Property description
SOLD. A three-bedroom detached period stone cottage with gardens, parking and outbuildings in the beautiful rural hamlet of Martinhoe, in the Exmoor National Park.
Approach
From the quiet country lane outside, the property is approached via a farm track. A short length of tarmac drive leads to the front gates. Beside the gates is an attractive letterbox recess built into the stone wall. The wooden gates open into the parking and turning area in front of the house.
Outside
A parking and turning area in front of the house. A stone-paved patio leading to a garden area, mainly laid to lawn with flower-bed borders and stone walls. The house was once part of a farm-stead and is still surrounded by several beautiful stone barns belonging to the nearby farm, which add enormously to the rural ambience of this property. There are two more areas of lawn with stone walls and to one side a raised garden area with lawn and shrub borders, which also houses the oil tank (central heating).
Workshop
A detached stone out-building (about the size of a single garage) with concrete floor and slate-tiled roof, houses the water filtration system. Work-bench. Storage space.
Barn
Attached to the house is a grade ll listed shippen (barn). This building is a restoration project with considerable potential (STPP). It has two stone additions of lean-to construction, one of which was formerly a pig-sty.
Main House
A stone-built open porch with wooden seat and leaded glass window. Wooden door opens into the entrance hall.
Entrance Hall
Flag-stone floor. Hooks for coats. Radiator. Two steps up to the inner hall, one more step up to a cottage-style door opening into the living room.
Living Room - 17' 11'' x 14' 2'' (5.45m x 4.33m) plus recess
A large room with fitted carpet. Large stone fireplace with massive bressomer beam over and two old bread ovens. Double-glazed windows to the front and rear. Radiator. Two built-in cupboards. Doors to cloakroom and kitchen. Stairs to first floor. Open doorway to the office. A recess of 8ft 3ins x 5ft 2ins (2.51m x 1.57m) leads to the cloakroom.
Cloakroom - 8' 1'' x 5' 5'' (2.47m x 1.66m)
Lino floor. Opaque double-glazed windows to the rear. Low-level flush WC. Wash basin in a vanity unit.
Office/Old Dairy - 10' 4'' x 9' 1'' (3.16m x 2.78m)
Former dairy of the farmhouse. Low, slate dairy shelves on two sides, supported by stone plinths. (An ancient method for storing dairy products.) Double-glazed window in a deep recess to the front.
Kitchen - 16' 6'' x 12' 2'' (5.03m x 3.72m)
A large room with double-glazed windows to the front and the rear. Radiator. Door to the utility room. Two ranges of wall and base kitchen units with worktops over and tiled splash-backs. One has a four-ring gas hob (LPG) inset with electric oven below and retractable extractor hood with light above. The other has single drainer 1½-bowl acrylic sink unit with chrome mixer tap. Built-in fridge.
Utility room - 19' 0'' x 7' 10'' (5.8m x 2.39m)
Double-glazed windows to the front and rear. Double-glazed sliding French doors to the side. Radiator. Base kitchen units with worktop over. Double-drainer stainless steel sink unit with matching taps. Tiled splash-backs on two sides. Plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer. Space for freezer. Cupboard built into a chimney void, housing the central heating boiler and hot water tank.
Stairs
An unusual feature are the stairs. From the living room, stone newel stairs (keyhole shaped) rise in a spiral stair-well passing a double-glazed window to the rear and rising to the first floor landing.
First Floor Landing
Fitted carpet. Doors to bedrooms and bathroom. Airing cupboard with small radiator and shelves for clothes etc.
Bathroom - 8' 0'' x 6' 0'' (2.45m x 1.83m)
Lino floor. Opaque double-glazed window to the rear. Chrome heated towel rail. Extractor unit. Three-piece bathroom suite including: corner bath, with Victorian-style mixer tap and shower attachment; built-in shower above; low-level flush WC; pedestal wash basin with tiled splash-back.
Bedroom 1 - 15' 3'' x 10' 0'' (4.64m x 3.05m)
Fitted carpet. Double-glazed window to the front with views over the garden. Radiator. Fitted wardrobes.
Bedroom 2 - 12' 2'' x 7' 10'' (3.71m x 2.39m)
Fitted carpet. Double-glazed window to the front with views over the garden. Radiator. Fitted wardrobes.
Bedroom 3 - 13' 8'' x 6' 9'' (4.16m x 2.06m)
Plus recess 5ft x 1ft 7ins (1.53m x 0.48m)Fitted carpet. Double-glazed window to the rear. Radiator. Recess with potential for wardrobe. Ceiling hatch with access to loft. Fitted wardrobe.
Notes
Water and Drainage
The property benefits from private water (bore-hole) and drainage (septic tank). There are, therefore, no water rates payable.
Measurements
Several of the rooms are of irregular shape. While every care has been taken with the measurements, they may be less accurate than would be the case with a more conventionally proportioned building. Potential purchasers should treat these measurements as a guide and take their own measurements, if strict accuracy is required.
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