Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon, EX14

A four bedroom attached cottage in a popular rural village location.


Rose cottage is a large family home that has evolved in size over the years. The property offers generous, flexible accommodation which includes in the ground floor, an entrance porch, large open lounge with access to the downstairs bathroom and benefits from an inglenook fireplace with inset wood burner. Also on the ground floor is a kitchen, dining room and a second staircase. Right at the end of the property what was the double garage has been turned in to a useful storage area which is being used as a utility room, storage and a home gym.
On the first floor there is a landing with access to four good sized bedrooms and a shower room. The property further benefits from oil fired central heating and double glazed windows.

The property enjoys easy access to both the surrounding districts and further afield with the pretty nearby villages of Churchinford (2 miles) and Upottery (3.3 miles) both offering thriving rural communities, with a village shop and public house at the former, and a further public house and primary school at the latter. Honiton lies approximately 9 miles to the south and offers a comprehensive range of everyday shopping and banking services whilst the county town of Somerset, Taunton lies approximately 10 miles to the north affording an extensive range of commercial, educational and recreational facilities befitting those of an important regional and administrative centre, together with a wide range of primary, secondary and further education facilities, including three noted public schools. Despite its rural position the property enjoys easy access to the surrounding districts and further afield with access to the M5 motorway available at Taunton (J25) whilst main line rail services are also available at Taunton (Paddington) and Honiton (Waterloo). Access to the A303 trunk route at Honiton provides an easy link to London and the South East, with international airports at Exeter and Bristol.

To the front is a parking area and access to the garden which is to the side of the plot. This is a good sized space mainly laid to lawn. To the rear of the property is a where you’ll find the oil tank and central heating boiler.