Churchgate Cottage is a spacious and pretty Grade II listed three bedroom cottage with an abundance of character. It is well proportioned with good natural light throughout. It retains great character whilst feeling quite contemporary and it has recently benefitted from rewiring, new brushed chrome switches and plug facias and USB charging points in all rooms, new Haverland digital electric radiators and a hardwired smoke detection system throughout the house, CO2 and heat detectors, a new bathroom and decorative refurbishment throughout. The wooden floors have been stripped and the ground floor is laid entirely with Brazilian slate flooring. The cottage was re thatched in 2013, and the roof is in good heart. The plot extends to 0.22 acres in all and is divided into three interconnecting segments all with a long western boundary and a sunny aspect. There is a wooden greenhouse, an insulated work shed with power and light and a tool shed. A parking space is snuggled at the front of the cottage. Fowlers very strongly recommend viewing.

Situation
Churchgate Cottage is located on a quiet no-through lane in the charming Dartmoor village of Drewsteignton. The village has excellent access to footpaths and the beautiful Teign valley and it is only five miles from the ancient Stannary town of Chagford, three miles from the A30 dual carriageway and eight miles from Exeter. The Parish church has a small village shop and a dedicated congregation. A school bus service operates for both primary and senior schooling from the village.

Entrance porch
This slated porch has a deliberately distressed look with some of the render removed to expose the red brick beneath. A gate secures the entrance and there is a glazed panelled front door to the hall. The porch is ideal for wet wellies and winter coats.

Entrance hall - 18' 7'' x 5' 2'' (5.66m x 1.57m)
The generous hall has been slate floored with a stripped pine staircase to the first floor. Panelled doors lead to the spacious sitting room and to the large study/dining room. There are three LED downlighters, dado rails, a window on the half-landing, brushed chrome switch plates and plug facias and a wall mounted Haverland digital electric convector radiator. The new compliant circuit breaker box and meters are wall mounted.

Cloakroom - 5' 3'' x 4' 11'' (1.6m x 1.5m)
The w.c. has a garden facing window and the floor is laid with slate. The room is fitted with a low level w.c., a contemporary style wash hand basin with a black and white checkerboard splashback and black mixer tap and fittings. There is space for a stacked washing machine and drier.

Sitting room - 17' 9'' x 14' 6'' max (5.41m x 4.42m)
This spacious sitting room has windows both front and rear for good natural lighting. There is a large stone fireplace with an oak lintel, bread oven, a stone hearth and a fitted wood burning stove. The floor is laid with slate and there are brushed chromel switch plates and plug facias with ten power points and a USB charging point and TV point. The ceiling has a central ceiling light point, there are picture rails and a Haverland digital electric convector radiator.

Dining room/study - 17' 11'' x 9' 11'' (5.46m x 3.02m)
Another large double aspect room with multi paned front windows French doors to the garden. This room has a slate floor and skirtings and a slate hearth in the through fireplace that shares a double sided wood burning stove with the kitchen/breakfast room. It has some built in recessed shelving and brushed chrome switch plates and plug facias with ten power points and a USB charging point. There are four LED downlighters, a Haverland wall mounted digital electric convector radiator and a doorway to the kitchen/breakfast room.

Kitchen/breakfast room - 18' 1'' x 10' 1'' (5.51m x 3.07m)
This spacious room has a slate floor and skirtings and is double aspect with windows front and rear as well as a part glazed door to the lane. There are six LED downlighters, a white painted rendered fireplace with the double sided wood burning stove, a white Rangemaster sink on a hardwood frame with brass mixer taps and an adjacent plumbed dishwasher space. The kitchen is partly tiled with high gloss dark blue metro tiles to waist height. Designed as a free-standing kitchen it comes with a Belling range with four induction loops and a hotplate, two fan ovens and a grill and there are two large butcher's block units with shelving and drawers and big working surfaces. There are fifteen power points with brushed chrome plug facias and switch plates and a USB charging point. A wall mounted Haverland electric digital convector radiator is fitted.

First floor landing
A bright landing with a stripped pine floor, panelled doors to all rooms, a white balustrade and a built in eaves storage cupboard.

Bedroom 1 - 20' 6'' x 17' 2'' into eaves (6.24m x 5.23m)
A bright principle bedroom open into the eaves with a great feeling of space and two large multi paned windows with white painted sills and views across the valley. The floor is stripped pine and there are some feature elements of the structural roof timbers exposed. Picture rails are fitted, five LED downlighters, brushed chrome switch plates and plug fascias with ten power points and a USB charging point.

Bedroom 2 - 9' 2'' x 17' 4'' into eaves (2.79m x 5.28m)
This is a good size second double bedroom with a multi paned front window and a white painted sill with a view across the valley. There are some exposed feature structural timbers, a stripped pine floor and a built in closet with a hanging rail. A Haverland electric digital convector heater is fitted and brushed chrome switch plates and plug facias and a USB point.

Bedroom 3 - 9' 11'' x 9' 4'' (3.02m x 2.84m)
A double bedroom with a multi paned front window and a white painted sill with a view across the valley. The floor is stripped pine and there are two LED downlighters, eight power points and brushed chrome switch plates and plug fascias with one USB charging point. A Haverland electric digital convector radiator is fitted.

Bathroom - 9' 5'' x 5' 9'' (2.87m x 1.75m)
The bathroom is newly fitted with a black and white theme comprising a white bath with a glazed shower screen and metro style white tiles to ceiling height with a black wall mounted mixer tap and electric shower unit. The basin is in a contemporary style with black and white checkerboard splashbacks and a black mixer tap and fittings. There is a low level w.c., two LED downlighters, an extractor fan, a window looking out to the garden, a black electric heated towel rail and a built in airing cupboard with a Gledhill highly insulated hot water cylinder with a double immersion and shelving.

Exterior

Front
The front of Churchgate Cottage is directly onto the lane but a car can be parked at the front of the cottage parallel to the cottage. Between the porch and the kitchen/breakfast room doors there is space for a bench.

Rear
The plot extends to 0.22 acres and steps at the rear of the cottage rise to the garden level. The first section of the garden is laid to grass with mature hedgerow or fenced side boundaries. Within this section there is a greenhouse, tool shed and a workshop shed. A hedgerow separates this area from the next where there is a pond and deck and a grassed area that at one time was a vegetable garden. A further hedgerow divides the garden and beyond that is a grassed area with maturing deciduous trees for dappled shade in the summertime. The whole garden has a long western boundary and gets plenty of sunshine throughout the day.

Workshop shed - 13' x 7' 1'' (3.96m x 2.16m)
An insulated timber built shed with power and light and lined walls. This flexible structure could be used as a studio or work space.

Greenhouse - 10' 11'' x 7' (3.32m x 2.13m)
A hardwood framed greenhouse with a sliding door, a raised timber planter and a thriving grape vine.

Tool shed - 7' 11'' x 3' 11'' (2.41m x 1.19m)
A Wisteria covered timber built shed.

Services
Mains water, electricity and drainage.

Council tax band
Band E

Directions
From Chagford drive down out of The Square out of town passing the fire station and primary school. Continue to the A382 at Easton Cross and turn left. At the next junction at Sandy Park turn right. Drive up the lane passing Castle Drogo and as you enter Drewsteignton bear right signposted to Fingle Bridge. The next turning on the left leads up to Churchgate cottage which is on your left.

Council Tax Band: E
Tenure: Freehold