If you love the sea but don’t fancy living on a boat, this clifftop cottage is the next best thing.
Perched above the waves of the English Channel on the South Devon coast, 4 Mildmay Cottages has views across Start Bay from Dartmouth headland to Start Lighthouse.
It is for sale at £250,000 and is marketed by Marchand Petit, Kingsbridge at OnTheMarket.
The sitting room looks out to sea and has French doors to the garden, while the kitchen/dining room has dual aspect windows, exposed stonework and a fireplace with wood burner and ceiling beams.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms with original cast iron fireplaces and coastal and countryside views.
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For walkers, the cottage presents a rare opportunity to acquire a home which backs onto the South West Coast Path.
At 630 miles it is England’s longest waymarked footpath, traversing numerous coves and beaches along coastline stretching from Minehead in Somerset to Poole Harbour in Dorset.
North Hallsands is a fishing village with an attractive beach nearby.
The market town of Kingsbridge provides a good range of facilities, as does Chillington with its shops, pub and health centre.
