SITUATION

Grimstone Mews is tucked away in a sheltered location, just outside of the village of Horrabridge, which straddles the river Walkham on the western edge of the Dartmoor National Park. The market town of Tavistock, (voted Britain's favourite market town by Country Life magazine), is 3 miles to the North West, while the village of Yelverton is just over a mile to the South. Both Yelverton and Horrabridge offer a good range of local shopping and other facilities, whilst more specialist needs are catered for in Tavistock, including private education at Mount House Preparatory School and Kelly College. There are golf courses at Tavistock and Yelverton. Plymouth is 12 miles to the south.

DESCRIPTION

The house is built of stone and part rendered elevations, and probably dates from the late Victorian ere. The first floor living spaces are impressive, not only in size and layout but in utilising the light and vistas out over parkland and gardens. It has been thoroughly and exquisitely refurbished in recent years utilising natural materials in a contemporary, practical and simple design. The sitting room is very large and has windows on all four sides. It leads into the large kitchen/breakfast room which again is flooded with light. This in turn leads to the conservatory, with lantern roof and French doors onto a terrace leading to the rear garden. In addition there is a "snug", currently used as a study, but which could equally well serve as a fifth bedroom or TV/play room, a pantry/kitchen store and a cloakroom/utility room. The master bedroom has a large walk-in wardrobe and an en-suite bathroom and there are three further bedrooms and two further bathrooms.

 

Grimstone Mews is accessed from a country lane by a shared private drive, which leads to a granite set courtyard, providing parking for several vehicles. To the south of the courtyard is the stable block with two stables and an open fronted double car port while opposite is the house, which includes a further double garage.

 

 

The gardens lie to the sides and rear of the house and are stocked with various flowers and shrubs.

Grimstone Mews is now, undoubtedly, an intriguing, comfortable and spacious country house. The layout and "flow" of rooms is shown on the accompanying room plan.

The property, although of some age, is not listed. It is, however, situated within the Dartmoor National Park. This offers the ideal mix of protection and scope for further development to the new owner.

The combination of accessibility and situation, the quality and scale of accommodation and the facilities on offer add up to a rare and thoroughly appealing package.

THE FACTS

SERVICES
Mains electricity & water - metered.
Private septic tank drainage.

HEATING
Electric under floor heating in bath and shower rooms, dressing room and conservatory. Oil fired under floor heating in all bedrooms and reception hall. Oil fired radiators to first floor living spaces plus wood burners in sitting room, kitchen/diner and study/bedroom 5.

LOCAL AUTHORITY
West Devon Borough Council, Kilworthy Park, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 0BZ

COUNCIL TAX
Band F – payable for year 2011/12 £2249.90

TENURE
Freehold

VIEWINGS
Strictly by appointment only.

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AGENTS NOTE:    Approximately 7 acres of land are available subject to separate negotiation.

 

These plans are set out as a guideline only and should not be relied upon as a representation of fact. They are intended
for information purposes only and are not to scale.