House For Sale £280,000
A modern, contemporary and stylish home in a quiet tranquil setting a short level walk from the town centre. This Grade II Listed Duke of Bedford cottage has been renovated to a particularly high standard with beautifully appointed open plan living spaces. Landscaped garden with seating area. Useful outbuildings. Valuable parking space. For sale with no onward chain.
SITUATION AND DESCRIPTION
Located in a peaceful and tranquil setting, set back from Parkwood Road, yet within easy, convenient and level walking distance of Tavistock town centre its bars, shops and restaurants.
A modern, contemporary and stylish home, refurbished and renovated to a particularly high standard with great attention to detail, incorporating fully insulated walls and floors, gas fired underfloor heating on both levels, and handcrafted double glazed wooden windows carefully replicating the originals.
Internally, the cottage has been opened up to create open plan living spaces which are flooded with natural light, with windows and bifold doors providing super views of the surrounding garden. The accommodation is arranged over two floors with high quality fixtures and fittings, including a modern kitchen with flush frontages, Corian worktops and sink, a range of Miele and Siemens appliances and LED lighting. Upstairs, the bedroom suite is equally well appointed with Amtico flooring throughout, Villeroy & Boch or Ideal Standard sanitaryware with Hansgrohe taps and mixers.
Externally, this Grade II Listed cottage is beautifully preserved and occupies a generous corner plot with professionally landscaped garden, lawn, and vegetable plot. A gravelled driveway provides private parking for one large or two small cars and there are useful outbuildings, incorporating a laundry room and providing useful dry storage.
In our opinion, this home is one of a kind, providing a stylish freehold alternative to the upmarket flats and apartments available elsewhere in the town. The private parking facilities and manageable garden make it the perfect weekend bolt-hole or holiday home.
Tavistock is a thriving market town adjoining the western edge of the Dartmoor National Park fantastic for walking, cycling, and riding. This vibrant and friendly town hosts a wealth of restaurants and cafes selling locally produced food. Enjoy some shopping with the vast range of local independent shops, the bustling pannier market and award-winning farmers’ market. Primary and secondary education both state and private is well catered for in local schools. The Meadows located in the centre of the town provides a children’s play area, a bandstand, a sensory garden, tennis courts, bowling club and plenty of open space. Indeed, Tavistock can claim to have everything adding up to a quality of life which would be hard to rival.
Plymouth is only 15 miles away with fast Inter City rail links to London, Bristol, and the North. There are also ferry services to Roscoff, Brittany and Santander, Northern Spain.
ACCOMMODATION
Reference made to any fixture, fittings, appliances, or any of the building services does not imply that they are in working order or have been tested by us. Purchasers should establish the suitability and working condition of these items and services themselves.
The accommodation, together with approximate room sizes, is as follows:
GROUND FLOOR
ENTRANCE DOOR Solid timber door with glass fanlight above.
VESTIBULE Spotlighting, mat well, glazed door to:
THE LIVING SPACE A large, light and bright open plan living space arranged in distinct areas, including:
SITTING AREA Centred around the gas fire real flame-effect woodburning stove set in the original period fireplace with granite upstands and mantel over a raised slate hearth, display shelving to the side of the chimney breast; window overlooking the front garden.
DINING AREA Providing ample space for a table and chairs with a window to the side overlooking the courtyard.
KITCHEN AREA Fully fitted with a modern range of wall and base kitchen units by Unique Kitchens, incorporating flush frontages with a moulded Corian worktop and sink with a Quooker instant hot water mixer tap over, a range of Miele appliances include a pyrolytic self-cleaning oven with steam injection, integral Miele auto-defrost fridge and freezer with automatic ice making facility, integral Miele dishwasher; Siemens induction hob, shelved storage cupboard with handy pull-out ironing board; separate pull-out larder unit with metal racking, deep pan drawers, breakfast bar/workstation with storage unit below with sliding cupboard doors, under worksurface LED lighting supplemented by three ceiling pendant lights located above the worktop.
GUEST WC Cleverly utilising the space beneath the staircase. Wall hung WC with concealed cistern; wash handbasin; extractor fan; mirrored wall.
The living space incorporates tiled floors throughout with gas fired underfloor heating. The front and side windows provide pleasant vistas over the garden whilst bifold doors in the kitchen area can be open fully in good weather for al fresco dining.
FIRST FLOOR A turning staircase features built-in shelves with LED lights and leads to the:
BEDROOM SUITE A comfortable and luxurious open plan bedroom suite with ample natural light provided by windows to the front, side and rear. Amtico flooring is installed throughout with underfloor heating, ample space for a double bed and bedroom furniture as required, built in wardrobing with flush doors and integrated bookshelving, an enamelled steel Bette panelled bath has two slipper ends with a central filler tap, a mains shower over with folding glass shower screen and Corian wall covering, the toilet cubicle incorporates a low flush wall hung WC with concealed cistern, wash handbasin with storage cabinet below and an illuminated mirror above, fitted shelved storage cupboard; a wrought iron balustrade with oak handrail overlooks the stairwell.
OUTSIDE
The same level of attention to detail extends to the beautifully presented South facing professionally landscaped garden. The paved courtyard seating area has well-stocked shaped beds and borders with specimen plants, trees and shrubs providing an array of seasonal colour. The courtyard, located off the kitchen area and accessed via the bifold doors, is therefore perfect for outdoor eating and entertaining with family or guests. A small ornamental pond has been formed using reclaimed granite lintels whilst a gate provides pedestrian access across a shared path (shared by and for the use of the neighbouring cottages) to a level lawned garden, again edged with plants and shrubs whilst another gate and a bridge across the leat leads to the vegetable garden which comes complete with three productive growing beds, a small lawn and another seating area cleverly positioned to catch the evening sun. The garden is sheltered and provides a high degree of privacy and seclusion and is shielded from the roadside by substantial bank, hedge and foliage.
OUTBUILDINGS
OLD PRIVY 4' 6" x 4' 4" (1.37m x 1.32m) Now used for storage.
STORE ROOM 4' 8" x 4' 4" (1.42m x 1.32m)
THE PIGGERY 9' 1" x 8' 6" (2.77m x 2.59m) Lined and insulated and now used as a convenient laundry room with plumbing for automatic washing machine and venting for tumble dryer; window to the front.
Within the garden, there are two external electrical sockets provided and an outdoor cold water tap; ample courtesy lighting is provided with PIR sensored security lighting.
PARKING AREA There is a gravelled parking area sufficient for one or two small cars.
SERVICES
Mains gas, mains electricity, mains water and mains drainage. Many electrical points also incorporate USB sockets. A security alarm is fitted.
OUTGOINGS
We understand this property is in band 'B' for Council Tax purposes.
TENURE
Freehold.
DIRECTIONS
From Tavistock's Bedford Square proceed along Duke Street and continue straight ahead into Brook Street. Continue straight ahead again, passing Lawsons Hardware store on the left hand side into Parkwood Road. Continue along Parkwood Road, almost to the end, where a shared entrance to the property will be found on the right hand side.
