Farm for sale in Withypool, Minehead TA24

Halsgrove Farm is available for the first time in over 30 years and is in a stunning position on Exmoor with views across to Withypool Hill. The farm benefits from a long private drive with mature shrubs creating a wonderful approach.
The farmhouse is a lovely five-bedroom detached stone house with painted render and a slate roof. It has a large entrance hall with cloakroom, a formal dining room and large drawing room with doors out onto the garden. There is a further sitting room with log burner, a study, a traditional kitchen with pantry and aga, a large utility room/boot room.
On the first floor the large principal suite benefits from a shower room with separate loo and a dressing room. There is another large bedroom suite with dressing area and en suite bathroom. There are three further bedrooms and a family bathroom. The house would benefit from a programme of modernistation, but it is in good order and has been well-maintained.

Gardens and grounds
The south-facing garden has lovely colourful mature borders and overlooks the pastureland which has well established trees creating a parkland feel. To the west of the house is a timber cabin and a small pond created by the runoff water from the yard.

Halsgrove Cottage
The cottage has separate parking area and garage and benefits from three bedrooms, a family bathroom, sitting room with log burner and a kitchen breakfast room with a Sandyford oil fired range.

Stables and Farm Buildings
There is a traditional courtyard of stabling to the north of the house with six stables, tack room and feed room and further stores for machinery and garden equipment. To the north side of the farmstead there are two large portal steel frame agricultural buildings one with a concrete floor and a further open fronted barn and a Dutch barn.

Land and Woodland
The land extends to approximately 162 acres, which includes good pastureland and mature woodland. The land is used primarily for livestock grazing and has been let on annual grazing licences. The majority of the pastureland is easily accessed for mowing and grazing. However, there are areas of steeper grazing and water meadows in the stunning valley leading down to Pennycombe Water.
Much of the deciduous woodland within the valley is designated as a 'Priority Habitat' and there are areas identified by Natural England of Ancient and Semi Natural Woodland. There is an area of mature coniferous woodland on the southernmost part of the land.
Halsgrove Farm also benefits from grazing rights on Withypool Common which entitles grazing for 138 ewes and 11 ponies or cattle, (ponies or cattle interchangeable at a ratio of 1 head of cattle to 4 ponies) over the whole of the land comprised in this register unit.
The property is not registered for any environmental stewardship or woodland grant schemes giving the incoming purchaser total flexibility for entry into a desired scheme and subsequent land use.

Halsgrove Farm is set in a private position in the heart of Exmoor National Park, on the edge of the popular village of Withypool which has a general store, post office, tea rooms, village hall, church and a public house, The Royal Oak. The renowned Exmoor Forest Inn is in Simonsbath. South Molton, known as the gateway to Exmoor, is a bustling market town (recently voted the best national community market) and provides for all your essential shops and amenities. Dulverton is a popular local hub with numerous independent shops and award-winning pubs and restaurants including Woods.
The area is well known for its many wonderful recreational and sporting opportunities, including many excellent shoots, hunting with the Dulverton West, Exmoor and Devon & Somerset Staghounds and fishing on the rivers Exe and Barle. Halsgrove is within 15 miles of the most famous shoots on Exmoor including Molland, Wellshead Estate and Challacombe.
There are an excellent range of schools in the area with primary schools at Dulverton and Exford, whilst nearby private schools include Blundells at Tiverton, West Buckland School at Barnstaple and Kings & Queens College at Taunton, along with Taunton School.
Communication links are good with the A361 at Tiverton providing
dual-carriageway links to the M5 Motorway network at Junction 27. Tiverton Parkway is a mainline railway station providing regular services to London Paddington in under two hours.