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WYLD COURTHAWKCHURCH DEVON
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WYLD COURTHAWKCHURCH DEVON
A perfectly situated small country estate with beautifully restoredElizabethan manor house, traditional outbuildings and cottages,all protected by its own land
Main HousePorch Great Hall Dining Room Sitting Room Study Drawing Room Cloakroom Butlers Pantry
Principal and Secondary Kitchens with Aga Garden Room
Galleried Landing Principal Bedroom Suite with Dressing Room & Beautifully Fitted BathroomPrincipal Guest Bedroom (The Kings Bedroom) with Bathroom & Dressing / Sitting RoomFour Further Bedrooms (Two En suite) Spacious Family Bathroom with Dressing Room
Formal Gardens Beautifully Stocked Herbaceous Border Chess Board Topiary Outdoor Heated Pool Thatched
Summer House Kitchen and Herb Gardens Terraces Range of Garden BuildingsStable Yard with Five Loose Boxes & Former Coach House Stone & Slate Barn
Lower Stable Yard with Nine Loose Boxes, Storage and OfficeOld Kitchen Barn with Games Room and Pool Room Substantial Original Threshing Barn Three Cottages
The Land Comprises Three Home Paddocks Three Further EnclosuresApproximately Twenty Four Acres of Mixed Woodland Including Ponds
In all about 27.082 hectares (66.920 acres)
Taunton Office8 Hammet Street, Taunton
Somerset, TA1 1RZ
Telephone: 01823 [email protected]
Sherborne OfficeChurch House, Half Moon Street
Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3LN
Telephone: 01935 [email protected]
Country Houses and Estates Office17c Curzon Street
London, W1J 5HU
Telephone: 020 7664 [email protected]
www.jackson-stops.co.uk
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SITUATIONHawkchurch lies amidst beautiful unspoiltcountry on the Devon / Dorset border, wherelittle has changed for centuries. Much of thesurrounding countryside is designated an Area ofOutstanding Natural Beauty, where strictplanning controls protect its special character.The views from the property are quiteoutstanding, with a patchwork of fields, prettyvillages and lightly wooded farmland.Hawkchurch itself is centred on its lovely oldchurch and comprises many period houses at itsheart. Both the nearby small towns ofAxminster and Ilminster both provide good day-
to-day amenities and Taunton, the County Townof Somerset, is also within easy reach with agood shopping centre, excellent range ofindependent schools including Taunton School,Kings and Queens Colleges, Kings HallPreparatory School and Richard Huish SixthForm College. The much acclaimed ColytonGrammar School lies within a short drive,likewise Perrott Hill Preparatory School nearCrewkerne is within easy reach. Other notableschools in the West Country include ExeterSchool, Maynards and St. Margarets in Exeter,Blundells in Tiverton, Hazlegrove, Millfield andSherborne.
The property is in easy reach of the coastline atSidmouth, Branscombe, Beer and Lyme Regis,the latter having intriguing shops, restaurantsand the famous Cobb. This coastline is now well
known as The Jurassic Coast.
COMMUNICATIONS ANDTRANSPORTFrom Axminster trains can be boarded to arriveat London Waterloo. For those wishing to travelto London Paddington, fast trains leave TauntonStation and are scheduled to arrive within anhour and forty five minutes. The road networkprovides fast and easy access to London on the
Axminster - 5 miles Lyme Regis - 7 miles Exeter - 32 miles Taunton - 23 miles Bristol - 69 miles
(All mileages approximate)
A303, which can be joined at Ilminster, or theA30 travels south to Exeter and Cornwall. Theinternational airport at Exeter provides regularflights to the continent and the USA, Exeter also
having M5 motorway (J30). For those wishingto travel to the continent there are ferry ports atPlymouth, Weymouth and Southampton.
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SPORT AND RECREATIONFor those with equestrian interests, there areseveral packs of fox hounds and harriers nearby,including the Cotleigh, Axe Vale Foxhounds,East Devon, the Taunton Vale Foxhounds,Cattistock and Blackmoor Vale. Many Point toPoint meetings are held throughout the area andthere is racing at Taunton, Haldon Hill, Exeterand Newton Abbot. The beautiful coastlineprovides opportunity for fishing, sailing,windsurfing and water skiing. Taunton is thehome of the Somerset County Cricket Club,which has a number of popular Twenty / Twentymatches throughout the season. For thosewishing to play golf there are courses at LymeRegis, Honiton and Taunton.
THE PROPERTYJustifiably this Elizabethan manor house is ListedGrade II* of architectural or historical importanceand enjoys spectacular views from all principalrooms. Pevsner asserts that the house dates fromc.1600 and indeed this is substantiated by a datemark of 1593 RM on the guttering the RMstanding for Robert Moore, whose coat of arms isinscribed above the door.
The intrinsic fabric of the house has remainedintact through successive generations, and the
majority of the architectural embellishments arestill in place. The house, however, has undergonea complete and meticulous restorationprogramme in recent years, which has resulted ina perfect blend of period detail and all modernliving. There is extensive oak panelling,mullioned windows, flagstone f loors andimpressive fireplaces with exquisite woodcarvings above. Of particular note are thefireplaces in the sitting room and principal guest
bedroom, known as the Kings Bedroom. The
drawing room is a magnificent reception room,
built in the 19th century and provides an excellent
entertaining area of the house.
The beautiful gardens with the intriguing chess
board topiary, formal lawns and beautifully
stocked herbaceous borders provide a perfect
setting for the house and include various terraces
to capture the sunlight throughout the day.
Substantial outbuildings expected with a
property of such stature include a beautiful stone
barn, fondly known as The Scouts Hut ,traditional loose boxes, coach house and afurther substantial threshing barn. The cottages
belonging to Wyld Court have all beenmodernised and at present provide an incomefrom holiday letting but could equally be usefulto accommodate guests, family members or live-in help.
HISTORICAL NOTEThe majority of Wyld Court dates fromElizabethan times, although there has been ahouse on the site since mediaeval times, when theproperty belonged to Cerne Abbey, prior to theDissolution of the Monasteries by King HenryVIII in 1553. As was the fashion at that time, the
house was built in the shape of the letter E, outof respect to Queen Elizabeth I.
It is known that following his defeat at the battleof Worcester in 1651, King Charles II fled toDorset (at that time Hawkchurch was in Dorset)planning to travel by boat to France. It is saidthat he spent a night at Wyld Court, and that thewestern wing was pulled down by theRoundheads in an attempt to find him; thus thefront of the house now resembles the letter F.
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ACCOMMODATIONCut stone arch with crest over to:
Entrance Porch: With flagstone floor, woodenseats, arrow slits and studded front door to:
The Great Hall: With flagstone floors,magnificent fireplace with arched cut stonesurround and open hearth with inset crest, prettywindow with panelled seat. Window also to thefront of the house with panelled seat and furtherwindow with deep cut stone sill, ceiling timbers
and turning staircase.Cloakroom: With close coupled WC, cut stonecornice with English roses, arched window andround bowl wash basin with pump mixer tapset upon a slate stand with pillared pedestal andstone framed mirror above, flagstone floor.
A few steps lead down from the hall to the:
Dining Room: An atmospheric room withpanelling, flagstone floor, cornice, window seat,fireplace with cut stone surround, carved over-mantel with cupboard to one side and panelleddoor through to the:
Sitting Room: A lovely room with panelledwalls, fireplace with over-mantel depicting aCoats of Arms, inset wood burning stove,wooden floor, double aspect (all windowsenjoying lovely outlooks over the gardens) andan arched door through to:
Inner Hall: Window with lovely views, walk-in:
Butlers Pantry: With stainless steel sink, amplecupboards and work surfaces, ancient window.
Off the inner hall:
Staircase to the Kings bedroom with historical,very rare circa. 16th century stair gate and stepsdown to the:
Study: With two recessed bookcases, door toterrace and windows enjoying lovely views.
Lower Hall: Being panelled with under stairscupboard and doors leading through to the:
Drawing Room: A magnificent room, beautifullylight with triple aspect and door leading to theterrace, elaborate ceiling cornice, ceiling rosesand a fireplace with high painted mantelpiece.
A short passage leads from the Great Hallthrough to the:
Second Kitchen: Beautifully fitted with central
island with granite surface, sink with mixer tapand range of cupboards, dresser style cupboardsand further work surface with larder cupboardand space for an American style fridge freezer.Recessed wine cooler, wooden floor, wideopening to:
Laundry: Well fitted with matching cupboardswith deep Belfast sink with mixer tap, plumbingand space for washing machine and tumble drierand further range of wall and floor mountedcupboards with solid wood work surfaces andutility cupboards. Door to the rear of the house.
An arched opening leads from the second kitchen
to:
Kitchen: With an excellent range of panelfronted wall and floor mounted cupboards withfour oven oil fired Aga, Falcon Electric two ovenrange cooker with ceramic hob and platewarmer. Heavily beamed ceiling and Frankiestainless steel sink with mixer tap and extensivemarble work surfaces.
Garden Room: A beautifully light entertainingroom with bench seating, wood burning stove,
spiral staircase to a balcony and French doors tothe rear terrace and the front garden.
FIRST FLOORThe galleried landing has a door leading throughto the:Principal Bedroom Suite:
Dressing Room: Excellent range ofcupboards providing good hanging space,shoe storage and cupboards over, dressingtable with cupboards to either side.
Bathroom: Beautifully fitted with marbletiles. Two oval wash basins set into marble
surrounds, mixer taps, cupboards below andbevelled dressing mirror, Showerlux bathwith marble surround, WC and walk-inshower with spray head and also a hand heldshower.
Bedroom: A gloriously light room withdouble aspect enjoying far reaching views,intricate ceiling cornice and central ceilingrose.
Bedroom: With recessed cupboard, windows
with lovely outlooks and:
En Suite Shower Room: With marble tiledshower, pedestal wash basin, WC and laddertowel rail / radiator.
Inner Lobby: With cupboard and door throughto a:
Dressing/Sitting Room: With a beautiful oldfireplace and panelled door through to a:
Bedroom: Known as the Kings Bedroom, thisroom has double aspect, a beautiful fireplacewith original fire back and over-mantel withCoats of Arms, panelled walls, window seat,further window overlooking the gardens and adoor to the:
South Landing: With window affording goodlight and a door through to a:
Bathroom: With freestanding slipper bath onball and claw feet, shower cubicle, wash basin,WC, pretty fireplace, window with seatingenjoying glorious outlooks and shelvedcupboard, tiled floor.
Staircase descending to Inner Hall:
Return to main landing:
Bedroom: A charming room with three windowsaffording lots of light, fireplace with cut stonesurround and herringbone fire back and furtherwindow looking over the topiary.
Bedroom: With a recessed cupboard.
Inner Landing: With vaulted ceiling and panelleddoors to:
Family Bathroom: With contemporary bath withmixer taps, shower cubicle, wash basin, WC,
heated towel rail and exposed ceiling and rooftimbers and a wide opening through to a:
Dressing Area: With built-in trunk style storage.
Guest Bedroom: With lovely fireplace, doubleaspect and a window overlooking the lawnedgardens.
En Suite Shower Room: With wide showercubicle, WC, pedestal wash basin and heatedtowel rail.
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WYLD COURTGross Internal Area
Main House: 745 m (8,017 ft)Kitchen Barn: 107 m (1,151 ft)
For identification purposes only. Not to scale.
Ground Floor
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First Floor
Main House
Kitchen Barn
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Ground Floor
First Floor
First Floor
Wyld Court Cottage
Upper and Lower Mill Cottages
Dairy Cottage
Ground Floor
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THE DAIRY COTTAGEA stable door leads into the Entrance Porch and then to the
Inner Hall with two Bedrooms leading off to the north.
The Shower Room has a shower cubicle, WC and wash
basin. The Kitchen has wall and floor mounted storage
cupboards, a Belling four ring electric hob with two ovens
below, washing machine and a window enjoying lovely
views. A door leads through to the Sitting Room where
there is a decorative stone fireplace and windows enjoying
the glorious views.
WYLD COURT COTTAGEA detached red brick Victorian house with sash windows
and attractive fireplaces, standing within its own lawned
garden.
On the ground floor a Central Hall with a door at the rear
to the gravelled Terrace. The Hall is flanked by the Sitting
Room and the Dining Room with a Kitchen at the rear, well
fitted with a range of units, electric hob and oven. There is
also a ground floor Shower Room with tiled cubicle, WC
and wash basin. Separate Cloakroom. Upstairs there are
Three Double Bedrooms and a Bathroom with free
standing claw foot bath, WC and wash basin.
UPPER AND LOWER MILL COTTAGESAttached to one another and both comprise the following:
An entrance door leads into the mill with a Utility Area
with washing machine.
The ground floor provides good open plan space, including
a Sitting Area with ornamental fireplace and kitchen fitted
with a range of floor mounted storage cupboards and
Flavell eight ring gas hob with three ovens below. French
doors out onto a Sun Terrace. Cloakroom.
A staircase leads up to the first floor, where there is a:
Principal En Suite Bedroom with range of cupboards and
En Suite Bathroom with bath with overhead shower, WC,
wash basin.
En Suite Bedroom also with built-in cupboards, Juliette
Balcony enjoying lovely outlooks and En Suite Shower
Room with shower cubicle, WC and pedestal wash basin.
Upper and Lower Mill Cottages
Wyld Court Cottage The Dairy Cottage
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OUTSIDEA pillared entrance with majestic Douglas fir
leads into Wyld Court passing the intriguing
topiary bushes including a peacock, peahen and a
number of chess pieces. The drive continues and
opens out to ample parking and an open fronted
Four Bay Garage, measuring approximately
12.63m x 4.10m (415 x 136) with Lock Up
Store at one end. A gracious flight of steps leads
down to the main entrance of the house and
divides lawned areas, which are bordered by
beautifully stocked herbaceous beds. A largelawned area stretches out to the south to a
particularly enchanting area of the garden withlow box hedging enclosing well stockedshrubberies and raised beds and a ThatchedSummerhouse, which enjoys outlooks over thelawns. A lower terrace is found on the south sideof the drawing room and provides the perfectsetting for the Heated Kidney Shaped SwimmingPool, measuring approximately 11.89m x 2.74m(39 x 9) having a deep end of approximately2.44m (8). A lower area of garden provides a
good Kitchen Garden with several vegetable
beds, large fruit cage, measuring approximately
10m x 6m (329 x 198) and has access ontothe lower drive.
On approaching the house there is a magnificent
avenue of lime trees, originally leading to the
church, with an adjoining Paddock and formal
garden on the other side being gently terraced
with a wide croquet lawn and additional parking
to one side. From here there are wonderful views
of the houses main facade.
A well planned found Herb Garden is partly
walled, has a Greenhouse and a number of raised
beds and lies close to the rear of the house.
OUTBUILDINGSThe Higher Stable Yard lies to the north andincludes two original Loose Boxes, Tack
Room/Feed Store and is adjoined by a DoubleGarage and three further Loose Boxes, which
open out onto the adjoining field. A substantialstone and tiled Barn, fondly known as The
Scouts Hut provides excellent storage and aGardeners Bathroom.
The original Kitchen Barn lies adjacent to the
house, provides a Games Room with Bar Area
and Cloakroom and has a opening to a Pool
Room with a Hot Tub and French doors leading
out onto the terrace.
The Lower Stable Yard, which has a total of nine
Loose Boxes, storage, original Forge and anOffice. A Covered Yard, measuring 21.15m x
18.12 (695 x 595) provides excellent storage
and beyond this, a substantial original CiderBarn with overall external measurements of
24.56m x 5.95m (870 x 196). Otheroutbuildings include a Tractor Shed, which now
provides a useful Games Room for the cottages
and an open Car Port also provides garaging for
the letting cottages.
THE LANDWyld Court is greatly protected by its own landamounting to approximately sixty seven acres
and comprises a lovely Field lying to the west
and the grove which amounts to just over eight
acres. A gently sloping Pasture of approximatelyseventeen acres wraps around the property to the
east and is adjoined by a smaller area ofOrchard. A further Field lies to the west, adjoinsthe lower drive, which leads to the cottages and
to the rear of the house and also has a gate
leading through to the Woodland amounting to
about twenty four acres, including ponds. The
gardens, grounds and land amount to about
27.082 hectares (66.920 acres)
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Based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with permissionof the Controller H.M.S.O. Crown Copyright reserved.
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PROPERTY INFORMATION
ServicesMain House: Mains electricity, water anddrainage. Oil-fired central heating.
Wyld Court Cottage, Dairy and Mill Cottage:Mains electricity and water. Private drainage.
Local AuthorityEast Devon County Council, The Knowle,
Station Road, Knowle, SidmouthDevon, EX10 8HLTel: 01823 356356
www.eastdevon.gov.uk
Tax BandsMain House: HThe Dairy Cottage: AWyld Court Cottage: EThe Mill Cottage: D
Energy Performance CertificatesIf you require a larger copy of the EPCs, pleasecontact the selling agents.
Fast Find47167
Contents, Fixtures and FittingsUnless specifically mentioned in theseparticulars, all contents, fixtures and fittings,garden ornaments and statues, carpets andcurtains are specifically excluded from the sale.Certain items may be available by separatenegotiation.
Directions (Postcode : EX13 5TZ)Travelling on the A303 at the western end of theIlminster by-pass, turn off signed to Chard andAxminster and follow this road through Chardinto Devon. In Tytherleigh turn left just after theTytherly Arms signed to Hawkchurch and f ollowthe signs to the village. Just after theHawkchurch village sign, pass a thatched cottageand turn left immediately afterwards andthrough the pillered gates into Wyld Court.
ViewingBy appointment with Jackson-Stops & StaffsTaunton office: 01823 325 144
IMPORTANT NOTICEJackson-Stops & Staff give notice to anyone reading these details:- (1) These particulars are set out for the interested parties and purchasers as a guideline only. They are intendedto give a fair description but not to constitute an offer or contract. (2) All descriptions, dimensions, distances, orientations and other statements/facts are given in good faith butshould not be relied upon as being a statement or representation of facts. (3) Nothing in these particulars shall be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good conditionor otherwise nor that any services are in good working order. We have not tested the appliances, central heating or services. Interested applicants are advised to make their ownenquiries and investigations before finalising their offer to purchase. (4) The photographs appearing in this brochure show only certain parts and aspects of the property at thetime the photographs were taken. Certain aspects may have been changed since the photographs were taken and it should not be assumed that the property remains preciselyas displayed in the photographs. Furthermore no assumptions should be made in respect of parts of the property, which are not shown in the photographs. (5) Any areameasurement or distances referred to herein are approximate only. (6) Where there is reference in these particulars to the fact that alterations have been carried out, or that aparticular use is made of any part of the property, this is not intended to be a statement that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consents have been obtainedand these matters must be verified by any intending purchaser. (7) Descriptions of a property are inevitably subjective and the descriptions contained herein are used in goodfaith as an opinion and not by way of statement of fact. If there are any points of particular importance that need clarifying before viewing please do not hesitate to contact thisoffice. Photographs taken in March 2012 and brochure prepared in April 2012.
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