Yelverton, West Devon - Adjacent to Roborough Down

For sale for the first time in 36 years, with no onward chain, a superbly proportioned, bright and versatile, south-facing house and large, colourful, wooded gardens and grounds of 1.01 acres, in a highly desirable, edge-of-moorland setting. Bedrooms (4 Doubles), 2 En-suites; 4 Comfortable, Versatile Receptions; Tree-lined Drive and Detached Garage; Close to Yelverton, Tavistock, Plymouth; Freehold; Council Tax Band: F; EPC Band: E.

Situation - This substantial home occupies an exceptionally desirable and discreet position directly adjacent to Roborough Common, enjoying immediate access to open moorland (although outside the National Park boundary) and an excellent degree of peace, privacy and shelter, behind its gated driveway and wooded grounds. Yelverton’s popular parade and village centre are around a mile away, whilst the village's golf club and renowned moorland course lie just 150 yards away. The property is also well placed for Plymouth (8.5 miles), Derriford Hospital (5 miles), Tavistock (7 miles) and the wider expanse of Dartmoor.

Yelverton itself is a highly sought-after village offering an excellent range of day-to-day amenities, with its parade including a Co-op mini-supermarket, local butchers, delicatessen, café and pharmacy, together with a GP Surgery, Texaco fuel station, Post Office and Veterinary Surgery, plus a number of eateries and the well-regarded Rock Inn. Sports facilities include golf, cricket, tennis and bowling clubs. In all, Yelverton offers a superb standard of living with a wonderful sense of community. The desirable town of Tavistock lies 6.5 miles away, whilst Plymouth provides a wide range of attractions, coastal access and transport links via the A38 Devon Expressway to the M5 and beyond.

Description - This extremely impressive and well-proportioned, extended family home dates to the early-20th century, likely the inter-war period, and is now offered to the market with no chain, having been a well-loved home to our clients for 36 years. The characterful accommodation totals almost 3,000 sq.ft, comprising six bedrooms, three bathrooms and four reception rooms, all of which have high ceilings and large windows, allowing for plenty of natural light. Whilst the house has been well maintained, some modernisation will now be required, providing considerable scope for an incoming owner to mould the property to their tastes and requirements. Enjoying a south-facing rear aspect, almost all of the principal rooms look out over the wonderful gardens and grounds, which total just over 1 acre and are awash with colour, and also feature a good-sized gated driveway and detached garage.

Accommodation - Throughout the house there are notable features of the property's age, including panelled doors, detailed architraves, picture and dado rails, and high skirting boards. Of particular note, the house was re-roofed in 1990. The property is accessed at the front beneath a Georgian-style porch into a central reception hallway, to one side of which is a cloakroom.

From here, the ground floor accommodation can be summarised as follows: a principal sitting room centred around an open fireplace with a stone and timber surround, enjoying a dual aspect and extending into a sun room overlooking, and leading out to the rear gardens; an adjoining dining/family room, featuring original built-in cupboards, sash windows overlooking the gardens, and a gas fireplace with a stone hearth; a dedicated study, again dual aspect, looking out over the colourful side gardens; the kitchen, which leads into a dual-aspect breakfast room, and; a dedicated utility/boot room. The kitchen is equipped with a comprehensive range of cupboards and cabinets with roll-top work surfaces, incorporating a stainless steel sink and double drainer, a Hotpoint four-ring electric hob, and a Creda double oven, with space for a dishwasher and an upright fridge freezer.

Off the bright, galleried first floor landing are six bedrooms in all, including four doubles, two of which are served by their own en-suite bathrooms, and of those, one features double fitted wardrobes. Two further bedrooms enjoy a dual aspect, one of which is fitted with a range of built-in furniture, together with two matching, generously sized single rooms overlooking the gardens, both with built-in wardrobe space. There is also an airing cupboard and a fully tiled, standalone family bathroom comprising both a panelled bath and a shower enclosure, plus a separate WC adjacent.

Outside - The house is approached over a gated, tree-lined driveway leading to a parking and turning area for multiple vehicles and on to a detached single garage. Behind the garage is a blockwork tool and machinery store, and there is a further former single garage in need of restoration. The property's large gardens are mainly level and predominantly south-facing, filled with tremendous colour and variety, including numerous flowering shrubs and specimen trees such as variegated holly, rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas, roses, magnolias, and apple trees. There is a former tennis lawn, a wildlife pond, an area of wildflowers and a small, wooded glade providing shelter.

Services - Mains water, gas and electricity. Gas central heating. Private drainage via a Klargester septic tank. Ultrafast broadband is available. Variable mobile voice/data services are available with all four major providers (source: Ofcom's online service checker). Please note that the agents have neither inspected nor tested these services.

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