We love this property.  It's a large thatched farmhouse on ten acres in a quiet, private, rural area two miles from the village of Axminster.  Drive down a track to reach the stone house.  It combines the original farmhouse features with more contemporary design.  It has many interesting touches, many of which have been salvaged from other houses: interesting doorknobs and  window hardware, light fixtures, bathroom fixtures. 

The wide hallway has large pillars and interesting angles.  A hallway bathroom has a large shower stall with a door like those in old boat houses.  Up a few slate stairs, there is a long, curving corridor that has slate floor.  An antique wood wagon sits in a wider part of the hallway that is almost like a conservatory.  Further along, there is a charming, small, yellow sitting room with a comfortable sofa, a bookcase filled with books, windows with curtains of the same monkey fabric as the living room. 

Past the sitting room are two bedrooms, one has twin beds with white covers, an old pine armoire, interesting art prints on the walls. 

Back through the corridor to the main hallway, there is a different stairway up to another bedroom wing.  There are four bedrooms here.

One bedroom, painted light blue, has a pine king bed, architecture prints on the walls, a beautiful antique chest of drawers, a pine armoire and a dressing table.  French doors lead to a small balcony.  The en suite bathroom has green tiles and a deep tub with a hand-held shower.

The next bedroom has two single beds - they are on opposite sides of the room.  There is a pine chest of drawers and a low window. 

The third bedroom has light green walls, a king bed, antique pine chest of drawers and an armoire.

The grounds, some of it fenced for horses (who no longer live there), are just fields and meadows, no landscaping.  There is a small brook that is fenced and child-safe.  There are many walks from the house and a network of bridle paths as this is horse country.  Axminster village is a few minutes from the house.  There are pubs there and shopping there.  The Regency resort town of Lyme Regis is less than 10 minutes from the house.  All of the coastal towns and villages of Devon are nearby.  It's a terrific location.