Linhay Cottage, The Village, North Bovey £565,000

Situation

North Bovey is a very pretty village with a traditional village green with oak trees, a thatched village hall, a Parish church, a delightful pub and a village car park just off the green. Linhay Cottage is just 40 paces off the village green along its own driveway that leads to its own gated, gravelled parking area. North Bovey is surrounded by countryside, riverside, woodland and nearby moorland walks and is ideal for keen walkers and Dartmoor enthusiasts. The Bovey Castle Hotel is very close by where there is a golf course, spa and restaurants and the nearby moorland town of Moretonhampstead is only 2.5 miles away where there is a good variety of day to day and specialist shops, a Primary school and Pre school, sports centre, the Wray Valley cycle path and the open air swimming pool which is open in the summertime. Exeter is about 15 miles away along the B3212 and the A30 and A38 dual carriageways are equidistant at about 10 miles.

Services

Mains electricity, water and drainage.

Council tax band

Band E

Directions

On foot from the village green. Face west and across the road from the village green is a gravelled driveway in front of a terrace of large granite cottages. Walk up the gravelled driveway and the vehicular and pedestrian gate to Linhay Cottage is at the very end on the right.

Entrance

A wooden gate leads from the driveway into the walled front garden that is laid to grass with mature flowering shrubs and a climbing rose. A slated canopy porch with a light shelters the solid timber front door.

Hallway

The heavy timber front door leads into the hallway which has an original checker board tiled floor, stairs to the first floor, an understairs cupboard for coats, a double panel radiator and a wall mounted central heating thermostat and latched doors to the sitting room and living room. Mounted on the wall is a cupboard which conceals the electricity meter and a circuit breaker box.

Sitting room

A charming room with broad windows with shutters that look out over the front garden and let in plenty of natural light. There is a cast iron open fireplace with slate hearth and wooden surround and mantel shelf, a single panel radiator and glazed double doors that lead into the living room. To either side of the chimney breast are fitted shelves.

Living room

This bright room has a window with shutters looking out to the enclosed courtyard at the rear and an additional pair of double doors with fitted shutters that lead out to the garden and patio. This comfortable room has a fireplace with oak surround and mantel shelf, slate hearth and fitted wood burning stove with lined flue. There is ample space for a large sofa and armchairs and a piano or desk and two double panel radiators are fitted, two wall light points, a pendant light, TV point, and there is a doorway to the kitchen/dining room.

Kitchen/dining room

This is a relatively recent extension which has created a spacious oak floored kitchen/dining room with a bank of double glazed windows looking out to the garden and a stable door to the garden patio. There are exposed granite features and a ceiling open into the eaves with exposed structural timbers, a pendant light point, four LED downlighters and two wall light points set above the fitted kitchen cabinets which incorporate a Belfast sink and granite worktops. There is space for a free standing fridge/freezer, a dishwasher, a large Propane gas fired range and a 6 or 8 seater dining table. A double panel radiator is fitted and a side door leads out to the enclosed courtyard, and a further door leads to a short rear corridor to the w.c./shower room and the utility room.

Corridor

This links the kitchen dining room to the utility room and the w.c./shower room and has a clay tiled floor.

W.C/shower room

Double doors lead into this room which has a fitted corner shower with fully tiled shower walls, a fitted thermostatic shower with glazed shower screen and curved shower screen doors. The walls are fully tiled and there is a pedestal wash hand basin, a low level w.c., an extractor fan, ceramic tiled floor, a rear window and a double panel radiator.

Utility room

The utility room has a range of fitted base cabinets and some shelving, worktops with an inset stainless steel sink and mixer tap and a Worcester oil fired central heating boiler which is floor mounted. The ceiling is open into the eaves with exposed trusses and a fitted spotlight cluster, and there is space for a washing machine and dryer. There is a built in hot water cupboard with insulated cylinder and immersion, and there is a clay tiled floor and a door to the enclosed exterior courtyard.

First floor landing

This is a bright landing with a front facing window and white painted balusters and balustrade, latched doors to all rooms and a staircase to the second floor.

Bedroom 1

A charming double bedroom with a broad window with shutters and a super view across the Dartmoor countryside. It has bare old pine floorboards, a cast iron former fireplace, a built in double closet and archway to one side of the chimney breast and a single panel radiator.

Bedroom 2

A side facing double bedroom with a view over the garden and fitted window shutters, a double panel radiator and a pendant light point.

Bathroom

A large, bright rear facing bathroom with a white suite comprising a deep bath set into a tiled plinth with matching side panels and shelves, a large shower with fully tiled walls, built in thermostatic shower and glazed shower screen door, a pedestal wash hand basin and a low level W.C. The windows have fitted shutters and there is a single panel radiator and five LED downlighters.

Second floor landing

Set above the staircase is a velux double glazed skylight for natural lighting. Latched doors lead to both rooms.

Bedroom 3

A double room set under the eaves with exposed structural timbers and a velux double glazed skylight, a single panel radiator and a pendant light point.

Bedroom 4

A twin bedroom or study with two velux double glazed skylights, two pendant light points, a single panel radiator and eaves access for storage.

Exterior

The driveway is owned by Linhay Cottage and leads to the gated access to the on site parking and garden. The parking area is laid to gravel and has space for two cars. Adjacent is a pergola and the double bunded oil tank up against the wall of the granite outbuilding.

Enclosed courtyard

With a concrete base and doors from the kitchen and the utility room. This courtyard is a sheltered spot ideal for a bistro set or drying washing. There is a wall mounted exterior light, and Propane cylinders for the cooker are sited in the courtyard.

The garden

A sizeable segment of this lovely garden is comprised of level lawn and part of that currently has a fenced chicken run. There is a paved patio along the side of the house which faces in a south westerly direction into the sun and at the rear of the house is a raised planter with granite retaining walls and a large gravelled sitting area which enjoys a view to the Parish church of St John The Baptist and beyond to the Dartmoor countryside. There is a raised area of mature planting to the north west of the garden that enjoys shade from two large Acers.

Granite outbuilding

A granite building with a metal roof measuring 26'4 x 14'/8.02m x 4.26m. It has double doors, a concrete floor, power and light and a window opening on the garden side.