North Devon

A beautiful unlisted Victorian country house with stunning views together with a successful holiday letting and wedding business featuring four shepherd’s huts and an annexe/cottage, all within just over 3 acres. EPC E.

Introduction - This grand and very beautiful Victorian country house offers a great opportunity to reside in a gracious period house with much charm and character, which has been subject to considerable improvement in recent years. Added to this is the successful established business, offering boutique luxury glamping breaks, holiday cottage accommodation and petite weddings from the extensive grounds. The wide-ranging accommodation would suit a large family as well as providing spacious self-contained luxury single story cottage, which is currently providing holiday letting, but also has annexe permission and would be ideal for multigenerational living. Within the grounds are areas separate from the business providing owner’s garden and recreation space. The main house also has great potential for business use, if desired, and would make a stunning event venue, big house let or accommodation for wedding guests, subject to any necessary permissions required. The whole benefits from the most outstanding views to the southwest over rolling countryside across the Taw Valley.

Situation - The property is well situated within the heart of the spectacular North Devon countryside amongst rolling hills and fi elds. The village of High Bickington is just 1.5 miles and offers amenities including primary school, two popular pubs, church, chapel, community hall, Post Office, doctors’ surgery, bus service and playing fields with cricket and football clubs as well as the local golf course at Libbaton. The towns of South Molton (9 miles) and Barnstaple (10 miles) are within easy travelling distance and from the latter there is access to the North Devon Link Road, which leads to the M5 junction 27 and motorway network beyond. Barnstaple town centre offers an excellent range of amenities including both local and national high street shops, banks and leisure facilities including cinema, theatre and leisure centre as well as the North Devon District Hospital, just on the edge of town. A railway service links Barnstaple with Exeter St David’s with further connection services to London and beyond. The nearest station is only 3.2 miles from the property. Stunning world class surfing beaches can be found along the North Devon coast, with for example, Saunton being
approximately 18 miles.

Little Silver House - A stunning Victorian house offering spacious rooms with high ceilings and lots of inherent character of the period. These include picture rails and ceiling cornices, ceiling plaster mouldings and decoration, wall panelling and stained glass. The current owners have laboured over its meticulous renovations in their ownership and it now provides very well presented and comfortable accommodation. In brief, the accommodation comprises a lavish reception hall with
staircase, cloak/boot room, further cloakroom with WC, store/office, spacious drawing room with feature fi replace and large bay window, sitting room, family room, dining room and kitchen/breakfast room. On the first floor are seven bedrooms, four bathrooms (two en-suite) and further study/8th bedroom, cloakroom with WC and laundry room.

The adjoining annexe/holiday cottage, Little Silver Nugget, has an internal connecting door for convenience, if required. The accommodation is beautifully presented and has spacious rooms including sitting area, dining area, snug/garden room, cloakroom with WC, fitted kitchen/breakfast room, walk-in larder and bedroom with en-suite

Holiday Accomodation - The collection of four Shepherds’ huts along with the dual use, Little Silver Nugget, provide high quality experience-led accommodation within this stunning location. Three of the Shepherds’ huts were installed in 2019 with the fourth added in 2021. They are all located in the orchard, away from the house and have been set apart to provide the best possible views and privacy. Each has a landscaped site with hot tub, seating and barbeque area. A further hot tub is provided for Little Silver Nugget guests’ use.
The holiday properties comprise:
Little Silver Nugget – 1 bedroom cottage adjoining main house – Can be used as annexe – Sleeps 2
Little Silver Fox – Shepherds’ hut with king size bed
Little Silver Leaf – Shepherds’ hut with king size bed
Little Silver Owl – Shepherds’ hut with king size bed
Little Silver Pheasant – Features two joined ‘Wivvies’ for large living, bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette space.
For more information and photographs, please visit the business
website at Further to this, the wedding
business website can be found at

Gardens And Outbuildings - The property is accessed from the road via a gated shared driveway. Running down the attractive tree-lined drive a large car park lies to the left, providing space for numerous vehicles. Beyond this is a private garden area with above ground pool, storage container and dedicated laundry for the business. Off to the side there is a double garage with storeroom behind and separate log store. Travelling towards the house is a level croquet lawn. The drive continues to the house with further parking area in front and to the sides. The remainder of the grounds run to the southeast and west, with attractive formal gardens in front of the house, with lawns, terraced and paved seating and entertaining space as well as a pond and Victorian grotto. This then continues to the orchard. A sloping terraced and landscaped area for the shepherd’s huts, with gravelled pathways providing easy access. Within the orchard are a number of
fruit trees including apple, pear and plum as well as mature trees. The whole area enjoys the most stunning views over the Taw Valley and provides a spectacular backdrop to the house and grounds.

Services - Mains electricity and water (private water borehole available
with some work).
Private drainage.
Biomass boiler serving Little Silver House and Nugget

Outgoings - Little Silver House - Council Tax Band H
Little Silver Nugget – Business Rateable Value - £1,550
Shepherds’ Huts – Rateable Value - £3,550

Rights Of Way - The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of any public or private rights of way or boundaries. In particular, two neighbours have a private right of way along a disused former drive on the southwestern boundary.

Directions - Coming from the west, take the North Devon Link Road and at the 3rd South Molton junction (roundabout) take the B3226 (1st exit) signed Filleigh/West Buckland. Proceed towards South Molton and enter the town and turn right onto the B3227, signed Torrington. Follow this road for 7 miles. At the ‘T’ junction turn left onto the A3777 signed Exeter. Follow this road for 1.8 miles. After passing a farmyard on the left, turn right into an unsigned lane and proceed up the hill for approximately ½ mile and Little Silver House entrance can be found on the left, next to the gatehouse, drive between the pillars to enter.