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Pickwick Cottage, South Zeal, Devon
Cottage
3 beds
1 bath
1216
EPC rating: E
Key information
Features and description
- A spacious character, stone built cottage
- Close to village amenities and rural walks
- Gardens front and rear
- Entrance hall
- Big sitting room with granite fireplace and woodburner
- Dining room with electric Rayburn range
- Solid wood painted kitchen and breakfast nook with bi-fold doors
- Bathroom with 'Japanese' tub and shower
- Three bedrooms
- Double glazed windows throughout
Pickwick Cottage is a well appointed stone built village cottage with a front and rear garden set close to most village amenities. The ground floor accommodation is spacious and full of character and comprises an entrance lobby, a large sitting room with stone fireplace and wood burner, a dining room with electric Rayburn range, a painted timber kitchen with some major appliances and a breakfast nook with wooden bi-fold doors to the garden and a part glazed roof. Upstairs there is a split landing with a large main bedroom, a good double bedroom and a third bedroom which also has a double bed. The bathroom features a square 'Japanese' style tub with a shower above. The front garden is paved and has a wooden bin store and in the south facing rear garden there is a block built store shed, a brick paved patio and a circular lawn enclosed by a stone pathway. The cottage is charming and Fowlers strongly recommend viewing.
Situation
Pickwick Cottage is located in the centre of the sought after village of South Zeal just a short walk to amenities, rural and moorland walks. South Zeal has a good range of services with two good pubs, a Primary school and pre-school, a play park, playing field, village hall, chapel and a tennis club. Nearby Okehampton, about 3 miles away, has a wide range of shops including a Waitrose and Lidl. Exeter is approximately 20 miles.
Services
Mains electricity, water and drainage.
Council tax band
Band B
Directions
Drive into South Zeal and locate the St.Mary's Chapel which is in the centre of the village. Walk down the hill from the chapel only about a dozen steps and look right where you will see the shared gated path that leads to Pickwick Cottage.
Entrance
A shared pathway runs alongside the front garden of Pickwick Cottage to the recessed shared porch with the light blue, part glazed stable door entrance to the cottage.
Entrance lobby
The lobby has a tiled floor and a white painted staircase with a carpet runner in front of you. The electric meter and circuit breaker box are concealed in a wooden wall mounted cabinet. An oak finished panelled door leads into the sitting room.
Sitting room
This is a spacious room spanned by an oak beam and featuring a deep granite fireplace with stone hearth and fitted wood burning stove beneath an oak lintel. The floor is laid with pine and there is a large upvc double glazed sash style front window with a deep sill/window seat. To either side of the fireplace are deep recesses ideal for a dresser and with fitted shelving. A latched door opens to an understairs store cupboard and a doorway leads into the dining room.
Dining room
This room opens out to the kitchen and has a fireplace with tiled recess and granite lintel, a fitted electric Rayburn range and built in cupboards with oak tops. To the side of the fireplace is a built in crockery cupboard and a recess for a free standing fridge/freezer. The floor is slate and there is a built in pine dresser with shelving and cupboards below. There are four LED downlighters.
Kitchen
The kitchen has a slate floor and is fitted with solid timber painted base and wall cabinets with oak work tops, an inset Belfast sink with chromed mixer tap and built-in appliances including a halogen hob, a circulator hood, an electric double oven and a half size dishwasher. A pine cupboard for dry goods is fitted and an oak divider and shelf separate the conservatory/breakfast nook. there are six LED downlighters and space for an automatic washing machine. Three shallow slate clad steps rise to the conservatory/breakfast nook.
Conservatory/breakfast nook
This slate floored area has an oak framed double glazed roof and wooden bi-fold doors which lead to the garden in the conservatory area. A deep breakfast nook features a painted timber clad wall, some shelving, a built in bench along two walls and space for a breakfast table with a pendant light point above.
First floor landing
The staircase rises past a recessed area with a plinth and space for shelving. At the top of the stairs the landing splits and to one side is the smaller bedroom and bathroom and to the other are two good double bedrooms. A latched door leads to the bathroom and oak finished panelled doors lead to all other rooms.
Bedroom 1
A large double cottage bedroom with a sash style upvc double glazed window and a deep sill. The floor is natural old pine and there is a whole wall of painted wainscoting with a pair of reading lights and space for the bed head. Along one whole wall is a bank of wardrobes with louvred doors, hanging space and shelving and on the chimney breast there is a large electric, digitally controlled convector radiator. There is a pendant light point, and a pull-down hatch and ladder enable access to the large loft void.
Bedroom 2
A double bedroom with a brick former fireplace and mantel, a built-in airing cupboard with insulated cylinder, shelving and immersion heater. To the other side of the chimney breast is a built in double wardrobe and dresser. There is a view to Cawsand Beacon, and a pendant light point is fitted.
Bedroom 3
An oak finished panelled door leads from the landing to a short passage with some hooks for clothing and to the wider part of this bedroom which is big enough for a double bed, or a single bed and dresser. A pendant light point is fitted and there is a upvc double glazed window and a deep sill.
Bathroom
Fitted with a deep and square 'Japanese' style tub with ceiling height tiled splashbacks, side mounted chromed mixer tap and built in thermostatic shower and a hinged, glazed shower screen. A upvc double glazed obscure window is set in the rear wall and a cabinet with a tiled top houses the concealed cistern for the low level w.c., some vanity cupboards and the table top rectangular porcelain basin and chromed mixer tap. The floor is laid with oak and there are two LED downlighters and a wall mounted electric heated towel rail.
Exterior
Front garden
Measuring 25' x 12'/7.62m x 3.65m. The garden is enclosed to the front and one side by a granite wall that is capped. The garden is mostly paved with space for a table and chairs, a wooden framed wood store and a shelved recycling bin store.
Rear garden
Measuring 41'6" x 17'/ 12.64m x 5.18m. The south facing garden has a brick paved patio for a patio set and there are matching steps up to the main garden which has a stone path that surrounds the grassy centre. To one side there is an ancient granite wall and to the other a close boarded fence clad with flowering climbers. At the far end of the garden is an area that would be ideal for a small summerhouse. From the garden there are some views to Cawsand Beacon and the moor. Set in the garden by the patio is a block built shed measuring 6'3" x 4'4" plus a recess/ 1.9m x 1.31m.
Council Tax Band: B
Tenure: Freehold
Situation
Pickwick Cottage is located in the centre of the sought after village of South Zeal just a short walk to amenities, rural and moorland walks. South Zeal has a good range of services with two good pubs, a Primary school and pre-school, a play park, playing field, village hall, chapel and a tennis club. Nearby Okehampton, about 3 miles away, has a wide range of shops including a Waitrose and Lidl. Exeter is approximately 20 miles.
Services
Mains electricity, water and drainage.
Council tax band
Band B
Directions
Drive into South Zeal and locate the St.Mary's Chapel which is in the centre of the village. Walk down the hill from the chapel only about a dozen steps and look right where you will see the shared gated path that leads to Pickwick Cottage.
Entrance
A shared pathway runs alongside the front garden of Pickwick Cottage to the recessed shared porch with the light blue, part glazed stable door entrance to the cottage.
Entrance lobby
The lobby has a tiled floor and a white painted staircase with a carpet runner in front of you. The electric meter and circuit breaker box are concealed in a wooden wall mounted cabinet. An oak finished panelled door leads into the sitting room.
Sitting room
This is a spacious room spanned by an oak beam and featuring a deep granite fireplace with stone hearth and fitted wood burning stove beneath an oak lintel. The floor is laid with pine and there is a large upvc double glazed sash style front window with a deep sill/window seat. To either side of the fireplace are deep recesses ideal for a dresser and with fitted shelving. A latched door opens to an understairs store cupboard and a doorway leads into the dining room.
Dining room
This room opens out to the kitchen and has a fireplace with tiled recess and granite lintel, a fitted electric Rayburn range and built in cupboards with oak tops. To the side of the fireplace is a built in crockery cupboard and a recess for a free standing fridge/freezer. The floor is slate and there is a built in pine dresser with shelving and cupboards below. There are four LED downlighters.
Kitchen
The kitchen has a slate floor and is fitted with solid timber painted base and wall cabinets with oak work tops, an inset Belfast sink with chromed mixer tap and built-in appliances including a halogen hob, a circulator hood, an electric double oven and a half size dishwasher. A pine cupboard for dry goods is fitted and an oak divider and shelf separate the conservatory/breakfast nook. there are six LED downlighters and space for an automatic washing machine. Three shallow slate clad steps rise to the conservatory/breakfast nook.
Conservatory/breakfast nook
This slate floored area has an oak framed double glazed roof and wooden bi-fold doors which lead to the garden in the conservatory area. A deep breakfast nook features a painted timber clad wall, some shelving, a built in bench along two walls and space for a breakfast table with a pendant light point above.
First floor landing
The staircase rises past a recessed area with a plinth and space for shelving. At the top of the stairs the landing splits and to one side is the smaller bedroom and bathroom and to the other are two good double bedrooms. A latched door leads to the bathroom and oak finished panelled doors lead to all other rooms.
Bedroom 1
A large double cottage bedroom with a sash style upvc double glazed window and a deep sill. The floor is natural old pine and there is a whole wall of painted wainscoting with a pair of reading lights and space for the bed head. Along one whole wall is a bank of wardrobes with louvred doors, hanging space and shelving and on the chimney breast there is a large electric, digitally controlled convector radiator. There is a pendant light point, and a pull-down hatch and ladder enable access to the large loft void.
Bedroom 2
A double bedroom with a brick former fireplace and mantel, a built-in airing cupboard with insulated cylinder, shelving and immersion heater. To the other side of the chimney breast is a built in double wardrobe and dresser. There is a view to Cawsand Beacon, and a pendant light point is fitted.
Bedroom 3
An oak finished panelled door leads from the landing to a short passage with some hooks for clothing and to the wider part of this bedroom which is big enough for a double bed, or a single bed and dresser. A pendant light point is fitted and there is a upvc double glazed window and a deep sill.
Bathroom
Fitted with a deep and square 'Japanese' style tub with ceiling height tiled splashbacks, side mounted chromed mixer tap and built in thermostatic shower and a hinged, glazed shower screen. A upvc double glazed obscure window is set in the rear wall and a cabinet with a tiled top houses the concealed cistern for the low level w.c., some vanity cupboards and the table top rectangular porcelain basin and chromed mixer tap. The floor is laid with oak and there are two LED downlighters and a wall mounted electric heated towel rail.
Exterior
Front garden
Measuring 25' x 12'/7.62m x 3.65m. The garden is enclosed to the front and one side by a granite wall that is capped. The garden is mostly paved with space for a table and chairs, a wooden framed wood store and a shelved recycling bin store.
Rear garden
Measuring 41'6" x 17'/ 12.64m x 5.18m. The south facing garden has a brick paved patio for a patio set and there are matching steps up to the main garden which has a stone path that surrounds the grassy centre. To one side there is an ancient granite wall and to the other a close boarded fence clad with flowering climbers. At the far end of the garden is an area that would be ideal for a small summerhouse. From the garden there are some views to Cawsand Beacon and the moor. Set in the garden by the patio is a block built shed measuring 6'3" x 4'4" plus a recess/ 1.9m x 1.31m.
Council Tax Band: B
Tenure: Freehold
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About this agent
This beautiful North East corner of Dartmoor is the softer side of the moor and has two attractive principal towns just four miles apart from each other. Both have vibrant thriving communities and superb ranges of amenities as well as great access to countryside, moorland and riverside walks. They have a good variety of day to day and specialist shops, doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeries, churches, chapels, pubs, hotels, cafes and restaurants. Each has a primary school and pre school and in the case of Chagford there is a Montessori as well. Both have super fast broadband. Chagford was voted best small town to live in rural Britain in the Spring of 2015 by the Sunday Times. There are also picturesque villages such as Drewsteignton, Throwleigh, Gidleigh, South Zeal, South Tawton and North Bovey and numerous other smaller rural settlements in the area. This part of Dartmoor enjoys a slightly drier climate, sheltered as it is by the higher moor to the North West, yet it has beautiful lush valleys, rounded hills and peaceful weathered granite tors. Major shops are just 15-20 miles away in Exeter. Fowlers have a prominent corner office in the bustling town square in Chagford and we cover all of North East Dartmoor. Philip Fowler has 34 years of experience as an estate agent and has practised solely in North East Dartmoor for 26 years after running estate agents in Middlesex and Buckinghamshire previously. North East Dartmoor enjoys a great community spirit with many village and town events, flea markets and craft fairs and there is even an annual music festival each July called Chagstock. There is a good arts scene with music, theatre and exhibitions all year round.