Property Details
Guide Price £550,000
2 bedrooms
Holne, Nr Ashburton
- Sitting Room
- Kitchen-Scullery
- Lean-To Conservatory
- Dining Room/Bedroom
- Ground Floor Shower Room/WC
- Two First Floor Bedrooms
- Box Room/Store
- Gardens
- One Acre Paddock With Stables
- Garage
- No Onward Chain
Cott Lodge is an original lodge house probably dating from the late 1800s/early1900s and nestled by the roadside at Little Cross on the edge of Holne Village. It is now offered to the market for the first time in some 50 years.
The characterful accommodation is arranged over two floors and has potential for extension if desired, subject to the required consents. There is a solid-fuel Rayburn which heats the radiators and hot water, and an open-fireplace in the sitting room. Improvements to the building include a replacement main roof covering less than 15 years ago and the majority of windows were replaced with bespoke wooden-framed double glazed windows in 2017.
Outside, the lodge stands in a garden with an overall plot size of 0.28 of an acre (as measured on Promap). There is an adjoining paddock of 1.14 acres (as measured on Promap) with two stables and open-fronted barn. The paddock has some wonderful open views over Dartmoor.
Holne Village is just a short walk away and has a shop/ tea rooms, traditional country pub, meeting hall, church and an active local community.
The dramatic landscape and wide open spaces of the moor are close by and form a scenic backdrop to the village. Whilst enjoying the many benefits of rural living, Holne is very accessible with the A38 (for Exeter and Plymouth) little more than a ten minute drive, as is the popular town of Ashburton where there is a very good range of shops and facilities. The larger towns of Totnes and Newton Abbot take just twenty five minutes by car and each have mainline railway stations.
Council Tax Band: Band D at the time of preparing these particulars
Tenure: Freehold
Entrance Area
Canopy storm porch and door to lobby with door on right to the sitting room.
Sitting Room
Open fireplace with ornate surround. Sash windows to two aspects. Timbered ceiling joists. Original tiled floor. Two radiators. Door to the scullery.
Scullery
Stainless steel kitchen sink inset to cupboard unit. Tiled floor as in sitting room. Plumbing for washing machine. Timbered ceiling joists. glazed door to lean-to conservatory and walk-through to the kitchen.
Kitchen
Solid-fuel Rayburn also heating the radiators and hot water. Range of kitchen cupboards. Electric ceramic hob. Timbered ceiling joists. Sash window. Tiled floor. Telephone point.
Lean-To Conservatory
Single glazed with windows overlooking the front garden aspect and glazed doors to the garden. Tiled floor.
Dining Room-Ground Floor Bedroom
Windows to two aspects. Two radiators. Tiled floor. Single glazed door to Porch with door to the garden.
Ground Floor Shower Room/WC
Glazed shower enclosure with electric shower, wash basin and WC. Radiator. Tiled floor. Obscure glass window.
First Floor Landing
Approached via stairs from the sitting room.
Bedroom 1
Sash window with outlook over the garden and distant views of the moor. Radiator. Hot water cylinder.
Bedroom 2
Sash window to the front aspect with view down the lane into the village. Radiator. Telephone point.
Box Room-Store
Former Dark Room. Accessed off the landing. Radiator. Cold water supply. Potential for adaption to accommodation subject to the required consents.
Outside
Cott Lodge is accessed via a five bar gate from the lane which opens to a drive (shared right of way access for the owners of land at the end of the drive on the left) with an area with a timber garage building on the left and a gate to the property on the right. There is also a pedestrian entrance on the far side of the property.
Surrounding the lodge are gardens with various shrubs and trees, a growing area and fuel bunker. The gardens have views between the trees to Dartmoor.
Surrounding the lodge are gardens with various shrubs and trees, a growing area and fuel bunker. The gardens have views between the trees to Dartmoor.
Paddock
The paddock is positioned beyond the garden and is accessed via the drive. It would be possible to create an access to the paddock directly from the garden. The paddock is perfect for keeping a horse or grazing a few sheep on. It slopes but is not steep and has magnificent views over Dartmoor. There is a separate metered mains water supply connection to the paddock.
Stable Barn Building
Within the paddock is a substantial L'Shaped timber stable building with two stables and open-fronted barn/general storage area with potential to create a third stable/loose box.
Services
Mains electricity and water. Private septic tank drainage. Solid-fuel heating/hot water.
General Information
Title to the property is unregistered. Title to the paddock is registered. We understand there is a right of way access over the drive for a neighbouring land owner to their fields. At the end of the drive is an area where Cott Lodge has right of way access over a small part of the neighbours land to access the paddock that is being sold with Cott Lodge.
Directions
From the Peartree Ashburton exit on the A38, take the road signposted Holne/Poundsgate and proceed for approximately 2.5 miles. Take the left hand turning signposted for Holne. Continue along this road for around 1.3 miles (ignoring the first turning for Holne Village) and Cott Lodge will be found on the right by the turning at Little Cross.
Map
Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of these details, it should be noted that the measurements are approximate only. Floorplans are for representation purposes only and prepared according to the RICS Code of Measuring Practice by our floorplan provider. Therefore, the layout of doors, windows and rooms are approximate and should be regarded as such by any prospective purchaser. Any internal photographs are intended as a guide only and it should not be assumed that any of the furniture/fittings are included in any sale. Where shown, details of lease, ground rent and service charge are provided by the vendor and their accuracy cannot be guaranteed, as the information may not have been verified and further checks should be made either through your solicitor/conveyance. Where appliances, including central heating, are mentioned, it cannot be assumed that they are in working order, as they have not been tested. Please also note that wiring, plumbing and drains have not been checked.