Woodhouse Lane, Uplyme, Lyme Regis, Devon, DT7

Set off a quiet country lane close to the Trinity Hill nature reserve, Deepcombe House has an elevated setting with fantastic views over the surrounding coastline and rolling countryside, including the picturesque Cannington Viaduct. In addition, the house stands in a large clearing that is surrounded by eight acres of beautiful, mature woodland, providing total seclusion and privacy. The grounds are rich with plant and animal life, including three mature ponds stocked with water lilies and iris, along with a stream that runs right through the middle of its own wooded valley. In spring, the woodland is filled with bluebells, primroses and wild garlic; badgers, foxes, deer, bats and buzzards are regular visitors to the garden, along with glow worms in the summer months. The sea views from the house and garden extend right across to Charmouth, Golden Cap, Chesil beach and Portland, with further glimpses westwards towards Ware and Rousden.

Deepcombe House is built of red brick under a clay tile roof and has a southeast/northwest axis so that the interior of the house benefits from the best of the natural light throughout the day. The house is also blessed with tall, wide picture windows that enable as much of the view as possible to be seen from virtually every room.

It has been the much-loved home of the current owners for the past 20 years and has clearly been updated over time and well looked after, both inside and out. The interior has a contemporary feel with plentiful warm, honey-coloured solid oak flooring, doors and other joinery. Downstairs the house has a large and welcoming reception hall leading to two main reception rooms and the large kitchen/dining room, all of which have wonderful, far-reaching views plus bi-fold doors/French windows that open onto the paved terrace wrapped around three sides of the house. The kitchen is south and west facing and fully fitted with contemporary, oak-fronted units and a gas/electric range cooker and has a good-sized dining area at one end. A further single storey wing off the northwest corner incorporates a good-sized games room, study, utility room and boot room.
Upstairs are a total of five bedrooms on two floors. The guest bedroom on the first floor has an en suite shower room and access onto a long, south-facing balcony, whilst three further bedrooms share the large family bath and shower room. The principal bedroom has the top floor to itself with its own balcony, along with an adjacent, dedicated bath and shower room.

Outbuildings, garden and grounds

Deepcombe House is accessed down a long private driveway that ends at a parking area with room for several cars beside the house. The house is entirely surrounded by its grounds, with the garden blending seamlessly into mature woodland with a wide mix of broadleaf and evergreen trees. These are fringed by a huge variety of rhododendrons and azaleas, providing gorgeous, colourful blooms in late Spring and early Summer.
The parking area is screened by a tall Purbeck stone wall, beyond which lies the formal part of the garden, consisting of a series of lawns and landscaped borders surrounding a lovely, heated swimming pool. Set back from the pool is a fantastic, brick-built summer house with tall, wide picture windows on two sides and bi-fold doors on a third.

The garden and areas of paved terracing combine to provide the perfect setting for the house as well as a wonderful outside entertainment space and are testament to the creative foresight of the current owners. In all the garden and grounds extend to about ten acres, of which two acres are formal/semi formal garden enclosed by rabbit and deer-proof fencing.

There is a fruit cage and raised vegetable beds, plus two small orchards with a variety of cherry, apple and pear trees. The property has various garden sheds and storage areas.

Deepcombe House is situated about a mile from the village of Uplyme and the seaside resort of Lyme Regis just beyond, within an AONB bordering the world-renowned Jurassic Coast. The village has a primary school and pub and Lyme Regis has an excellent range of shops and local businesses including GP, dental and veterinary surgeries and hosts annual music and arts events including the superb Jazz and Folk festivals (see Wider requirements can be met by the nearby, larger towns of Axminster and Bridport. For transport links the A35 is just 2.7 miles away, there is a mainline rail service from Axminster to Waterloo (2 hours 40 minutes) and Exeter Airport is only 45 minutes' drive away.
The area also offers a wide selection of schools from both the state and independent sectors. The property is close to Woodroffe School and Colyton Grammar School (both OFSTED rated Outstanding) for secondary education and there are several highly regarded independent schools nearby including Port Regis, Perrott Hill and the schools in Sherborne.