Payhembury, Honiton, EX14 3HZ

Character Grade II listed farmhouse in need of modernisation with a courtyard of barns Situation - Set in a rural position just outside the hamlet of Luton, the property lies between the popular villages of Payhembury and Broadhembury, both offering a primary school and pub.

Ottery St Mary to the south provides access to The King’s School and the A30. Description - This substantial Grade II listed former farmhouse is of rendered stone, cob and brick beneath a slate roof.

Although dated 1857, the property is believed to be much earlier, with attractive examples of 19th century carpentry, including distinctive timber windows.

The accommodation includes a large front to back farmhouse kitchen with an oil-fired Rayburn set within a substantial fireplace.

There are two generous reception rooms, along with a dairy or store and a utility boot room.

The first floor, accessed via two staircases, offers five double bedrooms, a family bathroom and a separate shower room.

Outside - Wraparound gardens surround the farmhouse, enclosed by block and brick walls and laid mainly to lawn, with a large vegetable patch, two greenhouses and apple trees.

A large concrete yard is flanked by a C-shaped range of single and two storey barns, arranged as a workshop with loft, former parlour, shippon and calf houses.

There is also a double open-fronted garage. Services - Services. Mains water (tank to be replaced). Mains electric. Oil fired central heating (new oil tank required).

Private drainage (purchasers to install a treatment plant). Broadband up to 25 Mbps, mobile signal outside with Three, EE and Vodafone, none via O2 (Ofcom).