Weycroft Hall Weycroft, Axminster, Devon

Weycroft HallWeycroft, Axminster, Devon EX13 7LL

A substantial Grade I Listed Hall with two cottages set in approximately 81.84 acres available as a whole or in 5 lots

Lyme Regis 6 ½ miles, Honiton 11 miles, Taunton 20 miles

Entrance hall | Inner hall | Drawing room | Great Hall | Kitchen | Preparation room | Kitchenette Cloakroom | Seven bedrooms | Two bathrooms Shower room

Integral three bedroom annexe with a kitchen, sitting room and two bathrooms | One bedroom cottage | Three bedroom lodge house Outbuildings | Paddocks | Woodland | Fishing on the River Axe

In all approximately 81.84 acres

LocationWeycroft Hall lies in a rural position on the edge of Axminster. The town provides a wide range of amenities including a train station with services to London, a selection of shops, churches, primary schools and restaurants, including The River Cottage Canteen. Axminster also has a good comprehensive school and the highly regarded Colyton Grammar School is 7.2 miles away. The delightful coastal town of Lyme Regis is within 6 ½ miles and provides a good range of educational, recreational and shopping facilities, including a bank, Post Office, library, health centre, hotels, inns, restaurants, museums, art galleries, cinema and a theatre. Taunton approximately 20 miles away is the county town and offers a wider range of shopping, recreational and scholastic facilities for boys and girls of all ages, including Taunton School, Kings College, Queen’s College and King’s Hall. The town enjoys excellent communication links with the rest of the UK with fast rail service to London Paddington

with many journey times of fewer than 2 hours, together with the M5 interchange (junction 25).

Exeter International Airport provides an ever increasing number of domestic and international flights including two flights a day to London City Airport.

The HallWeycroft Hall dates back to the early 15th Century and retains the character and architectural features expected in a period property. Set in the middle of approximately 2.37 acres of gardens and surrounded by its own land, the Hall enjoys a peaceful position.

Currently being used as a charitable retreat, the hall has been established with a number of dormitory bedrooms above the working rooms. The ground floor accommodation comprises of an entrance hall with stairs to the upper floors and a flag stone floor. An inner hall leads to a drawing room on the left with oak panelled walls, exposed beams and a fireplace. To the right is the great hall, a stunning room with a double height ceiling, exposed roof trusses, flag stone floor and a minstrel’s gallery. A server, preparation room, kitchen and cloakroom complete the ground floor. On the first floor there are four bedrooms and two bathrooms. A further three bedrooms and family bathroom are on the second floor.

The AnnexeIntegral to the main property is the annexe. Currently used separately, the accommodation is accessed from the main house and the courtyard and could be incorporated back into the main house. The ground floor comprises a sitting room, dining area and kitchen/breakfast room. Upstairs is a bedroom with an ensuite shower room, a further ensuite bedroom and a sitting room/bedroom three.

The OutbuildingsThe Cottage: Set behind Weycroft Hall, and accessed off the rear drive is the cottage; this has an open plan living area with a kitchen on the first floor and a bedroom and shower room on the ground floor. The barn behind is currently set up as a dormitory with two bedroom spaces, showers and WCs.

The Office/Games room A two storey timber fronted building with a games room and WC on the ground floor and an office on the first floor. A courtyard to the front provides additional parking.

OutsideWeycroft Hall is approached over a gravelled drive leading past the lodge, through the gardens and to the front of the Hall where there is parking for several cars. The beautiful south facing gardens are well maintained and mainly laid to lawn with flowering borders, paths through topiary hedges and many established trees. There is a walled vegetable garden to the side of the cottage and a further walled garden to the rear of the annexe. There is a drive to the west of the Hall leading to the office/games room and cottage.

The land is a mixture of pastureland, arable land and woodland. To the west of the property is the river Axe and some of the farmland has a river frontage. Weycroft Hall has the fishing rights along this stretch of The Axe.

Lot 2 – A detached 1920’s lodge with three bedrooms, sitting room, dining room and a kitchen. There is a detached garage and small gardens approximately 0.1 of an acre, to the rear and side of the house.

Lot 3 – Set to the North of Weycroft Hall is Lot 3, a parcel of 9.01 acres, which provides a paddock of approximately 6.64 acres of pastureland and an area of woodland. This provides a useful pony paddock whilst also providing protection to the hall.

Lot 4 – Lot 4 provides a block of 34.67 acres of pastureland and woodland running down to the river Axe. Accessed at various points off the public highway this parcel lies adjacent to Lot 3.

Lot 5 – Situated to the West of Weycroft Hall is Lot 5, 35.69 acres, which provides a block of arable land running through to an area of pastureland. This parcel is also accessed off the public highway through several different gateways.

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This plan is published for the convenience of the purchaser

only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly

excluded from any contract.

Based on Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 mapping with the

permission of the Controller of HMSO © Crown Copyright

Licence No ES 100018525

Not to Scale. Drawing No. P7410-01 | Date 16.10.15

Lot Key

Lot 1 (0.96ha / 2.37ac)

Lot 2 (0.04ha / 0.10ac)

Lot 3 (3.65ha / 9.01ac)

Lot 4 (14.04ha / 34.67ac)

Lot 5 (14.45ha / 35.69ac)

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GeneralServices: Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. The Lodge: EPC rating F Local Authority: East Devon District Council, Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8HL Tenancies: Part of the land is currently let on a Farm Business Tenancy which ends on 29/03/2016 Basic Payment Scheme: The land is not being sold with any entitlements Overage agreement: Lot 5 is being sold subject to an overage agreement of 30% lasting for 50 years from completion. Further information is available from the vendor’s agent.

DirectionsIn car sat nav will take you to this property. From the M5, heading north, take the A30 towards Honiton and after14 miles take the A35 exit signposted for Dorchester. Continue on this road and at the first roundabout take the 1st exit and continue to follow the A35. Take a slight left onto the B3261 and follow to Axminster. From Axminster town centre take the Chard Road (A358) for about 2 miles to the traffic lights at Weycroft. Proceed through the first set of traffic lights and immediately turn right and continue along this lane for about ½ a mile and the entrance to Weycroft Hall will be found on the left hand side.

FloorplansMain House internal area 4,564 sq ft (423 sq m) Annexe internal area 940 sq ft (87 sq m) Lodge internal area 994 sq ft (93 sq m)For identification purposes only.

Martin Diplock Chartered Surveyors 36 Broad Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QF

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