Easton Cross, Chagford, Newton Abbot Guide Price £595,000

The property is located on the A382, approximately 1 mile from the sought after small Stannary town of Chagford, centred around its historic and attractive main square, and offering a great range of local shops, Spar market, parish church, primary school, doctors and dentists, vets, and pubs. There are a great range of local sports and social clubs and also an open air swimming pool whilst the surrounding Dartmoor countryside offers a wealth of country pursuits.

There is easy access north to the A30 dual carriageway, leading west to the beaches of Cornwall and east to the Cathedral City of Exeter with its wider range of shops, services and transport links including the M5 motorway, mainline rail station connecting to London, and an international airport.

This unlisted stone built house is believed to have been converted circa 2010 from the former stables/outbuilding of the neighbouring Easton Court House, a Grade II listed former hotel which became popular with authors as a writers' retreat in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, and was where Evelyn Waugh completed A Handful of Dust in 1933 and Brideshead Revisited in 1944. It now offers comfortable and spacious accommodation over two storeys with a south facing garden, outbuildings and a small plot of land. It benefits from good height ceilings to the ground floor and a range of character features.

The current main access is straight into the spacious Kitchen/Diner with beams and stone flooring and offering extensive Beech timber units under a marble work surface. This leads through to a good sized hall with high ceilings and into the spacious Living Room overlooking the garden. There is also a small conservatory off the hall to enjoy when the days get a little cooler. To the first floor are three double bedrooms, two with vaulted ceilings and painted timbers and some reduced head height towards the eaves, a bathroom and a separate shower room.

A pedestrian gate from the layby leads into the south facing garden with a patio and paved seating area sheltered by the adjoining fencing. A level lawn with a mature tree and some shrubs runs across the front of the property towards the extensive gravelled area offering generous parking to the front of the Double Carport and the lockable storage shed. There is vehicular access between large stone walls from the adjoining lane which the neighbour also has access over. A gate leads through to an area of land with a polytunnel and potential for a productive vegetable garden extending to approximately 19m x 11m.

Mains electricity, gas and water (metered). Private drainage. Gas central heating boiler and hot water. Broadband: Available up to 25mbps (Source: Ofcom)

Local and Planning Authority: West Devon Borough Council (www.westdevon.gov.uk) Council Tax: Band B (£1,895.59 for 2024/25)

The property is sold subject to any wayleaves, public or private rights of ways, easements and covenants and all outgoings, whether mentioned in the sales particulars or not. There is shared access from the lane across the property for the neighbour with the maintenance also being shared with the neighbour.

From the A30 head south on the A382 towards Moretonhampstead. As you approach Easton Cross, where you would turn right to get to Chagford, the property will be found immediately on the left hand side of the crossroads, accessed from the lay-by. What3Words: ///directly.districts.doctors