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A detached village house with spacious and adaptable accommodation. Sitting room, dining room, snug/ bedroom 4, kitchen/breakfast room, utility, shower room, conservatory, three bedrooms, en-suite & family bath. Good gardens & parking.

Situation

The Old Post Office is situated on the edge of the pretty village of Buckerell, a small rural community surrounded by rolling East Devon countryside which lies a short distance to the west of Honiton. The nearby hamlet of Weston has a popular pub the Otter Inn, and the village of Awliscombe is about 2 miles which has a village hall and well regarded primary school. The Old Post Office is in the catchment for the respected Kings School at Ottery St Mary. The market town of Honiton is about 3 miles and has an excellent range of facilities including a Tesco superstore, a variety of independent antique and book shops, a community hospital, schooling and recreational facilities. There are excellent travel communications with a main line station to London Waterloo, and access to the A 30 dual carriageway to Exeter, about 17 miles, with an international airport, M5 access and rail station to London Paddington.

Description

The Old Post Office is a charming detached house which offers surprisingly spacious and well presented accommodation, with attractive period features. The property is of colour washed elevations under a slate roof and benefits from oil fired central heating. The property was originally two cottages, the combination creating a property with adaptable accommodation which could suit buyers of all ages.  

The ground floor includes an entrance porch, sitting room with handsome inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove, exposed beams and staircase up to the first floor. The dining room is adjacent, with a further fireplace and door to the conservatory, which is a delightful room with low walls to two sides and French doors to the garden. Three steps down from the dining room is a further sitting room or study/ bedroom 4, with fireplace fitted with wood burning stove and door to the outside south facing terrace and garden.  

To the rear of the sitting room is the kitchen/breakfast room with Rayburn, integrated dishwasher, eye level double oven and ceramic induction hob. Across the rear hall is the utility room fitted with wall and base units with boiler, space and plumbing for washing machine and space for tall fridge freezer. Also on the ground floor is a stunning recently fitted shower room with extra wide shower, underfloor heating, chrome heated towel rail, fitted cupboards with granite top and inset basin and concealed cistern WC, porcelain tiles to wall and floor.

First Floor

On the first floor are three bedrooms, all good sized with views to the front, some exposed beams and built in cupboards to bedroom 2, and en suite shower room to bedroom 1. The family bathroom has a delightful freestanding slipper bath, chrome towel rail with radiator, pedestal basin and WC.

Cellar

The cellar is accessed from a door at the front of the house and is a useful, dry room for storage and workshop area, with natural light and power.

Outside

The property is approached via the side lane, where there is off road parking for two vehicles. A solid timber gate leads into the rear garden which is delightful and sheltered with lawns and an abundance of carefully tended plants, a summerhouse and garden shed. There are gardens to the west and south with a terrace and a raised deck, and a sheltered rear patio currently houses a hot tub, which could be available by separate negotiation. The front door is approached via steps from the lane at the front.

Mains water, drainage and electricity. Oil fired central heating.

First Floor  Measurements (Approximately)

Sitting Room   5.92m

(19'5) x 4.57m

(15'0)

Dining Room   4.78m (15'8) x 3.00m

(9'10)