3 bedroom detached house for sale

Offering enormous potential in a truly picturesque location, this is a rare opportunity to acquire a home with character, space and exceptional countryside views and set in approx. 0.5 acres of gardens and grounds.

Situation - Located in the village of Yarcombe, this property is less than 5 minutes walk to a traditional pub and medieval church. Chard (4 miles) and Honiton (8 miles) offer local amenities, with Honiton providing a rail link to London Waterloo. Taunton, 13 miles north, offers excellent shopping, schools, and transport links to London Paddington and the M5. The area benefits from top schools such as Colyton Grammar and The Woodroffe School. The A303 is just over a mile away for easy road access.

Description - A welcoming entrance porch provides a practical space for coats and boots, opening into a modern fitted galley kitchen with tiled flooring, electric oven and hob, integrated dishwasher, and space for further appliances. A pantry/utility room offers useful additional storage and leads through to the spacious living/dining room, which spans the full width of the property. This impressive room features an exposed stone wall, solid wood flooring, and patio doors opening to the garden, ideal for entertaining or simply enjoying the peaceful setting. Two further reception rooms provide flexible living space, including a sitting room with open fire and parquet flooring, and a family room/study, both overlooking the front garden.

Upstairs, the landing includes a large walk in cupboard and airing cupboard. There are three double bedrooms, each with countryside views, and a family bathroom with modern suite, shower over bath, and heated towel rail. The principal bedroom is particularly impressive, enjoying triple aspect windows framing the surrounding hills and a en suite shower room. A further staircase leads to a versatile attic room with two Velux windows capturing wonderful valley views.

Outside - Set within approximately just over 0.5 acres, the gardens wrap around the cottage and features traditional stone walls, areas of lawn, patio and mature planting creating a tranquil setting surrounded by open countryside and far-reaching views. A private drive leads to ample parking beside the property and a spacious double garage with power, light, and further workshop space providing scope for conversion (subject to necessary consents). Two small outbuildings adjoin the cottage, one with W.C.

Services - Services: Mains electric and water. Private drainage - Septic tank, which we believe to be non-compliant with current general binding rules 2020. Standard broadband available. Standard and Ultrafast broadband available with Openreach, Gigaclear. Mobile signal good outdoors and variable in-home with all major networks (Ofcom, 2025).

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