Southay Southay Newton St Cyres, , EX5 5AL 4.5 miles

• Informal Tenders by noon on Fri 12th May • Wonderful secluded location • Stunning rural views • Planning permission to extend and improve • Generous plot with surrounding gardens • Outbuilding & garage

Offers in excess of £360,000

SITUATION Southay enjoys a unique location and seclusion at Nortons Cross just a short distance from Newton St Cyres and the hamlet of Sweetham. At Sweetham (½ mile) is a railway station on the which links Exeter to , recreation grounds and the well-regarded Beer Engine pub. The property is surrounded by farmland offering stunning rural views. The village of Newton St Cyres (1 mile) has a strong community and a number of facilities including a fine church, primary school, and post office/general A superb detached property with planning permission to create a store and pub. The bustling market town of Crediton (4.5 miles) wonderful rural home with countryside views has a good high street with a number of independent shops together with banks, garages, post office and supermarkets as well as secondary schooling and a sports centre with indoor swimming pool. The university and cathedral city of Exeter is only 5 miles distant. DESCRIPTION This unique detached property offers the perfect opportunity to create a wonderful rural home surrounded by quintessential Devonshire countryside. The property requires modernisation and has planning permission to modernise and extend. Currently Southay is arranged with two bedrooms, two receptions, kitchen, utility, conservatory and two bathrooms. Set in just under half an acre, the gardens wrap around the property with established borders, vegetable plot, small orchard, potting shed and barn. Ample parking on drive leads to a single garage.

ACCOMMODATION The ground floor is currently arranged with a dual aspect sitting room with a bay window, a dual aspect dining room with a fireplace, connecting to a south-east facing conservatory. The kitchen has matching base and wall units and a larder. There is a further bathroom, store room and utility with a sink and basin, and a door leading out.

The first floor has two bedrooms, one of which has an en suite shower room and a storage cupboard the other with a wc and basin; both have access to eaves storage. On the landing is an airing cupboard. THE GROUNDS Southay is set in a plot of 0.4 of an acre with stunning rural views. The grounds are very established with trees, areas of lawn and flowerbeds. The grounds also include a vegetable plot, small orchard and a drive leading to a single garage. Within the small orchard is an outbuilding, previously used as a chicken shed. To the east of the property is a greenhouse and a brick-built potting shed. METHOD OF SALE The property is for sale by Informal Tender with tenders to be submitted to Stags by noon on Friday 12th May. Please contact the Exeter office for an Informal Tender form. PLANNING PERMISSION Mid District Council approved the application (Ref: 14/01919/FULL) on 8th January 2015. The application is for a single storey extension, two storey extension with a first floor balcony and installation of a dormer window. This proposal will extend on the current accommodation and rearrange the layout, providing 2 en suite bedrooms with the master enjoying a balcony, sitting room, study, sunroom, kitchen/dining room, ground floor bathroom, utility and enclosed porch. LOCAL AUTHORITY District Council, Phoenix House, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton EX16 6PP. Tel: 01884 255255 middevon.gov.uk SERVICES Mains electricity. Mains water. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating. DIRECTIONS On leaving Exeter proceed on the A377 signposted Crediton. Continue on to Newton St Cyres and as the road descends into the centre of the village, turn right onto Station Road signposted to Sweetham. Continue on Station Road for half a mile turning right at The Beer Engine pub, proceed on this road to Norton Cross where the property is located on the right. Southay, Newton St Cyres, Exeter, EX5 5AL

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