For Sale6 Bedroom Detached House in Sheepham, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21£1,500,000

AN ENCHANTING FORMER MILL STANDING IN BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS WITH PADDOCKS, STABLES, LAWN TENNIS COURT AND SWIMMING POOL<br/><br/>- Unlisted stone mill house<br/>- 6 bedrooms<br/>- 3 reception rooms<br/>- Established gardens<br/>- Grass tennis court<br/>- Heated swimming pool with adjoining pool house<br/>- Stables and yard<br/>- Pasture and Orchard<br/>- About 4.3 acres<br/>- Adjoining 2 bedroom detached bungalow with about<br/>an acre available by separate negotiation<br/><br/>SITUATION<br/>Sheepham Mill lies in open countryside between Dartmoor<br/>and the sea in the beautiful South Hams. It stands beside<br/>Sheepham Brook, which is a tributary of the River Erme,<br/>which rises on Dartmoor. It joins the sea about 5 miles to<br/>the south at Mothecombe, where there are delightful sandy<br/>beaches and access to the Southwest Coastal Path. Sheepham<br/>Mill is also well placed to take advantage of the wide-open<br/>spaces of Dartmoor only 4 miles to the north.<br/>The nearby town of Modbury has a well-deserved reputation<br/>as being a thriving community with many local amenities<br/>based around its picturesque Georgian high street. There are<br/>a number of pubs, restaurants, local shops, a top primary<br/>school, many clubs and societies and a thriving church. There<br/>is also a health centre, dentist, optician and veterinary surgery.<br/>Although sitting amongst one of the uplifting landscapes in<br/>the South of England, Sheepham Mill is very accessible to<br/>the wider world. The A38 dual carriageway is only about 3 1/2<br/>miles away, then it is dual carriageway or motorway the whole<br/>way to Exeter (about 35 miles) and M5 motorway (about<br/>3½ hours to London on a normal run). Alternatively, there<br/>are intercity trains from Ivybridge and Totnes, with a typical<br/>journey time of about 3½ hours to London Paddington.<br/><br/>DESCRIPTION<br/>Sheepham Mill is a former mill and house that has been remodelled and renovated by the owners over nearly 5 decades of ownership. Although now in need of some updating many of the original features of the mill are retained and incorporated into the comfortable family accommodation.<br/><br/>The original house has been extended into the original mill<br/>building which itself has been extended. The house now offers<br/>extensive accommodation for family use with two staircases,<br/>log fires, open ceiling beams and slate flooring.<br/><br/>Outside detailed care has been taken in the creation of<br/>wonderful gardens and other spaces that provide amenity and<br/>interest for the house. In front of the house a wide gravelled<br/>drive and parking area gives way to the lawns bordered by<br/>ornamental shrubs and trees that border Sheepham Brook. To<br/>the east of the house the drive continues to more parking and<br/>access to the garage, stabling and paddocks.<br/><br/>A maintained grass tennis court extends on again to the<br/>swimming pool terrace with adjoining pavilion with changing<br/>facilities.<br/><br/>There is a bungalow available by separate negotiation which<br/>sits in its own gardens of just under an acre. It has most<br/>recently been used for holiday letting but lends itself for<br/>further improvement or redevelopment.<br/><br/>The balance of the land is made up of 2 paddocks/ water<br/>meadows fringed by trees. These are opposite the brook in<br/>front of the house and beyond the stables. This provides<br/>convenient grazing and protects the outlook from the house.