Property description

This beautiful period property is offered to the market with no onward chain and offers comfortable, flexible accommodation and maintains many original features. Old Smithy is set in approximately 2.34 acres of gardens and grounds and offers plenty of parking.
The accommodation comprises of entrance hall leading into the drawing room with fireplace, wood panelling and French doors to the conservatory. The kitchen is well fitted with a range of cupboards and a gas fired Aga. The dining room has a fireplace with marble surround and a door leading to the courtyard terrace. Also leading from the hallway is a further room currently used as a games room with a kitchenette/utility and a bathroom.

On the first floor there are four double bedrooms and a bathroom. Stairs lead from the landing to the second floor where there are two further bedrooms and a bathroom. Externally the property provides ample parking and turning space and a double garage. The gardens are a lovely feature of this property and have been created to provide a number of separate and distinct garden areas all linked with paths. There is an abundance of shrubs, well-stocked borders, areas of lawn, an orchard and a further small turnout paddock suitable for a pony. There is also a stable yard with a block built stable with two loose boxes, a further wooden stable block with three loose boxes, a tack room and also a hay barn. The property also has planning permission which was granted on 18th January 2016 under application 15/01820/FULL to create a first floor extension and porch to provide ancillary accommodation.

Oakford Bridge is a small hamlet within the stunning Exe Valley which is a few miles to the south of the Exmoor National Park. Less than three miles away is the village of Bampton, which possesses a good selection of local amenities including stores, post office, butchers, bakers, pubs and restaurants, parish church and primary school. There is access along the A396 Exe Valley road to the A361 North Devon Link Road, leading west to Barnstaple and the sandy beaches of North Devon, or to junction 27 of the M5 motorway, where the market town of Tiverton can be found. The town has a train station, Tiverton Parkway Station, providing regular mainline connections to London Paddington in a little over 2 hours. Other amenities include supermarkets, leisure centre and hospital, as well as private education with Blundells School.

Stunning, peaceful location
Double garage with plenty of parking
Approximately 2.34 acres
Stables and outbuildings
Annexe potential
Large Period Property