Whitestone, Exeter, Devon, EX4

A classic smallholding featuring a character farmhouse, separate guest cottage, stables, and traditional outbuildings, enjoying approximately 28 acres of land with spectacular rural views.

DISTANCES
Exeter 6 miles
Crediton 3.2 miles
The A30 At Tedburn St Mary 3.2 miles

GROUND FLOOR
- Dining hall
- Drawing room
- Sitting room
- Kitchen
- Utility
- Larder
- Cloakroom

FIRST FLOOR
- Principal suite with en suite
- Three further bedrooms
- Family bathroom

COTTAGE
- Study/kitchen area
- Sitting room
- Two bedrooms
- Family bathroom

GARDENS
- Mature south facing gardens
- Terrace
- Countryside views
- Approximately 28 acres
- Stables with hay store
- Garden office with shower room
- Two barns
- Field shelter

LOCATION
Cleave Farm enjoys a peaceful, secluded setting roughly three miles from the vibrant village of Tedburn St. Mary. This active community offers a fantastic range of local amenities, including an excellent primary school, a village shop and post office, two churches, a traditional pub, and both cricket and football clubs.

Exeter, a historic Cathedral City, is home to a thriving university, excellent public and private schools, and a wide array of shops, restaurants, and leisure amenities. Highlights include the Princesshay Shopping Centre, John Lewis, Waitrose, several theatres, and the award-winning Royal Albert Memorial Museum. For sports and fitness enthusiasts, theDavid Lloyd Club at Sandy Park, home to the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club, along with numerous gyms, sports centres, and recreation grounds, provide ample options. The area boasts a range of highly regarded state and independent schools, including Queen Elizabeth’s School in Crediton, Exeter School, The Maynard School in Exeter, and Blundell’s School in Tiverton.

Outdoor enthusiasts will appreciate the superb walking, cycling, and riding routes accessible right from the doorstep, with Dartmoor National Park and the East Devon coastline just a short drive away.

Travel links are outstanding: the A30 is within easy reach, connecting to the M5, A38, and A380. Additionally, Exeter St. David’s station (approx. 7 miles) provides a direct rail link to London Paddington in just over two hours, while Exeter International Airport offers a variety of domestic and European flights.

THE PROPERTY
Cleave Farm is a striking, unlisted rural home occupying an elevated, enviable position that commands panoramic views across the rolling countryside toward Dartmoor. Believed to date back to the 17th century, the farmhouse beautifully marries its rich historic character with sophisticated modern updates. Enhancing the house’s versatility is an attached, self-contained two-bedroom cottage - ideal for dual-family living or holiday letting.

Cleave Farm is further complemented by an array of traditional outbuildings offering clear development potential (subject to necessary planning consent), alongside a stable block and roughly 28 acres of private grounds. It offers a rare combination of total privacy whilst being within easy proximity to Exeter.

The ground floor welcomes you with three distinct reception rooms. The grand drawing room is bathed in natural light via two large windows and showcases an authentic timber plank-and-muntin screen alongside a classic inglenook fireplace.

For formal hosting, there is a dedicated dining hall, plus a cosy sitting room - both featuring log burners and character fireplaces. From the sitting room, a secondary staircase leads up to the third bedroom. At the heart of the home is a bright, expansive farmhouse kitchen equipped with an Aga, granite worktops, a central island, and ample space for a large breakfast table. French doors open directly from the kitchen onto an outdoor dining terrace. For convenience, there is a useful utility and cloakroom.

Upstairs, the first floor enjoys four beautifully finished bedrooms. The principal suite features built-in wardrobes and a private en-suite bathroom, while the remaining bedrooms share a well appointed family bathroom with a separate bath and shower. Every bedroom enjoys long-distance rural views.

THE COTTAGE
The Adjoining Cottage is characterful and beautifully maintained, it features a ground-floor sitting room and a private study which could easily be a kitchen. The upper floor provides two comfortable double bedrooms and a family bathroom. Outside, the cottage enjoys its own paved terrace and garden area, perfectly positioned to take in the breathtaking landscape.

OUTSIDE
The grounds are a particular feature of the property, extending to approximately 28 acres and commanding exceptional views across the Devon countryside. Beautifully established gardens surround the farmhouse, with south-facing lawns, colourful herbaceous borders, and patio areas ideal for outdoor entertaining. Mature specimen trees frame the gardens, providing a high degree of privacy and shelter. Beyond lie undulating fields and paddocks, ideally suited to equestrian use or livestock grazing.

Below the fields is an established wood of broad leaved deciduous trees, with a woodland walk leading to a stream which borders much of the eastern and southern boundary of the property. Within the grounds are substantial outbuildings offering potential for further development, subject to the necessary consents which include a garden room (that is currently used for storage) with an adjoining shower room.

A stable yard comprising three loose boxes and a hay store provides equestrian facilities while there is also a field shelter in one of the grazing fields. Cleave Farm is approached via a singletrack lane, with a gated entrance leading to the gravel driveway where there is plenty of parking space and access to a carport.

DIRECTIONS (POSTCODE EX4 2HU)
From the Exe Bridge roundabout in Exeter, take Okehampton Road. At the traffic lights, go straight across onto Redhills and follow the signs to Whitestone. Drive through the village and at the top of the hill turn right signposted Crediton. Follow this road from about 0.5 miles and take a left onto Oldridge Road. Cleave Farm will be found on the left hand side after about 0.3 miles.
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PROPERTY INFORMATION

Services: Mains electricity and water. Private drainage (confirmation of compliance to be obtained). Solar panel energy.

Tenure: Freehold

Local Authority: Teignbridge Council

Council Tax: Band G

EPC rating: D

Contents, fixtures and fittings: Unless specifically mentioned in these particulars, all contents, fixtures and fittings, garden ornaments and statues and curtains are specifically excluded from the sale. Certain items may be available by separate negotiation.

Viewing: By appointment with Jackson-Stops Exeter office: 01392 214222