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3 bedroom semi-detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- A CHARMING SEMI-DETACHED COTTAGE WITH A SOUTH-FACING REAR GARDEN
- 3 Bedrooms
- Dual-aspect Sitting Room with stone fireplace housing wood burning stove
- Dining Room offering dual views & a Rayburn stove
- Cottage-style Kitchen
- Ground Floor Cloakroom & First Floor Bathroom
- South-facing rear garden with Summerhouse & Store
- Hard standing providing parking for up to 4 vehicles
- No ongoing chain
- Conveniently located with easy access to the south-west coastal path, Peppercombe beach & Bideford Town
The Ground Floor comprises a dual-aspect Sitting Room with a stone fireplace housing a wood burning stove. A separate Dining Room offers dual views and is highlighted by a Rayburn stove and garden vistas. The cottage-style Kitchen boasts solid wood units and some integrated appliances and is accompanied by a Ground Floor Cloakroom.
A galleried style Landing provides garden views and leads to 3 Bedrooms and a family Bathroom.
The rear garden, facing south, showcases patios, a formal lawn and an array of mature shrubs. Completing the outdoor space are a timber Summerhouse and a stone storage building. At the rear of the garden, a separate hard standing area allows parking for up to 4 vehicles.
This property is versatile, ideal for permanent residency or as a holiday retreat / investment opportunity. Offered for sale with no ongoing chain.
Fairy Cross is a small village in the parish of Alwington situated west of Bideford along the Atlantic Highway (A39). It shares local amenities with nearby Bucks Cross, Hartland, Woolsery and Bideford.
Fairy Cross has an active village hall built in 1933 and it’s regularly used for all manner of activities including dances, concerts, weddings, coffee mornings, and barbecues. Other buildings of note are the Methodist Chapel, which celebrated its centenary in 1997, and the old Alms Houses at Ford. Fairy Cross also has two unique structures which stand proud on each side of the Atlantic Highway. They are, perhaps, the most ornate bus stops in the whole UK?
Sitting astride the Atlantic Highway (A39), Fairy Cross is well served by the main feeder route across the region leading to Wadebridge in Cornwall to the south-west and to the M5 by Tiverton in the east. A bus service provides access to North Devon’s ‘capital’, Barnstaple. Bus users can also reach Westward Ho!, Bideford, Braunton, Appledore, Croyde, Okehampton, Holsworthy, Great Torrington, Hartland and Ilfracombe.
Directions
From Bideford Quay proceed in the direction of Northam taking the left hand turning at the Heywood roundabout. Proceed along the North Devon Link Road passing straight over at the Abbotsham Cross roundabout. After a further mile or so, as you come into Fairy Cross, take the left turning signposted Woodtown and bear immediate right. Follow the road as it bears left and turn immediately right into Portledge Place. Continue towards the top of the close to where the parking for Woodmans Cottage will be found on your right hand side.
Rooms
Reception Hall
Entrance door and glazed panel off. Staircase rising to First Floor. Tiled flooring.
Sitting Room 16' 8" x 10' 4"
A delightful, cosy double aspect room. Natural stone fireplace and hearth housing wood burning stove. Exposed beams. Radiator, TV point, wall lights.
Dining Room 16' 8" x 11' 4"
A double aspect room. Feature fireplace with wooden surround and tiled hearth housing solid fuel Rayburn cooking Range and supplying domestic hot water system. Exposed beams. Understairs storage cupboard. Radiator, tiled flooring.
Kitchen 9' 10" x 9' 5"
A delightful cottage style room with solid wood fronted units comprising 1.5 bowl enamel sink unit, black granite effect worktop surfaces with storage cupboards and appliance space below, matching wall storage cabinets over and tiled splashbacking. Built-in 4-ring electric hob and double oven. Plumbing for washing machine. 2 radiators, tiled flooring. Stable door onto the rear garden.
Cloakroom
White suite comprising low level WC and wall mounted wash hand basin with tiled splashbacking. Beamed ceiling, tiled flooring.
Galleried style First Floor Landing
Overlooking the rear garden. Built-in airing cupboard housing electric immersion heater. Hatch access to insulated loft space. Radiator.
Bedroom 1 14' 3" x 7' 8"
2 double glazed windows. Built-in double wardrobe. Radiator.
Bedroom 2 10' 7" x 10' 2"
Double glazed window. Built-in double wardrobe. Radiator.
Bedroom 3 9' 4" x 9' 0"
Overlooking the rear garden. Built-in double wardrobe. Radiator.
Family Bathroom
White suite comprising modern panelled bath with electric shower, pedestal wash hand basin and low level WC. Extensive wall tiling, radiator, tiled flooring.
Outside
To the front of the property is a flower and shrub garden.
The property benefits from useful pedestrian side access.
The south-facing rear garden is a particular feature designed in the cottage style with an attractive stone cobbled patio and the main garden laid to formal lawn with an abundance of mature flowers and shrubs. A second patio houses a timber Summerhouse.
Adjoining the cottage is a single-storey, stone-built Store with power and light connected.
A meandering pathway through the garden provides pedestrian rear access to a tarmacadam private hard standing for 3 vehicles and a further stone chipping hard standing for an additional fourth vehicle.
Useful Information
The property benefits from mains water and electricity
Oil fired central heating system and hot water system via an external oil boiler (installed in 2008)
Double glazed windows and front door (replaced within the last 6 months)
Private drainage system (shared with 2 other properties)
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