GOODMANS HOUSE& FURLEY COTTAGES

MEMBURY • DEVON

GOODMANS HOUSE& FURLEY COTTAGES

MEMBURY • DEVON • EX13 7TU

A beautifully situated Georgian country house withholiday / guest cottages set in mature gardens

GOODMANS HOUSEPorch • Reception Hall • Drawing Room • Morning Room • Sitting Room • Dining RoomGarden Room • Cloakroom • Cellars • Kitchen / Breakfast Room • Boot Room • Laundry

Principal Bedroom • Two Further Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • En Suite Guest Bedroom • CloakroomSecond Floor Bedroom and Shower Room

Five Well-Presented Letting Cottages Providing One and Two Bedroom Accommodation

Heated Roman Style Pool set within Original Walled Garden • Lawned Gardens • Garden Storage BuildingsGravelled Carriage Drive • Large Carp Pond • Many Mature Trees

Three Paddocks • Orchard

In all about 3.233 hectares (7.989 acres)

Taunton Office8 Hammet Street,Taunton, Somerset,TA1 1RZ

Telephone: 01823 325144taunton@jackson-stops.co.uk

Country Houses and Estates Office17c Curzon StreetLondon,W1J 5HU

Telephone: 020 7664 6646london@jackson-stops.co.uk

www.jackson-stops.co.uk

Bristol providing an increasing number ofinternational flights. For those wishing to travelto the Continent, there are ferry ports at bothPlymouth and Weymouth. The A30 and A303can be reached within about fifteen minutes, theA303 providing a fast route to London.

The PropertyNot surprisingly, Goodmans House is ListedGrade II as being of historic or architecturalinterest and has many of the hallmarks of aGeorgian property. Records show that a dwellinghas been on this site since at least the fourteenthcentury with a reference to William Godman in1332. In recent years the house has been thesubject of a restoration programme, which hasincluded a new welsh slate roof, new bathroomsand redecoration. The house retains a number offeatures synonymous with the Georgian era,including panelled doors, sash windows withshutters, and exquisite plaster cornices. Anothernotable improvement includes a second floorconversion of the attic space, which now providesa good size guest bedroom and adjoining showerroom. The grounds provide a perfect setting forGoodmans House, gently sloping with manymature trees, lawned areas, space for thosewishing to keep horses and a particularlyattractive feature is the Roman style swimmingpool set within the original walled gardens.

Furley Cottages are set away from the main houseand include three two bedroom cottages in theprincipal building and two one bedroom detachedcottages. The cottages afford a good income butcould also provide scope for conversion into otheruses, subject to the necessary planning permissionsand listed building consents. The English TourismCouncil rate the holiday cottages as Four Star.

SituationGoodmans House occupies a secluded andtranquil setting in the heart of the East DevonCountryside, a designated Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty. The property is close to thesmall village of Membury with its church, postoffice / store, and primary school. The markettowns of Axminster and Honiton are a few milesaway, and Lyme Regis and the Jurassic Coast areabout thirty minutes’ drive. Taunton, the countytown of Somerset is within easy reach and has agood shopping centre with most well-knownhigh street stores. Exeter, the Cathedral City,less than thirty miles on the fast A30, offerssimilar facilities in the recently opened PrincessHay Shopping Centre. Taunton has a goodrange of schools including The King’s College,The Queen’s College, Taunton School and King’sHall Preparatory School. Colyton GrammarSchool, with one of the finest academic records

in the country, is within easy reach, as arePerrott Hill near Crewkerne, Port Regis nearShaftesbury, Sherborne, Millfield and Bryanston.

Good sporting and recreational facilities arefound throughout the area, for those withequestrian interests there is National Huntracing at Haldon Hill, Exeter, Taunton andWincanton, golf courses are found at LymeRegis, Axmouth, Honiton and Taunton and alittle further away at Tiverton and Exeter.

CommunicationsTaunton has a main line station with trains toLondon Paddington taking an hour and fortyminutes on the fast service, the same trains leaveExeter. Axminster also has a main line stationon the Waterloo line, taking approximately twohours fifty minutes to arrive in London.International airports are found at Exeter and

• Axminster - 5 miles• Chard – 6 miles• Honiton – 11 miles• Taunton – 25 miles• Exeter – 28 miles

(All mileages approximate)

ACCOMMODATION

GROUND FLOOREntrance Porch: With terracotta tiled floor andfine six panelled door to:

Reception Hall: A lovely entrance to the housewith ceiling cornice and arch with intricateplasterwork.

Drawing Room: With beautiful ceiling corniceand picture rail, fireplace with Jetmaster grateand cupboards and bookcases to either side.Sash windows with shutters enjoying gloriousoutlooks over the pond and the hillsides beyond,oak floor. Bose Surround Sound System.

Morning Room: A beautifully light doubleaspect room with two tall sash windows withpanelling and shutters, oak floor, plain ceilingcornice, picture rail and fireplace with Minstersurround and recessed cupboard to one side. Adoor leads through to the:

Sitting Room: With fine inglenook fireplace withbressumer beam and fitted wood burning stove,

oak floor and double sash windows withshutters, doors lead through to the:

Dining Room: With inglenook style fireplace(not used) with bread oven to one side, sashwindow with shutters, window seat and oakfloor. From the sitting room a studded panelleddoor leads out into the:

Garden Room: With quarry tiled floor, lovelyoutlooks and French doors out into the gardens.

Inner Hall: With door down to the cellar anddoors through to the:

Cloakroom: With WC and pedestal wash basin.

Cellar: With three areas of cobbled floor, raisedstands (possibly for the old cider barrels).

Kitchen / Breakfast Room: The kitchen area iswell-fitted with a range of panel fronted wall andfloor mounted cupboards with wooden worksurfaces and includes a ceramic double sink, oven,grill and microwave and a four ring ceramic hoband dishwasher. The oil fired Aga alsosupplements the hot water. The terracotta tiledfloor extends into the breakfast area with windowsenjoying lovely views up through the garden.

Rear Entrance Lobby / Boot Room: With doorto outside and doors to the:

Laundry: With work surfaces, cupboards andplumbing for washing machine and tumble dryerand a tall utility cupboard. The Boiler Room isalso found off the boot room, has floor mountedoil fired boiler and the water treatment equipment.

FIRST FLOORAn elegant staircase rises from the reception hallto a light and spacious Landing with views to theNorth through a tall arched Georgian sashwindow.

Cloakroom: With WC and wash basin.

Principal Bedroom: A light room with doubleaspect enjoying glorious country views, picturerail, down lighting and a recessed wardrobecupboard and a shelved cupboard.

Bathroom: Attractively fitted with tiled showercubicle, a freestanding slipper bath, WC and ovalwash basin set into a marble top with cupboardsbelow, sash window with lovely views and aheated towel rail.

Bedroom: With Victorian fireplace, oak floorand window looking to the East.

Bedroom: With oak floor and window to theSouth, bookcase and large walk-in hangingcupboard with storage shelf over.

Inner Landing: Built-in airing cupboard withpressurised lagged hot water cylinder.

A further Bedroom also on the south side of thehouse, which has useful hanging cupboard andpretty Victorian fireplace.

En Suite Bathroom: With freestanding bath, WC,column pedestal wash basin, heated towel railand oak floor.

A staircase leads up to the Second Floor Landing:

Guest Bedroom: With vaulted ceiling with Veluxwindows and under eave storage cupboards.

Shower Room: Which is well-fitted with tiledshower cubicle with Matki spray and hand heldshowers, WC and two wash basins, one withcupboard below and mirror over.

GOODMANS HOUSEGross Internal Area

House: 377 m² (4,057 ft²)Cellar: 59 m² (635 ft²)

Furley Cottages: 216 m² (2,324 ft²)Holly: 37 m² (398 ft²)Hazel: 37 m² (398 ft²)

For identification purposes only. Not to scale.

Cellar

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Old Orchard Cottage Chestnut Cottage

Holly CottageGround Floor

Ground FloorHazel Cottage

Old Orchard Cottage Oak Cottage

Upper Ground Floor

Lower Ground Floor

Main House

Oak Cottage

Chestnut Cottage

Old Orchard Cottage

Holly Cottage

Hazel Cottage

FURLEY COTTAGESThe cottages are set away from the main house and have beencreated from a range of stone barns and include:

Oak Cottage (Sleeps 4)Has entrance via French doors into the Kitchen / Sitting Roomwell-fitted with a range of wall and floor mounted storagecupboards, including a hob oven, fridge freezer and dish washerand a good sized sitting and dining area. A door leads through intoan En Suite Bedroom with French doors leading out onto theTerrace, recessed boiler cupboard and En Suite Shower Room withwash basin, shower cubicle and WC. The second Double Bedroomalso leads off the sitting room with built-in cupboards and an EnSuite Shower Room with shower cubicle, WC and wash basin.

Old Orchard Cottage (Sleeps 4)The main entrance is at courtyard level and leads into a Sitting Roomwhich has staircase leading up to a large Kitchen / Dining Area, thekitchen being well-fitted with oven, hob, fridge freezer and sink unit.The room has French doors leading out to the garden level Terraceand doors leading into an En Suite Double Bedroom with goodcupboard space and an En Suite Shower Room with shower cubicle,wash basin and WC and a further Bedroom also having good sizedcupboards and an adjoining Bathroom with panelled bath, washbasin, WC and built-in airing cupboards.

Chestnut Cottage (Sleeps 4)Has French door entrance at the upper garden level, which leadsinto the Sitting Room Area with offset Kitchen with oven, hob,fridge freezer and dish washer, Two Double Bedrooms and anadjoining Shower Room with shower cubicle, wash basin and WC.

Hazel Cottage (Sleeps 2)Detached and has a glazed small paned door leading into theSitting Room / Kitchen which is well-fitted with a contemporaryfeel and has sink, oven, hob, dish washer and washer / dryer and apassageway through to a Double Bedroom with built-in cupboardand En Suite Shower Room with shower cubicle, wash basin andWC.

Holly Cottage (Sleeps 2)Detached within a secluded setting and includes Sitting Room /Kitchen, the kitchen area being particularly well-fitted with oven,hob, fridge freezer, dish washer and sink unit and doors leadinginto a Double Bedroom with built-in cupboards and an En SuiteShower Room with shower cubicle, wash basin and WC.

OUTSIDEA handsome pillared entrance leads in from thepassing country lane to the gravelled carriage drivewhich passes the cottages and leads up to the mainhouse and beyond, opening out into a goodparking area. A flight of stone steps leads down tothe pond, which is surrounded by established, well-chosen plants including gunneras, bamboo andirises. Several willows also provide a good amountof shade. Lawned gardens stretch out to the southside of the house and are edged by well-stockedherbaceous borders and further trees, including awell-designed bed with a variety of acers. Thegravelled drive opens out in front of the cottagesand provides good parking for the guests, withvarious sitting out terraces and lawned gardensstretch out to the south providing a good play

area. Further grounds lie behind the cottages at ahigher level and have steps and garden gate leadinginto the Original Walled Garden, which providesthe perfect setting for the Roman Style HeatedSwimming Pool with both oil and solar heating,measuring approximately 9.75m x 4.87m (32’ x16’). For those wishing to keep horses, there areThree Paddocks, which may require post and railfencing and lie mainly to the north and west of thehouse, and an Orchard. To the rear of theproperty, a Garage houses the pool equipment andprovides storage for garden machinery. There isalso a further Workshop, covered Wood-store andsmall Laundry. A further Workshop / StorageArea provides scope for future development. Thegardens and ground amount to approximately3.233 hectares (7.989 acres) in total.

NOT TO SCALE

MAIN HOUSE CHESTNUT COTTAGE

OAK COTTAGE OLD ORCHARD

HAZEL COTTAGE HOLLY COTTAGE

Post CodeEX13 7TU

ServicesMains electricity. Privatewater and drainage. Oil-fired

central heating

Local AuthorityEast Devon District CouncilCouncil Offices, The Knowle,Sidmouth EX10 8HLTel : 01395 516551www.eastdevon.gov.uk

Tax BandG (2011/2012 - £2,467.64)

Contents, Fixturesand FittingsUnless specifically mentionedin these particulars, allcontents, fixtures and fittings,garden ornaments andstatues, carpets and curtainsare specifically excluded fromthe sale of the main house.Most contents, furniture,fixtures and fittings are to beincluded in the five lettingcottages except for somepersonal items. Fullinventories will be available.

Fast Find48791

Directions (Postcode :EX13 7TU)Travelling on the A30 passthrough Yarcombe towardsChard, just after a stonebridge over the River Yartyand turn right immediatelybeside an old fashioned fillingstation. Proceed up this hilland at the first junction turnright. Follow this roaddownhill, taking the left turnssign posted ‘Furley’ and, atthe T junction by the oldphone box, turn left,signposted ‘Ford’. Proceed upthe hill, passing Hook HillFarm on the left, carrying onfor approximately half a mileand the entrance intoGoodmans House and FurleyCottages will be found on theleft.

ViewingBy appointment withJackson-Stops & Staff’sTaunton office : 01823 325144

Important NoticeJackson-Stops & Staff and Strutt & Parker give notice to anyone reading these details:- (1)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) Alldescriptions, 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 goodcondition or otherwise nor that any services are in good working order.We have not tested the appliances, central heating or services. Interested applicants are advised to make their own enquiries and investigations before finalising their offer to purchase. (4)The photographsappearing in this brochure show only certain parts and aspects of the property at the time the photographs were taken. Certain aspects may have been changed since the photographs were taken and it should not be assumed that the property remains precisely as displayedin the photographs. Furthermore no assumptions should be made in respect of parts of the property, which are not shown in the photographs. (5) Any area measurement or distances referred to herein are approximate only. (6)Where there is reference in these particularsto 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 byany 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 viewingplease do not hesitate to contact this office. Photographs taken July 2012 and brochure prepared in July 2012.

PROPERTY INFORMATION

Based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with permissionof the Controller H.M.S.O. Crown Copyright reserved.

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