Moorshop, near Tavistock

A captivating countryside home of 3.62 acres, comprising a character cottage with planning to significantly remodel and extend (3 additional bedrooms), lawn and woodland gardens, outbuildings and a paddock, in a semi-rural yet accessible moorland setting. Courtyard of outbuildings including stables, exceptional planning to extend and remodel, extensive parking, picturesque yet accessible Dartmoor setting, Freehold, Council Tax Band: C, EPC: F

Situation - This charming countryside cottage is nestled into a private and picturesque setting amongst the foothills of Dartmoor National Park, less than half a mile from open moorland yet with the full convenience of Tavistock close at hand. Occupying a verdant, wooded plot amounting to 3.62 acres in all, the house is set back from the road, enjoying a superb degree of peace and shelter, with wonderful views available including of Cox Tor and Brentor Church. Extensive, immediate opportunities exist for those keen on walking, cycling or horseriding.

The thriving market town of Tavistock is only 2 miles away (5 minutes by car), offering a superb range of shopping, recreational and educational facilities including the sought-after private and independent school, Mount Kelly. Plymouth is 17 miles to the south and Exeter lies 40 miles to the northeast, providing air, rail and motorway connections to London and the rest of the UK.

Description - For sale for only the second time in 35 years, this captivating home offers a combination of features and attributes which is truly exceptionally rare and provides an incredible breadth of appeal. Understood to have once been a small farm, the cottage is served by a range of outbuildings and sits within a large, varied plot comprising lawn and woodland gardens, a vegetable patch, a small orchard and a 2-acre paddock.

Additionally, our clients have not only sympathetically restored the property during their ownership, but have also gained a remarkable planning consent which would, if completed, virtually double the size of the cottage, providing an incredible opportunity for the property's next owner to create a statement home in large grounds, in what is already a wonderful, edge-of-moorland location and benefits from grazing rights on Dartmoor.

Accommodation - Throughout the accommodation, there are various traditional character features including exposed oak beams, vaulted A-frames, granite and slate, plus an original stone fireplace. The cottage, which is south-facing and thereby enjoys excellent natural light, is accessed on the ground floor beneath a canopied porch, and the accommodation briefly comprises: a charming and cosy sitting room featuring a log-burning stove and an open staircase to the first floor; a separate snug room, currently serving as a third bedroom; a dedicated dining room; a ground floor shower room, currently a boot room; a kitchen; an adjoining utility/laundry room; two beautiful first-floor double bedrooms and; a gorgeous family bathroom. Of particular note, the bathroom is attractively finished and complete with both a large, walk-in rain-style shower and a freestanding clawfoot bath, plus a vanity unit with an inset wash basin and a clever laundry chute directly to the utility room below.

Outside - The property's gardens are undoubtedly one of its defining features, offering a wonderful mix of spaces and environments which should appeal strongly to keen horticulturalists, those with an affinity for wildlife and active families alike, and which also offer superb potential for those with equestrian interests (particularly with moorland outriding available so nearby) or those looking to create a smallholding-type lifestyle. The gardens and grounds are comprised of a front lawn and small orchard, a beautiful wooded garden of 3/4 of an acre, a kitchen garden and a 2-acre paddock, all connected by meandering pathways and interspersed with specimen trees and shrubs, with private seating areas dotted throughout. For children, the opportunities for den-making and exploring within the safe and secure limits of the garden are extensive - this includes a wonderful tree house with zip line. There is also ample space for the creation of a garden office, with unrivalled beauty and serenity in the surroundings.

At the rear of the cottage is a courtyard of outbuildings encompassing a well house, workshop, wood store, storage barn and stabling (in need of improvement to be functional). Extensive parking and turning space is provided to the front of the cottage and there is separate rear access to the courtyard.

Agents Note - Planning - Dartmoor National Park Planning Authority granted consent on 5th August 2022 under Application No. 0145/22 for the aforementioned alterations. The plans include the creation of a very large kitchen/dining room with extensive views over Dartmoor, a large pantry, wine cellar, three new bedrooms, a study and two additional bathrooms. The plans also include the creation of an outdoor kitchen/BBQ area with the addition of a glass roof - perfect for outdoor entertaining. Please contact the agents for further details or copies of the plans.

Services - Mains electricity, LPG-fired central and underfloor heating, private drainage via a septic tank, private water via a well with pump and filtration system. Standard ADSL broadband is available (our clients use Starlink). Limited mobile voice/data services are available through EE, O2 and Vodafone (Source: Ofcom's online Service Checker). Please note that the agents have neither inspected nor tested these services.