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4 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Detached Stone Village House
- Incorporates Former Village Forge
- 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms,
- Partially Vaulted Sitting Room
- Study, Dining Room
- Kitchen/Breakfast Room
- Utilty, w.c
- Off road Car space
- 2 Garden Areas
- Rear Yard, Cycle Store etc
Swimbridge, itself set some 4 miles to the east of Barnstaple and 8 miles west of South Molton and just south of the A361/North Devon Link Road affording the property convenient access to those regional towns. The village itself is centred around its ancient parish church is a series of traditional houses and cottages with limited modern developments to the village outskirts. The village has a popular and well regarded primary school, a village inn, The Jack Russell, after the well know dog and known for its warm welcome and delicious steaks and the Jubilee Hall/Community building that offers a range of regular activities and classes.
Barnstaple, the ancient borough and administrative centre for North Devon is approximately 2 miles North and the town offers an excellent range of both business and leisure facilities including the Green Lanes Shopping Centre, out of town superstores, live theatre, leisure centre, Tarka tennis centre, and from the town there is a sprinter train service running through to the cathedral city of Exeter and immediate access onto the A361/North Devon Link Road which connects the area through to junction 27 of the M5 motorway to the east side of Tiverton where there is also the Parkway railway station where journey times to London/Paddington are approximately 2 hours in distance. To the west of Barnstaple about 5 miles is the coastal village of Instow with its beach and sailing whilst on the northern side of the River Taw estuary, beaches on the dramatic North Devon coastline at Saunton, Croyde, Putsborough and Woolacombe with their associated facilities and 2 championship golf courses.
Set to the centre of the village near the ancient parish church and the village inn. A detached stone built cottage with its original old village forge adjoining now developed as a comfortable family home.
The house is double glazed and has gas fired central heating to radiators throughout.
New carpets and floor coverings were laid throughout the house about 2 years ago,
Council Tax - Band D
EPC - Band D
Services - All mains services.
Entrance Hall - 2.7 x 2 (8'10" x 6'6") - Stairs to first floor. Double doors to coat/show store cupboard. Radiator.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room - 5.763 x 3.133 min (18'10" x 10'3" min) - Double aspect. Stable door to garden area. Tiled floor. Original open fireplace, slate hearth and brick arch. option on Belling Industrial Double oven range with Belling extractor hood over. Worktop with cupboards under, deep sink. Integrated dish washer. Understairs storage shelves and cupboard. Door to rear courtyard. Wall mounted gas boiler.
Utility Room - 1.983 x 1.881 (6'6" x 6'2") - Stable type door to rear courtyard.
W.C - 1.881 x 1.022 (6'2" x 3'4") - Low level w.c. hand basin
Dining Room - 5.761 x 3.074 (18'10" x 10'1") - Open fireplace with brick hearth and arch over. Panel radiator.
Study - 4.570 x 2.396 (14'11" x 7'10") - Vinyl flooring, covered radiator
Vaulted Sitting Room - Part - 7.493 x 4.570 (24'6" x 14'11") - Partially vaulted ceiling with exposed a frame roof trusses. Wood burning stove on rates slate hearth, tiled cheeks. Door to side garden and covered area,
On The First Floor -
Landing - Serving all rooms.
Bedroom 1 - 3.202 x 3.172 (10'6" x 10'4") - Radiator. Overlooking the churchyard
Bathroom - 3.209 x 2.807 (10'6" x 9'2") - Low-level w.c., pedestal hand basin, tiled splashback. Corner entry shower cubicle . Free standing bath.
Includes Airing Cupboard - 1.377 x 0.683 (4'6" x 2'2") - With hot tank and shelved storage over.
Bedroom 2 - 4.119 x 2.417 (13'6" x 7'11") - Panel radiator, built in wardrobe
Bedroom 3 - 3.227 x 2.852 (10'7" x 9'4" ) - Panel radiator.
Over The Sitting Room - Staircase up to
Bedroom 4 - Occasional - 4.570 x 3. (14'11" x 9'10") -
En Suite Bathroom - 2.60 x 2.396 (8'6" x 7'10") - Panelled bath, low leval wc. hand basin, store cupboard recess to each side under eaves.
Outside - There are in effect 3 separate outside/garden areas adjoining the house.
Covered Way - 8.662 x 2.377 (28'5" x 7'9") - To the west side getting the afternoon and evening sun is a covered way that adjoins the siting room door. Generally a gravelled floor with flower borders and beds and a mature setting for siting out in the sun.
To the east side, sun up to mid day is a private enclosed garden area approached from the kitchen stable doorway. Paved floor for tables and chairs and sleeper style steps rising up though a shrub and flower border garden area. The area is secure for toddlers and small animals.
To the rear with access from both the utility and kitchen is a concreted rear yard area with plenty of space for bins and recycling and covered areas for logs. There is a shed for cycle storage and pedestrian gate in to the road where there is a private off road parking bay for the Forge.
Initial viewing can be by parking in the road to the rear of the property next to the Churchyard wall.
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