope for the extension of the gardens particularly to the northeast of the house, from where there are some stunning views over a very pretty valley. The Farm Buildings Lying to the southeast of the house is a range of wonderful stone and slated barns that are testimony to the importance of Stone Farm in its heyday. They are arranged around a very good sized, weathered concrete courtyard and maybe adapted to a variety of non farming uses, subject to the usual planning consents or simply enjoyed for the character they bring to the property. In more detail they comprise (numbers refer to layout plan):-

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8 Outside The property is approached off a very quiet parish road over a short hardcore entrance drive which provides parking for several vehicles. There are good sized gardens to the front, rear and side of the property. They are principally laid to lawn with an enclosed vegetable garden fronting the farmland. The buildings include:- 1) 29 6 x 22 6 Stone and Cob Barn with GI roof providing 2 stables with mangers and feed rack. 2) 23 4 x 14 Stone and Cob Barn with GI roof. 3) 45 x 14 Two Storey Stone and Cob Barn with GI roof. Planning permission is presently being sought for the conversion of two of the above barns to holiday cottages. Council Tax Stone Farmhouse Meadow Cottage Band D Band B Services Mains electricity, private water and drainage. Meadow Cottage This pretty cottage stands at the southern end of the farm at the head of a very gentle south facing valley surrounded by Stone farmland. It is constructed of rendered elevations under an interlocking tile roof, and would now benefit from refurbishment and modernisation. Door to entrance porch with adjoining Boot Room 7 10 x 4 11 (2.38m x 1.51m). Reception Room x 9 3 (4.24m x 2.82m) with stairs to the first floor landing (cupboard under) door to:- Sitting Room 12 9 x 14 (3.88m x 4.29m) pretty views both north and south. Central open fireplace with timber slips and mantle shelf, recessed fitted cupboard. Window seat. Kitchen/Breakfast Room 15 1 x 9 2 (4.61m x 2.82m) views to the south and north. Central fireplace with housing, recessed solid fuel Rayburn. Worktops with cupboards and drawers under and inset stainless steel bowl sink. Dishwasher and shelving. Utility Room 9 2 x 7 11 (2.80m x 2.43m) plumbing for washing machine, fitted shelving and work surface. Door to garden. First floor landing with doors to:- Bedroom x 9 5 (4.23m x 2.88m) lovely views north and south. Bedroom x 9 1 (3.11m x 2.78m) walk in wardrobe. Bedroom x 6 2 (min) (2.77m x 1.88m) airing cupboard with hot water cylinder. Hanging wardrobe. Bathroom with panelled bath, pedestal wash hand basin and low flush WC. Local Authority West Devon Borough Council, Kilworthy Park, Drake Road, Tavistock, Devon. PL19 OBZ. Tel Tenure and Possession The property is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession of the whole upon completion. Single Payment Scheme The land is registered for both the historic and regional elements of the Single Farm Payment. The seller s will sign a form RLE1 transferring the entitlements to the buyer(s) at completion. Viewing Strictly by appointment with the selling agents KIVELLS, 2 Broad Street, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 8AD. Telephone: Important Notice KIVELLS for themselves and for the vendor of the property whose agents they are, give notice that: - The particulars are intended to give a fair and substantially correct overall description for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of an offer or contract. Prospective purchasers and lessees should seek their own professional advice. All descriptions, dimensions, areas, reference to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct but any intending purchaser should not rely upon them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. No responsibility can be accepted for any expenses incurred by intending purchasers in inspecting properties, which have been sold, let or withdrawn. No person in the employment of KIVELLS has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property. Photographs taken in June Particulars prepared in June 2009.

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11 Lotting Guide Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3 Lot 4 Stone Farm Lifton Devon

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