4 bedroom detached house
Chain-free
Solar PV
Detached house
4 beds
1 bath
Key information
Features and description
- Two 2 bedroom attached unlisted cottages
- No 2 cottage in need of renovation
- Potential for lovely family home
- Gardens/paddock extending to 2.4 acres
- Outbuildings and stable
- Solar pv array with battery storage
- Fantastic rural surrounds outside of dartmoor national park
- Excellent road connections via a30
A beautiful unlisted character house currently divided into two 2-bedroom cottages but with potential to create a fantastic family home. The second cottage has been stripped back to a shell and would require works to make it habitable again. Externally the plot extends to approx 2.4 acres of flat lawned garden with a selection of outbuildings. Offered with no upward chain.
Situation
The property is located in a rural position approx 2 miles from the popular Dartmoor village of Drewsteignton with its shop and public house. Whiddon Down nearby offers a Petrol Station with services whilst Okehampton to the west offers a wide range of supermarkets, school, cinema and golf course. From the A30 at Whiddon Down there are excellent links either heading West towards the beaches of Cornwall or east towards the Cathedral City of Exeter with its wide range of shopping, motorway links, mainline rail station and International Airport.
Description
Tenantspiece Cottages are a delightful pair of unlisted character stone and cob cottages under a thatched roof. South facing over their own land No 1 is currently offers 2 bedroom accommodation offered in excellent condition whilst No 2 has been stripped back to a shell and would require renovation to once again offer 2 bedrooms. Alternatively there is potential to knock through to create a substantial family home subject to any necessary consents.Externally there is extensive parking, a number of outbuildings and extensive level lawned gardens. The plot extends to approx 2.4 acres.
Accommodation
Cottage No 1
From the parking area a door opens into the modern kitchen extension at the rear with a range of store units. A door leads through to the characterful and cosy Living Room with a wealth of exposed timbers, stone fireplace with timber mantle and housing the woodburner. Stairs lead up to the first floor and a doorway leads through to the dual aspect Dining Room with ceiling timbers and a doorway out to the front.The first floor landing provides access to two double bedrooms both looking south over the gardens to Dartmoor in the distance, and a modern family bathroom.
Cottage No 2
The Cottage has been stripped back to the bare walls but with light and power connected and all windows double glazed. Potentially offering a Kitchen and Living Room downstairs with two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs the space could be redesigned and possibly knocked through into No 1 subject to any necessary permissions. All rooms offer south facing views over the gardens towards Dartmoor.
Outside
From the council lane timber gates open into a large gravelled parking area for numerous vehicles with steps down to the rear gravelled area adjacent to the cottages.The gardens extend to approx 2.4 acres and are extremely well tended, level and lawned and extend to the side and front of the Cottages with some mature trees. They offer a number of outbuildings and a stable/store.
Stone Store 1 - 7' 8'' x 7' 1'' (2.34m x 2.15m)
Light and power connected.
Stone Store 2 - 7' 6'' x 6' 11'' (2.29m x 2.11m)
Light and power connected
Mower Store - 11' 2'' x 7' 7'' (3.40m x 2.32m)
Timber built and open fronted.
Workshop - 29' 10'' x 11' 8'' (9.10m x 3.55m)
Timber built with doors, light and power connected. PV panels generating electricity.
Wood Store - 12' 1'' x 12' 0'' (3.68m x 3.65m)
Open fronted and attached to stable.
Stable/Store - 11' 9'' x 11' 10'' (3.59m x 3.61m)
Agricultural Building - 39' 4'' x 36' 1'' (12m x 11m)
Open to all aspects with roof over.
Additional Information
Mains and Private electricity - a 4kw solar array with battery storage currently provides the majority of the electricity used by the current owners.Mains and Private Water (Well)Private drainage - Septic TankWoodburner provides central heating for Cottage No. 1.Council Tax - Band E (Mid Devon)Energy Performance - EPC Band D59
Council Tax Band: E
Tenure: Freehold
Property information from this agent
About this agent

Founded in 1816 Rendells remains committed to its traditional values but with a modern approach and is a long established firm of Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents with a highly regarded reputation gained over nearly 200 years of working with Dartmoor and South Devon farmers, property and land owners by providing a personal service from its four offices in Newton Abbot , Chagford, Totnes and Ashburton that cover all aspects of property and land valuation, sales, auction and leasing together with a wide range of farming support services. Equally the partnership enjoys an international reputation for its Fine Art & Antique Sale Rooms in Ashburton where monthly 2 day sale comprising an average of 1,500 lots are held with antiques valuation services for sale, probate and insurance also coordinated from here.
































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