For sale with residential use during 2010 - 2011: six large substantial country houses with views south over parkland and lake to Dartmoor on secluded 150 acre garden and forest estate, all accessible via three miles of foot/cycle path to remote Dury Water Valley, leading inside the deer fence around the boundary to four large wildlife ponds and the beautiful broad leaf native forest full of wildlife. Located in South West England, the Braddon Estate is 12 miles Launceston, 7 miles Hoisworthy, 42 miles Exeter, 50 miles from Plymouth, and 10 miles from west coast.

We are now in process of evolving a new future for Braddon as a hamlet of residential houses in which the occupiers will work from home. Torridge District Council will at present agree to a change from holiday use to residential use of three of the Braddon Houses: BULLOCKS'HOUSE (which has attached a large covered area originally used as games rooms in the holiday business) and LAKE HOUSE and LINHAYE which have six bedrooms on two floors (which is larger than most families require and provides ample space for commercial use of part of the accommodation). These three houses now have planning approval from Torridge District Council for live/work use and are now on the market for sale on long leases.

The owners plan similarly to sell HAYBARN, GRANARY and STABLES as live/work accommodation in 2011, proposing to build in the adjoining Braddon North Ride Trading Estate suitable units of commercial accommodation. There are also two more building sites within the demesne of the Braddon Houses on which residential houses will be built [subject to planning permission] and suitable units of commercial accommodation provided at North Ride [subject to planning permission], probably in 2012. These will complete the final Braddon Estate housing development plan, since all open land in our ownership surrounding the demesne of the Braddon houses is either planted in deciduous forest, designated forestry open spaces on which building development is forbidden or Braddon Farmhouse garden and arboretum where the owner lives, on which there will be no building development. Braddon Farmhouse, built of cob with Rag slate roof, is a Grade III Listed Building.

When all the houses are sold, the title of the remaining Braddon property including the forest will be transferred from the partnership to a company, Braddon Estate PLC, which will manage the energy business, forestry and estate maintenance, guaranteeing continuing service beyond the lifetime of the present owners. Residents will all be given a token one share in the company so that they are always fully informed.

Prospective buyers should understand that the above projections of future development on Braddon are aspirationaL, given in good faith, but not legal contractual commitments by the owners. Braddon, which was a derelict farm when we came here in 1960, represents the work of a lifetime. We want to leave behind something of lasting importance, a community of like-minded self employed resident families whose energy source is local and indigenous. The owners believe that climate change will soon present UK with big energy supply and cost problems. Also serious social problems from coastal flooding, especially in London, which will displace people from their houses, who will need to be resettled on higher ground, especially in the Westcountry. The Braddon Houses lie on the 500 foot contour.