House For Sale £495,000
Coombe Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Drakes Cottage is a beautifully presented and characterful cottage that offers a wealth of original features throughout including exposed brickwork, timber beams and original fireplaces combined with sleek modern fittings and finishes, and arts and crafts styling and décor. With the seafront just moments away, this property is set in a truly enviable position and benefits from two double bedrooms, its own courtyard garden and off-street parking.

The ground floor has a semi open-plan layout with a 22ft sitting room and the kitchen/dining area connected, featuring slate flooring and exposed stone walls throughout. The sitting room has a brick-built fireplace with a woodburning stove, while the kitchen and dining area has space for a family dining table with built in bench seating, fitted kitchen units, green slate worktops from Saddleback Slate Quarry in Cumbria, a butler sink, a Franke hot water kettle tap and a stainless steel range cooker as well as centrally heated underfloor heating. The entrance hall also benefits from underfloor heating. There is also a useful cloakroom on the ground floor.

Upstairs there are two generous double bedrooms, with one of the bedrooms currently set up as a study/library. Both bedrooms feature a dual-aspect allowing for plenty of natural light and benefit from contemporary en suite shower rooms that are fully tiled and arranged as wet rooms. Both wet rooms have electric underfloor heating as well as centrally heated curved towel rail radiators. Both bedrooms, the landing and stairs have engineered oak flooring, there is also a Velux roof light above the stairway with remote control opening plus a rain sensor for auto closing.

Local Authority: Dorset Council
Services: Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage.
Council Tax: Band C
Rights of Way: There is a shared driveway with a neighbouring property.
Tenure: Freehold
Guide Price: £495,000

The property is set back from Coombe Street and accessed via a shared block-paved driveway. There is a beautiful courtyard area at the front of the cottage with a seating area and space for various pot plants and shrubs that can provide a parking space if required.

Coombe Street runs parallel to the river, towards the sea. It was the main street of the royal manor before the 1284 charter and is one of the oldest streets in town. The cottage is a stones throw from the town mill which is the creative heart of Lyme Regis, nestling around a cobbled courtyard. These restored mill buildings house a working flour watermill, as well as art galleries, artists’ studios, restaurants, a silversmith, a seamstress, a pottery and a micro-brewery. The town is situated in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the World Heritage Jurassic Coast. There are superb coastal walks including the South West Coast Path and miles of unspoilt countryside to explore. The town is well known for its extensive range of independent shops, boutiques and excellent restaurants. There are numerous water based recreational and sporting facilities such as sailing, power boating, water skiing, diving, paddle boarding, kayaking and sea fishing. The nearby town of Axminster provides a wider range of facilities including local shops, pubs, restaurants, schools, a small hospital, library, Post Office, GP surgeries, dental surgeries and a veterinary surgery.

Communication links are excellent: the A35 is within easy reach and provides good access to the city of Exeter, the coast and to major traffic routes including the M5. Axminster station, approximately 6.6 miles away, has regular services to London Waterloo. Well regarded schools in the area include St. Michael’s C of E VA Primary School in Lyme Regis, The Woodroffe School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), Colyton Grammar and Chard, St. John’s International School and Perrott Hill.