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2 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
2 bed
1 bath
EPC rating: F*
947 sq ft / 88 sq m

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Broadband: Super-fast 48Mbps *
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Property description & features

  • Sitting Room
  • Kitchen/Dining Room
  • Two Bedroooms
  • Home Office
  • Double Glazing and C/H
  • Village Location
  • Parking And Garden
  • Freehold
  • Council Tax Band B
  • EPC Band F
A charming two bedroom detached village cottage, with garden and off road parking. Sitting room, kitchen/dining room, two Bedrooms. Home office. Double glazing and C/H. Village location. Parking and garden. Freehold. Council Tax Band B. EPC Band F.

Situation - Blacksmiths Cottage is set within the heart of the village of South Tawton, a most attractive rural community, situated within the northern boundaries of the Dartmoor National Park. The village offers a parish church, church house and Seven Stars Public House. The nearby village of South Zeal has an excellent primary school, Post Office/stores and two public houses. The former market town of Okehampton is some 5 miles distant and offers an excellent range of amenities including three supermarkets, nationally and locally owned shops, and state of the art leisure centre in the attractive setting of Simmons Park. The Dartmoor National Park is easily accessible from South Tawton and South Zeal via footpaths and bridleways and offers hundreds of square miles of superb unspoilt scenery, with many opportunities for riding, walking and outdoor pursuits.

Description - A charming detached former blacksmiths cottage situated in this favoured quiet village. The property is offered in good order throughout, being double glazed and has an electric boiler for central heating. More recently a woodburning stove has been added to the sitting room providing additional warmth. There is a well fitted kitchen/dining room and two first floor double bedrooms and a bathroom. The rear garden is enclosed and offer some views over the rooftops to the countryside beyond. Further benefits include off road parking and a recent insulated home office. The property is within easy access of the A30 dual carriageway and Dartmoor National Park.

Accommodation - Door to ENTRANCE HALL: A spacious entrance with travertine tiled floor, radiator, fitted bookshelf and understairs cupboard. Staircase to rear door on half landing and to the first floor. Doors to, SITTING ROOM: Exposed stone wall with modern wood burning stove on slate hearth. radiator, double glazed window to front with rural views. KITCHEN/DINING ROOM: Well fitted with range of wall and base cupboards with worktops over, plumbing and space for washing machine and upright fridge freezer, inset ceramic hob with extractor hood over, integral electric oven, radiator, Travertine tiled flooring, space for dining table, double glazed window to front with countryside views.

FIRST FLOOR LANDING, doors to, BEDROOM ONE: Exposed floorboards and stonework, vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers, Velux roof light to rear, access to eaves storage space. Radiator, access to eaves storage space. BEDROOM 2 Exposed floorboards, vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, Velux roof light to the rear and views to Dartmoor from the side window, overhead storage, radiator, range of built in wardrobes to one wall, one of which houses the electric boiler providing hot water and central heating. BATHROOM: A modern white suite comprising panelled bath with electric shower over and glazed shower screen, WC, pedestal wash basin, heated towel radiator, extractor fan.

Outside - Immediately to the rear is an attractive enclosed garden, being primarily laid to lawn with mature shrubs trees and borders. There is a timber STORE SHED with power and light, and a GREENHOUSE. From the garden there are some attractive views and there is a further sunken paved patio area. HOME OFFICE: 8' 9'' x 8' 9'' (2.67m x 2.67m) Constructed by 'Shields Buildings', a fully insulated versatile room with power, light, broadband and Upvc double glazed French doors into the garden. A pedestrian gate opens to the rear where there is an off road parking space for one vehicle.

Services - Mains electricity water and drainage, electric central heating.

Directions - From Okehampton proceed out of the town in an easterly direction as if towards Exeter. Do not join the A30 dual carriageway but carry on over the flyover and follow the road into Sticklepath. Take the third turning left after the Taw River Inn towards South Zeal and at the next crossroads turn left for South Tawton. As you enter the village, the property will be found on your left hand side identified by a Stags for sale board (a short distance before the Church).

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Places of interest

    Stags Okehampton office is situated close to the town centre, just off Market Street, near Waitrose and there is plenty of car parking.  Situated on the northern edge of Dartmoor, Okehampton is an ancient West Devon town, on the edge of which are the ruins of a Norman castle, now owned by English Heritage and open to the public. Okehampton has excellent shopping facilities, as well as a range of supermarkets and a new hospital. It is well served for leisure activities with a cinema, leisure centre, swimming pool, golf club and the delightful Simmons Park. The A30 provides direct access to Exeter, with its mainline rail, airport and M5 motorway connections. The town's wool and tin history, which created its wealth, can be found in the Museum of Dartmoor Life and is a good starting point for any visitor, before embarking on any number of trails and footpaths through the beautiful Dartmoor National Park.

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