Property description
INTRIGUING DETACHED COTTAGE offering extremely VERSATILE ACCOMMODATION and situated within a QUIET RURAL HAMLET in the Tamar Valley on the Cornwall Devon Borders with easy access to Callington, Launceston, Tavistock and Plymouth, including a regular bus service. The city of Exeter, with its airport and links to London and Europe is within 1.5 hours driving distance.The cottage itself could provide three/four bedrooms or two bedroom and a self-contained annexe if required subject to the necessary planning consents. Substantial gardens enjoy views out over the surrounding countryside and there is public off-road parking for several cars approximately twenty metres from the cottage. This delightful property is a real Cornish gem.
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Multi paned timber entrance door leads into:
PORCH: - 5' 2'' x 2' 11'' (1.57m x 0.89m)
Multi paned windows to sides and front with low surrounding wall. Tiled floor. Partially glazed timber door into:
LIVING ROOM: - 20' 4'' x 11' 7'' (6.19m x 3.53m)
Two double glazed timber windows to front with deep sill. Beamed ceiling. Exposed stone fireplace with beam over (currently sealed) and inset cloam oven. To opposite wall there is a floor to ceiling stone fireplace with inset woodburner sat on a slate hearth with inset cloam oven. Inset shelving. Wall mounted electric heater. Door to:
INNER HALL/STUDY: - 12' 11'' x 5' 3'' (3.93m x 1.60m)
Timber double glazed window to side. Night storage heater. Door to kitchen/dining room. Timber staircase with under stairs storage cupboard leads to:
FIRST FLOOR LANDING:
Timber single glazed window to rear with deep sill. Beamed ceiling. Wooden panelling. Timber doors lead to:
BATHROOM:
Obscured timber double glazed window to rear. Panel enclosed bath with electric shower over. Low level WC. Pedestal wash hand basin. Fully tiled walls. Shaver point. Timber panelled ceiling. Extractor unit.
BEDROOM 2: - 12' 4'' x 9' 1'' (3.76m x 2.77m)
Timber double glazed window to front. Built in wardrobe. Built in shelving. Television point. Partially timber panelled walls. Electric wall mounted heater. Hatch to loft.
BEDROOM 1: - 18' 5'' x 11' 0'' (5.61m x 3.35m)
Double aspect with timber double glazed windows to front and side. Built in wardrobes and shelving. Television point. Telephone point. Partially timber panelled walls. Wall mounted electric heater. Further built-in cupboard. Satellite point. (previously door to first floor landing).
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Door from Inner Hall/Study on the ground floor, to:
KITCHEN/DINING ROOM: - 21' 1'' x 10' 3'' narrowing to 8'3\" (6.42m x 3.12m narrowing to 2.51m) (irregular shaped room)
Timber double glazed window to side with multi-paned stable door beside. Two further timber double glazed windows to the opposite side with deep sill. Two skylight windows. The kitchen is fitted with a modern range of base level units beneath a roll edge worksurface with inset one and a half bowl sink and drainer with mixer tap. Oil fired Aga set on a granite hearth with beam over (currently contributing to hot water as well as cooking facilities). Wall mounted electric heater. Beamed ceiling. Tiled flooring. Timber doors to:
PANTRY/STORE: - 6' 8'' x 5' 4'' (2.03m x 1.62m)
Timber double glazed window to side. Built in worksurface with space below. Built in floor to ceiling cupboards. Wall mounted fuses. Beamed ceiling. Tiled flooring.
UTILITY/REAR PORCH: - 7' 3'' x 4' 11'' (2.21m x 1.50m)
Large multi paned window to rear. Timber double glazed window to rear. Partially glazed stable door to side. Vaulted ceiling. Shelving. Power and light.
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Double doors from the kitchen open to:
DINING ROOM: - 13' 0'' x 11' 9'' (3.96m x 3.58m)
Wooden double glazed window to side with deep sill. Electric wall mounted heater. Beamed ceiling. Tiled flooring. Timber door to:
KITCHEN/UTILITY ROOM: - 9' 6'' x 7' 9'' (2.89m x 2.36m)
Obscured double glazed timber window to side with deep sill. Range of base level units set within a roll edged worksurface with space for washing machine and dishwasher. Inset one and a half bowl sink and drainer with mixer tap. Partially tiled walls. Matching range of eye level cupboards. Shower cubicle with mains-fed shower over. WC. Extractor unit.
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Stairs from the Dining Room rise to:
LIVING ROOM/BEDROOM 3: - 23' 5'' x 13' 9'' (7.13m x 4.19m)
Two skylight windows. Wooden double glazed windows to both sides and matching French doors opening to the garden. Exposed 'A' frame beams. Eaves storage. Timber flooring. Exposed stonework with woodburner sat on a slate hearth beside. Television and satellite point.
OUTSIDE:
To the front of the property an attractive stone wall surrounds the front garden being low maintenance with gravel areas to both sides and access through an iron gate to the front entrance door. A path leads round to the side of the property giving access to the utility room/rear porch from there, steps lead up to a traditional slate patio with raised flower bed and shrub borders. Steps continue to the main garden being hedge enclosed with paved patio area and predominately laid to lawn. Outside tap. Sloped path leads up to the enclosed paddock measuring approximately 0.25 acres and offers good degrees of privacy being hedge and tree enclosed. Currently a lawned expanse allowing great flexibility and plenty of further uses. There is also a timber shed and separate metal shed on a concrete hardstanding.
LOCAL AUTHORITY:
Cornwall County Council
SERVICES:
Mains electricity, metered water, oil fired Aga and private drainage (shared with one neighbour).
Property Features :
- Pretty Historic Cottage
- Deceptively Sized
- Versatile Accommodation
- Annexe Potential
- Aga & Wood Burners
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