3 bedroom detached house for sale

A beautifully presented and exceptionally pretty, early Tudor Grade ll listed cottage built in 1450 situated in the picturesque Hamlet of Staple, in the heart of Dartington. The house has been meticulously maintained and updated by the current owners and showcases a wealth of period charm with an impressive kitchen/ breakfast room and wrap around gardens.



The property is entered via an entrance porch with a lovely solid Oak door and hand carved oak casement leading into the dining hall, with wonderful slate floors, oak beamed ceiling and an impressive inglenook fireplace with ample space for a large dining room table and chairs. The living room is another charming room with slate floors, two impressive inglenook fireplaces with one offering an open fire. The inner lobby also has a guest WC and shower room. The Kitchen / Breakfast is an impressive vaulted room which has been beautifully refurbished and fitted by the current owners with a range cooker, which is impressively framed by a sandstone surround. Double doors lead to a delightful patio garden, and there is also a Kitchen door out onto the garden. Upstairs are three good size double bedrooms all with space for double beds, with views over Staple green, and a lovely family bathroom with exposed stone wall complete with a roll top bath.



Outside there is a cobbled hard standing area and a garage with private gardens to the front and side of the house which are mainly laid to lawn with shrub and flower boarders. A pretty courtyard garden is located off the Kitchen.



Dartington is a much sought after and very charming village located on the outskirts of Totnes giving easy access to the local schools, King Edward VI Community College and Dartington Primary School. The village also boasts a quiet thatched public house, a local church, village stores and post office, open air swimming pool, Dartington Hall and The Barn Theatre, petrol station and the Shops at Dartington complex. It is ideally situated for the medieval town of Totnes, the commercial centre for this part of South Devon. The bustling medieval market town has a mainline railway station giving direct connections to London Paddington. There is also good access to the A38 Devon Expressway, linking Plymouth and Exeter where it joins the M5. Totnes boasts a market as well as a good selection of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and inns.