Speedwell Cottage Speedwell Cottage Georgeham, Braunton, EX33 1JJ Putsborough/Croyde/Woolacombe Beaches all close by. Barnstaple 9.5

• Sitting Room with wood burner • Kitchen/Dining Room • 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms • Many Original Period Features • Level South Facing Garden • Parking for 2, LPG Heating • Detached Studio/Office • Ideal Main/2nd Home/UK Base

Guide price £599,000

SITUATION AND AMENITIES Georgeham is a charming village much favoured for its idyllic situation with the beautiful surfing beaches of Putsborough, Woolacombe and Croyde all within a few minutes' drive. There is a local village store/post office and well regarded bistro pubs, The Rock Inn and the Kings Arms, both serving excellent food. There is a well-regarded centrally located primary school, secondary education is provided in Braunton, about 2.8 miles, or Ilfracombe 7.5 miles. There are numerous opportunities for walking and cycling in the area with the South West coastal footpath providing easy access to famous land marks such as Baggy Point and Morte Point. A range of everyday amenities can be found A charming Grade II Listed attached thatched cottage in favoured in Croyde village with further extensive facilities in Braunton. Barnstaple the regional centre is about 9. 5 miles and offers the areas main business, village close to North Devon's surfing beaches. commercial, leisure and shopping venues, as well as North Devon district hospital and access to the A361 North Devon link road which provides ongoing access to the M5 motorway at Tiverton. There are regular intercity rail services to London Paddington from Tiverton Parkway and range of flights within the UK and International destinations from Exeter or Bristol airports. For golfing enthusiasts there are two excellent links courses nearby at Saunton Sands and the Royal North Devon at Westward Ho!. Exmoor National Park is about 25 minutes. DESCRIPTION A quintessentially English thatched cottage which presents whitened, rendered elevations, beneath a thatched roof (understood to have been re-roofed around 2011). The property is attached to a smaller portion of the original house and is understood to be Grade ll listed, as being of architectural and historical importance. Internally the property has been sympathetically modernising, combine many original period features with 21st Century refinements. Features include exposed wooden beams and vaulted ceilings, period fireplaces, exposed stone work etc.There are oak doors to the first floor with pewter door furniture and there are a number of plantation style shutters fitted throughout the property. Externally there is a good sized south facing rear garden, which accommodates an excellent garden office/studio/hobbies room/occasional bedroom/play room. There is off road parking for 2 vehicles. This is certainly a property that needs to be viewed internally to be fully appreciated. GROUND FLOOR The property is accessed to the rear via a door and steps which leads down into the KITCHEN/DINING ROOM fitted with an excellent range of bespoke units, finished in powder blue, topped by oak work surfaces and featuring Rangemaster range with extractor hood above, appliances include an integrated dishwasher and washing machine, there is a concealed wall mounted LPG boiler for central heating and domestic hot water, stone effect flooring, Belfast sink. SITTING ROOM featuring inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam, exposed stone work either side, fitted wood burner also usable as an open fire, beamed ceiling, cupboard under stairs, pair of French doors to garden also separate single door to garden, fitted corner cupboard also acting as TV plinth. SECOND RECEPTION ROOM OR BEDROOM 4 featuring ornamental fireplace, built in cupboards either side, beamed ceiling, window seat/storage box, off the kitchen is a fully tiled WET ROOM with wash hand basin and low level w/c. FIRST FLOOR GALLERIED LANDING with oak gallery, beamed ceiling, airing cupboard. BEDROOM 1 built in wardrobe, beamed ceiling, built in storage cupboard, ornamental fireplace. BEDROOM 2 built in wardrobe, access to loft. BEDROOM 3 exposed beam. BATHROOM with ball and claw footed acrylic bath, telephone style mixer tap/ shower attachment, wash hand basin, low level w/c, half tiled walls, heated towel rail/radiator, stone effect flooring. SEPARATE CLOAKROOM with low level w/c and wash hand basin, half tiled walls. OUTSIDE From the lane there is a shared vehicular access and then a private parking bay for 2 vehicles. As previously mentioned pedestrian access is then via the kitchen door, although there is a side access leading around to the garden which is south facing and as featured on the front of this brochure. There is a generous terrace ideal for Al Fresco dining, immediately adjacent to the property where there is also a mature wisteria. The garden is laid to sweeping lawn, bounded by borders, one raised, and running down to the bottom of the garden where the DETACHED STUDIO/OFFICE is of timber construction with double glazed windows, power, light and telephone connected, timber floor and concealed storage area. There is a separate DETACHED TOOL STORE/ WORKSHOP and a gateway leading to a further area where the LPG tank is located. SERVICES Mains drainage, electricity and water, LPG heating (underfloor to the ground floor), we understand that the LPG tank is shared with the adjoining property and their supply is metered. DIRECTIONS As you enter Georgeham from Croyde, just after the village hall bear left into Netherham Hill, continue down the hill and climb the other side where the entrance to Speedwell Cottage will be seen on the right hand side identified by our for sale board, the parking bay is the middle one. Please park your vehicle there and walk along to the rear entrance to the property. Speedwell Cottage, Georgeham, Braunton, EX33 1JJ

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