Property description
Lower Westcott Farm Cottage is a stunning detached barn currently offering two bedrooms but scope to create a addition accommodation. The barn conversion is very well presented and currently operated as a luxury holiday cottage. Having been only partial converted there is also space for additional accommodation to create a 4 bedroom house The gardens and grounds extend in total to just under 5 acres making the property an excellent equestrian opportunity or small holding!
LOCATION Under 10 Miles from the heart of Exeter this rural retreat is set in a quiet hamlet between the city and the town of Moretonhampstead.
The nearest village is Dunsford, which has a church, post office and store, pub, community hall and primary school. Moretonhampstead then offers a more extensive range of local amenities including primary school, doctors, swimming pool, shops, butchers and Deli.
Dartmoor itself is well known for its spectacular scenery, with its granite tors, heather clad moorland and wooded valleys bisected by rushing streams and rivers and there are many opportunities locally for walking, riding and fishing.
For further afield the M5 motorway can be picked up at Exeter as well as the International Airport with daily flights to London.
ACCOMMODATION For clarification we wish to inform prospective purchasers that we have prepared these sales particulars as a general guide. We have not carried out a detailed survey, nor tested the services, appliances and specific fittings. Items shown in photographs are not necessarily included. Room sizes should not be relied upon for carpets and furnishings, if there are important matters which are likely to affect your decision to buy, please contact us before viewing the property.
DEVELOPMENT The property is already a fantastic 2 bedroom cottage with open plan living all finished to a fantastic standard with double doors opening out onto the patio and leading down through the grounds.
The attached barn is ripe for conversion to either create an additional dwelling or to expand the current space.
if you don't need the additional space the barn is a useful storage space and adds to the charm and the character of the property!
KITCHEN/DINING/SITTING ROOM 25' 9" x 18' 9" (7.85m x 5.72m) Leading in from the large French doors the room gives an immediate "WOW" factor and can only be described as stunning. With double height and exposed timbers. Exposed stonework to one wall with wood burner. Slate tiled floor. Open plan kitchen area fitted with a range of modern cupboards and drawers including a four ring hob with oven below, inset one and a half bowl stainless steel sink. Integrated dish washer and refridgerator. Double glazed window with wide sill.
UTILITY ROOM 9' 6" x 7' 7" (2.9m x 2.31m) Accessed externally with stable style door. Inset stainless steel sink. Work surface with cupboards under. Space and plumbing for washing machine. Slate floor. Double glazed window. Oil fired central heating boiler. WC.
BEDROOM 1 13' 6" x 10' 3" (4.11m x 3.12m) Maximum Oak floor. Double glazed full height windows. Inset spotlights to ceilings.
BEDROOM 2 12' 6" x 11' 0" (3.81m x 3.35m) Oak floor. Window to the rear aspect.
BATHROOM Fitted with a white suite comprising bath with shower over. WC. and wash basin. Tiled surround. Full height double glazed window. Radiator/towel rail. Oak floor.
EXTERNALLY From the road a private entrance drive leads to turning and parking areas to the side of the barn. Adjoining the property is a superb area of lawned garden interspersed with trees and shrubs and a pond fed by a natural stream.
Adjoining the garden is the land, which is a particular feature of the property. This consists of a range of both sloping and more level areas of pastureland, an area of woodland and natural gorse and bracken cleaves with granite boulders. The land is a haven for wildlife and from it there are stunning and far reaching views across Dartmoor.
PLEASE NOTE : The property is being offered to the market with or without the paddock and woodland for £425,000.
SERVICES Private water and drainage, mains electricity.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES Devon County Council, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter. EX2 4QD. Tel. 01392 382000
Dartmoor National Park Authority, Parke, Haytor Road, Bovey Tracey, Devon. TQ13 9JQ
VIEWINGS Strictly by appointment with the award winning estate agents, Sawdye & Harris, at their High Moor Office - 01647 441104 or Dartmoor Office - 01364 652304
If there is any point, which is of particular importance to you with regard to this property then we advise you to contact us to check this and the availability and make an appointment to view before travelling any distance
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