• STUNNING 3 DOUBLE BEDROOM HOME +
• 5.75 ACRES (Approximately) +
• PERSONAL PRIVATE RETREAT +
• STREAM BORDERED BOUNDARY +
• ADJOINING TARKA TRAIL +
• NO RIGHTS OF WAY OVER +
• LAND SUITABLE FOR MANY USES +
• OUTBUILDINGS +
• PRODUCTIVE FRUIT & VEG PLOT +
• ORCHARD +

Built from the very earth around it, Moormill Cottages is a tranquil holistic home overlooking some 5.75 acres of its own gardens and grounds. The cob, stone, timber and thatch which has made this a home over the centuries - continues to do so in the most natural way.

I remember standing in the driveway waiting for the next viewers as clearly as if it were yesterday, only it wasn't yesterday, it was over 15 years ago! I remember the current owners reactions that day to the warm welcome Moormill Cottages gave them and their 2 year old daughter, where their dreams as a family could be realised. Their daughter and her brother have been brought up outside, playing in the stream and woodlands, learning about nature whilst safe and secure in this peaceful setting.

Imagine taking a good countryside walk with the family and the pets after a hearty meal – without having to leave your home. Moormill's surroundings give you the freedom to stroll out of the front door and directly into a diverse and peaceful retreat bordered by a stream, extending from the house through the main garden, past the productive polytunnel, fruit cages, vegetable plot and mature woodlands to the fruit orchards and paddock beyond, finally terminating at the Tarka Trail (a 180 mile recreation highway created from the old Tarka Line and links one to the Coast at the North, and terminates at the Nature Reserve in Meeth, to the South.

Moormill Cottages is Grade II listed for a reason, to protect it. Nestled in this setting, the home itself has a charm and character all of its own, welcoming, inviting and memorable. The original features preserved by the current owners in each room help keep the feel and character warmth, whilst upgraded and modern electrics, cooking and heating systems make life and costs more in line with today's modern houses. Moormill Cottages isn't a modern house, modern day regulations don't fit here, history and natural building techniques do. With the house needing to breathe, the stone and cob breathes with airflow, natural materials and paints. The old saying 'a cob house just needs a good hat and a good pair of boots' is well represented; with stone footings, external render and lime internal plastering working together, and with the roof recently re-thatched (after previously being done in the 70's and 80's), and completed in 2024 by the lifelong Petrockstowe village thatcher, this sets the house up again to be protected for future decades when maintained correctly. The open fire in the lounge and oil fired Rayburn used for both cooking and central heating, along with outdoor living and gardening will embrace you and keep you warm. whilst on a hot summers day the house maintains a welcome rest-bite of coolness.