Sandy Park Chagford, Newton Abbot £385,000

The small community of Sandy Park is conveniently located within Dartmoor National Park on the A382 between Whiddon Down and Moretonhampstead. It is just 1.5 miles from the charming and sought after historic Stannary Town of Chagford with its range of shops, inns, clubs, restaurants, and open air swimming pool. It is 2.5 miles from the A30 dual carriageway at Whiddon Down giving direct access to the motorway network and fast road to the cathedral city and commercial centre of Exeter with its international airport and mainline railway (London and Birmingham about 2 hours) and also westwards towards the beaches of Cornwall.

The cottage is believed to date back to the 16th century and was at one stage owned by the Sandy Park Inn located opposite. As the name suggests it was a former blacksmiths workshop and store with its own mounting block to the front. It was converted for domestic use around 1980 and is thought to be of mainly stone construction with potentially some cob and offers a good spacious layout arranged over two floors with a number of exposed beams. The thatch was redone about 2-3 years ago. Despite being located on the crossroads it is surprisingly quiet internally with secondary glazing to almost all windows. It offers mains gas central heating from a combi boiler backed up by a woodburner in the Living Room. There is also a useful Garage/Store to the side opening out onto the front. The Garage is likely too small for most modern cars but provides useful further storage.

A stable style door opens at the front into the Hallway providing access to a Shower Room with beam and the Kitchen offering some rural views and comprising pine storage units and a work surface with a gas hob and electric oven, space for further appliances and a ceiling beam. There is access to the rear Porch leading to the south facing Gardens and Garage/Store. This area also offers handy clothes drying space. The good sized Living/Dining Room also offers a central ceiling beam and a woodburner and has stairs leading to the first floor. The first floor landing is wider than expected with some exposed ceiling timbers and offers access to all the three bedrooms and bathroom with further ceiling timbers.

Immediately to the rear is a south facing Patio (5.4m x 3.6m) providing a useful paved seating area. There are also two further lawned areas of garden (approx total 15.5m x 13.5m) which are also south facing and provide opportunities for a vegetable patch alongside the lawned areas. There is also a further patio and BBQ area. The Garage/Store is irregular in shape with approx measurements being 5.03m x 3.41m narrowing to 2.31m. It has light and power connected with space for a washing machine and freezer.

Mains gas central heating and hot water from combi boiler. Woodburner in Living Room. One Night Storage Heater. Mains electric, mains water and drainage. Superfast Broadband available up to 80mbps (Source Ofcom).

Follow the A382 south from Whiddon Down until you approach Sandy Park. Follow the road down to the crossroads with the Sandy Park Inn on your right. Turn right and the property is immediately on your left on the corner. What3Words location: safe.purchaser.copying