RENDELLS estate agent in Newton Abbot has sold Hazelwood House – a Victorian country residence with 65 acres and outbuildings near Hennock with an asking price of £1,275,000.
Previously owned by Major Robert Kitson, High Sheriff of Devon in 1930, Hazelwood House is a fine and admirable Victorian gentleman's residence.
The subject of a grand rebuild in 1985, its character is unblemished with many original features preserved, including magnificent fireplaces of granite, Portland Stone and brick with intricately moulded timber surrounds, ornate ceiling plasterwork, floor-mounted radiator grills, some stone mullion windows and the former servants' wing, which remains largely unaltered since it was built.
The purchaser, who is moving to Devon from Oxfordshire is due to take possession of the grand property in April.
Robert Bryant at the Newton Abbot office of Rendells, said: "Landed properties in Devon are very popular with buyers from the Home Counties who are looking for a country retreat with good access for commuting to a place of work.
"Within easy reach from this area are the mainline railway stations in Newton Abbot and Exeter with hourly services to both Birmingham and London.
"We are delighted to have negotiated a sale on Hazelwood House and the purchaser is thrilled to have found a property of such refinement."
Smallacombe Farm at Ilsington, Newton Abbot, near Haytor, is also a detached country retreat with substantial outbuildings and about 56 acres of land.
Sitting within the Dartmoor National Park in a quiet secluded valley between Haytor and Ilsington just a few miles from the towns of Newton Abbot and Bovey Tracey, Smallacombe is in need of repair and renovation and is subject to an Agricultural Occupancy clause.
But with an asking price of just £650,000, it will provide its new owner the opportunity and scope to improve and enhance the extensive three-storey, eight double bedroom accommodation to their own requirements.
The house is believed to have been rebuilt in the middle-to-late 19th century and was rewired in 2003 when refurbishment was started but not completed.
Downstairs is an entrance vestibule, hall, drawing room, sitting room, walk-in cloakroom/office, rear hall, old dairy, dining room, kitchen leading to the cook's accommodation/store room above, utility area, pantry store, toilet and rear lobby and below this is a cellar/basement.
On the first floor, the landings lead to five double bedrooms – some with disused fireplaces and spectacular rural views with the sea in the distance, bathroom and separate toilet.
On the second floor are three further double bedrooms.
The gardens are in need of attention and lay to the east and south of the house, with an orchard to the west.
There is a stream and waterfall; the Smallacombe Brook runs through the centre of the grounds with a former leat in the orchard and there are bridleways leading to Haytor Vale and to the moors.
The majority of traditional farm buildings set around a courtyard to the side of the farmhouse are in good condition.
The main two-storey farm building was used as stabling and a piggery.
There is also a former stable building, a store/greenhouse once used as a farm shop, a stable and a barn/root store.
Adjoining the driveway is a barn/livestock shelter, machinery/workshop store incorporating two further stables and a timber framed barn.
There is also a three-bay Dutch barn and the two-storey Devon Bank Barn is Grade II Listed and offers huge potential, subject to planning consents.
Mr Bryant said: "Smallacombe is in need of renovation but is a large detached country house offering a huge amount of potential, as do the barns and outbuildings, which could lend themselves for a number of uses with the relevant planning consents."
For further information pop into Rendells at 13 Market Street in Newton Abbot, call 01626 353881 or visit www.rendells.co.uk
