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Stags Residential - Totnes Sales
The Granary, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5GN
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The rarest of opportunities to acquire a Grade II* Listed homestead set in approx. 6 acres with stone outbuildings, pp for renovation. Beautiful views, 5 minutes to A38, fine grazing and woodland, character features.
The rarest of opportunities to acquire a Grade II* Listed homestead set in approx. 6 acres with stone outbuildings, pp for renovation.
SITUATION
The hamlet of Sigford sits in Ilsington parish on the south-eastern foothills of Dartmoor in rolling countryside with steep sided, usually wooded valleys. Now a quiet farming area with few visitors, there was a large mining operation in the 19th and early 20th centuries at Owlicombe, less than a kilometre south. Sigford now sits within close proximity and easy access to the A38 for commuting to Exeter and Plymouth and also to Newton Abbot some 5 miles away. Newton Abbot is a market town within easy reach of Totnes and Torquay. There is a cattle market on Wednesday, and general market on Saturdays. There is a mainline railway station in the town providing speedy access to London Paddington, together with a comprehensive range of shopping and recreational facilities, primary and secondary schools, and there are plenty of golf courses within the area. The A381 provides access to Exeter and the motorway network. Ashburton nestles in the valley of the River Ashburn on the southern slopes of Dartmoor and is a true Dartmoor town with individual shops, 15th Century church, and approximately 1 mile from the A38 providing access to the cities of Plymouth and Exeter, with their comprehensive shopping facilities and flights, both domestic and international from their busy airports. The delightful rugged moorland lies to the north where there is pony trekking and walking opportunities. Totnes is approx 8 miles to the south with its historic Elizabethan connections and River Dart.
DESCRIPTION
Swete Sigford has it all. A characterful former farmhouse with planning permission for conversion/renovation, set in approximately 6 acres of the fine grazing and woodland. A stone threshing barn offers further potential, subject to the appropriate permissions. Swete Sigford, in a comprehensive building report has been described as a late medieval open hall house with an unusual layout probably unique for Devon and maybe unique for the West Country. The house can be dated to the period between 1440 and 1540 AD on stylistic grounds. The earliest house on the site or at least the one for which there are physical remains is an open hall house with a two room and cross passage plan. The hall was at the northern end it has an opening to the roof and is heated by an open hearth fire the smoke of which blackened the timbers of the surviving medieval roof trusses. The southern end then extended at least one bay further and it was always floored with stone comprising a low basement with ground and first floor rooms above. This most unusual design is possibly unique for this form of medieval house particularly if the basement can be proved to have been a shippon.
OUTSIDE
Swete Sigford sits in roughly 6 acres of land. A drive from the lane leads down in to the triangular shaped farmyard with a small terraced garden at the front of the main dwelling. A small rickyard or mowhay has been fenced off with a five bar gate leading from the road passed the property into the larger paddocks. Besides the open grazing in the fields some of the land is wooded with many species of deciduous trees and some coniferous or pine trees leading down to a brook at the bottom of the valley, a wonderful amenity space for a family or animals and plenty of grazing space for horses.
THRESHING BARN
A further stone threshing barn measuring 19m x 5.5m sits along the yard on the way to the main dwelling, there is no planning permission for this property but may have potential as further ancillary accommodation or possible holiday accommodation to the main house.
WORKSHOP
Aside from the main house and WORKSHOP and the threshing barn there is also an OPEN PLAN CART SHED measuring 9.8m x 3.8m with feature granite stanchions.
PLANNING PERMISSION
PLANNING PERMISSION & LISTED BUILDING CONSENTS: The planning consent was granted on 9 November 2009 under application number 0137/09 and Listed Buildings Consent also granted on the 9 November 2009 under application number 0138/09.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4XX. Tel: 01626 361101. E-mail: info@teignbridge.gov.uk.
PLANNING AUTHORITY
Dartmoor National Park Authority, Parke, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 9JQ Tel: 01626 832093 E-mail: hq@dartmoor-npa.gov.uk
AGENTS NOTE
Please be advised that entry into the house is at your own risk as we are unsure of the structural integrity and the first floor is not passable.
SERVICES
Mains electricity and water have both been run to the property. A private drainage system has been set up with a septic tank and herringbone soak away.
VIEWING
Strictly by prior appointment with Stags Totnes office on 01803 865454.
DIRECTIONAL NOTE
From Totnes office take the A384 through Dartington to the A38. Go north towards Exeter exiting at the A383 signposted for Bickington and Newton Abbot. Before crossing the A38 take the first left signposted Sigford and Widecombe in the Moor. Take the first right signposted Sigford for light vehicles only, upon the T-junction take the right passing the hamlet of Sigford then take the first right towards Higher Sigford. Swete Sigford can be found just passed Higher Sigford Farm on the left hand side.
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The rarest of opportunities to acquire a Grade II* Listed homestead set in approx. 6 acres with stone outbuildings, pp for renovation.
SITUATION
The hamlet of Sigford sits in Ilsington parish on the south-eastern foothills of Dartmoor in rolling countryside with steep sided, usually wooded valleys. Now a quiet farming area with few visitors, there was a large mining operation in the 19th and early 20th centuries at Owlicombe, less than a kilometre south. Sigford now sits within close proximity and easy access to the A38 for commuting to Exeter and Plymouth and also to Newton Abbot some 5 miles away. Newton Abbot is a market town within easy reach of Totnes and Torquay. There is a cattle market on Wednesday, and general market on Saturdays. There is a mainline railway station in the town providing speedy access to London Paddington, together with a comprehensive range of shopping and recreational facilities, primary and secondary schools, and there are plenty of golf courses within the area. The A381 provides access to Exeter and the motorway network. Ashburton nestles in the valley of the River Ashburn on the southern slopes of Dartmoor and is a true Dartmoor town with individual shops, 15th Century church, and approximately 1 mile from the A38 providing access to the cities of Plymouth and Exeter, with their comprehensive shopping facilities and flights, both domestic and international from their busy airports. The delightful rugged moorland lies to the north where there is pony trekking and walking opportunities. Totnes is approx 8 miles to the south with its historic Elizabethan connections and River Dart.
DESCRIPTION
Swete Sigford has it all. A characterful former farmhouse with planning permission for conversion/renovation, set in approximately 6 acres of the fine grazing and woodland. A stone threshing barn offers further potential, subject to the appropriate permissions. Swete Sigford, in a comprehensive building report has been described as a late medieval open hall house with an unusual layout probably unique for Devon and maybe unique for the West Country. The house can be dated to the period between 1440 and 1540 AD on stylistic grounds. The earliest house on the site or at least the one for which there are physical remains is an open hall house with a two room and cross passage plan. The hall was at the northern end it has an opening to the roof and is heated by an open hearth fire the smoke of which blackened the timbers of the surviving medieval roof trusses. The southern end then extended at least one bay further and it was always floored with stone comprising a low basement with ground and first floor rooms above. This most unusual design is possibly unique for this form of medieval house particularly if the basement can be proved to have been a shippon.
OUTSIDE
Swete Sigford sits in roughly 6 acres of land. A drive from the lane leads down in to the triangular shaped farmyard with a small terraced garden at the front of the main dwelling. A small rickyard or mowhay has been fenced off with a five bar gate leading from the road passed the property into the larger paddocks. Besides the open grazing in the fields some of the land is wooded with many species of deciduous trees and some coniferous or pine trees leading down to a brook at the bottom of the valley, a wonderful amenity space for a family or animals and plenty of grazing space for horses.
THRESHING BARN
A further stone threshing barn measuring 19m x 5.5m sits along the yard on the way to the main dwelling, there is no planning permission for this property but may have potential as further ancillary accommodation or possible holiday accommodation to the main house.
WORKSHOP
Aside from the main house and WORKSHOP and the threshing barn there is also an OPEN PLAN CART SHED measuring 9.8m x 3.8m with feature granite stanchions.
PLANNING PERMISSION
PLANNING PERMISSION & LISTED BUILDING CONSENTS: The planning consent was granted on 9 November 2009 under application number 0137/09 and Listed Buildings Consent also granted on the 9 November 2009 under application number 0138/09.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4XX. Tel: 01626 361101. E-mail: info@teignbridge.gov.uk.
PLANNING AUTHORITY
Dartmoor National Park Authority, Parke, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 9JQ Tel: 01626 832093 E-mail: hq@dartmoor-npa.gov.uk
AGENTS NOTE
Please be advised that entry into the house is at your own risk as we are unsure of the structural integrity and the first floor is not passable.
SERVICES
Mains electricity and water have both been run to the property. A private drainage system has been set up with a septic tank and herringbone soak away.
VIEWING
Strictly by prior appointment with Stags Totnes office on 01803 865454.
DIRECTIONAL NOTE
From Totnes office take the A384 through Dartington to the A38. Go north towards Exeter exiting at the A383 signposted for Bickington and Newton Abbot. Before crossing the A38 take the first left signposted Sigford and Widecombe in the Moor. Take the first right signposted Sigford for light vehicles only, upon the T-junction take the right passing the hamlet of Sigford then take the first right towards Higher Sigford. Swete Sigford can be found just passed Higher Sigford Farm on the left hand side.
You may download, store and use the material for your own personal use and research. You may not republish, retransmit, redistribute or otherwise make the material available to any party or make the same available on any website, online service or bulletin board of your own or of any other party or make the same available in hard copy or in any other media without the website owner's express prior written consent. The website owner's copyright must remain on all reproductions of material taken from this website.
property reference: STTOA305084
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