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Sold STCReduced £75k (−23.1%) on 26 OctListed 148 days
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About
This attractive barn conversion offers three bedroom accommodation and has a living room with working fireplace and a useful conservatory room off.
Outside, there is a covered entrance area which could be used for a small car and with a door at the rear to the garden which is nicely laid out and backs onto a field.
Included with the property just a few metres along the lane is a parking area for up to four vehicles plus a good sized area with wild flowers and potential for growing areas./further cultivation.
PLEASE NOTE - This area is not available to purchase independently of Apple Cottage.
Bickington is well placed for access to the road network including the A38 for Plymouth and Exeter, and the A383 for Newton Abbot and Torbay beyond.
Bickington village has a church, meeting hall, friendly community and there is a pub/ restaurant, the Dartmoor Halfway, just a short drive away plus The Welcome Stranger at nearby Liverton.
Dartmoor, with it's wide open spaces and spectacular landscapes, is a few minutes by car and the nearby town of Ashburton has an excellent range of shops and amenities.
Council Tax Band: C (Teignbridge District Council) Tenure: Freehold Entrance Hall Under stair cupboard. Staircase to first floor. Living Room 15’ x 11’10” overall. Working fireplace.
TV point. Dimplex Quantum Electric storage heater. Window and sliding patio door to the conservatory. Conservatory 14’3” x 7’6” Tiled floor. Windows and door to the rear garden.
Kitchen 7’4” x 7’2” White fronted floor and wall units. Sink with window to the lane aspect over. Plumbing (cold-fill) for washing machine. Landing Approached via stairs from the hall.
Airing cupboard. Bedroom 1 15’6” x 11’ Electric heater. TV point. Dressing/storage area. Window and two roof windows. Bedroom 2 9’6” x 8’ Window. Bedroom 3 9’9” x 7’ Window.
Bathroom White suite of three-quarter bath and separate shower enclosure. Wash basin with cupboard beneath. Roof window. WC WC and wash basin. Roof window.
Outside Integral covered entrance area 15'7" x 11'2'' with parking for a small car, electric light and area timber door to the rear garden.
Seating area with steps up to an attractive lawned garden backing onto a field.
Parking Positioned a few metres along the lane for around four vehicles plus land to the rear which adjoins a field.
PLEASE NOTE This area is not available to purchase independently of Apple Cottage. General Information Main electricity, water and drainage.
Directions From Ashburton, join the A38 in the Exeter direction and take the Goodstone exit signposted for Newton Abbot and Bickington.
Continue along this road and take the left hand turning towards Bickington signposted Exeter.
After a short distance take a right hand turning into Lemonford lane where Apple Cottage will be found on the right hand side.
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