House For Sale £299,950
- Sitting Room
- Kitchen-Dining Room
- Studio
- Mezzanine Area
- Two Bedrooms
- Bathroom
- Cottage Garden
- Timber Garden Building
- No Onward Chain
Full description
Lower Dean is an ancient hamlet settlement conveniently located adjacent to the A38 at the mid-way point between Plymouth and Exeter. It lies on the south eastern boundary of Dartmoor National Park around half a mile from the small town of Buckfastleigh.
Beyond the rear of the cottage lies open countryside and there is excellent walking on the doorstep within the minor country lanes which wind their way up to the moor.
The nearby towns of Ashburton (3 miles) and Totnes (7 miles) have attractive shops and good everyday facilities including a mainline railway station at Totnes.
Whites Cross is a semi-detached cottage which has origins dating back to the early 1600's, or possibly earlier, when along with the adjoining cottage it formed a traditional Devon farmhouse.
It is now a Grade II listed building and has characterful accommodation with particularly good room sizes. At one end of the cottage is a fabulous studio room with double-height ceiling and large gable-end window flooding the room with natural light. It makes an ideal work space and has a butlers sink plus its own direct access to the garden. There is a useful mezzanine area over the studio.
Most rooms have solid wood floors and there is a four-oven Aga in the kitchen and a wood burner in the living room.
To the rear of the cottage is a pretty, secluded garden with rustic timber workshop/store.
We are advised by the seller that Whites Cross has been in the same ownership for in excess of some thirty years and the sale now provides an opportunity to acquire a highly individual home with an excellent work space in a very easy to access setting.
Kitchen - Dining Room
21’7’’ x 14’6’’ Stable entrance door. A dual-aspect room. Stone flagged floor to the kitchen area plus bespoke timber base units, butlers sink, larder cupboard and four-oven Aga. Slightly raised dining area with wood floor, door to the studio and French doors to the garden.
Living Room
16’ x 15’4’’ Dual aspect with wood floor. Wood-burner. Spiral staircase to the upper floor. A glazed door leads through to a rear porch/utility area with plumbing for washing machine and French doors to the garden.
Studio
15’2’’ x 12’ Double height ceiling with large gable-end window plus windows to the front and rear aspects with door to the garden. Wood floor. Butlers sink. Oak space-saver open-tread staircase to
Mezzanine Room
16’5’’ x 6’2’’ Rustic timber balustrade overlooking the studio. Wood floor. Velux roof window.
First Floor Landing
8’ x 7’ Window views to countryside. Painted floorboards. Access to roof space.
Bedroom 1
20’ x 17’4’’ Dual aspect including views to countryside. Wood floor. Ceramic sink/wash basin on stand. This room is potentially large enough to divide into two, subjects to consents.
Bedroom 2
15’2’’ x 7’10’’ Two windows to front aspect. Painted floorboards.
Bathroom
White suite of cast-iron bath with mixer shower tap, pedestal wash-basin and WC. Window to rear with countryside views.
Outside
To the side of the cottage double timber gates open up to the lovely cottage gardens which are laid to lawn for the most part with colourful flower beds and shrubbery borders. Steps lead to a lower garden area with pond and further raised flower beds with natural stone retaining wall. Within the garden is a good sized timber workshop/store with gardeners WC. The garden connects well with the cottage accommodation with no less than three entry points.
Directions
Travelling on the A38 take the Buckfastleigh exit at Dartbridge. On reaching the mini roundabout take the first exit into Dartbridge Road which becomes Plymouth Road. Stay on this road for around a mile and as you reach Lower Dean Whites Cross will be found on the right.
