Honeysuckle Cottage, Colestocks
- PROPERTY TYPE
Semi-Detached
- BEDROOMS
6
- BATHROOMS
3
- SIZE
2,174 sq ft
202 sq m
- TENUREDescribes how you own a property. There are different types of tenure - freehold, leasehold, and commonhold.Read more about tenure in our glossary page.
Freehold
Key features
- Six double bedrooms
- Early 19th-century cottage full of character
- Set within approx. 0.4 acres of gardens
- Master en suite bathroom
- Three versatile reception rooms
- Farmhouse kitchen with breakfast area and integrated appliances
- Bespoke four-car garage with workshop and mezzanine
- Potential for annexe conversion (subject to planning)
- Beautiful landscaped gardens with patio, mature trees, and vegetable plot
- Peaceful hamlet location with easy access to Exeter, Feniton, and Payhembury
Description
The home is complemented by a bespoke four-car garage with workshop and mezzanine level, built around 15 years ago. A major extension to the original cottage was completed in 2002. The property was further enhanced in 2015 by addition of a bespoke four-car garage with mezzanine and integrated workshop. This versatile space offers scope for a studio or, subject to planning, potential annexe accommodation.
Inside, the cottage immediately impresses with its homely feel and abundance of character. The entrance hall leads to a light and spacious living room with a stone fireplace and wood-burning stove, and a formal dining room perfect for family occasions. Steps from the living room open into a generous second reception room, with doors out to the recently renovated ant-slip rear patio and extensive gardens. The kitchen/breakfast room forms the heart of the home, complete with integrated appliances and a welcoming family feel. Also on the ground floor is a practical utility room, a shower room, and a ground-floor bedroom - ideal for multi-generational living.
Upstairs, there are four double bedrooms and a family bathroom, with the rear bedrooms enjoying lovely views across the gardens and fields beyond. The top floor is home to the master suite, complete with en-suite bathroom.
The gardens provide a peaceful setting, beautifully stocked with mature trees, flowering shrubs, other plants and a vegetable plot, while still offering flexible spaces for family enjoyment A private sweeping driveway leads from the front to the rear of the property and the garage block, providing ample turning area and off-road parking.
Location: Honeysuckle Cottage sits in Colestocks, a small hamlet of just 25 dwellings, offering a tranquil semi-rural lifestyle with easy access to Payhembury (with pub and village shop), Feniton (with rail station) and Exeter. This wonderful home is also close to Ottery St Mary, an upmarket town home to the highly regarded Kings School, which is rated excellent by Ofsted.
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a substantial period family home in a sought-after village setting.
Council Tax Band: E
Tenure: Freehold
Ground Floor
Entrance hall
The front door opens into a welcoming hallway, with doors leading to either side.
Living room
A bright and spacious room featuring a stone fireplace with wood-burning stove. Double-glazed window overlooks the front garden, with double doors opening into the second reception room, and a further door to the kitchen/breakfast room.
Reception Room
A versatile second reception with tiled flooring, radiator, with doors out to the terrace and gardens, Two floor-to-ceiling double-glazed windows overlook the rear garden.
Inner Hallway
With loft access and doors to the Utility Room, Shower Room and Rear Bedroom.
Utility
Fitted with solid timber base units and an integrated Belfast sink with mixer tap. Space and plumbing for washing machine and an additional fridge/freezer. Fitted cupboards provide extra storage. Houses the oil-fuelled boiler, electric immersion heater and built-in airing cupboard.
Shower Room
Modern suite comprising a double shower cubicle with electric shower, low-level WC, pedestal wash-basin, heated chrome towel rail.
Ground Floor Bedroom
A well-proportioned ground floor bedroom with radiator and large rear-facing window.
Kitchen
Fitted with a range of wall and base units, roll-top work surfaces, tiled flooring, and integrated appliances including NEFF gas hob (LPG cylinders), extractor fan, double oven, grill, dishwasher, and Stanley oil-fuelled cooker. Dual aspect windows offer lovely views of the garden. An archway opens into the breakfast area, which provides additional fitted units, under-counter fridge, space for a table and chairs and under-stairs storage cupboard. A stable door opens onto the driveway.
Dining Room
A characterful space with stone feature fireplace and open chimney (suitable for a wood burner). Dual aspect windows and two radiators. Door returns to the entrance hall.
First Floor
Landing
Split-level landing with radiator, side window and Under stairs storage cupboard. Stairs rise to the next floor.
Bedroom
With dual aspect windows to the rear and side, and radiator.
Bedroom
A generously sized double bedroom with front-facing window and radiator.
Bedroom
Bedroom/Study with side facing window and radiator.
Bedroom
A generously sized double bedroom with front-facing window and radiator.
Family Bathroom
Fitted with a panel-enclosed bath, pedestal wash-basin, WC, and radiator. Rear aspect window enjoys countryside views.
Second Floor
Master bedroom
A spacious double bedroom with exposed beams, bespoke fitted furniture, and two rear-facing windows offering some of the best views over the garden and fields.
En-suite
Comprising WC, pedestal wash-basin, storage cupboard, radiator, and rear-facing window.
Outside
Front Garden
the property is approached via a wooden five-bar gate onto a driveway with ample parking. The front garden is beautifully presented with manicured lawns and an abundance of mature shrubs and plants, all enclosed by a private hedge-lined boundary.
Rear Garden
A truly stunning and versatile garden – perfect for family living and keen gardeners alike. Landscaped with lawns, mature shrubs, fruit trees, and vegetable plots, as well as two greenhouses. A recently laid patio provides a peaceful seating area.
Detached Garage
Detached timber-framed four-car garage (approx. 15 years old) with pitched roof, electric doors, power and lighting. Internal door to the workshop. Mezzanine above (with power, lighting and window to the front) ideal for separate studio or additional storage.
Work Shop
The work shop featuring a vaulted ceiling, with double-glazed windows to the side and rear, and a UPVC door into the garden.
There is also loft storage area.
Brochures
Brochure- COUNCIL TAXA payment made to your local authority in order to pay for local services like schools, libraries, and refuse collection. The amount you pay depends on the value of the property.Read more about council Tax in our glossary page.
- Band: E
- PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
- Driveway,Off street
- GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
- Front garden,Rear garden
- ACCESSIBILITYHow a property has been adapted to meet the needs of vulnerable or disabled individuals.Read more about accessibility in our glossary page.
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