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The Old Post Office, Poundsgate, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7NY

A lovely old Dartmoor Cottage with characterful high quality accommodation, potential annexe/holiday let and paddock with stabling

Three Reception Rooms Attractive Kitchen Four Bedrooms En-Suite Shower Two Bathrooms Gardens Office-Store Building Paddock With Stables Guide Price £635,000

Sales | Lettings | Commercial | Land | Valuations for Probate The Old Post Office, Poundsgate, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7NY

Situation & Description

Nestled by the roadside within the small moorland community of Poundsgate, The Old Post Office is surrounded by the beautiful and dramatic landscape of Dartmoor National Park.

There is stunning riding, walking and cycling country on the doorstep yet the location is by no means remote and is just a short ten minute drive of Ashburton and the A38 for Plymouth, Exeter and the motorway link beyond.

Poundsgate has a traditional pub, The Tavistock Inn, which is just a few hundred yards along the road and a bus service runs to the primary school at nearby Widecombe where there is a church, two pubs and cafes/tea rooms.

Ashburton provides a great range of everyday shops such as a post office, butchers, delicatessen, bakers, fish deli, iron mongers, Co-op and Spar stores. It also has a choice of schools and many clubs and societies plus well supported community arts centre.

The larger towns of Totnes and Newton Abbot are each around a thirty minute drive and have comprehensive shopping centres and mainline railway stations to London Paddington

Believed to probably date back around two centuries, The Old Post Office is a traditional granite and thatch Devon Cottage.

As the name suggests the property is understood to have originally house of the village post office as well as the telephone exchange and bakery.

The accommodation has been upgraded to a high standard in recent times and features oak flooring, two traditional granite fireplaces with log burners, a stylish new kitchen with sand blasted granite composite work tops, and oil fired central heating with a modern, efficient external boiler.

One end of the cottage has a separate entrance and staircase and has been used for Airbnb and there is scope for creating a self-contained annexe, subject to consents.

Directly opposite the cottage there is a former smithy, with granite mounting blocks, which provides a useful store/workshop and office. Also on this side of the road is some 2.20 acres (as measured on pro-map) including a garden and paddocks, with stream copse and modern timber stable block.

Please Note Every care has been taken in the preparation of these particulars, but complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. If there is any point that is of particular importance to you, we will be pleased to check it for you. These particulars do not constitute a contract or part of a contract. All measurements (including garden/land sizes) are approximate. Photographs are reproduced for general information and it cannot be inferred that any item shown is included in the sale. The Agent has not tested any apparatus, fixtures and fittings or services and so cannot verify that they are in working order or fit for the purpose. A Buyer is advised to obtain verification from their Solicitor or Surveyor. The Agent has not had sight of the Title documents. The Old Post Office, Poundsgate, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7NY

Open Fronted Porch Granite trough to side of porch. Wide timber door with glazed inset to Entrance area Matwell. Door to Living room. Wooden staircase to first floor. Direct access to Living Room 14’ x 12’7’’ Wood floor. Window with window seat. Granite fireplace with wood-burner. Two further windows. Timbering to ceiling. Understair storage cupboard. Door to Reception Room 17’4’’ x 9’8’’ Windows on three sides and stable door to the outside. Wood floor. Wood staircase to the upper floor with cupboard beneath. Timbered ceiling. Cloakroom White wc and wash basin with cupboard beneath. Window. Timbered ceiling. Dining Room 14’ x 13’10’’ Window with window seat. Large granite fireplace with wood-burner (also heating hot water). Oak flooring. Timbering to ceiling. Second window. Door to Kitchen 13’9’’ x 11’6’’ Windows on three sides. Range of cream fronted floor and wall units with sand blasted granite composite worktops and composite sink, Rangemaster electric cooker range. Integrated dishwasher, space for washing machine and dryer. Integrated fridge. Slate effect tiled floor. Ceiling timber. Spotlights. Door to Side Porch with door to the outside. First Floor Landing Exposed timber roof supports. Two windows. Wood flooring. Access hatch to roof space. Bedroom 1 14’4’’ x 9’10’’ to built-in wardrobes. Window to two aspects with country views. Wood floor. Exposed timber roof supports. En-suite Contemporary white suite of shower enclosure, wash basin and WC with concealed cistern. Tiled floor with under-floor heating. Bedroom 2 11’3’’ x 10’6’’ to front of built-in wardrobes. Window with views over fields. Wood floor. Exposed timber roof supports. Bedroom 3 8’ x 7’10’’ Window with outlook over fields. Wood floor. Exposed timber roof supports. Book shelving units. Airing cupboard. Bathroom White suite of three quarter bath with separate shower, wash basin, WC and bidet. Tiled walls and floor. Window. Inner Landing Staircase down to the ground floor reception room. Bedroom 4 10’9” x 10’4” Exposed ceiling timbers. Linen cupboard. Window. Bathroom 2 11’3” X 10’ A luxurious spacious bathroom with contemporary white suite of bath tub with side mounted taps, large shower enclosure wash basin with cupboards beneath and WC with concealed cistern. Two windows. Towel radiator. Ceiling spotlights. Outside Granite courtyard at one end of the property. Access along the rear with external oil fired boiler.

Pull-in area at the opposite end of the cottage with large shed and oil storage tank.

On the opposite side of the road:

DETACHED GRANITE BUILDING divided into two areas including STORE/WORKSHOP 11’9’’ x 11’ with velux roof window. Power and light connected. Halogen ceiling spotlights. OFFICE 13’8’’ x 12’3’’ Two windows and velux roof windows. Wood floor. Telephone point (separate line to the house). Halogen ceiling spotlights.

A five bar gate opens to a garden area with pond, growing beds and access to two adjoining paddocks, ideal for grazing animals and with a MODERN TIMBER STABLE BLOCK. There is a greenhouse, chicken run, two sheds, amenity wooded copse area and the lower paddock is bounded by a stream and has vehicular access with five bar gate. South West Water have access through this gate over the drive to the sewage works beyond. Directions Travelling on the A38 between Exeter and Plymouth take the Peartree exit at Ashburton. Join the River Dart Road towards Holne/Poundsgate and after four miles you will reach Poundsgate Village. The Old Post Office is the fourth property on the left after The Tavistock Inn. The Old Post Office, Poundsgate, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7NY

2 North Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7QD t: 01364 652656 e: [email protected] howarddouglas.co.uk