3 bed semi-detached house for sale

Foxhole Hill, Christow EX6

A beautifully presented & comprehensively but sympathetically renovated period cottage in a popular Devon village near Exeter. Spacious accommodation, studio/workshop with potential to extend (STP), landscaped garden, lovely views & driveway parking.

Situation

Court Villa is located on the edge of Christow, a popular village with a vibrant and active community located in the picturesque Teign Valley just south of Exeter in Devon within the Dartmoor National Park boundary. The village has a great range of amenities and facilities including a community shop, Artichoke Inn, St James’ Church, gp’s Practice, Primary School, and Community hall with sports field, tennis club and skate park.

There are some picturesque walks in the area including the nearby Tottiford, Trenchford and Kennick Reservoirs, the upper Teign Valley, and of course the walks, pubs and Tors of Dartmoor are only a short drive away. There are several golf clubs in the area including Teign Valley Golf Club. The Devon coast and beaches not far away.

The village primary school is well supported and has a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating. Secondary schools are located in Kingsteignton and independent schools in Exeter, Teignmouth and Stover. Grammar schools can be found in Torquay.

Christow has the benefit of being rural but is certainly not isolated, The village is well located for commuting to Torbay, Exeter or Plymouth with easy access to the A38 and A380 dual carriageways, and also for access to the rest of the country via the M5 motorway at Exeter. There is a regular local bus service to Exeter where there is a mainline railway station with trains to London Paddington, around 2.5 hours distant. Exeter also has an airport flying to national and international destinations.

Description

Believed to date back to the mid-1700’s Court Villa is an attractive and characterful unlisted period cottage of stone and cob elevations below a pitched slate roof. During the current ownership the property has benefited from a comprehensive programme of renovation and refurbishment and today is presented to a high standard inside and out, making Court Villa ideal for those looking for a comfortable and spacious character home fully updated with the comforts of modern living, which can be enjoyed for many years to come.

In brief, renovation works have included the roof, exterior walls, windows and doors, internal ceilings, kitchen & bathrooms, changes to the ground floor layout to suit modern living, most of the visible oak beams have been replaced along with the plumbing and wiring. Further details can be made available on viewing.

Accommodation comprises of three bedrooms, two of which are generous doubles. The principal bedroom has a dressing room/nursery and large ensuite shower room. There is also a family bathroom. On the ground floor there is a sitting room and dining room which are partially open to one another, a kitchen, boot room, utility room/WC and study. Additionally there is a large detached workshop or studio with lapsed planning consent to extend giving annexe potential (see agents note). Planning permission could be reapplied for.

Being located in an elevated position affords the property some wonderful far reaching southerly views over the village and surrounding area. The gardens extend to the side and rear of the property and have been landscaped to make the most of the topography and available space. There is driveway parking for two cars.

Accommodation

The cottage can be accessed by steps from the driveway to the back door into the boot room, or from Foxhole Hill by steps to the stable style front door below an open storm porch. The sitting and dining rooms have been partially opened to one another either side of the staircase to make the most of the light and available space. The sitting room has a recessed fireplace with exposed stone and an original oak lintel and is fitted with a wood burning stove. A window to the front takes in the views over the village and countryside. The dining room has an impressive oak beam running across the ceiling which was fitted during the renovations, and exposed oak supports by the staircase. The recessed fireplace with original oak beam is not currently in use. The dining room floor has been laid with slate flagstones and there is a useful under stairs area.

The slate flooring also extends throughout the kitchen which has a hand-made System 6 kitchen featuring Burr Oak units below the polished granite work surfaces with inset ceramic sink and drainer, and inset induction hob with an extractor over. Floor to ceiling units house the eye level double oven/grill as well as a full height integrated fridge. There are windows to two aspects giving views over the village one way and the garden to the side. Shallow steps lead form the kitchen to the boot room which is used as an extension to the kitchen with further storage units, work surface and Butler style sink.

There is a useful study area off the boot room beyond which is the large cloak/utility room/WC. Again, slate flagstones have been laid throughout these rooms, with new oak beams and supports to the ceilings and walls. There are further fitted units with space for washing and drying machines and a space for a freezer. Both the boot room and study also have very handy mezzanine storage areas below the vaulted ceilings.

Upstairs off the split landing are three bedrooms, all benefitting from far reaching village and rural southerly views and light. The principal bedroom is of generous proportions with a dressing room (or nursery) and large ensuite shower room. Bedroom two is also a of a good size. Bedroom three is a single bedroom which includes a useful over stairs storage area. With a bit of imagination a custom cabin bed could be fitted to maximise the use of space and create a lovely child’s bedroom. The bathroom is opposite bedroom two with a bath, basin, WC and Velux window.

Outside

Court Villa is set in a commanding position above the lane with rendered stone walling retaining the lawned front garden either side of granite steps to the font door. Off the private no-through lane is a gravelled driveway parking area with space for two cars, adjacent to which is a bin store separated by wooden fencing. Slate steps rise from here to a slate terrace where there is a well. From here the back door opens to the boot room. The current owners have had the garden re landscaped to make the most of the space and remove the previous slope. There is a good size lawn retained by attractive stone walling with further stone walling to the rear boundary. Behind the house is a wooden cabin with power and a paved terrace to the front, an lovely spot from which to enjoy the garden. There are well stocked shrub and flower boarders as well as small trees. At the other end of the garden is a large studio/workshop and store which was renovated along with the house and is insulated with power and light, and door leads to the lane. See agents note below for details regarding previous planning to extend the studio/workshop.

Agents Note: Planning consent was granted in May 2010 (Ref: 0155/10 which expired in 2013) to rebuild the workshop with a pitched roof incorporating a room above.

Tenure: Freehold

Council Tax: Council Tax band E

Services: Mains water, drainage, and electricity. Oil fired central heating. Double glazing.

Local Authority: Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Brunel Rd, Newton Abbot TQ12 4XX, .

Viewings: Strictly by appointment with the selling agent: James Taylor – The Agency UK Teignbridge