Roselea Cottage
Hollocombe, Chulmleigh, Devon, EX18 7QQ
Guide Price
£765,000
Residential Tags: N/A
Property Tags: Equestrian, Livestock Farm, Smallholding
Land Tags: Pasture Land, Woodland
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Jun 2022
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: N/A
- Property Tags: Equestrian, Livestock Farm, Smallholding
- Land Tags: Pasture Land, Woodland
Roselea Cottage is a charming property of traditional cob & stone construction under a slate roof. The cottage was substantially extended in the Victorian era to create a spacious four bedroom cottage. Along with a superb block of pasture and woodland (13.09 acres) lies just a 5 minute walk or 2 minute ride away, and offers stabling/stores and would interest those looking for equestrian facilities or a smallholding. EPC Band F. Council Tax Band C. Freehold
Situation - The property sits in the small parish of Higher Hollocombe, located only approximately 2 miles from Winkleigh, which offers a good range of local services and shops, public houses primary school etc. The larger village of Chulmleigh, again offers a good range of services and facilities, whilst there is comparatively easy access to the Cathedral City of Exeter with its M5 motorway, main line rail and international air connections. The north coasts of Devon are within easy driving distance with some attractive beaches and delightful coastal scenery and there is also easy access to the Dartmoor National Park with hundreds of square miles of superb unspoilt moorland scenery.
Description - Roselea Cottage is a charming property of traditional cob & stone construction under a slate roof. The cottage was substantially extended in the Victorian era to create a spacious four bedroom cottage. The property is offered in good decorative order and is heated by an oil-fired Stanley. Many of the original features remain, these include beamed ceilings and exposed timbers, a feature stone fireplace to the sitting room with original bread oven, a stripped pine floor in the dining room and a former Victorian fireplace in one of the bedrooms. Further benefits include a self contained annexe which is currently being used as a fourth bedroom, but has the potential to be used as separate accommodation or airbnb. There is a lovely cottage garden to the rear, together with parking and a small barn/workshop which was once the original forge.
A superb block of pasture and woodland (13.09 acres) lies just a 5 minute walk or 2 minute ride away, and offers stabling/stores and would interest those looking for equestrian facilities or a smallholding.
Accommodation - Front entrance door with stain glass insert to Entrance Porch: window and plant shelf to one side, quarry tiled floor, part exposed stone wall, door to the annexe and a half glazed door into the Sitting Room: An attractive dual aspect room with beamed ceiling, flagstone floor, feature stone fireplace with original bread oven to one side and housing a 'Franklin' woodburning stove. Radiator. Door to the stairs and door to the understairs storage cupboard with light connected. door to Dining Room: beamed ceiling, polished pine board floor with French doors opening onto a Victorian mosaic patio area and the garden beyond. Oil-fired Stanley providing hot water, cooking and central heating via radiators. Pine dado rail, TV & telephone points. Kitchen: Range of cream base cupboards and drawers with matching wall cupboards over. Inset single drainer sink unit with mixer tap, inset electric hob with built-in electric oven below and extractor hood over, space for fridge and space and plumbing for dishwasher below. Beamed ceiling. window to side aspect, window and door to Sun Room: an attractive addition with polycarbonate roof and a tiled floor. Stable door with feature stain glass windows to either side opening to the garden and pedestrian side door opening to the front parking area. Double doors to the Workshop: being of stone construction under a dual pitch GI roof with pedestrian door to the road and high window to one side and housing the oil tank. Electricity is connected
Annexe:- From the Entrance Porch a door opens into a Shower Room: with tiled shower cubicle housing an electric shower, low level WC and wash basin inset into a tiled surface with shelving below. Doorway to the Inner Hall: with electric meter & fusebox and further door to the Living Room/Bedroom 4: Two double glazed windows and independent door to the front drive. Vaulted ceiling with exposed roof timbers and range of pine kitchen units with granite worksurface over and inset butler sink with 'Heatra' water heater over. Space & plumbing for a washing machine and two wall uplighters.
From the sitting room, turning natural wood stairs open to the First Floor Landing with feature stain glass hand made lead window above and further window to the front elevation, exposed roof timbers, hatch to roof space over the stair-well, built in storage cupboard with shelving, radiator. Airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder with electric immersion heater and slatted shelving. Doors to Bedroom 1: window to rear with views over the garden, built-in double wardrobe with hanging rail. Part exposed roof beam and radiator.
Bedroom 2: window to rear overlooking the garden, dado rail, and part exposed roof beam. Built-in double door wardrobe with shelving and hanging rail. Feature display ledge and radiator. Bedroom 3: feature stone and brick former fireplace with attractive Victorian glazed tiled hearth. Built-in double wardrobe with clothes hanging rail. Hatch to roof space, window to rear and radiator. Bathroom: coloured suite comprising pine panelled bath with tiled splashbacks, pedestal wash basin with tiled splashbacks; low level WC. Fully tiled shower cubicle with 'Redring' electric shower. Pine dado rail and sill. Radiator.
Outside - Immediately to the front of cottage and off a quiet country lane, is a gravelled parking area for two vehicles. area. Giving access to the annexe, cottage and a separate door to the sun room.
To the rear of the cottage, accessed either from the sun room or dining room, is the main garden. A concrete path runs along the back of of the cottage, with a well stocked raised flower bed to one side and stone retaining wall. The main garden area is accessed via wide paved steps through a pergola, and opens to an attractive private garden, being primarily laid to lawn, bordered by established hedgerow, well stocked flower beds and borders, along with mature trees.
Directly opposite the cottage is Smiths Lane, an unmade stone track, at the end of this track, approximately a 5 minute walk, 2 minute ride or short car journey (0.2 miles) is a superb block of private land extending to just over 13 acres, split into two fields (5.62 acres and 6.21 acres) and an attractive parcel of woodland (1.26 acres) which runs down to the stream. The fields are interconnecting, enclosed by mature hedgerow and trees and offer superb views over the adjoining countryside. In the top field are two large timber Stables/Stores: with GI roof and enclosed forecourt. A generator (to remain) runs numerous internal and external lights and power points.
Services - Mains electricity, water and drainage. Oil-fired Stanley supplying domestic hot water and servicing the radiators
Directions - From Okehampton, take the Crediton Road, the B3215. After approximately 4 miles turn left at Belstone Corner, just before the railway bridge, signposted to Sampford Courtenay. At the mini roundabout turn right onto the A3072, and after approximately a mile fork left signposted to Winkleigh and then left again after ¼ of a mile towards Winkleigh. At the T-junction take the A3124, as if for Torrington. After approximately a mile on the sharp left hand bend, turn right signposted to Hollocombe. Proceed for a short distance until reaching Berners Cross and here turn left signposted Hollocombe. Follow this lane following signs for the village. At the T junction turn left for Torrington/Dolton and then after a short distance (at Twelve Oaks Cross) turn right signposted to Higher Hollocombe, after 100 yards or so the property can be found upon your right hand side.
Marketed by: Stags, Okehampton
Situation - The property sits in the small parish of Higher Hollocombe, located only approximately 2 miles from Winkleigh, which offers a good range of local services and shops, public houses primary school etc. The larger village of Chulmleigh, again offers a good range of services and facilities, whilst there is comparatively easy access to the Cathedral City of Exeter with its M5 motorway, main line rail and international air connections. The north coasts of Devon are within easy driving distance with some attractive beaches and delightful coastal scenery and there is also easy access to the Dartmoor National Park with hundreds of square miles of superb unspoilt moorland scenery.
Description - Roselea Cottage is a charming property of traditional cob & stone construction under a slate roof. The cottage was substantially extended in the Victorian era to create a spacious four bedroom cottage. The property is offered in good decorative order and is heated by an oil-fired Stanley. Many of the original features remain, these include beamed ceilings and exposed timbers, a feature stone fireplace to the sitting room with original bread oven, a stripped pine floor in the dining room and a former Victorian fireplace in one of the bedrooms. Further benefits include a self contained annexe which is currently being used as a fourth bedroom, but has the potential to be used as separate accommodation or airbnb. There is a lovely cottage garden to the rear, together with parking and a small barn/workshop which was once the original forge.
A superb block of pasture and woodland (13.09 acres) lies just a 5 minute walk or 2 minute ride away, and offers stabling/stores and would interest those looking for equestrian facilities or a smallholding.
Accommodation - Front entrance door with stain glass insert to Entrance Porch: window and plant shelf to one side, quarry tiled floor, part exposed stone wall, door to the annexe and a half glazed door into the Sitting Room: An attractive dual aspect room with beamed ceiling, flagstone floor, feature stone fireplace with original bread oven to one side and housing a 'Franklin' woodburning stove. Radiator. Door to the stairs and door to the understairs storage cupboard with light connected. door to Dining Room: beamed ceiling, polished pine board floor with French doors opening onto a Victorian mosaic patio area and the garden beyond. Oil-fired Stanley providing hot water, cooking and central heating via radiators. Pine dado rail, TV & telephone points. Kitchen: Range of cream base cupboards and drawers with matching wall cupboards over. Inset single drainer sink unit with mixer tap, inset electric hob with built-in electric oven below and extractor hood over, space for fridge and space and plumbing for dishwasher below. Beamed ceiling. window to side aspect, window and door to Sun Room: an attractive addition with polycarbonate roof and a tiled floor. Stable door with feature stain glass windows to either side opening to the garden and pedestrian side door opening to the front parking area. Double doors to the Workshop: being of stone construction under a dual pitch GI roof with pedestrian door to the road and high window to one side and housing the oil tank. Electricity is connected
Annexe:- From the Entrance Porch a door opens into a Shower Room: with tiled shower cubicle housing an electric shower, low level WC and wash basin inset into a tiled surface with shelving below. Doorway to the Inner Hall: with electric meter & fusebox and further door to the Living Room/Bedroom 4: Two double glazed windows and independent door to the front drive. Vaulted ceiling with exposed roof timbers and range of pine kitchen units with granite worksurface over and inset butler sink with 'Heatra' water heater over. Space & plumbing for a washing machine and two wall uplighters.
From the sitting room, turning natural wood stairs open to the First Floor Landing with feature stain glass hand made lead window above and further window to the front elevation, exposed roof timbers, hatch to roof space over the stair-well, built in storage cupboard with shelving, radiator. Airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder with electric immersion heater and slatted shelving. Doors to Bedroom 1: window to rear with views over the garden, built-in double wardrobe with hanging rail. Part exposed roof beam and radiator.
Bedroom 2: window to rear overlooking the garden, dado rail, and part exposed roof beam. Built-in double door wardrobe with shelving and hanging rail. Feature display ledge and radiator. Bedroom 3: feature stone and brick former fireplace with attractive Victorian glazed tiled hearth. Built-in double wardrobe with clothes hanging rail. Hatch to roof space, window to rear and radiator. Bathroom: coloured suite comprising pine panelled bath with tiled splashbacks, pedestal wash basin with tiled splashbacks; low level WC. Fully tiled shower cubicle with 'Redring' electric shower. Pine dado rail and sill. Radiator.
Outside - Immediately to the front of cottage and off a quiet country lane, is a gravelled parking area for two vehicles. area. Giving access to the annexe, cottage and a separate door to the sun room.
To the rear of the cottage, accessed either from the sun room or dining room, is the main garden. A concrete path runs along the back of of the cottage, with a well stocked raised flower bed to one side and stone retaining wall. The main garden area is accessed via wide paved steps through a pergola, and opens to an attractive private garden, being primarily laid to lawn, bordered by established hedgerow, well stocked flower beds and borders, along with mature trees.
Directly opposite the cottage is Smiths Lane, an unmade stone track, at the end of this track, approximately a 5 minute walk, 2 minute ride or short car journey (0.2 miles) is a superb block of private land extending to just over 13 acres, split into two fields (5.62 acres and 6.21 acres) and an attractive parcel of woodland (1.26 acres) which runs down to the stream. The fields are interconnecting, enclosed by mature hedgerow and trees and offer superb views over the adjoining countryside. In the top field are two large timber Stables/Stores: with GI roof and enclosed forecourt. A generator (to remain) runs numerous internal and external lights and power points.
Services - Mains electricity, water and drainage. Oil-fired Stanley supplying domestic hot water and servicing the radiators
Directions - From Okehampton, take the Crediton Road, the B3215. After approximately 4 miles turn left at Belstone Corner, just before the railway bridge, signposted to Sampford Courtenay. At the mini roundabout turn right onto the A3072, and after approximately a mile fork left signposted to Winkleigh and then left again after ¼ of a mile towards Winkleigh. At the T-junction take the A3124, as if for Torrington. After approximately a mile on the sharp left hand bend, turn right signposted to Hollocombe. Proceed for a short distance until reaching Berners Cross and here turn left signposted Hollocombe. Follow this lane following signs for the village. At the T junction turn left for Torrington/Dolton and then after a short distance (at Twelve Oaks Cross) turn right signposted to Higher Hollocombe, after 100 yards or so the property can be found upon your right hand side.
Marketed by: Stags, Okehampton
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