Nestling in the Axe Valley in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Spillers Farm is a totally unique lifestyle opportunity property.

Operating as a successful B&B business for the past decade, Spillers Farm is just three miles away from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage HQ and the River Cottage Canteen at Axminster. As one of the longest-standing recommended accommodation providers to River Cottage HQ this supplies the current owners with year-round B&B guests.

Comprising of a large farmhouse with large single-storey cottage attached, Spillers Farm offers several revenue streams. There are four letting rooms in the farmhouse, two of which are en-suite. The cottage can also be used for B&B, short-term holiday lets or for longer term letting over the winter months. It also offers an attractive proposition to those who may be moving in with extended family members. There is also a Caravan Club CL site which overlooks Spillers Farm’s own private lake.

Attractively situated in just over 13 acres of land, Spillers Farm has enabled the current owners to support a virtually self-sufficient lifestyle and thus consists of a number of outbuildings including a purpose-built pig sty and hen houses. There is a large vegetable garden with four raised beds, a polytunnel and a small orchard with several fruit trees.

For a number of years the current owners operated a successful Tea Rooms on site and the property still holds a licence for a Tea Rooms and Farm Shop thus offering more revenue streams.

The main entrance takes you through a double glazed porch into the entrance hall with reclaimed oak floor and stairs to the first floor. To the left is a welcoming Sitting room with half oak floor and half stone and a brick fireplace with a wood burner. Double doors at the back of this room give access to the boiler room with a stainless steel sink.

From the entrance hall straight ahead is a further hallway with a stone floor, which could be used as an office space. An archway to the left takes you through to the Dining Room with a gas fire and attractive wooden mantelpiece and another door leads to the Breakfast room for the bed and breakfast guests. This is a large room has a separate WC, a wooden floor and double doors out to the path for the car park and into the garden. A staircase from the breakfast room leads upstairs to a storage room with an ensuite shower room.

From the hallway you are also led into the kitchen which benefits from granite work surfaces, a gas fired 4 door Aga and two butler sinks and the utility/boot room with stone floors, plenty of storage and a skylight. The first floor has three good sized double rooms, one ensuite and the family bathroom with a walk in shower, all finished to a high standard, and all benefiting from views over the surrounding land.

Another staircase to the second floor provides the private bedroom accommodation for the current owners. A beautiful bedroom with a window seat, ensuite shower room and WC and a double Jacuzzi from which the stunning views over the land and beyond are at their best.

The Cottage The Cottage is accessed from behind the main house and has an open plan Kitchen/Dining room, Sitting room with double doors into the gardens, two double bedrooms, family bathroom and separate shower room.

There are pine floors throughout except for the kitchen and bathrooms which have a stone floor. The cottage also benefits from a wood burner in the sitting room, double glazing and central heating.

This property has 13 acres of land.

Outside

Grounds and Gardens Gardens to the side of the property are mainly laid to lawn and provide a great space for the outside dining from the tearooms in the summer. Being self-sustaining they have a large vegetable garden, fruit bushes and many fruit trees including apple, pear and plum.

Outbuildings Spillers Farm benefits from a range of outbuildings including a double garage, chicken runs, pig stys, log storage and a large corrugated iron shed.

Caravan Site Spillers Farm also has a Caravan Club CL site providing 5 caravan berths.

Land Lying to the rear of the property is the land which extends to 5 acres. This pastureland is well fenced and has the benefit of the private lake.

Situation

Spillers Farm offers the best of all worlds, combining a rural lifestyle with easy access to nearby towns and cities.

The nearby village of Musbury provides a range of local amenities, including a primary school, post office and shop, Church and pub. Axminster is 3 miles away and the town also provides a wide range of amenities including primary schools. The highly regarded Colyton Grammar School is just over a mile away.

The delightful coastal town of Lyme Regis is within 6 miles and provides a good range of educational, recreational and shopping facilities, including banks, Post Office, library, health centre, hotels, inns, restaurants, museums, art galleries, cinema and theatre.

The cathedral city and county town of Exeter in just under 30 miles away and offers an extensive range of cultural, educational and recreational facilities. A John Lewis store opened in 2012 enhancing the recently developed Princesshay centre with its open piazzas of restaurants, cafés and shops, there is also a Waitrose. Exeter also has excellent private schools including The Maynard (girls) and Exeter School (girls & boys) and it also has a fine university.

Directions

Spillers Farm is between Axminster and Seaton on the A358. From Exeter take the A30 towards Honiton, at the roundabout take the first exit signposted A35 towards Dorchester/Axminster. At the T Junction turn left onto the A358 towards Musbury and Seaton. Drive through the village of Musbury and Spillers Farm is on the right after the village with the Bed & Breakfast sign clearly visible.