5 bed detached house for sale

Payhembury, Honiton EX14

Character Grade II listed farmhouse in need of modernisation with a courtyard of barns

Situation

Set in a rural position just outside the hamlet of Luton, the property lies between the popular villages of Payhembury and Broadhembury, both offering a primary school and pub. Ottery St Mary to the south provides access to The King’s School and the A30.

Description

This substantial Grade II listed former farmhouse is of rendered stone, cob and brick beneath a slate roof. Although dated 1857, the property is believed to be much earlier, with attractive examples of 19th century carpentry, including distinctive timber windows.

The accommodation includes a large front to back farmhouse kitchen with an oil-fired Rayburn set within a substantial fireplace. There are two generous reception rooms, along with a dairy or store and a utility boot room. The first floor, accessed via two staircases, offers five double bedrooms, a family bathroom and a separate shower room.

Outside

Wraparound gardens surround the farmhouse, enclosed by block and brick walls and laid mainly to lawn, with a large vegetable patch, two greenhouses and apple trees.
A large concrete yard is flanked by a c-shaped range of single and two storey barns, arranged as a workshop with loft, former parlour, shippon and calf houses. There is also a double open-fronted garage.

Services

Services. Mains water (tank to be replaced). Mains electric. Oil fired central heating (new oil tank required). Private drainage (purchasers to install a treatment plant). Broadband up to 25 Mbps, mobile signal outside with Three, EE and Vodafone, none via O2 (Ofcom).