Bucklands, Buckland Tout Saints Bucklands, Buckland Tout Saints, Kingsbridge, TQ7 2DS Kingsbridge 3 miles Salcombe 8 miles Totnes 11 miles • Beautiful rural outlook • Adaptable layout • Triple aspect sitting room • Sun room • Well-fitted kitchen • Dining room • Master bedroom en-suite • Two further bedroom Guide price £695,000 SITUATION AND DESCRIPTION Buckland tout-Saints is a small hamlet in the South Hams of Devon with a picturesque church, a luxury country house hotel and a scattering of cottages. The thriving market town of Kingsbridge is situated at the head of the Salcombe estuary and offers good local shopping including two national supermarkets, banks, a post office, leisure/sports centre, primary school and highly-rated Community College. The South Hams is well-known for its spectacular coastline with an abundance of sandy beaches and there are miles of coastal walks around cliffs and headlands, much of which is National Trust owned. There are also excellent golf courses at Thurlestone, Bigbury and Dartmouth. Communications are good with Intercity rail services at Totnes and the nearby A38 dual carriageway links with the M5 motorway at Exeter where there is also an airport. A spacious detached house of exceptional character in a tranquil Please see the attached floorplan and the accommodation briefly rural setting with views over beautiful parkland-like countryside. comprises:- Steps lead up at the front of the property to a south west facing terrace which has a glazed/hardwood surround. The front door and side screen is glazed and provides access to the entrance porch which has a terracotta, quarry-tiled floor and from here double opening doors lead into the spacious entrance hall which, in common which much of the accommodation on this floor, has oak stripped flooring. The cloakroom has a two-piece suite whilst the airing cupboard, located next to the family bathroom, has slatted shelving and houses the Heatrae Sadia Megaflow hot water cylinder. The 19' Lounge is a triple aspect room of much character with a sliding door providing access to the terrace and wonderful views over the surrounding countryside. It also has a vaulted and beamed ceiling and a natural stone feature to one wall with matching hearth and an inset wood burner. It also has a matching oak stripped floor. The sun room, with four glazed panels to the front, has part tiled/part wooden flooring and double opening doors provide further access to the terrace. The dining room is accessed from the hall via multi-paned, double opening doors and is a further triple aspect room with open views to both front and rear. It also has an oak- stripped floor and a matching, multi-paned door provides access to the kitchen which is well fitted with a range of pine units and includes a 1.5 bowl sink unit inset into ceramic- topped work surfaces. There is a Miele eye-level double oven and Zanussi hob with extractor hood over. A door from the kitchen - as well as an archway from the hallway - provides access to the inner lobby and from here access is gained to the roof space, which affords immense scope for conversion to extend the living accommodation. Stairs lead from the inner lobby down to the lower ground floor and there is a doorway to the rear garden on the half landing. The master Bedroom is a sizeable room with his and hers double wardrobes, a sliding door which gives direct access to a terrace at the rear of the property whilst the en-suite is half- tiled and has a four-piece suite comprising hand wash basin, low level WC, panelled bath and double-sized shower cubicle. Both family bedrooms are of a good size and have built-in wardrobes whilst the family bathroom is at least half-tiled and has a coloured suite comprising bath with hand-held shower attachment, bidet, WC and vanitory hand wash basin. BEDROOM 4 is a further good-size double which has its own en-suite shower room. Also on the LOWER GROUND FLOOR is the study/occasional bedroom 5 and well-fitted kitchen/ utility room and this could all easily be converted to provide an annexe or similar, if required. A connecting door provides access to the INTEGRAL DOUBLE GARAGE OUTSIDE The property is approached initially over a gravelled driveway (belonging to a neighbour, and over which there is a right-of-way) and then onto an extensive macadamed driveway at the front which affords hard standing for numerous cars and access to the INTEGRAL GARAGE, which has power and light connected and remote control up and over door. On either side of the entrance drive are lawned gardens with well stocked flower/shrubs beds and borders. The property sits almost centrally in its own plot with access to the rear garden on either side. The rear garden itself is further feature of the property being again predominantly lawned but with well stocked and tended shrub beds and borders and numerous mature plants and trees which add colour throughout the year including camellias, azaleas, hydrangeas and roses. There is also a heather bank, timber and felted garden shed, small water feature and a lean to store which houses the oil tank. There are also two terraces, one for the early morning coffee and the other for those essential gin and tonic moments and, from the latter especially, beautiful open views are enjoyed over the surrounding countryside. SERVICES Mains electricity and water connected. Drainage to private system. Oil-fired central heating. COUNCIL TAX Band G. DIRECTIONS From Kingsbridge: From the centre of Kingsbridge, head up Fore Street and north to Sorley Cross. At the crossroads, turn right on to the A381 towards Totnes and leave the next roundabout at the first exit. Follow the A381 for a further half a mile or so and then turn right signed Goveton/Buckland tout Saints and Buckland tout Saints hotel. From here, follow the signs to the Buckland tout Saints hotel, which will take you through the village of Goveton*. Pass the village church and then the hotel on the right hand side and the gravelled lane leading to Bucklands will be found after a further 500 yards or so, also on the right hand side. From the North/Exeter: Head South West on the M5 and then the A38. At Buckfastleigh, take the slip road and continue on to the A384 signed Dartmouth/Totnes. Follow this road into Totnes and then take the A381 (Western by-pass) signed Kingsbridge. Pass through the villages of Harbeton Ford, Halwell and the Mounts. After a further mile or so, turn left signed Buckland Tout Saints. Follow the Buckland tout Saints signs into and through the village of Goveton and proceed as * above. Bucklands, Buckland Tout Saints, Tout Saints, Kingsbridge, TQ7 2DS These particulars are a guide only and should not be relied upon for any purpose. Stags 1 The Promenade, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 1JD Tel: 01548 853131 [email protected] Cornwall | Devon | Somerset | Dorset | London stags.co.uk.