Bridgetown Hill, Totnes

A spacious five bedroom detached Totnes town property built Circa 1927 to include generous reception room accommodation, beautifully stocked gardens, garage, parking.

Exeter 26 miles Plymouth 19 miles Newton Abbot 7 miles (approximately)

Situation And Desription

Southcote, Bridgetown is conveniently located in Totnes town, the commercial centre for the South Hams. This part of Devon is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty with Dartmoor National Park ten miles to the north and stunning beaches and coastline ten miles to the south. The bustling medieval market town has a mainline railway station giving direct connections to London Paddington and Waterloo Eurostar. There is also excellent access to the A38 Devon Expressway, linking Plymouth and Exeter where it joins the M5. Schooling in the area is excellent with a number of well-regarded primary and secondary schools. Totnes boasts a market as well as a good selection of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and inns.

Southcote is an Edwardian style house with solid oak floors to the entrance hall and the dining room. . French doors open from the breakfast room to the garden with further French doors to the conservatory/garden room which flows into the drawing room via a further set of French doors. The dining room is generous in its proportions and conveniently adjoins the kitchen. Arranged over the first and second floors are five bedrooms with a family bathroom, a family shower room, a cloak room and two sets of en-suite facilities.

Approach

From the gravel driveway an attractive path with box hedging either side leads to the front door.

Entrance

By way of a period front door with the upper section being of leaded glazing with further glazed leaded sections to either side and having brass door furniture opening to the entrance hallway.

Entrance Hallway

Solid oak flooring. Fabulous turned staircase with solid oak newel posts and balustrade rising to the first floor. Door opening to the under stair cupboard. Cornice to the ceiling. Understairs storage cupboard. Deep skirting boards.

Drawing Room

Attractive dual aspect room with period casement windows to the side of the property and two glazed leaded sections to the front garden. Wall mounted storage shelves. Tiled fireplace with hearth, wooden surround and mantle over. Opaque glazed side partitions to either side of the chimney breast. Picture rails and cornice to the ceiling. Partial wood paneling. Fabulous French doors with further glazed side sections opening to the conservatory/garden room.

Conservatory/Garden Room

French doors descending to the terrace. Floor to ceiling glazed sections. Vaulted tongue and groove ceiling with recessed spot lights and two large Velux window. Further French doors opening to the breakfast room.

Breakfast Room

French doors with multi paned glazing and side partitions opening with steps descending to the large terrace which travels the full width of the house. Picture rails. Attractive built-in dresser with drawers and storage cupboards with glazed upper cabinets. Hatch opening through to the dining room.

Kitchen

Terracotta tiled flooring. An arrangement of cream fronted base units and drawers. Large stainless steel sink, drainer with taps over. Casement window and door opening in to the utility area. Further windows to the rear gardens and to the approach to the property. Rangemaster Cooker with double oven, separate 4 ring hob, dishwasher and fridge freezer. Newly fitted gas fired central heating and hot water boiler. Picture rails to the walls.

Dining Room

Solid oak flooring. Dual aspect room with casement windows to the side and approach to the property. Large bay window with casement sections and the upper sections being multi paned glazing giving views to the front gardens. Cornice to the ceiling. Hatch through to the breakfast room. Door opening to the kitchen. Picture rails to the walls.

Utility Room

Door opening to the parking area and to the garage. Further door with the upper section being glazed opening to the cloakroom. Space and plumbing for a washing machine. Stainless steel sink and drainer. Door with the upper section being glazed opening to the rear garden.

Cloakroom

Tiled flooring. Wall mounted wash hand basin. W.C. With high level cistern.

First Floor Landing

Stairs rising from the ground floor with windows at half landing height. Further staircase with oak newel post and hand rail rising to the second floor. Smoke alarm to the partially vaulted ceiling. Double doors opening to a large linen cupboard.

Cloakroom

Tiled flooring. Casement window to the rear of the property. High level cistern with period W.C.

Family Bathroom

Ceramic tiled flooring. Bath with side panel and Mira wall mounted shower control over. Curtain rail. Pedestal wash hand basin. Partial wood paneling to dado rail height. Window with fitted blind over looking the garden. W.C..

Master Bedroom

Dual aspect room with windows to the side of the property together with a bay window to the rear garden. Picture rails to the walls. Wood effect laminate flooring. Door opening to:-

En-suite Shower Room

Tiled flooring. Shower cubicle with wall mounted Mira shower control. Recessed spotlights and Velux window to the vaulted ceiling. Wash hand basin. W.C..
Bedroom 2
Attractive double bedroom with large bay window to the front of the property. Picture rails to the walls. Door opening to:-

En-suite Cloakroom

Tiled flooring. Wash hand basin with tiled surrounds. Spotlight and Velux window to the vaulted ceiling. W.C..
Bedroom 3
Dual aspect room with casement windows to the side and rear garden. Built-in storage wardrobe. Pedestal wash hand basin with tiled surround. Picture rail to the walls. Fireplace with mantel over.

Second Floor Landing

Stairs rising from the first floor with two casement windows at half landing height. Small hatch to partial roof space. Velux window, smoke alarm and reveal beam to the vaulted ceiling.

Study

Vaulted ceiling with Velux window. Door opening to good sized storage cupboard providing full length hanging space. This room is currently used as an office and has plenty of computer connections in place together with a second telephone line. Recessed wall lights. Door with storage shelving above opening to shower room.
Bedroom 4
Dual aspect room with vaulted ceiling and recessed spotlight. Built-in single wardrobe together with triple set of storage cupboards. Casement window and Velux window giving excellent Totnes views.

En-suite Shower Room

Dual aspect room with window and Velux window overlooking the town and giving far reaching views to Dartmoor. Vanity unit with three sets of double doors under. Recessed spotlights to the vaulted ceiling. Pedestal wash hand basin with tiled surround. Fully tiled shower cubicle with glazed door and Mira wall mounted control. W.C..
Bedroom 5
Dual aspect room with large Velux window to the vaulted ceiling overlooking the garden and casement window giving excellent views across Totnes and to Dartmoor in the distance. Pedestal wash hand basin with tiled surround. Door opening to storage wardrobe with full length hanging. Vaulted ceilings.

Outside

To the outside of Southcote there are perfectly charming grounds with excellent gravelled parking to the approach to the property. There is a garage located to one side of the house and a large and well stocked front garden sweeps around to the rear of the property. To the rear of Southcote there is a beautiful south facing terrace with wisteria in abundance. There are formal and less formal areas to this very special property's garden as well as many specimen trees.

Garage

A single garagewith double timber doors to front. Windows to back and side overlooking the utility room. Electric, power and light.

Services

Mains water, electricity and drainage with gas fired central heating and hot water.

Council Tax

The property is currently in band F. For 2009/2010 £2202.65 per annum.

Local Authority

South Hams District Council, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE. Tel: Post Code
TQ9 5BN

Fixtures And Fittings

All items in the written text of these particulars are included in the sale. All others are expressly excluded regardless of inclusion in any photographs. Purchasers must satisfy themselves that any equipment included in the sale of the property is in satisfactory order.

Viewing

Strictly by appointment with Marchand Petit Lettings. Tel .

Directions

On leaving this Totnes office of Marchand Petit proceed over the old river bridge and turn right onto Bridgetown Hill. Southcote will found on the right hand side some 60 metres after the bus stop on the left hand side.