Bickington, Dartmoor National Park

Entrance Porch

Thatched canopy porch with stable door to the hall.

Hall

Slate flooring. Built-in storage cupboard. Door on right to utility/boot room and door on left to the living room.

Living Room

Fireplace with wood-burner and book shelving to one side. Three windows overlooking the gardens and countryside. Former fireplace with wood lintol and storage cupboard. Two radiators. Storage cupboard beneath stairs. Door to the annexe.

Utility/Boot room

Slate flooring. Butlers sink and solid wood worktop with plumbing for washing machine and oil fired boiler beneath. Two windows overlooking the gardens. Corner storage cupboard. Radiator. Door to inner hall.

Inner Hall

Continuation of slate flooring. Radiator. Stable door to the garden. Hatch with access ladder to roof space.

Shower Room/WC

Contemporary suite with walk-in shower, wash basin inset to cabinet and WC. Attractively tiled walls and floor. Towel radiator. LED spotlights. High level window.

Kitchen-Dining Room

Dark green fronted units with white Silestone quartz worktops and inset white sink. Electric Rangemaster cooker with canopied fume hood over. Integrated dishwasher and wine chiller. American-style fridge-freezer. Oak flooring. LED spotlights. Corner wood-burner. Two large Velux roof windows and French doors to SIT-OUT BALCONY with wonderful views over the gardens and neighbouring countryside.

Lower Ground Floor Hall

Radiator. Understair storage cupboard.

Lower Ground Floor Bedroom 2

Window and French doors to the garden. Radiator.

Lower Ground Floor Bedroom 1

Window overlooking garden. Radiator.

First Floor Bedroom 1

A large room (originally two). Three windows each with window seats and views over the garden and countryside beyond. Engineered oak flooring. Two radiators.

Bathroom/WC

White suite of bath with mixer shower tap, wash basin and WC. Towel radiator. Airing cupboard. Window.

The Annexe

Living Area-Kitchen

with access via French doors from the garden and off the lobby connected to the living room in the main house. Good views through the French doors. Side window. Built-in storage cupboard. Kitchen units along one wall with sink, electric oven and plumbing for washing machine. Radiator. Vaulted ceiling with exposed timber roof supports and mezzanine area.

First Floor Bedroom

Window overlooking the gardens and countryside beyond. Built-in wardrobe. Radiator.

Bathroom/WC

White suite of bath with shower over, wash basin and WC. Airing cupboard. Towel radiator. Window.

Outside

The gardens lie to the front and side of the property. A path leads to the front entrance with steps down to a sloping lawn with shrubbery beds, low stone wall and mature trees. This connects to two further lawns on different levels, one with paved patio and a raised Summerhouse (power and light connected). An archway links to a main more level lawned area with large shed, greenhouse and hen house. This area is where the lodge is located. The garden has some fabulous views of the neighbouring fields and wooded hillsides.

There is ample parking in the lane outside the property and the property owns a small area on the opposite side of the lane with an open fronted store.

The Lodge

(Static Caravan). New 2019 replacing a much older caravan. Bright living area with doors to sun-deck and wonderful views. Modern fitted kitchen with LPG cooker and built-in fridge-freezer. Double and single bedrooms. Shower room. LPG central heating and double glazing.

Services

Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil-fired heating to the property. LPG heating for the lodge-static caravan.

Directions

From Ashburton: join the A38 in an eastwardly direction towards Exeter. Take the exit for Newton Abbot/Bickington at Goodstone. After passing over the A38, take the first left signposted Exeter and Bickington. At the bottom of the hill, take the left turning which takes you under the A38. As soon as you come out from under the bridge, bear immediately left and Owls Rattle is along this lane, on the right