"A fine example of a traditional old rectory in private edge of village setting with stunning gardens of almost 2 acres. 3 reception rooms, 4 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, utility room, boot room and former coach house.

SITUATION The Old Rectory is superbly situated in a very private location surrounded by its own ground on the edge of the popular village of Brushford, which lies just outside the Exmoor National Park. Brushford offers a range of amenities, including a garage and stores, village hall and the Church of St Michael. . Dulverton, just two miles away, is a delightful little town nestling in the Barle Valley within the National Park and is well known as The Gateway to Exmoor. It provides good shopping facilities together with a bank, post office, chemist, doctors, dental and veterinary surgeries, library, primary and middle school and a well used town hall. There are also good recreational facilities including squash courts, all weather tennis courts and football and cricket pitches. . The county town of Taunton, which is approximately 25 miles away, has excellent retail and commercial facilities, together with access to the M5 and a main line station with fast rail links to London. There are three independent schools and the county cricket ground. Tiverton, which is some 12 miles to the south, offers a range of shopping and entertainment facilities, the well-known Blundells School and also has easy access to the M5 and Tiverton Parkway. . The Cathedral and University City of Exeter is approximately 27 miles away. Exeter Airport to the east of the city provides national and international flight opportunities. . The property is well located for walking, fishing and riding and is just a short drive from the wonderful hills and valleys of Exmoor. Wimbleball Lake is nearby offering lovely lakeside walks, sailing and other water sports. DESCRIPTION From the flagstoned terrace, the front door leads into the hallway with stairs to the half landing. The drawing room has a beautiful period fireplace, tall shuttered windows to the south and west, with lovely views over the garden; the room has an interconnecting door to the dining room, which in turn leads through glazed doors to the conservatory, overlooking the south garden. The kitchen is very well fitted with an excellent range of units including an island, an Aga, an integral electric oven and hob, etc. Beyond the kitchen is a rear hall, a utility room with two gas fired boilers serving the central heating and hot water, and a boot/storage room. . A stunning plank and muntin screen divide the half landing from a large study/music room and the stairs continue to the first floor where there are four bedrooms, three of which are large doubles and all of which have lovely views over the surrounding gardens. There are two large bathrooms and a good sized landing area. OUTSIDE The sweeping driveway leads to a parking area for several cars. Detached from the house there is a very pretty coach house with part cobble floor, providing storage, workshop and garaging, with some impressive timber stable stalls. . The gardens are a wonderful feature of this property with several different and interesting areas, with well established shrubs, trees and plants throughout. There is a variety of attractive specimen trees, a collection of fruit trees and a wild flower area. Whilst sheltering the property from the north is a lovely wooded glade, which opens to form a small paddock. . In all the property and grounds extend to approximately 1.98 Acres (7,990 sq m) SERVICES Mains electricity, water and drainage. Calor Gas central heating. VIEWING Strictly by appointment with the agents, Stags Dulverton office, tel: 01398 323174 or dulverton@stags.co.uk. MAP REF SS918257 REFERENCE 24560 COUNCIL TAX COUNCIL TAX You may download, store and use the material for your own personal use and research. You may not republish, retransmit, redistribute or otherwise make the material available to any party or make the same available on any website, online service or bulletin board of your own or of any other party or make the same available in hard copy or in any other media without the website owner's express prior written consent. The website owner's copyright must remain on all reproductions of material taken from this website."