4 bedroom detached house for sale

A stunning Grade II Listed detached period house in this sought after East Devon village. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (2 en suite), 3 reception rooms, 2 kitchens and 2 utility rooms. Attractive large gardens. Parking.

Situation - Christophers is situated in the sought after East Devon village of East Budleigh, which is a charming historic village and the birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh (b 1552). There is a range of facilities including a pub, a fine church, a primary school (Ofsted: Good) and an active community shop. It is under two miles from the coastal resort of Budleigh Salterton, which has an extensive range of facilities and access to a pretty, unspoilt pebbled beach, whilst a sandy beach at Exmouth is about six miles. The university and cathedral city of Exeter (10 miles) has a range of facilities befitting a centre of its importance with railway stations on the Waterloo and Paddington lines and its international airport.

East Budleigh is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It is west of the delightful River Otter valley where there are attractive walks whilst East Budleigh Common, Bicton Common and Woodbury Common are just a few miles to the west providing wonderful countryside for walking, bird watching and horse riding.

Description - Christophers is a Grade II Listed house which the Listed Buildings notes suggest dates from the late 18th to early 19th Centuries. It is of lime rendered cob and stone walls under a thatched roof and is a long three room plan house facing west, set back from the road. The property has a wealth of historic features including beams and fine fireplaces. The house has been used for luxury holiday letting with the property having a 5 star self catering tourist board rating. The house lends itself to being used as a principal home with a self-contained 1-bedroom annexe or one large spacious home.

Accommodation - On the ground floor off the original entrance hall are two principal reception rooms, both with fireplaces and at the rear is a well equipped kitchen, boot room, shower room and utility room or potential study. The remainder of the ground floor is the annexe which has a further reception room with magnificent inglenook fireplace, off which is the second kitchen. A spiral staircase leads up to the first floor.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms, the master bedroom having its own en suite shower room and free standing claw foot bath. In the main portion of the house are a further three double bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room along with a family shower/bathroom.

The gross internal floor area of Christophers is approximately 3,000 sq ft, an excellent sized family home.

Outside - A driveway leads past the side of the house to a parking area with a charging point for electric cars. The house has an attractive partly walled garden at the front. It is of a cottage style and mainly laid to lawn with various shrubs and trees whilst at the rear of the house is a further enclosed rear courtyard garden of primarily gravel. To the side is a walled garden with a further lawned area with shrub borders as well as a pebbled BBQ area and well established fruit trees in the orchard area.

Services - All mains services are connected. Gas-fired central heating. Superfast fibre broadband (70MB+).

Directions - From junction 30 of the M5 proceed south on the A376, after 2 miles turn left onto the B3179. Continue through the village of Woodbury and at the crossroads with the B3180, go straight over signposted Yettington, continuing through this small village until arriving at the B3178. Turn right here and Christophers is immediately on the left side of the road, facing The Rolle Arms. Parking is permitted on this side of the B3178.