Roborough, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19

Ebberly House is approached through an elegant Grade II listed gate screen of two Ionic Columns supporting a pediment. The drive leads through the garden to the front of the house with a parking area beyond.

The back drive is just past the main entrance and leads past the cottages, to the side door and home office, and then around to the front of the house.

The front door is protected by a magnificent four pillared portico from which the door opens into the octagonal hall with the original flagstone floor. The main reception rooms lead off the hall and include the drawing room with its vaulted ceiling and ornate plaster work. Beyond is the fine library off the oval stair hall with an elegant wooden cantilevered staircase. In addition, leading off the main hall, are the sitting room, dining room, wine cellars and well equipped kitchen/breakfast room. This leads to the practical hub of the house including; downstairs loos and cloakrooms, larder, flower room, storage rooms, boot rooms and gym.

The cantilevered staircase leads up onto the galleried landing with access to the large principal bedroom, dressing room and ensuite bathroom with large shower. There are 8 further bedrooms and 5 bathrooms across the first floor accessed off the central corridor.

Purported to have been laid out by Thomas Lee, the house has wonderful all year round gardens with a profusion of bulbs from snowdrops to bluebells, magnificent azaleas, and rhododendrons for spring colour, and mature trees, with woodland walks through and around the garden, streams and lakes.

The gardens have been further improved by the current owners and in particular enhance the house as a fantastic entertaining home. There are beautiful formally laid out gardens close to the house, immaculate lawns and then a walled garden with a lovely swimming pool, pool house and tennis court.

The mature woods protect the house from the north and east, and the gardens blend into the woods where there is former Victorian pleasure garden with a small stream with waterfalls, which runs down into the two lakes beside the parkfield.

Close to the cottages is the original walled farmyard, part of which is now used as kitchen gardens, with a walled paddock with a distinctive apple store.

In addition to the principal house, there are 7 further properties providing significant estate income, let under Assured Shorthold Tenancies (income schedule available from the agents).

To the north of the house off the back drive is a terrace of 4 cottages built of stone under a slate roof with a garden to the front and/or rear and ancillary buildings.

Primrose Cottage with a kitchen/dining room, sitting room, with 3 bedrooms and a bath/shower room.

Orchard Cottage with sitting room, kitchen/dining room, WC, 3 bedrooms and a bathroom.

Stable Cottage with sitting room, kitchen/dining room, WC, 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Over the stables is an office.

Beech Cottage is single storey with an open kitchen/sitting/ dining room, WC, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom.

To the west of the house, there are 3 further cottages, Fern, Laurel and Meadow Cottages. The accommodation is over a single storey and each comprise a hall, sitting room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. They have gardens to the front and rear along with a block of 6 garages to be used between them.

At the southern end of the terrace, on the ground floor there are 3 stables, a tack room, WC, workshops and two storage room.

There is an extensive range of farm buildings situated to the north of the house with an independent access directly off the lane. The buildings extend to approximately 17,000 sq ft with a former livestock and general purpose buildings with a useful area of hard standing.

The main house is centrally located within its own grounds and land, in a private yet accessible location with outstanding southerly views towards Dartmoor.

COMMUNICATIONS

By Car – The North Devon link road is accessed at South Molton (about 14 miles) giving fast access onto the M5.

By Train – There is a regular intercity service from Tiverton Parkway (Junction 27 on the M5) to London Paddington (1 hour 56 minutes).

By Air – Bristol and Exeter provide regular international and regional services. There are two small airfields for light aircraft close by.

Shopping – Roborough (about 1 mile) has a pub and a church; Torrington (about 5 miles) provides everyday needs; Barnstaple (about 11 miles) has supermarkets and specialist shops.

Hunting – Locally with the Torrington Farmers, however, Exmoor and Dartmoor are within easy reach.

Sailing and Beaches – Instow, at the mouth of the Torridge, provides good sailing facilities and there are numerous sandy beaches along the north coast within easy reach.

Golf – There are courses at Westward Ho!, Torrington and High Bickington.

Fishing and Shooting – The rivers Taw and Torridge are both within easy reach and the Taw Valley and Exmoor are renowned for their high pheasant shoots.