Landacre, Withypool, Minehead, TA24

Lot 1 = Lanacre Farm and 198 acres (Guide Price £3,500,000)

Lot 2 = Withypool Common extending to 1,878 acres (Guide Price £1,000,000)

Lanacre Farmhouse is a large south facing Georgian detached house in a stunning setting with views directly over the River Barle and across Withypool Common. The house has been sympathetically modernised by the present owners to provide a well-appointed family home.

The large entrance hall runs the length of the house and leads to the three large reception rooms. The kitchen has an oil fired Aga, and there is a utility, office, and cloakroom. On the first floor there are two large south facing bedrooms one with an ensuite bathroom and built in wardrobes. There are two further bedrooms and a recently renovated shower room. On the second floor, a large landing with wall to ceiling bookcases and a large double bedroom with ensuite bathroom.

The garden wraps around the south side of the farmhouse with stunning views from the terrace on the west side. It was previously registered within the National Garden Scheme and has the potential to be easily restored to this status.

The additional properties offer flexible accommodation, either linked to the house for guests or staff, or (as currently) for income generation. There are two semi-detached bungalows which sit on the north side of the yard in an elevated position with stunning views and private front and rear gardens. There is a spacious two-bedroom cottage with an interconnecting double garage and private garden. The Flat is a pretty one bedroomed stone cottage with a first floor sitting room.

Conveniently located to the north of the farmhouse is a recently converted stone barn provides a large function room with a studio and shower room on the first floor. If required, the studio could easily be converted to additional residential accommodation subject to planning.

There are a series of single storey stone buildings previously used as stables and stores and further garaging all connected to mains electricity and the private water supply therefore provide ample opportunities for alternative uses subject to planning.

To the west of the farmstead accessed directly from Lanacre Lane is a set of modern agricultural buildings and yard used for livestock handling. There is a further modern farm building and yard on the north side of the in-bye land accessed from Bradymoor.

The in-bye land within Lot 1 extends to 198.29 acres (80.26 hectares) of which there are approximately 179 acres of pasture and 15 acres of mature woodland. The farmstead is ring fenced by the land which offers complete privacy with no public rights of way. The land is primarily used for livestock grazing. A small family shoot has previously been operated on the Estate with walked up shooting across the moor providing excellent snipe shooting. The River Barle which is renowned for its Brown Trout and Salmon, runs directly through the Estate with over 2,500m of private double bank fishing. The river flows east towards Withypool collecting additional flow from the Sherdon Water tributary on the west side of the Estate.

The moorland extends to approximately 1,878.01 acres stretching across Withypool Common including Withypool Hill, Brightworthy Barrows and Bradymoor. Withypool Hill features one of only two known prehistoric stone circles on Exmoor and has unparalleled panoramic views across the moor and Withypool Common with its range of Bronze Age mounds, known as Brightworthy Barrows.

The moorland is sold subject to various rights including common grazing rights. Lanacre Farm benefits from the residual grazing rights across the Common.

The Lanacre Estate is set in a private position in the heart of Exmoor National Park, on the edge of the popular village of Withypool which has a general store, post office, tea rooms, village hall, church and a public house, The Royal Oak with the renowned Exmoor Forest Inn at Simonsbath.

South Molton, known as the gateway to Exmoor, is a bustling market town (recently voted the best national community market) and provides for all your essential shops and amenities. Dulverton is a popular local hub with numerous independent shops and award-winning pubs and restaurants including Woods Restaurant.

The Lanacre Estate is well located being almost equidistant between the county town of Taunton and the Cathedral City of Exeter, whilst also having easy access to the magnificent 'world class' sandy beaches of the North Devon Coastline well known for surfing and forming part of the North Devon UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

The area is well-known for its many wonderful recreational and sporting opportunities, including hunting with the Dulverton West, Exmoor and Devon & Somerset Staghounds and fishing on the Rivers Exe and Barle. Lanacre is within 15 miles of the most famous shoots on Exmoor including Molland, Wellshead Estate and Challacombe.

There are an excellent range of schools in the area with primary schools at Dulverton and Exford, whilst nearby private schools include Blundells and West Buckland with Kings & Queens at Taunton.

Communication links are good with the A361 at Tiverton providing dual carriageway links to the M5 Motorway network at Junction 27. Tiverton Parkway is a mainline railway station providing regular services to London Paddington in under two hours.