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"An individual detached bungalow with detached annexe & large garden in favoured village close to the Coast. Consent for substantial extension. 4 Bedrooms total. EPC Band G NO CHAIN

SITUATION & AMENITIES Set within the quiet and timeless Sterridge Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the outskirts of the lovely small and unspoilt village of Berrynarbor. The village offers community Post Office / general store, beautiful church, 13th Century village inn and a well respected primary school. Coastal and country walks can be enjoyed nearby. The popular North Devon coastal village of Combe Martin is about 3 miles, and set at the bottom of the hilly coastline, with a sheltered beach along with a variety of shops. Ilfracombe is about 4 miles away, with its quaint harbour and facilities including supermarkets, schools, leisure centre and theatre. The surrounding countryside and coastline provide excellent recreational facilities with lovely beaches at Croyde, Putsborough, Saunton and Woolacombe, which are also known for their surfing. The Exmoor National Park is within easy access and provides endless bridleways and footpaths for those who appreciate the dramatic rugged countryside. Barnstaple is about 20/25 minutes by car, and as North Devon's regional centre, offers business, commercial, leisure and shopping venues. At Barnstaple, access is available to the North Devon Link Road, leading to Junction 27 of the M5, where via Tiverton Parkway, London Paddington is just over 2 hours, whilst Barnstaple Railhead provides a link to the National Railway System. DESCRIPTION Understood to date back originally to 1970 Parsons Pightle presents brick, part rendered and part timber clad elevations beneath a tiled roof. The property currently offers the following accommodation; entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen/dining room, three bedrooms and bathroom. There is a detached annexe building currently arranged as office/occasional fourth bedroom, utility room and cloakroom. Externally there is a detached garage, ample additional parking and mature secluded gardens of about 1/3 of an acre. Planning permission exists under North Devon Council, planning reference 46085 for extension to the dwelling, conversion of loft space to form additional living accommodation and extension to the kitchen and to the detached garage. In effect this consent has already been activated as work to extending the garage has commenced. These alterations are quite ambitious and could be scaled down or possibly undertaken in part subject to planning consent. The layout of the accommodation is more clearly identified on the accompanying floorplan, but comprises: Replacement double glazed front door to ENCLOSED ENTRANCE PORCH Glazed inner door to ENTRANCE HALL Trap to loft space and airing cupboard. SITTING ROOM 14'6 x 12'10 (4.42m x 3.91m) Double glazed picture window to one wall overlooking the garden and the valley beyond. Stripped wood flooring. Within one corner of the room is a raised wood burner with log storage beneath, slate hearth and mantle, illuminated display niche above. KITCHEN/DINING ROOM 18'3 x 9'7 (5.56m x 2.92m) The kitchen area incorporates a one and a half bowl moulded sink, adjoining work surfaces, drawers, cupboards and appliance space under, matching wall mounted cupboards, Bosch dishwasher, Indesit electric oven, AEG five ring calor gas hob, Rayburn Ranger fuelled by liquid propane gas for cooking, heating and domestic hot water, tiled effect flooring, broom/store cupboard.
 
Within the dining room there is stripped wood flooring, further work surfaces, drawers and cupboard beneath, matching wall mounted cupboard and half glazed door to rear garden. BEDROOM 1 11'10 x 10'10 (3.61m x 3.30m) Window to front, fine views over the garden and into the valley, stripped wood flooring. BEDROOM 2 11'10 x 10'0 (3.61m x 3.05m) Window to rear, pair of double fitted wardrobes, stripped wood flooring. BEDROOM 3 8'10 x 7'5 (2.69m x 2.26m) Window to front, views over the garden and into the valley, stripped wood flooring. BATHROOM/SHOWER ROOM With a good range of modern units incorporating tiled panelled bath, telephone style mixer tap/shower attachment, pedestal wash basin, low level WC, large corner shower cubicle with Mira power shower unit, ladder style heated towel rail/radiator, tiled flooring, underfloor heating, mirror fronted cabinet. DETACHED ANNEXE The detached annexe incorporates STUDY/BEDROOM FOUR 13'0 x 9'5 (3.96m x 2.87m) Currently fitted with a bespoke fixed work station. There is a window to front, half glazed door to garden. UTILITY ROOM 8'10 x 7'11 (2.69m x 2.41m) With non slip sealed flooring, single drainer stainless steel sink, cupboard under, plumbing for two washing machines, double wall cupboard, coats pegs. Separate WC. There is heating and hot water in the Study & Utility area. Special note: As previously suggested this building could be adapted to provide bedroom/sitting room with kitchenette and shower room to accommodate in laws or paying guests or alternatively it could be used for some other business use such as a treatment room etc. OUTSIDE The property is approached from the front or side access. The front is approached by a shared private driveway which provides off road parking for 2/3 cars and leads to a single garage with up and over door. The planning permission referred to earlier allows for extension of the current garage to form a new larger double garage the foudations for which are in place. A gateway opens onto a paved pathway which meanders its way through to the large lawned front garden which is bounded by mature hedges and a variety of trees, shrubs, bushes and various fruit trees. Immediately behind the garage there is a poultry enclosure and on the far left hand boundary there is children's play area. Immediately in front of the bungalow there is a terrace with flowerbeds which in turn opens onto a tarmac hardstanding at the side of the property which is accessed via double wooden gates and provides additional parking for 2/3 cars and separate access potentially to the annexe. There is access at both sides of the property one via a wrought iron gateway onto a side path where there is a covered store and access to the annexe. There is then a covered path that leads around to the rear onto a covered way with raised gravel pot garden, outside tap and light. There is a good sized rear garden again laid to lawn and slopes upwards away from the bungalow and is interspersed with fruit trees and has mature hedge and fence borders. There is an aluminium frame greenhouse with outside tap and water butt connected. LOCAL AUTHORITY North Devon District Council, Civic Centre, North Walk, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1EA. 01271 327711. DIRECTIONS At the centre of Berrynarbor as you climb the hill with the church ahead of you bear right signed Sterridge Valley. At the next T junction turn left once again signed Sterridge Valley. Proceed along this lane through the rockand Parsons Pightle will be found on the left hand side immediately as you emerge from the rock. SERVICES Mains electricity and water. Underground LPG tank for central heating. Private drainage. You may download, store and use the material for your own personal use and research. You may not republish, retransmit, redistribute or otherwise make the material available to any party or make the same available on any website, online service or bulletin board of your own or of any other party or make the same available in hard copy or in any other media without the website owner's express prior written consent. The website owner's copyright must remain on all reproductions of material taken from this website."