Elegant Coastal Dower House

The property is a grade 11 listed country house. It was formerly a dower house to Flete. It has been lavishly refurbished to provide a most comfortable and elegant house, both for entertaining and for family holidays.



You can download the Elegant Coastal Dower House brochure, as a PDF, here.

USPs:

• Set in its own valley
• 5 minutes walk from the beach
• Tennis court
• 12 miles or private estate drives for walking or horse riding

Location of house:
Coastal - situated on a 5,000 acre family estate

Style of house:
Contemporary/New England style

Number accommodated:
17  – or up to 24 including the cottage which is accessed via a door from the garden of the main house.

Number of bedrooms:
9 plus a further 4 in the cottage

Bedroom configuration:

Main house

• 3 double
• 5 twin
• 1 single

Cottage 

• 1 kingsize
• 1 twin
• 1 single with pull out bed
• 1 bunk room with a set of 3’ beds, ideally suited to children

Please note that the accommodation consists of the main house and a  self-contained 3 bedroom flat which is accessed by an internal stairway from the entrance lobby and a separate external door. The flat consists of 1 double and 2 twin bedrooms, a kitchen and sitting room/dining room, bathroom, wet room and toilet. This is ideal for use by staff or grandparents for peace and privacy.


Number of bathrooms:
8

Bathroom configuration:

• 2 en-suite doubles with bath & shower
• 4 family bathrooms with bath and shower over
  
• 2 wet rooms

The cottage has a family bathroom with bath and shower cubical and a separate WC on the ground floor.

Dining capacity:

Dining room:
22 

Kitchen: 8

Catering:
Self catering but advise chef for
large parties

Dining:
A private chef can be provided at a cost of from £12.50 per hour and waitress/washing up staff from £7.50 per hour.

Sample menus:
Can be provided on request.

Pubs/restaurants locally:
Mildmay Colours Inn, Holbeton
Rose and Crown, Yealmpton
Crooked Spire, Ermington
Ship, Newton Ferrers

Other services:
A weekday cleaner is included in the rental price.

Facilities:

• Tennis Court
• Games room with table football
• 3 TV’s DVD’s with Sky & sports
• Wireless broadband throughout
• 2 acre garden
• Outdoor tables, chairs and loungers
• 2 BBQ’s
• Croquet lawn
• Helicopter landing possible.
• 4 stables

Activities & places of interest:

Beach:
Sandy beach Mothecombe 5min car
Sandy estuary 5 mins walk

Gardens:
Mothecombe Gardens

Historic:
Saltram House & Plymouth

Places of interest:
Overbecks, Salcombe
Lukesland, Ivybridge, Dartmoor

Shopping:
Plymouth, Modbury, Ashburton & Dartmouth

Walking:
12 miles or private Estate drives, coastal footpath and Dartmoor

Horse riding:
12 miles of private Estate drives if you bring your own horse or riding on the beach and on nearby Dartmoor is also available.

Check in/out times:
4pm/10am (may be flexible if unbooked)
 
Pets:
Sorry, no dogs. Stabling and turnout for 4 horses. Fodder provided at cost.

Travel:

Travel time from London:
3 ½ hours to London

Nearest airport:
Plymouth 30 mins, Exeter 45 mins

Nearest railway station:
Plymouth/Totnes 30 mins

Taxi service:
Tim’s taxi, Holbeton

Distance to nearest village:
Holbeton 1 ½ miles

Distance to nearest town:
Modbury 15 mins


Prices & booking:

Weekends:
2 or 3 nights from £1,785

Weekly:
£2,975 - £5,200

Christmas and New Year:
£5,200 per week

Cottage:

Weekends:
2 nights £300
3 nights £450

Weekly:
£638 - £1,705


Corporate: Please enquire for prices

Booking terms in brief:
30% to secure your booking with the balance and cautionary deposit due on the 1st of month before arrival

Cautionary deposit:
£750


About the owners:
We have been welcoming our family to stay here for many years for fabulous holidays and celebrations.  Now it is the most comfortable house on the estate, we invite our guests to gather family and friends and create their own unique experience of our Estate.

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