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3 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
3 bed
2 bath

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Property description & features

  • Period home in popular village
  • Cosy Sitting Room & Dining Room
  • Kitchen/Breakfast Room
  • 3/4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms
  • Small Walled Garden
  • Parking on owned road
  • Ideal main/second home/holiday let
  • Beach & Tarka Trail within 1.5 miles
  • Freehold
  • Business Rates
A charming Grade II Listed period cottage situated in a timeless village, with estuary glimpses from the garden, close to the favoured coastal village of Instow and the Tarka Trail. Porch, Hall, 2 Reception Rooms, Kitchen, 3/4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Gas C.H., Small garden, Parking in owned road. Ideal main/second home or holiday let. EPC band E.

Situation And Amenities - Westleigh is a picturesque pretty village equidistantly located between Bideford and Instow surrounded by rolling countryside raised above the river Torridge. Westleigh has a renowned village pub with sunny beer garden and children's play area that enjoys a waterside view. There is a church, active village hall and is home to the famous Tapley Park, a Grade II Listed estate with gardens open to the public. Westleigh is within easy reach of the Tarka Trail and (1.5 miles) from the sandy beach at Instow and all of the amenities that this highly popular village has to offer. These include a hotel, local shop, cafe. delicatessen, galleries, various public houses, restaurants, primary school, church, sailing club and access to the Tarka Trail which affords excellent walks with superb cycle rides.
The port and market town of Bideford sits on the banks of the River Torridge and offers an excellent range of amenities including banks, butchers, bakeries, various shops, pubs and restaurants, places of worship, schooling for ages (public and private) and five supermarkets. The regional centre of Barnstaple is approximately 9 miles away and offers all the area's main business, shopping and commercial venues. There are good transport opportunities via the A361 which connects to the motorway network via Junction 27 of the M5 or via rail and the Tarka Line.

Description - We are delighted to offer for sale this charming period cottage situated in the heart of the popular village of Westleigh. Ivy & Walters Cottage is understood to date back to the 17th century, extended in the 19th century and in more recent years has been lovingly updated by the current owner who has sympathetically combined the characterful features with modern conveniences. The property is virtually detached being attached at one corner to a single storey section of a neighbouring cottage and also a section of garden wall which fronts the lane and due to the cottage's historical and architectural importance Ivy & Walters has been Grade II listed and also sits within a conservation area. The cottage is not unlike the 'Tardis' in that it is much bigger inside then it would appear from outside. The front door leads into an entrance hall with doors leading to a modern wet room, ideal for coming straight in from the beach, a dining room which could be used as a bedroom, office or secondary sitting room, traditional kitchen/breakfast room with stairs leading to the first floor, steps down to a study and doors to the sitting room with a lovely wood burning stove. On the first floor there is a beautiful galleried landing with a door leading to the second bedroom located to the rear, steps lead to an upper landing with doors to a modern bathroom, bedroom three and the main bedroom.
Outside there are walled manageable gardens that wrap around the cottage with paved courtyard to the front and an elevated terrace to the side which enjoys pleasant estuary views. The freehold of the rear lane goes with the property and therefore there is off road parking for about two vehicles on this lane.

Directions - Leaving Instow in the Bideford direction pass Tapeley Park on your left and then take the next turning left signposted Westleigh. As you enter the village climb the hill, follow the road around to your left and the cottage is on your left hand side on the junction of the lane your on and the rear lane which is no through and leads to 3 other privately owned cottages.

Services - All mains services, gas central heating

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    The office conducts the sale and letting of all town, village and country property and land throughout North Devon. As the regional office, Barnstaple works closely with Stags' two other North Devon offices at Bideford and South Molton. The Barnstaple office covers an area from Instow to West Exmoor, and inland to meet the boundary of South Molton. This includes an extensive stretch of coastline, as well as the Taw and Torridge Estuaries, which keeps the firm's Waterside Property Department extremely busy. North Devon is a wonderful place to live, work and visit. It is special for its people, its culture and its beautiful environment - most of it is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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