New Exeter Street, Chudleigh, TQ13

CHAIN FREE – A surprisingly spacious & characterful cottage with an unusually generous & private walled garden, parking to the rear & outbuilding/store, close to the town centre, 3 reception rooms, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bathroom & loft room.


Situation

Packed with potential this spacious cottage is located on New Exeter Street, a handy spot only a short walk from the towns amenities. Chudleigh is a popular Devon town for good reason, with a vibrant and active community there is always something going on or to get involved in, and the town is ideally situated between the South Devon coast and the rugged hills of Dartmoor. Chudleigh benefits from a good range of independent shops plus two convenience stores, cafes, pubs, fish & chip shop, a restaurant, as well as a weekly market selling local produce. Several quality takeaway food vans also visit on a regular basis. St Martin & St Mary Church is well supported and holds regular services.

The walks, pubs and Tors of Dartmoor are only a short drive away, and there are several golf clubs in the area.

Chudleigh is conveniently located for commuting to Torbay, Exeter or Plymouth with easy access to the A38 and A380, dual carriageways, and also for access to the rest of the country via the M5 motorway at Exeter. There are regular local bus services and mainline rail station in Newton Abbot and Teignmouth linking to London Paddington in around 3 hours. Exeter has an airport flying to national and international destinations.


Description

This deceptively spacious cottage has a lot to offer. As well as the generous accommodation there is also a surprisingly large & private enclosed garden to the rear, plus an outbuilding, and space to park a car.

Probably built in the 1800’s this wonderful cottage retains many character features throughout including exposed roof and wall timbers, painted exposed stone chimney breast, painted exposed stone walls, and exposed roof timbers in the loft room. Over the years the property has been improved and is generally presented in good order throughout, however, there are some areas where a degree of modernisation and improvement would be beneficial giving the new owners plenty of potential to put their own stamp on it.

Briefly, accommodation comprises of a sitting room, dining room, breakfast room and kitchen to the ground floor, with two bedrooms and a bathroom to the first floor. There is also a useful loft room on the second floor. Outside there is a driveway area to the rear with space to park a car, and a sizeable stone built outbuilding/store, beyond which is the large and privately enclosed, level garden.

This property is for sale with no onward chain with internal viewing recommended to fully appreciate all that it offers.


Accommodation

The front door opens to an entrance vestibule where there is space to hang coats and a cupboard above the door containing the electric meter and consumer unit. A plank and latch door opens to the living room which has some lovely character features including exposed ceiling and wall timbers, a large fire place, and a painted stone chimney breast. Either side of the chimney breast are useful built-in storage cupboards. A glazed panel door opens into dining room with parquet flooring, and from where a wooden staircase rises to the first floor. A nook in one corner has a built-in cupboard. Between the dining room and breakfast is a large window and glazed door ensuring plenty of light finds its way through the ground floor. Beyond the door a step rises to the breakfast room which has a vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers as well as a wood topped window seat below the internal window. There is room for a breakfast table, or could even be used for dining, leaving the dining room free for an alternative use. A wooden stable door opens to the rear. Off the breakfast room is the kitchen with a range of storage units to two walls with inset sink and drainer, space for washing machine, space for a drying machine, space for a fridge freezer and a range style cooker. The boiler is located in the kitchen and a window looks to the rear.

Wooden stairs from the dining room rise to the first floor where there is a useful storage cupboard on the landing. The generous main bedroom is to the front of the property featuring exposed wall timbers and a painted stone chimney breast with open fronted built-in storage either side. Bedroom two is on the other side of the landing with a painted stone feature wall and a window giving a view to the rear over the top of the store to the garden, and a deep built in storage cupboard is located in the area over the stairs. The bathroom has a bath with electric shower over, wash basin and WC, with scope for modernisation. A narrow staircase rises to the loft room which is lined and insulated and has two Velux windows bringing in plenty of light and giving a pleasant view to the rear. There is access to eaves storage on either side of the room.


Outside

Behind the house there is room to park a car in front of the stone built outbuilding with corrugated metal roof which provides plenty of storage and workshop space. A covered passageway to one side of the store gives access via a wrought iron gate to the garden which you have to see to fully appreciate the space it offers. It has recently been cleared but there is a lot of potential for a keen gardener to create a something special, whether that's a formal garden or a productive kitchen garden, or both! There are several different paved areas for garden furniture, some with pergolas, a greenhouse and an expanse of lawn with room for a swing set and trampoline. All enclosed by natural stone walling and fencing.


Tenure: Freehold

Council Tax: Council Tax band B approx. £1,954 PA

Services: Mains water, drainage, gas and electricity. Gas central heating

Local Authority: Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Brunel Rd, Newton Abbot TQ12 4XX, .

Viewings: Strictly by appointment with the selling agent: James Taylor – The Agency UK Teignbridge.