The Thatched Cottage, Venn Road, Barnstaple, EX32 0HT

A charming detached period thatched cottage in a quiet residential lane on the outskirts of Barnstaple.

2 Reception rooms plus study area, kitchen, shower room, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, South-facing garden, garage and parking. No upward chain. EPC Rated D. Council Tax Band E. Freehold.

Situation And Amenities The property is quietly yet conveniently situated on the semi-rural outskirts of Barnstaple close to the Tarka Trail and within easy access of local amenities, Barnstaple town centre and the North Devon Link Road.

Further afield, Exmoor and North Devon's famous beaches are within easy access, Junction 27 of the M5 Motorway is about 45 minutes and where Tiverton Parkway offers a fast services of trains to London Paddington in just over 2 hours.

Description Originally understood to date back to 1650 and formerly a toll house, the property was sympathetically extended around 1950 and now presents painted rendered elevations with mainly replacement double glazed leaded light style windows beneath a thatched roof, re-thatched in 2019.

This quintessentially English 'chocolate box' cottage offers accommodation arranged over 2 floors which has been tastefully modernised to combine original features with 21st Century refinements.

This is certainly a property that needs to be viewed internally to be fully appreciated.

The photographs used here show the property as it was furnished by the vendors prior to the current rental tenancy which expires in early September 2026. Accommodation Ground floor.

Entrance door leading into dining room, dual aspect, parquet flooring, airing cupboard/storage, exposed beams, former fireplace and bread oven, doors leading into kitchen with bespoke fitted kitchen with matching wall and base units with wood worktops, butler style sink with mixer tap, metro tile style splashback, range style oven, extractor hood over, space for white goods, fridge/freezer, integrated wine cooler, tiled floor, utility/rear lobby with door to rear courtyard area.

Inner Hall of Dining Room, shower room tiled floor, partly tiled walls, WC, Shower, pedestal wash basin, exposed beams.

Living room with snug, dual aspect, engineered Oak flooring, doors leading directly into the rear garden, wood flooring, exposed beams and stone work, log burner with bressummer beam above, stairs to: First floor landing trap to loft.

Bedroom 1 wood flooring, two double fitted wardrobes, cupboards above, secondary glazed window overlooking the garden, double aspect. Bedroom 2 exposed floorboards, slate window seat.

Bedroom 3 exposed floorboards, double built in wardrobe. Bathroom with ball and claw footed cast iron bath, low level WC, pedestal wash basin, tiled floor, display niche.

Services Mains Electricity, water, gas (gas central heating/Google Nest heating controls), private drainage with new system installed in 2025.

Mains electricity connection available in readiness for EV charger to be installed in the garage. According to Ofcom Superfast broadband is available in the area.

Directions What3Words///pitch.woods.sooner Leaving Barnstaple at Newport on the Landkey Road with your back to the traffic lights, continue passing over the A361 turn immediately right into Deer Park Road pass the Hospice on your right and as the lane turns to the left the property is on the corner of Venn Road and Windy Ash Hill ahead of you Outside To the front of the cottage there is a paved area with retaining wall topped by a well stocked border, a side access gate leads to the rear garden where there is an extensive terrace over hung by a mature magnolia, a central path is flanked by lawns and well stocked borders.

The cottage style garden is hedge and fenced enclosed, south facing and sunny. Greenhouse. There are views into the valley beyond. Below the garden is a detached garage and additional parking bay.

To the rear of the property is a small enclosed courtyard.

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