SITUATION Cousens Farm sits in a rural hamlet nestled in the folds of rolling South Hams farmland. Within easy reach are the beautiful westerly sandy beaches of East Portlemouth on the Salcombe Estuary, the secret coves of the East Prawle peninsular, the easterly beaches at Torcross and Slapton. A little further away are the award winning beaches at Bantham, Blackpool Sands for example.
Dunstone is close to the charming villages of:
Stokenham with its own well-respected primary school, two village pubs, farm shop with café and micro brewery/bar.
Chillington which has more facilities than many similar villages in the area which include an Inn, post office/general stores and centrally located health centre.
South Pool with its award-winning Millbrook Inn and a 14th century church and is without doubt one of the most attractive and unspoilt villages in the South Hams lying at the head of a long creek off the Salcombe estuary.
Also within easy reach is the beach at Beesands with its historic inn, and a Café/Takeaway featuring locally caught fish.
Kingsbridge is 5 miles away and offers an excellent range of shops and supermarkets, local services and facilities which include a Sports Centre (with a competition-size indoor swimming pool), primary and highly-rated (OFSTED) secondary schools, health centre and cottage hospital.
From Cousens Farm there are extensive walks and nearby boating opportunities in the Salcombe estuary and Dart. Slapton Ley Nature Reserve is close by and offers excellent bird watching.
Places to visit include the historic town of Dartmouth, naval ocean city of Plymouth and Roman Exeter.
DESCRIPTION A fabulous opportunity to acquire a range of stone barns that have been thoughtfully and beautifully finished to create a family home with additional accommodation for guests, family or holiday lets.
ACCOMODATION Cousens Farm is a spacious and beautifully light barn with flexible accommodation including a large and superbly fitted and finished kitchen/dining area with utility and shower room. A spacious ground floor double bedroom. A generous dual aspect living room with stairs leading to the master suite, which is a fabulous double bedroom enjoying rural views with a large en-suite bathroom finished with freestanding bath, shower, twin sinks and WC. On the first floor there are a further two double en-suite bedrooms.
Across the courtyard there is access into 'The Cottage' currently let via Airbnb. It comprises of a large living room with conservatory, a newly fitted kitchen/dining room, cosy sitting room with wood burning stove. Bathroom. On the first floor there are two double bedrooms with exposed A-frames beams.
On the other side of the garden there is "The Loft' accessed at the side of the double garage which is also currently a holiday let. This has a kitchenette, shower room, with a first floor, open-plan spacious living/bedroom.
In addition there is an 'Airstream' that could be available as an additional holiday let, with a pod housing shower and compost toilet - the ideal glamping location!
OUTSIDE Beneath The Loft is a double garage (with 2x single garage doors) with ample driveway parking in front. The gardens nicely extend around the property with a a range of seating areas creating stunning places to sit, relax, enjoys the views or for alfresco dining, a glass pod allows dining in all weathers and a summer house.
Each property benefits from its own hot tub.
Across the lane, steps lead up to a secret garden, partly laid out with raised beds, a green house and vegetable plots. A gate leads through to a further garden area, with the 'Airstream' which has its own decked terrace.
A further gate leads into a paddock area, with detached barn.
SERVICES Each property is on a separate electric meter. Septic tank drainage. Mains water. LPG Gas heating.
TENURE Freehold.
LOCAL AUTHORITY South Hams District Council, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE.
DIRECTIONS From Kingsbridge follow A379 along the embankment towards Dartmouth. On reaching Frogmore pass the shop and turn immediately right signposted East Portlemouth. Continue approximately three quarters of a mile then turn left towards East Portlemouth and Ford. On reaching the hamlet of Ford continue round sharp right hand bend and turn immediately left before the telephone box. Following this road Cousens Farm will be found on the right hand side.
VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS Strictly by appointment please through our Kingsbridge branch.
