Bowerings

A superbly presented character cottage with annexe/holiday cottage in a beautiful woodland setting. Cottage with 3 reception rooms and 4 bedrooms. Annexe/Holiday Cottage with 2 reception rooms and 3 bedrooms. Delightful landscaped gardens, attractive woodland with river frontage and pasture paddock. Total about 4 acres. EPC Band E. Council Tax Band E. Freehold

Situation - Bowerings is privately located in a beautiful and tucked away wooded setting on the western side of the highly attractive Taw Valley. The popular town of Chulmleigh is only two miles away and has a good range of amenities including various shops, post office, health centre, dentist, public house, church and schooling to secondary level. There are nearby rail stations on the Barnstaple to Exeter 'Tarka' line at Kings Nympton and Eggesford. The busy market town of South Molton is about 11 miles with the regional centre of Barnstaple a further 6 miles. The County Town of Exeter is about 23 miles to the south.

Description - Bowerings is centred on a beautifully presented and extended, Grade II listed cottage which is believed to date from the late 17th Century. The property has undergone extensive restoration and improvement by the current owners that also includes significant extension, particularly with the addition of a superb garden room and ground floor bedroom to the side and rear. An adjacent outbuilding has also been converted to form ancillary accommodation which is currently utilised as a holiday cottage.

The Cottage - The front door leads into an enclosed PORCH with slate flagstone floor and a storage bench to the right. A door leads into the SITTING ROOM with tiled floor, beamed ceiling, creamer niche, stairs to first floor and an inglenook fireplace with two bread ovens and wood burning stove. The DINING ROOM also has a beamed ceiling, alcove and window seat. Off the dining room is a SNUG/STUDY. The KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM has a vaulted ceiling and is fitted with a range of bespoke pine units with granite and oak worktops over. Belfast sink with mixer tap, Rayburn and matching wall units. Dishwasher and fridge and glazed doors to the rear as well as to a UTILITY/BOOT ROOM with stable door to the rear, pine units, washing machine, secondary staircase to the first floor and door into a CLOAKROOM with WC and wash basin. Linking the sitting room and the kitchen is a superb, glazed GARDEN ROOM with a tiled floor and a wonderful outlook over the garden. Off this room is a glazed passage leading to a DOUBLE BEDROOM with an EN-SUITE WET ROOM fitted with a modern suite.

On the FIRST FLOOR there are THREE FURTHER BEDROOMS. The MASTER BEDROOM is a large double aspect, double room with a vaulted ceiling and a large EN-SUITE BATHROOM with a freestanding roll top bath, double vanity unit, bidet, WC and large shower cubicle. There are also three double wardrobes along one wall. BEDROOM TWO is also a double room with vaulted ceiling, double wardrobe cupboard and an EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM. BEDROOM THREE is also a double room and leads to a small secondary LANDING with a BATHROOM off fitted with a modern suite. A staircase leads down to the utility/boot room.

The Annexe/Holiday Cottage - Set adjacent to the main cottage is the superbly presented ANNEXE/HOLIDAY COTTAGE that currently provides a useful income.
The front door leads into a HALL with tiled floor and TWO DOUBLE BEDROOMS to the right. There is also a BATHROOM fitted with a modern suite. Turning stairs lead to the first floor. The spacious, open-plan KITCHEN/DINING ROOM has a tiled floor, vaulted ceiling and large glazed windows and glazed double doors provide a wonderful outlook over the garden. The kitchen area is fitted with a modern range of matching wall and floor units with beech effect work tops, stainless steel sink unit, 4 ring hob with hood over and tall unit with eye level electric oven. Plumbing for washing machine and dishwasher, space for upright fridge freezer. The LIVING ROOM has a vaulted ceiling and wood flooring.
From the hall, turning stairs to the GALLERIED LANDING and to BEDROOM THREE and an EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM fitted with a modern suite.

Outside - From the country lane that runs along the southern boundary, double timber five-bar gates lead to a parking and turning area to the right. A driveway continues down to the cottage where there is a further parking and turning area together with a stone/cob OUTBUILDING providing useful storage/workshop space.
To the left of the driveway there is a large area of lawn with three attractive, stone-faced terraced areas and surrounded by mature trees and o the right of the driveway is a further area of lawned garden with rose beds. The attractive gardens continue around to the rear of the cottage where there is a large patio area adjoining both the cottage and the holiday cottage and further areas of lawn with a backdrop of mature woodland. There is also a further area of patio currently with an above-ground swimming pool and hot-tub.
From the garden a path leads past an interesting SUMMER HOUSE on a turntable and down into the woodland.
The mature woodland with the property runs along the bank of Hollocombe Water with the river forming the northern boundary. The woodland has been managed to provide a network of attractive pathways through it which lead to an attractive glade towards the eastern end.
In addition, there is a level pasture paddock of just over an acre with the whole amounting to JUST OVER 4 ACRES.

Services - Mains electricity. Private water and drainage system. Oil-fired central heating via radiators to the main cottage, electric heating to the annexe.

Viewing - Strictly by confirmed prior appointment please through the sole selling agents, Stags on .

Directions - From the A377 about one mile west of Chulmleigh at Leigh Cross take the turning to the west signposted to Bridge Reeve. Cross over the river and at the 'T' junction turn left. Continue past the next junction and the property will be found soon after on the right.
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Marketed by: Stags, South Molton