Sandford, Crediton, EX17

Sandford has long been a desirable village, with its sense of community and regular events in the village hall, there’s plenty going on if you want to be involved. Along with the community store/post office, two pubs, the primary school and one of the most picturesque cricket grounds around, it does cater for a range of interests and hobbies. Not to mention there’s a regular bus service and Crediton, just a couple of miles away, is linked by footpath giving year round access on foot.

Waterlake Cottages are a pair of Grade II thatched cottages, just outside of the village with some beautiful rural views to the front and rear over the adjoining farmland. Over time, the set-up has evolved, and today, each cottage has its own gardens and parking to their respective sides, so although semi-detached, they have much more of a private feel about them. There’s mains water and a recently installed treatment plant deals with waste. The cottage operates on mains electric (there is no gas), with modern electric heating although there’s room here to explore alternative heating should this be preferred. The thatch was replaced in 2025 and a series of improvements were carried out in 2022 with a new Ashgrove kitchen with solid tops and integrated appliances, decoration and a new shower suite to the first floor bathroom. The layout gives two reception areas to the ground floor with the kitchen running along the back. Upstairs are two bedrooms, both with lovely views over the fields and a shower room.  

Outside, a gated drive leads into the substantial parking area with room for numerous vehicles. There’s a workshop, shed and wood-store and a small stream runs along the eastern boundary (set down from garden level). A bespoke shepherds hut was designed and built by local craftsmen and this offers a terrific studio or garden room (even a guest room) which is all plastered out, with electrics and even underfloor heating! This could be further upgraded to be a self-contained unit for guests or even Airbnb. The remainder of the gardens are all fairly level with lawns and planted beds although there is ample room for those with green fingers. The hedgerows are prime for foraging too with varieties of fruits and nuts quite literally growing on the doorstep.

The cottage is being sold with no onward chain and really is a manageable slice of Devon in a wonderful quiet location, without being isolated. 

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Please see the floorplan for room sizes.

Current Council Tax: Band C – Mid Devon

Approx Age: 1800’s

Construction Notes: Cob and thatch

Utilities: Mains electric, water, telephone & broadband

Drainage: Private Drainage (treatment plant)

Heating: Modern electric heating and wood burner

Listed: Yes Grade II

Conservation Area: No

Tenure: Freehold

Sandford is a civil parish and village 1½ miles north of Crediton, with a historic 12th Century Church. It has an old -world feel, with slender twisting streets, flanked by antique thatched cottages – displaying a menagerie of “Beatrix Potter” style perennial gardens. At the village heart sits a 16thCentury Post House, enshrined by creepers – this is now ‘The Lamb Inn’, an award winning pub/ restaurant; with a rustic aesthetic and cheerful spirit. Featured in ‘The Daily Mail’s – 20 Best British Country Pubs’ (2015). Across the way from here is the shop/ post office, run by the local community. Community is something that underpins every aspect of Sandford, including the local sporting events. Residents have a choice of things to do: such as joining the village cricket, tennis, football and rugby clubs. Sandford has a highly sought after primary school (known for its classic Greek-style architecture). Older ones fall within the direct catchment for Q.E.C.C. in Crediton (with an Ofsted “outstanding” Sixth Form). Sandford is linked to Crediton via a footpath, that runs through the Millennium Green on the outskirts of the village – past a wildflower meadow, herb garden, over a crystal stream, yonder tilled fields to a little copse at the town’s-edge.

DIRECTIONS : For sat-nav use EX17 4PA and the What3Words address is ///mascot.nail.compiler but if you want the traditional directions, please read on.

Once entering Sandford from Crediton, head up Rose and Crown hill and at the top, bear left into The Square. Bear left out of The Square (in front of The Lamb Inn) and continue out of the village for approx. 0.3 miles and the property will be found on your right.

Garden

0.35 acres