2 bedroom cottage for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- A charming character home with gardens and off street parking
- Located in the village outskirts close to countryside walks, the village green and pub
- Refurbished 18 years ago and offered in excellent decorative condition
- Entrance hallway
- Sitting room with fireplace and woodburner
- Smart and well equipped kitchen
- Main bedroom with ensuite bath/shower room
- Generous second double bedroom
- Family bathroom
- Oil fired central heating
Situation
2 New Mill Cottages is located in a quiet setting on Yard Hill just a short walk away from the River Bovey, North Bovey village green, village hall and the Ring O' Bells pub. It is surrounded by riverside, woodland and countryside walks and cycle ways and the high moor is quite close by. Nearby Moretonhampstead has a wide range of day to day and specialist shops, cafes, a supermarket, butchers, greengrocers, a library and surgeries for doctor, dentist and vet. The Bovey Castle hotel restaurant and brasserie are just a short walk away across the golf course and hotel grounds. The A38 dual carriageway is about 10 miles away and Exeter is approximately 15 miles via the B3212 Teign valley road.
Services
Mains water and electricity. Drainage is to a shared private waste treatment system.
Council tax band
Band D
Directions
Coming to North Bovey from Moretonhampstead as you drop down the hill into the village having passed the North Bovey village identification sign, you will see a right turn by a small triangular grassed area. Take this lane and follow it down into the valley to Blackaller crossing the granite bridge. The next cottages on the right are New Mill Cottages and a pedestrian gate opposite a vehicular pull in leads into the shared access through the front garden.
Entrance
A gated pedestrian access leads through the granite front boundary wall to gravel paths which serve the three cottages in the terrace. No.2 owns this garden which has a space for a bench and a bistro set. Outside the front door there is a wall mounted carriage lamp. The front door is panelled and has a multi paned upper section complemented by matching side panels.
Entrance hall
The hall runs front to rear with a glazed door at either end and a slate tiled floor, a staircase to the first floor with an understairs cupboard, a double panel radiator and painted timber doors to all rooms with rustic style black door furniture.
Sitting room
A bright and charming sitting room with a leaded front window, a fireplace with slate hearth, a Devon granite lintel and fitted Holywell Burley 5kw woodburning stove with a lined flue. There are bookshelves to either side of the chimney breast, a TV point, double panel radiator and space for a settee, two easy chairs and a four seater dining table and chairs. A latched door leads to the kitchen.
Kitchen
The kitchen has a leaded rear window looking out to the rear garden and the floor is laid to slate tiles. It has a very good range of fitted base and wall cabinets with oak doors and drawers, pull out larder shelving, a corner display shelf and a glass shelved display cupboard for glasses. There are extensive stone effect work surfaces and a fitted Armitage Shanks ceramic sink with a chromed mixer tap. Major appliances include a Flavel electric range with a five ring halogen hob and a warming panel, a fan oven and a thermostatic oven and grill, a fridge freezer, dishwasher and a counter top microwave. A latched door leads to the hall.
Utility closet
This walk in closet has a rear window, a Bosch washing machine and Miele dryer, a wall mounted consumer unit and space for some coats and boots.
First Floor
The staircase winds up to the landing which has a white balustrade, a ceiling open to the eaves with an exposed painted roof truss and latched doors to all rooms.
Bedroom 1
A bright and airy room with the ceiling open into the eaves and exposed painted structural timbers. A leaded window looks over the front garden to woodland and the original cast iron grate with a fireplace surround and mantel shelf is still in place, although decommissioned. There is a large built in double wardrobe with hanging rails and shelving, a TV point, pendant light point, a double panel radiator and a painted latched door to the ensuite bath/shower room.
Ensuite bath/shower room
A large bathroom fitted with a white suite of pressed steel bath with fully tiled ceiling height metro style splashbacks, a glazed hinged shower screen, a chromed shower/mixer tap and built in thermostatic shower with chromed shower head. The pedestal wash hand basin has Metro style tiled splashbacks with mirror above and a wall light point and adjacent shaver point. There is a low level w.c., a chromed heated, plumbed towel rail, a double panel radiator, extractor fan and two fitted ceiling lights. The leaded window looks out across the front garden to the woods beyond.
Bedroom 2
A generous rear facing double bedroom with a ceiling open into the eaves and exposed painted structural timbers. A leaded window looks out to the rear garden and countryside beyond. An original cast iron fireplace, surround and mantel is fitted but decommissioned. There is a double panel radiator.
Bathroom
A leaded window looks out to the rear garden and fields and the bathroom is fitted with a white suite comprising a pressed steel bath with ceiling height metro style tiling, a chromed shower/mixer tap and a chromed built in thermostatic shower and a glazed shower screen. The pedestal wash hand basin has chromed mixer taps, a mirror, wall light point above, a shaver point and there is a low level w.c. The floor is laid with a slate effect vinyl and there is a fitted extractor fan, ceiling light, a chromed, plumbed heated towel rail and a double panel radiator.
Exterior
Front garden
The garden is granite walled to three sides with a flower and shrub border to one side, a lavender planted flower bed on the other and a central rose garden enclosed by well tended box hedges. It has space for a bench and a paved section for a bistro set. This garden is south facing.
Rear garden - 42' 0'' x 21' 0'' (12.79m x 6.40m)
To the immediate rear of the cottage is a wide strip of paved patio which leads to a gravelled garden with a circular brick paved patio in the centre, a flower border at the rear and mature beech hedgerows to either side . The garden enjoys plenty of sunshine in the spring and summer. To the rear of the garden is a post and rail fence and some steps to a gate to the field across which No.2 New Mill Cottages enjoys a right of access to the footpath alongside the River Bovey and to the parking and garaging area.
Garaging - 16' 4'' x 8' 3'' (4.97m x 2.51m)
A gated access leads to a gravelled turning area enabling access to the bay used by No.2 in the oak framed open fronted car port.
Council Tax Band: D
Tenure: Freehold
Property information from this agent
Places of interest
See more properties like this:
*DISCLAIMER
Property reference 12352182. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Fowlers Chagford - Devon.
OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:
Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on April 19, 2024
Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:
Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s
The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2
Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on April 19, 2024
Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:
Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Energy Performance data and Internal floor area
Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.