Dartington, Totnes Guide Price £885,000

Kingsbridge 14.7 miles approx., Dartmouth 15.7 miles approx., Exeter 28.9 miles approx., Plymouth 21.2 miles approx., Newton Abbot 12.6 miles approx. (London Paddington via Totnes Train station approx. 2.45 hours).

Dartington is a much sought after and very charming village located on the outskirts of Totnes giving easy access to the local schools, King Edward VI Community College and Dartington Primary School. The village also boasts a quiet thatched public house, a local church, village stores and post-office, open-air swimming pool, Dartington Hall and The Barn Theatre, petrol station and the Shops at Dartington complex. It is ideally situated to the medieval town of Totnes, the commercial centre for this part of South Devon. The bustling medieval market town has a mainline railway station giving direct connections to London Paddington. There is also good access to the A38 Devon Expressway, linking Plymouth and Exeter where it joins the M5. Totnes boasts a market as well as a good selection of shops, supermarket, restaurants and inns.

Venton House sits within the Historic hamlet of Venton, offering a wealth of character and warmth. The façade of Venton House has an old Insurance Shield belonging to the property. Plenty of parking with well stocked mature gardens, plenty of space for entertaining and alfresco dining. Useful studio cabin at the top taking in some spectacular views across the surrounding countryside.

Glazed entrance porch with flagstone floor with plenty of space for coats and boots. Original door into inner vestibule. Main sitting/dining room with excellent ceiling heights, inset spotlights, solid wooden floors throughout with an impressive stone and granite fireplace with stone hearth, inset large Jotul woodburner with front and rear aspect with inset window seat, plenty of space for a large dining table. Opening through to the kitchen with flagstone floor, exposed stonework, vaulted ceiling, inset spotlights and plenty of natural light from the velux windows, with a view across the gardens to the water pond feature. Kitchen with a range of undercounter shelves and built-in cupboard. Double Belfast sink with mixer tap wooden work tops and drainer. Two ring gas hob with oil fired Rayburn for cooking, hot water and heating. Door leads out from the kitchen to the first terraced garden. Stairs rise from the inner hall to the first floor.

Enjoying plenty of natural light with two large windows overlooking the formal front gardens and drive. Master Bedroom with high ceilings, exposed stone fireplace, built-in wardrobe, drawers and additional built-in cupboard. Taking in views across the terraced garden and pond area. Stylish family bathroom with whitewashed original floorboards, free standing bath, hand wash basin, W.C., with large shower enclosure and heated towel rail. Bedroom Five currently used as a Home Office with views over the rear gardens. Stairs rise to the second floor.

With halfway landing and storage cupboard. Second floor landing with useful storage cupboard, velux window with hall leading off to three further bedrooms, one with a front aspect, one with dual aspect (front and rear), one with views over the rear gardens. All bedrooms have velux windows. Bedroom to the front has plenty of space for additional storage. Good ceiling heights and exposed roof trusses.

The property is accessed via a shared driveway leading to Venton Manor. The property has its own Pillared gated entrance on the left after the Manor House. Large Thuja (cedar tree), Yew and Hawthorn trees planted in the mature borders. Leading to a tarmacked driveway with a full circle turning. Mature lawns, planting and shrubbery borders. In the centre of the lawn is a Maple Tree and a Weeping Cherry tree. An attached garage space (3.5 x 5 metres approx.) currently used for storage. Mature borders to the front of the entrance to Venton House. Note there is a neighbouring pedestrian Right of Way across a short piece of drive. Terraced rear gardens which are well stocked with access from the kitchen up steps to an alfresco terraced area with an ornate pond, water feature and walled terracing. Further pedestrian access to the gardens from the top. Pathway and steps leading up to the upper gardens.

Upper Gardens with ferns, four apple trees, Hazel, Bay and Willow trees. Secluded wooden wood fired hot tub. Lawned sunken area currently home to a trampoline. Surrounded by mature broadleaf with a large beech tree (not to be removed). Large wooden cabin with its own covered decking. Excellent Home Office/Additional Studio or accommodation for Family members. Built-in woodburner and flue. Glazed double doors surveying over the gardens towards Venton Manor.

Available by separate negotiation, Venton Hills Copse is a short walk from Venton House. The woodland is approximately half designated ancient woodland and half hazel coppice (with many ancient trees in it as well), extending to 14.61 acres in total. Which have all been sympathetically managed over the years under the current ownership. There is a very large disused quarry, a lake (with its own island) and the Bidwell Brook running throughout it. It lies in the heart of the beautiful Bidwell Valley just to the north of Venton House. There is 4x4 vehicle access to a small clearing in the heart of the woods, where there is a cabin (25' x 14' approximately) with a wood burner, a PV 240v solar system, a rainwater catchment system, and an outdoor kitchen on the front veranda. It has glazed windows and is well insulated throughout. In addition, in the clearing there is a small polytunnel, a compost loo, a caravan and a vegetable patch.

The woods are at the heart of and integral to the Bidwell Brook wildlife corridor, which runs from the edge of Dartmoor to the Dartington estate. There is an abundance of rare and beautiful wildlife, otters, deer, foxes, dormice, bats, owls, buzzards, geese, woodcock, and a mass of other invertebrates, amphibians and reptiles. In the spring they are a riot of bluebells and ramsons and throughout the year a constant changing delight of wildlife. This woodland is a truly magical place.

The land is subject to a public footpath running through and sold subject to all rights including water, lights and drainage.

Application 39/2026/13/CLE. A certificate of lawfulness allowing a forestry building for storage purposes and B8 ancillary to the management of the woodland.

Land at SX27499,6103.

Mains electricity and water. Shared private drainage (septic tank). Oil fired heating and hot water.

Freehold.

Band E.

Energy rating E.

South Hams District Council Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes TQ9 5NE.

Strictly by telephone appointment through Rendells Estate Agents.

Take the A385 to Dartington, continue over the mini round about taking the 2nd exit staying on the A385. Continue out into the countryside 2.3 miles. Passing Tigley Church on your left and the property can be found further along on your right signed Venton Manor. Dartington village is a short 4 minute drive down the A38, along which local and school buses run. For those wishing to get to Dartington or Totnes by foot or bicycle, there are two other routes. To Dartington using a combination of footpaths and the country lane from Rattery which emerges near Huxhams Cross, it is possible to walk this route in under an hour. Of a similar distance, taking the lanes along Windmill Down, will bring you into Totnes near to Follaton House. What3words: https://defaults.spilling.mornings