LUDSLADE is a beautiful, spacious four-bedroom farmhouse set in a rural location in Exford on Exmoor.
The home has lots of charm with old-fashioned featureslincluding large fireplaces and wooden beams.
The house has stunning views over its own land and the surrounding countryside. It was once a working farm, and therefore Ludslade benefits from pleasant gardens, fields, woods, ponds, and even an extra cottage.
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As you approach the property via a private driveway, passing the additional cottage on the way to the main home, you’ll find there is ample room for parking several cars.
To gain access to the property, you take the outside step up to the rear of the home, where you find access via a porch. The porch is of fine proportions and allows for room to store shoes, coats and umbrellas.
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Moving forward from the porch, leading into the sitting room and stairs to the first floor, which is the heart of this rural retreat.
The sitting room makes for the perfect place to cozy up, featuring an inglenook fireplace housing and wood burner for those colder months.
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Situated next to the sitting room is the kitchen/breakfast room: moving past the centrally located staircase, you are presented with this large family kitchen area which is suitable for all the family to enjoy.
Note that the kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a range of wall and base units, integral oven and hob, a Rayburn and space for a large family table.
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The kitchen is complete with a traditional cooker and well-presented wood flooring, adding to that country rural feel.
Leading off the kitchen/breakfast room you’ll find a well placed and generously sized utility room, offering storage for your washing machine and tumble dryer, and an inglenook fireplace and cupboards.
Directly next door the utility room is the conservatory/boot room, a well lit space offering ample natural light and access to the outdoors.
Moving back through the kitchen/breakfast room and sitting room, you’ll find the impressive drawing room/dining room, which is complete with a vaulted ceiling.
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The drawing room/dining room is a magnificent galleried room with an inglenook fireplace with a wood burner, a double set of glazed double doors leading out to the front, stairs to the first floor and a door to the cloakroom.
Upstairs in the drawing room/dining room, you will find the fourth bedroom, and a bathroom which includes a bathtub, sink and toilet.
To gain access to the remaining three bedrooms, you need to re-enter the drawing room/dining room, moving through the sitting room and up the staircase which is centrally located.
You then find yourself on the landing area which has three bedrooms attached to it. Bedroom one, the master bedroom, has three built-in wardrobes and its own dedicated dressing room.
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Bedrooms two and three also have built-in wardrobes. All of the bedrooms in this part of the home are serviced by the same generous sized family bathroom, which incorporates a bathtub, shower cubicle, sink and toilet.
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Outside of the main residence, this home and rural location just keeps on giving, as a one bedroom detached ancillary cottage is also included in plot.
When moving into the cottage, you are taken to the upper floor where the dining room/sitting room is located, featuring a double glazed double rear door, perfect for allowing in a summer’s breeze. The room also features traditional ceiling beams, a fireplace with a wood burner, and stairs to the lower ground floor.
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Moving through to the kitchen, you will find a well-proportioned room with wall and base units fitted throughout, as well as an integral oven and hob. Also located on this floor is a pleasant shower room.
Located on the lower level is a generous sized double bedroom with an en-suite bathroom.
The planning consent for the cottage is ancillary residential accommodation in association with the use of Ludslade Farmhouse as a single dwelling house.
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Gardens are located to the front and side of the house. The established gardens and grounds boast herbaceous borders, shrubs and lawn throughout.
Below the gardens is a meadow with a spring-fed pond, while on the opposite side of the house is a useful collection of old stone piggery buildings. In the meadow there are brick outbuildings for the storage of logs and other items.
Spread across an impressive 45.2 acres, the land for sale is made up of a mixture of pasture and woodlands, with the land to the north side of the entrance driveway suitable for mowing or grazing. There are also four fields to the east of the home that could be fenced.
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The rest of the property features sloping woodland that descends to picturesque meadow fields with two ponds and a stream.
Service-wise, the main home and cottage are fitted with mains electricity, private water (spring) and drainage (Treatment Plant).
The heating is oil-fired central heating with the local authority being Somerset West and Taunton Council, with a council tax band of E.
The village of Exford is situated 1.5 miles away, and has a thriving village with two hotels, a general store, church, village hall and primary school.
Exford is a rural village located in the heart of Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. It lies 7 miles northwest of Dulverton and 10 miles southwest of Minehead. Less than a mile away is the hamlet of Lyncombe.
The beautiful villages of Withypool and Winsford are both close by and the delightful town of Dulverton is just 10 miles to the south, providing further facilities.
The home is currently being marketed by Stags, Dulverton, and is on the market for a guide price of £1,200,000.
We recommend viewing this property to avoid disappointment and a missed opportunity to purchase this unique home. For more information on this impressive home and cottage or to book a viewing, visit https://www.stags.co.uk/properties/19158566/sales