4 bed detached house for sale

Rockbeare, Exeter EX5

This charming Grade II listed, detached four-bedroom period cottage has been a much-loved family home for over 25 years.

The spacious accommodation comprises an entrance hallway, cloakroom/utility room, and a kitchen/breakfast room fitted with a range of units and worktop surfaces with wooden edging. A red oil-fired Aga, set within an inglenook-style surround with a heavy beam over, provides a striking focal point and also heats the hot water. There is also a fitted dresser-style unit with display cabinets above.

The living room is a delightful dual-aspect space featuring a window seat and an open fireplace with a wood-burning stove. The dining room also benefits from a wood burner and a wooden beam mantelpiece, with a door leading through to a study/family room. There is a shower room, and a potential second kitchen. This section of the property offers excellent scope to create a self-contained annexe, subject to requirements, and benefits from its own external access.

On the first floor, there are four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The property further benefits from oil-fired central heating.

Viewing is highly recommended to fully appreciate this wonderful home and the additional potential offered by the barn, subject to the necessary planning consents.

Outside
The property is approached via a five-bar gate, leading to a driveway that provides ample parking and access to a double garage (5.13m x 6.12m) with twin up-and-over doors, as well as light and power.

In addition, there is a substantial barn (4.49m x 7.10m) featuring light, power, and water, with windows and doors, a vaulted ceiling, and exposed timbers. Attached is a tool shed (4.58m x 2.78m) which offers further useful storage space.

A pathway leads through to the garden with a crazy-paved patio, a large private enclosed lawned garden well-stocked with shrubs and backs onto a stream.

Directions
From Ottery St Mary, proceed via Mill St onto Exeter Road. At the Daisy Mount roundabout, take the 3rd exit, at the next roundabout, take the 1st exit, carry on past the garage and at the roundabout take the 1st exit signposted Rockbeare, proceed into the village and the property is on your right.

Location
Rockbeare village offers easy access to the Cathedral City of Exeter, M5 motorway, International Airport and the popular market town of Ottery St Mary and the station at the nearby village of Whimple. The village has a Primary School in the centre and yet is within a stone’s throw of open countryside. Cranbrook, close by, offers amenities such as shops, a primary school and a main line station on the Exeter to Waterloo line.