Fowlers Estate Agents, Chagford, Devon. » £400,001 to £500,000

Pixies

Fowlers Estate Agents — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:02:43 +0000

Shilstone Lane
Drewsteignton

Price £445,000 Freehold

• A DETACHED GRANITE COTTAGE • NEWLY RETHATCHED
• GRADE II LISTED AS LATE 1800s • APPROXIMATELY 1.47 ACRES
• MAINS GAS AND WATER • GAS FIRED CENTRAL HEATING
• PORCH • HALL • SUN ROOM • SHOWER ROOM
• SITTING ROOM WITH GRANITE FIREPLACE AND WOODBURNER
• DINING ROOM • KITCHEN WITH GAS RAYBURN • STORE ROOM
• LAUNDRY • TWO DOUBLE BEDROOMS • UPSTAIRS BATHROOM
• GARAGE AND PARKING • PLANNING PERMISSION TO EXTEND

THE PROPERTY

Pixies is a Grade II listed cottage which is thought to date from the late 1800s. It is built of granite beneath a recently rethatched roof and is a sturdy building with a south west facing frontage and good natural light. The property has the benefit of an attractive garden, a wooded hillside, a stream and a separate wetland area. It has mains gas and water and gas fired central heating. The reception rooms are bright uncluttered spaces, as are both bedrooms. Pixies has a planning permission to extend at the rear on two storeys to create a new kitchen, utility room, w.c., bedroom and bathroom. We strongly recommend viewing to appreciate the cottage.

SITUATION

Located at grid reference 697903 at the edge of Drewsteignton parish. The property is only 2 miles from the bustling ancient stannary town of Chagford, 3 miles from the A30 dual carriageway and 18 miles from Exeter. It is set at the bottom of a wooded hillside beneath Sandsgate and faces south west into the sun. The formal gardens have a hedgerow for privacy and are buffered from the road by an informal garden with a stream. Nearby Chagford has a wide variety of day to day and specialist shops, a parish church, Roman Catholic church and chapel, primary school, pre school and Montessori. There is a hotel and pubs and a wide range of facilities including a football and cricket pitch with pavilion, a tennis club, a bowling club and a lovely open air swimming pool in the summertime. The area is criss-crossed by many footpaths and riverside walks and the open moor is just a short drive.

(click on image for larger view)

Langstone Cottage

Fowlers Estate Agents — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:09:16 +0000

Manaton

Price £450,000 Freehold

• A DETACHED 15th CENTURY CHARACTER COTTAGE
• NEWLY RETHATCHED • APPROXIMATELY 0.2 ACRE GARDEN
• PARKING AND GARAGE • FAR REACHING VIEWS
• QUIET LOCATION • DINING ROOM
• KITCHEN WITH RAYBURN • UTILITY LOBBY
• LARGE BRIGHT SITTING ROOM WITH GRANITE FIREPLACE AND WOODBURNER
• BATHROOM WITH SHOWER • UPSTAIRS W.C.
• LANDING/OFFICE • THREE BEDROOMS

THE PROPERTY

Langstone Cottage is a charming detached rural 15th Century cottage built of granite beneath a newly rethatched reed roof. The accommodation has great character with exposed structural beams and painted granite walls and a large granite fireplace with a woodburning stove. It has two generous reception rooms and a kitchen with Rayburn, a useful rear lobby for laundry, wet boots and dogs and a recently refitted bathroom with a shower cubicle. Upstairs the landing has closet space and a w.c. and an office area and there are three bedrooms. The cottage is in good decorative condition and has night storage heating in conjunction with the oil fired Rayburn and the woodburning stove making a cosy and comfortable home. The garden is approximately 0.2 acre and enjoys glorious views over the surrounding Dartmoor countryside towards Mardon Down and Butterdon Down.

SITUATION

Located at grid reference 746824, Langstone Cottage is elevated to enjoy the glorious views over this part of the National Park and has excellent access on foot to local walks including nearby Easdon Down. North Bovey is approximately 11/2 miles away and has a good pub and a village hall and Manaton is approximately 1 mile.

(click on image for larger view)

Five Stones

Fowlers Estate Agents — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:28:00 +0000

Station Road
Moretonhampstead

£467,500 Freehold

• A SEVEN YEAR OLD DETACHED FAMILY HOME • MOORLAND VIEWS
• PRIVATE GARDENS • PARKING FOR FOUR VEHICLES
• SPACIOUS THROUGHOUT • ENTRANCE PORCH
• LARGE ENTRANCE HALL WITH STUDY AREA • CLOAKROOM
• SITTING ROOM WITH FIREPLACE • DINING ROOM • GAMES ROOM
• LARGE KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM • UTILITY ROOM
• UNDERFLOOR HEATING TO THE GROUND FLOOR
• ELECTRIC PANEL RADIATORS UPSTAIRS • LARGE LANDING
• MASTER BEDROOM WITH EN SUITE AND WALK IN CLOSET
• THREE FURTHER DOUBLE BEDROOMS WITH EN SUITE SHOWER ROOMS

THE PROPERTY

Five Stones is a detached seven year old family home with many contemporary features. It is of generous proportions with very good natural light and a glorious view over fields to Dartmoor from the front of the house. It has the benefit of a luxuriously large entrance hall and landing and good dimensions to all the principal rooms. There are three reception rooms, a conservatory and a smart modern social kitchen and each of these rooms has double glazed double doors to the exterior. All four bedrooms are doubles and each has an en suite bathroom or shower room. The house has gas fired underfloor heating to the ground floor and little need of upstairs heating, although flat panel electric radiators are installed if they should be required. The house is fully double glazed and presented in excellent decorative condition throughout. Fowlers strongly recommend viewing to fully appreciate the many features of this excellent family home.

SITUATION

Five Stones is a south west facing property which is slightly elevated with a glorious view over fields to the moor. It is set behind mature hedgerows and enjoys considerable privacy. The town centre is just 400 yards away where there is a wide variety of day to day and specialist shops, a hotel and pubs. There is a new primary school, a pre school, a parish church and chapel, a community hospital, doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeries and excellent sports facilities including a football and cricket pitch, tennis court, gymnasium, badminton court and an open air swimming pool in the summertime. Moretonhampstead is surrounded by countryside walks and access to open moorland is walkable. The A30 and A38 are about 8 miles equidistant and Exeter is approximately 12 miles.

(click on image for larger view)

Church Park

Fowlers Estate Agents — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:44:57 +0000

Shilstone Lane
Throwleigh

Price £475,000 Freehold

• A GRANITE THATCHED COTTAGE • LOVELY MOORLAND VIEW
• NOT LISTED • APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER ACRE GARDEN
• PORCH • HALL • W.C.
• SITTING ROOM WITH GRANITE FIREPLACE
• DINING ROOM WITH FIREPLACE • KITCHEN
• SPLIT LEVEL UTILITY AREA • THREE BEDROOMS
• BATHROOM • OIL FIRED CENTRAL HEATING
• SECONDARY DOUBLE GLAZING TO MOST WINDOWS
• TWO GARAGES • FORMER GRANITE STABLE
• GREENHOUSE • SUMMERHOUSE
• CHARMING FORMAL GARDEN • VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GARDEN

THE PROPERTY

Church Park is a granite built home of great charm with a thatched roof and set on a garden plot of about a quarter acre. It was built in the 1920s and is not listed, but it has many lovely features and a most pleasant atmosphere. It has been extended sympathetically to add sitting space and a utility area and enjoys excellent natural light with the principal rooms on the south side of the house and a great view to the moor at Cawsand Beacon. The accommodation comprises a porch, hall, w.c., sitting room and dining room with fireplaces, a kitchen and separate utility room, three bedrooms and a bathroom. Church Park has secondary double glazing and is centrally heated by oil to radiators. The garden is most attractive with a grassed Devon bank, lawn and mature shrubs for privacy, a vegetable and fruit garden, garages and a stable building. Fowlers strongly recommend viewing to fully appreciate this home.

SITUATION

Church Park is located just above the pretty parish church on Shilstone Lane. The open moor is a short walk away and can be seen from the house and garden. Countryside walks are close by, there is a post office/shop with basic daily needs and the village hall and pub are about 3/4 mile away. Chagford is just 3 miles away and has a wide variety of day to day and specialist shops, a primary school, pre school and Montessori. A school bus service operates from Throwleigh for primary and senior schooling. The A30 dual carriageway is approximately 31/2 miles away and Exeter is less than 20 miles.

(click on image for larger view)