Cotleigh, Honiton, Devon, EX14

A wonderfully situated country property with beautifully presented Unlisted Victorian Farmhouse, landscaped gardens with pool, excellent equestrian facilities, all-purpose barns and set within a valuable parcel of some 21 acres.

Southcote Farm has evolved over the last couple of centuries, perhaps its earliest origins dating back to a small and modest farmhouse. Extended over the years, the house now offers a beautifully presented country home, which was completely renovated and redesigned by the present owners. With great attention to detail to provide comfortable living, including double glazed windows throughout, and yet retains character features expected in a house of its age. The entrance into Southcote Farm leads off a quiet lane with a canopy and pillared entrance porch leading into the reception hall. A double drawing room provides an elegant entertaining room with a marble fireplace with large wood burning stove and double doors leading out onto a deep southwest facing terrace. The staircase hall has a contemporary, impressive staircase having glass balustrades with oak handrails and lined with curved tongue and groove oak panelling. There is a cloakroom and door from the hall leading into the sitting room with fireplace and wood burning stove and oak flooring which extends through to the well-fitted kitchen with a range of Harvey Jones wall and floor mounted cabinets. A four oven electric AGA with electric hob is inset by a mantlepiece with a further induction hob to the side. There is a substantial island with deep ceramic double sink and granite worksurface. There is a further range of built-in cupboards with inset Miele double ovens and hob and a Liebherr refrigerator. The dining room is found beyond the sitting room with fireplace and high mantlepiece and a Clearview wood burning stove, it has a staircase to a en suite bedroom. The utility/boot room has a lobby to the outside and cloakroom door and a few steps lead down to the study/playroom.

The spacious first floor landing has a window to the west overlooking the gardens and leads to the principal bedroom suite with spacious bedroom with fireplace, door through to the dressing room with excellent cupboarding and a further door to spacious, particularly light bathroom with two washbasins set within a washstand with cupboard and drawers, a particularly spacious walk-in shower with rain showerhead and free-standing bath and offset WC. There are two further bedrooms off the main landing, both being spacious with lovely outlooks and having en suite bathrooms.

The country lane leading to Southcote Farm passes the front of the house where there is an enclosed entrance with rose beds to either side of the entrance porch and continues into the main original yard of the farm, which opens out to provide excellent parking and is surrounded by immaculately decorated range of buildings. A single storey open fronted barn provides five Monarch loose boxes of similar size and is adjoined by a further small barn providing feed store and washdown area. There is a triple garage with three sets of double doors which is adjoined by a secure lockable tack room with heater and sink unit. A handsome and substantial party barn is found on a slightly higher level and has a bar area and ample room for billiard table, dining tables and has a wood burning stove at the far end. Adjoining the party barn is a newly refurbished guest accommodation which has a spacious sitting area with engineered oak floor, well fitted kitchen area and a staircase rising to the first floor with opening to a large bedroom and en suite shower room. The beautifully arranged and designed gardens include a deep south west terrace providing excellent al-fresco dining area which has steps up to the summerhouse which has wifi and offset plant room with the oil-fired boiler and filtration system. The recently built pool which measures twelve metres x five metres and is 1.52 metres deep throughout. It has an electrically operated integral safety cover and is heated by the oil boiler l and air source heat pump. A further collection of all-purpose barns are found to the east of the garage building and include two all purposes implement/storage barns providing scope to install a further range of loose boxes. There is a covered area between the barns, which gives access to the 60m x 20m Andrews Bowen waxed surface manège to the north side of the house. There is a recently built greenhouse and a curved flight of steps leading to the path edged with silver birch leading to a pergola from which there are glorious views.

An additional drive leads into the east of the farmstead and leads to the well fenced ten-acre field which slopes down to the east and is joined by a further paddock also well fenced and hedged and adjoins a level area of less formal gardens. Across the lane there are four paddocks which all have access onto the adjoining Green Lane leading down to the Umborne Brook. In all the gardens and grounds amounts to 21.69 acres (8.78 hectares).

Tax Band: G