Price changed to £1,150,000
May 15, 2025
Listed for £1,200,000
March 7, 2025
Sold for £695,000
2012
Sold for £361,500
2001
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Accommodation - A covered verandah with flagged walkway leads to a substantial front door with large window light above, opening into the entrance porch with a traditional Victorian inner door leading to a large hallway with stripped and stained original pine flooring. Doors open to the sitting room, the drawing room and the rear hallway, and an elegant carpeted staircase with period balustrades leads to the first and second floors. The dual aspect drawing room has original, working wooden window shutters, built-in bookcases and shelving, fireplace, and elegant cornicing and architraves. The fireplace is fitted with a woodburner on a marble hearth and surrounded with a decorative wooden mantel. The sitting room has a tiled Victorian fireplace and bookshelves. The dining room and kitchen have engineered oak flooring and the dining room has a woodburner and French doors leading to the glazed garden room, which in turn, has French doors leading to the front garden and a door to the breakfast room. The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with modern solid wood base and wall units with oak tops and integrated appliances including a gas hob, electric double oven and microwave. A door leads to the utility room which has a door to the rear garden. The rear hallway has a door to the cellar, the rear courtyard and a WC. Wooden stairs lead down to 3 cellars, 2 with cobbled flooring. Stairs from the hallway lead to a small half landing with a family bathroom, separate WC and boiler/drying room. Further stairs lead to the four principal double bedrooms, two with ensuite shower rooms, and a study or nursery room. There are a further two double bedrooms on the second floor. Most of the bedrooms have fitted cupboards.
Gardens - From the pedestrian gate on East Street between two imposing granite pillars, a cobbled path leads to granite steps rising to a classically laid out front garden with pathways to each side of a terraced lawn and up to the imposing house. On both sides of the paths and granite steps, are beds with ornamental shrubs and an impressive array of mature trees including an Arbutus unedo or strawberry tree, Yew, Holm oak and Torbay palms. On the east side of Ashwell, a long entrance drive leads in from Trough Lane to the parking arear near the house. Across the rear courtyard, granite steps lead up to several areas of terraced lawn and sitting areas, interspersed with flowerbeds, roses, shrubs and a large evergreen magnolia giving welcome shade. The whole rear garden is enclosed by tall Victorian stone walls, giving shelter, privacy (and no rabbits or deer!). Near the 2 sheds and 2 greenhouses is a soft fruit area. Further up is a productive organic vegetable plot, an orchard with apple, pear, plum, damson, greengage and apricot trees, and a mature hobby vineyard used to produce both red and white still wines. There are several wild areas with wild flowers and grasses attracting bees and butterflies, crickets, birds and hedgehogs. As well as a paved terrace in the vineyard, with views to Haytor, at the very top of the garden is a well-placed summerhouse from which to enjoy the breath taking views across the south Devon hills. In all, the gardens and grounds amount to 0.93 acres.
Services - Mains water, drainage, electricity and gas. Gas central heating with underfloor heating in the kitchen and garden room. Fibre is connected at the property.
The property is located in a conservation area.
Directions - From the A38, take the Drumbridges exit and follow signs for Bovey Tracey. Continue along the A382/Monks Way to the second roundabout and take the third exit, signed for the Town Centre. Proceed through the town into East Street, taking a left turn into Trough Lane, just before the church. The entrance drive to Ashwell is the lower of the two entrances found on the left.