Vogwell Cottage, Manaton, Devon, TQ13 9XD £685,000 Freehold

* A detached cottage home * Hall * Dining room with woodburner * Sitting room with open fireplace * Sun room * * Studio/study * Kitchen/breakfast room * Utility room * Ensuite master bedroom suite * Ensuite second double bedroom * * Two single bedrooms * Wooden stable building * Attractive south and west facing gardens * Some woodland *

The Property tongue and groove pine, there is a telephone point, a single panel radiator and a panelled door that leads Vogwell Cottage is a detached home in rural to the dining room. surroundings with some lovely views. Originally built in the 1890s, it has been extended twice in the last Dining room 13' 0'' x 12' 3'' (3.96m x 3.73m) 28 years by the addition of two new double This is a cosy room with a woodburning stove set on bedrooms, the present kitchen, sitting room and sun a raised clay tiled hearth with a built in cupboard to room. The original part of the building is granite with one side. There is chest height wainscotting, a brick quoins and the whole cottage has been colour painted tongue and groove pine ceiling, a window to washed in a light cream. Many of the windows are the front of the property, a double panel radiator, a double glazed and the house is centrally heated by panelled door to the inner hall and a broad opening oil to radiators. The accommodation comprises a which leads through to the sitting room. double glazed porch, a hall, a dining room, sitting room, sun room, studio/study, kitchen, utility room Sitting room 15' 0'' x 12' 0'' (4.57m x 3.65m) and rear lobby on the ground floor, whilst upstairs there are two double bedrooms ensuite and two single bedrooms. The gardens are quite charming with a large level lawn with a pond and patio, a vegetable garden and woodland. Situation

The lane leading to Kendon Farm serves just the farm and Vogwell Cottage and as far as Vogwell Cottage the lane is Devon County Council maintained. Vogwell Cottage is in a beautiful quiet setting with views over fields to Easdon Tor and with excellent access to moorland and countryside walks. The A sunny room with a broad bay window looking out cottage is about 0.4 of a mile from Long Lane which to the garden, a three casement window to the front enables quite easy access to Chagford, and a single casement looking to the rear. The room Moretonhampstead and Bovey Tracey as it winds has two ceiling downlighters and chest height across the moorland countryside. There are two wainscotting to all walls. The cast iron fireplace sits moorland towns each about 4 miles away and these above a tiled hearth and has a painted fireplace are Chagford and Moretonhampstead, both of which surround and mantel. A multi paned door leads to offer a wide variety of day to day and specialist the sun room. shops, pubs, hotels, tea rooms and cafes, primary schooling, pre schooling, doctors, dentists and Sun room 16' 3'' x 10' 10'' (4.95m x 3.30m) veterinary surgeries. Both have excellent sports facilities. Vogwell Cottage is approximately 20 miles from Exeter and the A30 and A38 dual carriageways would each be about 8 miles away.

Entrance porch 8' 8'' x 6' 6'' (2.64m x 1.98m)

This porch has a double glazed roof and windows set on a brick base. The floor has a mat well and there is ample space for coats and boots. An internal window allows some natural light into the dining room and there is a broad timber clad door which leads into the hallway. A hard wood framed sun room on low brick walls Hallway 9' 9'' x 7' 1'' (2.97m x 2.16m) with a glazed ceiling and hard wood sills on two sides. The floor in the hall is clay tiled with a mat well and Double doors lead out to the garden and this room there is wainscotting to chest height. A staircase enjoys a lovely view across the lawn to the pond and winds to the first floor and a window looks out to the some woodlands. A multi paned door leads to the front of the property. The ceiling is clad with painted studio/study. Studio/study 13' 10'' x 8' 10'' (4.21m x 2.69m) Rear lobby 7' 9'' x 5' 6'' (2.36m x 1.68m)

This has a pine clad ceiling, an extensive range of The rear lobby has pine clad walls and ceiling, a shelving for books, a floor mounted Worcester double glazed door to the yard/driveway at the back, Danesmoor oil fired central heating boiler and space a pendant light, a vinyl floor and a wall mounted for a desk. A large north facing Velux skylight makes circuit breaker box. this room suitable also for a studio. A door leads out to the rear of the house and a further door leads into First floor landing the garage. The landing has two distinct areas with a door to separate them into a master suite and other W.C./laundry 7' 2'' x 6' 6'' (2.18m x 1.98m) bedrooms. A further door into the master bedroom This room has a painted timber clad ceiling, a double would enable the ensuite bathroom for that room bowl single drainer stainless steel sink with tiled to be used as a separate bathroom for the other splashbacks, a painted wooden base unit, space for bedrooms. The landing has a carved and turned an automatic washing machine, a clay tiled floor, a painted balustrade with a vintage style double low level w.c., two ceiling mounted downlighters and glazed skylight above and a painted timber clad a single panel radiator. ceiling plus wainscotting to chest height. Built in is a shallow shelved linen cupboard and there is a hot Inner lobby water cupboard with an insulated cylinder, This short corridor links the reception areas to the immersion heater and double louvered doors. kitchen and laundry space and it has a recessed Master suite understairs area for a fridge/freezer, a clay tiled floor This comprises a double bedroom and bathroom and panelled doors to all rooms. although the bathroom can be used directly from the Kitchen 14' 11'' x 11' 4'' (4.54m x 3.45m) landing if required.

Bathroom

A short corridor leads from the door to the inner lobby into the kitchen and off this corridor is a pantry with a cold shelf and an automatic light. The corridor opens into the kitchen/breakfast room which has a triple aspect view through double glazed windows Fitted with a champagne pressed steel bath with a which look out to the stables and fields. There are tiled surround and timber panelled sides. It sits three ceiling mounted spotlights that light a range of beneath a mirrored former window recess and has a oak base and wall cabinets with glazed display chromed mixer/shower tap. There is a vanity unit cabinets and extensive granite work tops including a with a tiled top and splashbacks and an oval bowl and carved draining area surrounding a stainless steel cupboard beneath and to one side. There is a low 11/2 bowl sink with mixer taps. A propane gas hob level w.c. fitted into a recess and the room is lit from is installed with an electric fan oven beneath and above by a Velux double glazed skylight. There are there is also a built in dishwasher. A door leads to painted timber clad walls and ceiling and also an the rear lobby. original cast iron fireplace with a wooden surround. A double panel radiator is fitted.

Master bedroom 15' 2'' x 12' 2'' (4.62m x 3.71m) Bedroom 2 14' 11'' x 11' 6'' (4.54m x 3.50m)

A double aspect room with a double casement to the This is a triple aspect room with double glazed front and to the side where it overlooks the lovely windows looking to the garden, woodland and fields. garden. An arched glazed display cupboard is set into It has a painted timber clad ceiling with a pendant the former window recess and there is a double light, a fitted double closet, picture rails and a single panel radiator. A double and a single closet are panel radiator. A door leads to the ensuite fitted. bathroom.

Bedroom 4 9' 0'' x 6' 9'' (2.74m x 2.06m) Ensuite bathroom

A front facing single room with a double glazed window, some fitted painted wainscotting with a decorative recess, a pine ceiling and a double panel radiator.

Bedroom 3 7' 11'' x 9' 5'' (2.41m x 2.87m)

This has a Velux double glazed skylight to let in natural light and is fitted with a pressed steel bath in white set within a painted side panel and matching

painted timber clad walls. A low level w.c. and This single room has a double glazed rear window pedestal wash hand basin are fitted, there is a looking to fields, a pine floor, a painted timber clad pendant light, a pine floor and a single panel radiator. ceiling and a double panel radiator. A recessed former brick fireplace is a pleasant feature and there is a small wardrobe and chest of drawers built in with a recess for a mirror and top cupboards above.

Exterior Entry to Vogwell Cottage is through a pair of granite gateposts hung with a five bar gate which leads to a large tarmacadam drive and turning area. This in turn leads to the garage and to a paved patio area just outside of the kitchen and rear lobby. Vogwell Cottage has a delightful level garden with a stream running through it and some woodland garden with millions of bluebells in the spring to the north and south to either end. The formal garden has a large paved patio area outside the sun room and in the centre of the lawn is a raised square pond which is a haven for newts and which has a power supply should it be required. From the garden there are lovely views over the surrounding countryside to Easdon Tor. There is also a vegetable garden which is adjacent to the stables. Garage 17' 6'' x 12' 0'' (5.33m x 3.65m) Services A mixture of stone and block construction, the garage has a single size metal up and over door, a Mains electricity, oil by contract, private water, side window, power and light and a concrete floor. private drainage.

The stables 30' 3'' x 10' 0'' (9.21m x 3.05m) Council Tax Band

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Directions

From Fowlers go to the top of The Square and turn left into High Street. At the junction turn right into New Street and follow this road out of town for about 3 miles until the give way marking at Beetor Cross. Turn right onto the B3212 and then immediately left at Watching Place Cross onto the lane signposted to Widecombe. About a mile and a half along the road on the right is a small turning and if you look carefully on the right corner you will see a A timber framed and wooden clad stable with two wooden sign which proclaims access to Vogwell loose boxes with stable doors and a large tack room. only. Take this lane and about 0.4 of a mile along on At the front of the property is a concrete apron with the left is Vogwell Cottage. a roofed overhang.

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