4 bed equestrian for sale

Wheddon Cross, Somerset TA24

A modernised, spacious family home set within 14 acres of flat, well maintained land made up of pastures and mature gardens set within the grassland and wooded part of Exmoor National Park with breathtaking views as far as the eye can see. An exceptional equestrian property in the most glorious location.
Description

Heathpoult Farm is a truly exceptional equestrian property offering recently modernised and spacious accommodation, together with a substantial range of barns, stables and outbuildings with a total of 14 acres of quality pastureland and a mature, low maintenance garden.

It is said that property location is vital and this fabulous position benefits from the adjacent famous Coleridge Way, a bridle way offering horse riders and walkers some of the most spectacular views of Exmoor . No wonder Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his friend William Wordsworth felt so inspired while taking in this incredible scenery. This 1960’s home was originally designed and occupied by the architect and therefore built to a very high structural standard. Rare on Exmoor, the property has full fibre broadband connectivity directly to the house.
The accommodation briefly comprises:
The recent modernisation and internal re-modelling includes new double glazing throughout, cavity wall insulation, a completely new slate roof, new fitted kitchen, two new bathrooms, a new central heating system with new Grant oil-fired combi-boiler providing instant and constant hot water. The house has also been recently re-wired for the electrics . There are new fitted carpets and vinyl floor covering throughout the property. Internally it is very light and airy with every window offering lovely views especially from the balcony giving stunning far- reaching views towards Devon and Dartmoor.
Though the house has a splendid oak style front door and hallway with cloakroom, most rural dwellers usually enter through the ‘back’ door bringing you into an extremely large utility room with cupboards, storage for saddlery, sink with overhead bridle cleaning hook, ceiling pulley clothes maiden, w.c., and plenty of coat hooks and boot space.
The large dining kitchen has a feature atrium ceiling with two Velux windows. A stylish new fitted kitchen includes an eco- electric Everhot range cooker with induction plates. In addition to a large window there is a stable style split opening-door leading onto one of three patio areas.
The large lounge has fabulous views across the countryside, together with a wide sliding door, there are also French windows to another patio area. There is a feature new stylish Wood Warm log burner stove which gives wonderful heat when needed.

There are two bathrooms, one on each floor, including large baths and one also having a ‘monsoon’ shower unit. The present owners created a spectacular and remarkable first floor master bedroom suite with bathroom together with a sitting room leading onto a balcony with breathtaking views towards Devon and Dartmoor . There are three Velux windows and a further “Juliet’ Balcony with lovely views across the fields. This 14.5 metre long room occupies the entire upstairs area and is specifically designed to be subdivided with a simple partition wall to create separate rooms if desired .Hence giving rise to describing the property of having 4 / 5 bedrooms. There are three further bedrooms on the ground floor, one is currently used as an office. The largest bedroom has wall to wall fitted wardrobes and the other two have built in wardrobe/cupboards.
Services & outgoings

There is private water provided by borehole with robust supply, good pressure, 4,000 litre header tank, fully filtered and tested. Septic Tank Mains Electricity . The vast barn roof space creates an opportunity for a large amount of solar p.v panels. Oil fired central heating with combi- boiler for instant and constant hot water. Full Fibre broadband connection directly to the house
Council Tax: Somerset Council—Band E.
Additional information

Broadband: Ultrafast broadband is available—highest available download speed 2000 Mbps, highest available upload speed 1000 Mbps. (Openreach).
Mobile Coverage: Available via EE, O2, three and vodafone. For an indication of specific speeds and supply or coverage in the area we recommend contacting your own provider.
Flooding: The property is in an area at a very low risk from River/Sea and Surface Water flooding (defined as the chance of flooding each year as less than 0.1%).
Situation

Nesting within Exmoor National Park ( Europe’s first Dark Sky reserve ), the property is two miles from Wheddon Cross village which has a Post Office, cash point, Texaco garage, licensed late shop, car and horsebox service and repair centre, Exmoor Farmers Market, popular public house with restaurant and bedrooms, a highly regarded first school, village green, tennis court, cricket pitch and team In Somerset league . The village hall gives rise to this vibrant community. Heathpoult Farm is 6 miles from the historic town of Dulverton or 7 miles from the medieval Dunster Village and castle . There are three supermarkets, a high street with banks in Minehead which is a 15 minute drive away. Taunton and Tiverton are both only a 30 minute drive with good road and mainline rail links. Exeter Airport is a 45 minute drive and Bristol Airport 1 hour. There are several nearby beaches and all of Exmoor provides wonderful walking opportunities with over 680 miles of bridleways. There are many renowned schools in the area including West Buckland School, Wellington School and Blundell School ( of Lorna Doone fame ).
Outside

While entering Heathpoult Farm through new wooden double gates there is a wide driveway to the right towards the house and four refurbished pony box stables or turn left towards the large yard with the large barns and stables. The ‘American ‘ style barn has three good sized stables with lots of space for more internal stables to be built. Adjoining this is a high barn with two large doors opening onto the yard. This building could easily contain more stables and is high enough to add a mezzanine / loft floor. Two other barns provide ample space to park vehicles, horse-boxes, farm machinery, store hay and straw or indeed create more stables if needed . To the rear of the barns is a large concrete stack yard, ideal for further storage and parking horse box / trailer farm implements etc. All the outbuildings and stables have been recently re-wired. The pony boxes can be seen from the house and, as with many of the other buildings, could easily become home gyms, office, playrooms etc. The gardens are mostly lawns with a variety of mature shrubs, together with an enchanting small semi-wild woodland area . There is a large greenhouse currently filled with grapevines, tomatoes, strawberries and herbs. The very private land is bordered by high hedges and mature beech trees giving a beautiful and colourful backdrop in summer and autumn while also providing shelter. There are no rights of way / public footpaths across the land and it is just a short walk or ride along the quiet side lane to access Coleridge way which runs in both directions .