KENNICK FARM CHRISTOW, EXETER, SOUTH DEVON, EX6 7NZ About 46 Acres More Land Available.

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1 Revised A farm with modern farmhouse, good range of modern buildings, level or gently sloping land, standing in an attractive upland area north of Newton Abbot and west of Exeter, not far from the Teign Valley having a number of small towns or villages within a few miles. KENNICK FARM CHRISTOW, EXETER, SOUTH DEVON, EX6 7NZ About 46 Acres More Land Available. Rendells, 13 Market Street, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 2RL Tel: Fax: newtonabbot@rendells.co.uk

2 KENNICK FARM is situate between Hennock and Moretonhampstead in the parish of Christow, west of one of the three reservoirs which shares the same name. The area on which it stands is a plateau of level and gently sloping agricultural land with woodland adding to the pleasant appearance of the district. There are various approaches to the property either from the Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead Road, A382, at Slade Cross or the Moretonhampstead to Exeter Road, B3212, at Cossick Cross, whilst the property is secluded, it is not remote having neighbours a short distance away. A pleasant modern Farmhouse provides good accommodation and stands within its own garden a short distance from the modern farm buildings. The Land has been well farmed and seeded to long term leys for cattle grazing. The farm annually grows corn and kale. Bovey Tracey is about 4 miles distant, Moretonhampstead 3 miles and Newton Abbot 10 miles. The A38 Expressway at Drumbridges or Chudleigh is 7 to 8 miles. The Farm provides a good working establishment with its attractive modern house, garden and modern buildings extending to 12,000 square feet and level and gently sloping farmland extending in all to about 46 acres with another acres and acres available to purchase. Tenure: The property is freehold and offered with vacant possession. Boundary ownership, where known, is marked with a T on the sale plans. Local Authority: Dartmoor National Park, Parke, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 9JQ. Tel Services: Mains electricity to the house and buildings. Septic tank drainage. Water: Water is pumped from a borehole. The house supply is a precious supply. A supply to the land and buildings is pumped to a reservoir from which it flows to the buildings and water troughs. Outgoings: Council Tax Band E. EPC: The EPC category is C, and this is attached. Wayleaves, rights and easements: We are advised that there is no public footpath over the land, otherwise the land is sold subject to any wayleaves, rights or easements whether or not mentioned in these details. Viewing: BY APPOINTMENT WITH THE AGENTS. Planning Permission: Planning Permission for the house was granted subject to an Agricultural Occupancy clause. 2

3 Plans: The plans are for identification purposes only so anyone interested in buying the property is advised to make a thorough inspection to be aware of the condition and extent. They have been prepared from the RPA Plans Basic Payments: These will be transferred to the purchasers but no guarantee is given. Directions: Leave the A38 at Drumbridges, proceed past Bovey Tracey and before Lustleigh turn right at Slade Cross, go up the hill, proceed to the T junction, turn left, then turn sharp right to the reservoirs, go past Trenchford Reservoir on the left, turn left, carry on to the T junction, turn left, go along the road and around the right-hand bend the Farmhouse and Buildings will be seen on the right: otherwise, one can go to Hennock and proceed to Moretonhampstead towards the reservoirs taking a sharp right-hand turn as previously mentioned. THE FARMHOUSE The Farmhouse is an attractive property and is of concrete construction with rendering under a slate roof occupying a site just off the public road within its own garden and land approached by a hardcore driveway which also leads to the farm buildings. There is a hedge and fence dividing the garden from the farm buildings. The house would adapt easily to house two families in self contained units. KENNICK FARM Open entrance porch with a slate floor, granite reveals and a double-glazed entrance door with side window light into the Reception Hall 14 3 x 7 4. (4.34m x 2.24m) Central heating radiator, stairs rising to the first floor with a store cupboard below, oak flooring, coat hanging space. Doors to the kitchen/breakfast room, dining room and the main sitting room. Main reception/sitting room/dining room 33 6 x 12 8 (10.21m x 3.86m) A large, spacious family room, dual aspect with a double-glazed window to the front elevation and side elevation and half-glazed French doors opening out to the rear garden. Two double radiators, modern wall mounted electric fire, halogen ceiling spotlights in the sitting area. Television points. Door to the double garage/workshop. (Should anyone wish to install a fireplace or wood-burner into the internal wall there is a chimney flue in place which is currently blocked over but could be restored and utilized). 2nd sitting / television room 14 3 x 13 (4.34m x 3.96m) The main focal point is a fireplace housing a multi-fuel stove with a pine timber surround. Doubleglazed window to the rear elevation, oak flooring. Television point. Coved ceiling. Kitchen / breakfast room x 9 9 (6.35m x 2.97m) The kitchen area is fitted with a range of modern units including oak-fronted wall and floor units, granite effect worktops, electric induction hob, 1¼ bowl sink and drainer. Plumbing for a dishwasher, eye level electric oven and grill, tiled splash-backs, stainless steel cooker hood. Double-glazed window to the front elevation and half-glazed French doors to the rear garden. Door to the Utility room 11 7 x 6 4 (3.53m x 1.93m) Space for freezers etc. Floor-mounted Worcester oil-fired central heating boiler. Double- glazed window to the rear elevation. Hatch to roof storage area. Extractor fan, radiator, door to the outside and door into a cloakroom with W.C, wash hand basin with attractive tiled surrounds, radiator and obscure double-glazed window to the front elevation. 3

4 First floor landing Double-glazed window to the front elevation. Views over gardens and the surrounding fields. The landing is L-shaped with doors leading to the bedrooms, bathroom and twin doors to a large linen/store cupboard with an integral radiator and slatted shelving. Bedroom x 12 3 (3.89m x 3.73m) Double-glazed window to the front rear elevation with views over the farmyard and surrounding countryside. Double radiator. Bathroom x 5 3 (2.87m x 1.6m) Panelled bath with a mixer tap shower fitting, pedestal hand basin with a shaver light and socket above, W.C, ladder towel rail/radiator. Attractive wall tiles with a moulded dado rail and fully tiled around the bath. Extractor fan. Bedroom x 9 5 (4.64m x 2.87m) Double-glazed window to the front elevation with views over the surrounding countryside and garden. Radiator, television point, telephone point. Bathroom x 6 9 (2.26m x 2.05m) Obscure double-glazed window to the front elevation, panelled bath with a mixer tap shower fitting and a glass shower screen, W.C, pedestal wash basin with a shaver light and socket over. Ladder towel 4

5 rail/radiator. Attractive tiled surrounds, fully tiled around the bath and half tiled around the remaining walls with a moulded dado rail. Bedroom x 9 9 measurements taken to the wardrobe fronts. (3.28m x 2.97m) Double-glazed window to the rear elevation. Radiator. Double-glazed window to the side elevation with views across the countryside to the hills of Dartmoor on the horizon and Haytor rocks. Fitted wardrobes with shelves and hanging space. Bedroom x 12 4 (4m x 3.76m) Double-glazed window to the rear elevation. Radiator. Twin double wardrobes fitted into the recesses. Double garage 21 4 x 18 (6.5m x 5.49m) Twin up-and-over doors. Hatch to a roof storage area. Two windows to the side and rear elevation both double-glazed. Personnel door to the rear. Strip lighting concrete floor. Planning permission has been granted to create additional bedroom space in the roof area above the garage. Outside The house is approached across a large gravel parking and turning area at the rear of the house. The entrance also gives access to the farm buildings. Facing the rear of the property on the left of the entrance driveway is a vegetable garden and the oil storage tank for central heating. Behind the house adjacent to the kitchen/breakfast room is a paved patio which extends across the rear elevation of the dwelling, beyond which is a semi-circular gravel bed with a variety of colourful shrubs, a granite feature and granite retaining walls. The gravel driveway wraps around the property providing an in-and-out drive and access to the double garage. At the front of the house, beyond the driveway, is a neatly tended formal lawn with a stone retaining wall edged with conifers and bedding plants and with a fence dividing the garden from the field immediately in front of the house. The driveway extends past the garden into the field providing an access for trailers etc. FARM BUILDINGS These are approached from the local road over a hardcore entrance leading to concrete standings. They are a short distance from the fence which divides the buildings from the garden of the Farmhouse and consist of a steel, timber and fibre cement roof Building, 75 x 40 (22.86m x 12.19m ) with approximate eaves height of 14' (4.27m) having boarded wall up to a maximum height of 5 (1.5m) with galvaprime sheeting above. There is a concrete floor for about 1½ bays at the rear, the remainder of the floor being hardcore and earth. There is gateway access to the building. Between this and the adjoining building is a spaced board division. Electricity is connected. Cattle Yard, 75 x 60 0 x 14 0 eaves height, of similar construction to the above with concrete floor in the front 1½ bays. There is access through the boarding to water troughs. Gateway access from the standing, electricity connected. 5

6 Outside the building is a cattle standing and cattle handling area with race, barriers and gates. Access to service track to the field. Building situate on the right of the entrance, measuring 75 0 x 60 0, of steel construction, wooden purlins, fibre cement roof, side boarding and spaced boarding above. Water troughs. Central division of metal and timber. Concrete floor in one bay otherwise hardcore and earth. Just to the South of this building is an area of mainly beech trees acting as a screen and wind barrier. There is a sheep handling facility in O.S LAND The Land is level or gently sloping, encompassed mainly by hedge banks with growth protected by post, stock netting and barbed wire. The Land is under ley grass but in the past has been cultivated for arable crops which provided high yields. There are water troughs in the fields which are supplied by a pump in a borehole which pumps water to a tank to feed by gravity to the troughs. SCHEDULE - Prepared from the RPA Plans OS Field No. Description Area in Acres Area in Hectares 6523 Wood Grass Ley Grass Ley Grass Ley Grass Ley Grass Ley Grass Ley Lane & Sheep Yard House & Garden TOTAL Acres more land available to purchase edged green on the attached plan OS Field No. Description Area in Acres Area in Hectares 6405 Grass Ley Grass Ley Grass Ley Grass Ley TOTAL Acres more land available to purchase edged green on the attached plan OS Field No. Description Area in Acres Area in Hectares 2712 Grass Ley Grass Ley TOTAL

7 Floor Plan EPC Rating 7

8 Plan of Kennick Farm (Additional Land in Green) (Plan Not to Scale.) 8

9 Location Plan of Kennick Farm 9

10 Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations ) These particulars are set out for the interested parties and purchasers as a guideline only. They are intended to give a fair description but not to constitute an offer or contract. 2) All descriptions, dimensions, distances, orientations and other statements/facts are given in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement or representation of facts. 3) Nothing in these particulars shall be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good condition or otherwise nor that any services are in good working order. The agent has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fixtures and fittings or services and so cannot verify that they are in working order or fit for their purpose. Interested applicants are advised to make their own enquiries and investigations before finalising their offer to purchase. 4) The photographs appearing in these sales brochures show only certain parts and aspects of the property at the time the photographs were taken. Aspects may have been changed since the photographs were taken and it should not be assumed that the property remains precisely as displayed in the photographs. Items shown in photographs are not included unless specifically mentioned within the sales particulars. They may however be available by separate negotiation. 5) Any area measurements or distances referred to herein are approximate only. 6) Where there is reference in these particulars to the fact that alterations have been carried out, or that a particular use is made of any part of the property, this is not intended to be a statement that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consents have been obtained and these matters must be verified by any intending purchaser. 7) Descriptions of a property are inevitably subjective and the descriptions contained herein are used in good faith as an opinion and not by way of statement of fact. If there are any points of particular importance that need clarifying before viewing please do not hesitate to contact this office. 8) References to the tenure of a property are based on information supplied by the seller. The agent has not had sight of the title documents. A buyer is advised to obtain verification from a solicitor and before finalising their offer should make their own enquiries and investigations. Buyers should check the availability of any property and make an appointment to view before embarking on any journey to see a property Contact Newton Abbot Rural Department: Rendells, 13 Market Street, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 2RL Tel newtonabbot@rendells.co.uk 10