On the market for the first time in 13 years, the Stags Head

The property is a classic thatched 16th-century Devon longhouse with a beautiful position, well-stocked trout lake, woods and paddock. The Stags Head is a distinctive freehouse, providing home-cooked food and comfortable letting accommodation. It has long been associated with the Filleigh estate and is popular with shooting parties. Speciality golf packages are also well established and the inn attracts trade from a wide area, as well as having local support with a pool team and association with the local cricket club going back 30 years. The inn has further potential with planning permission recently granted to convert a former skittle alley into letting rooms. Filleigh is a small village eight miles from the North Devon County town of Barnstaple. Within the parish is Castle Hill, the stately home of the Countess of Arran and seat of Earl Fortescue. The Stags Head provides a good base for visitors to North Devon, with sandy beaches and surfing close by at Croyde Bay and Woolacombe, and the Exmoor National Park attracting visitors all year. A detached two-storey listed property, it has various outbuildings to the rear, including a former two-storey grain mill with planning permission for conversion to owner/manager accommodation, a laundry room, cellar, bottle store, skittle ally and a wooden garage. There are two entrances into the bar areas, with the village bar providing a pool table, darts oche and seating. The restaurant provides 48 covers and is split into two areas with character exposed ceiling beams and a feature fireplace. A smaller private lounge could be incorporated into the restaurant, giving a further 12 covers. The catering facilities include a new kitchen. The first floor letting accommodation comprises four bedrooms and two bathrooms. The Stags Head is being marketed at an asking price of £650,000.