Butts Lane, Christow, Teign Valley

A charming and characterful period cottage located in the sought after Teign Valley village of Christow on the edge of Dartmoor with a delightful cottage garden and useful loft room.


Situation

This wonderful cottage is located on Butts Lane close to Christow village centre. Christow is a popular village with a vibrant and active community located in the picturesque Teign Valley just south of Exeter in Devon, within the Dartmoor National Park Boundary. The village has a great range of amenities and facilities including a community shop, the Artichoke Inn, St James’ Church, GP’s Practice, Primary School, and Community hall with sports field, tennis club and skate park.

There are some picturesque walks in the area including the nearby Tottiford, Trenchford and Kennick Reservoirs, the upper Teign Valley, and of course the walks, pubs and Tors of Dartmoor are only a short drive away. There are several golf clubs in the area and the Devon coast and beaches are not far away.

The village primary school is well supported and has a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating. Secondary schools are located in Kingsteignton and independent schools in Exeter, Teignmouth and Stover. Grammar schools can be found in Torquay.

Christow has the benefit of being rural but is certainly not isolated, The village is well 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 is a regular local bus service to Exeter where there is a mainline railway station with trains to London Paddington, around 2.5 hours distant. Exeter also has an airport flying to national and international destinations.


Description

Briming with character this well presented and charming cottage has some fabulous period features inside and out and would be well suited to first time buyers or downsizers looking for a traditional village home. The property has impressively thick walls thanks to the cob and stone construction with deep window sills. The windows have been upgraded to wooden framed double glazing in more recent years. Other notable features include exposed ceiling beams and wall timbers, plus part exposed stone walls and flag stone flooring to the ground floor as well as the impressive and stone fire place fitted with a multi-fuel stove. Accommodation is laid out over three floors with roof space having been turned into a very useful loft room. Outside there is a handy stone built store and log store to the front of the property and a walled cottage garden to the rear.

Accommodation

Steps rise from the shared access passage to the wooden part glazed stable front door opening to the kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wood effect wall and floor mounted storage units ending with a breakfast bar. There is a fitted electric oven and a ceramic hob with a filter hood over. Opposite the kitchen is a useful utility area with space for a fridge/freezer plus space for washing and drying machines. The kitchen is broadly open to the living room with flagstone flooring extending throughout the ground floor. The living room is a cosy room with an impressive stone fire place complete with the original bread oven. A multifuel stove has been fitted which heats the ground floor with a back-boiler feeding the hot water cylinder and radiators on the first floor. There are exposed ceiling and wall timbers adding to the character, and French doors open to a covered terrace and garden beyond.

From the living room stairs rise to the first floor. The main bedroom is of particularly generous proportions with plenty of space for a dressing or study area plus there are built in wardrobes. There is pleasant view from the window over the garden, surrounding area and countryside beyond. Bedroom two is a single bedroom, currently in use as a dressing room, again with a lovely outlook over the neighbouring garden to woodland beyond. The bathroom has a white suite with chrome fittings including a bath with shower mixer tap, wash basin and WC. On the landing is a useful storage cupboard.

From the main bedroom a hidden paddle staircase provides access to the useable loft space, a large carpeted room with exposed beams a Velux window giving elevated views over the surrounding area. The room provides a very useful additional space that the current owners use as a home office but in the past has been furnished as a bedroom. There is access to extensive eaves storage around the room as well as a built-in cupboard.


Outside

The delightful garden has been landscaped to make the most of the space available. French doors from the living room open to a covered terrace allowing you to enjoy the garden even with the British weather. A door in the side wall allows direct access from the road. A path between the topiary hedge leads to a patio, ideal for placing garden furniture, beyond which is a gravelled area bordered with shrubs and bushes. The garden is fully enclosed. To the front of the property opposite the front door is a useful stone built storage shed and woodstore. On road parking can easily be found in the centre of the village.

Tenure: Freehold

Council Tax: Council Tax band C

Services: Mains water, drainage, and electricity. Multifuel Stove with boiler and radiators.

Broadband: Fast and Superfast broadband is available in the area. Please check with your preferred supplier.

Flood Risk: Rivers and seas: Very Low – Surface Water: Very Low

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.