Lower North Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4

A lovely Grade II listed city centre town house situated close to the iconic Iron Bridge, that was formerly a farmhouse built in the mid 1600's on the foundations of an even earlier house. The property is a cob-walled, brick and stone, roughcast two storey block with many original features such as a large Heavitree stone fire place, and the remains of three brick-built wool dyeing vats were found during renovation work in 1980 by Exeter Museums' Archaeological field unit. The ground floor ceiling and first floor partition walls are made up of heavy rough finished oak timbers, nogged with cob and clad with lathe and plaster. The roof bays also have exposed rough finished oak beams with scroll chafer-stops, and threaded purlins and the roof trusses are held by notched, lap-jointed collars. The property; Covered Porch. Door straight into....... Sitting/Dining Room: A large characterful room with exposed beams. Inglenook fireplace with tiled hearth and gas effect woodburning stove, radiator. Secondary glazed sash window to front aspect. Kitchen: A range of wall and base units. Stainless steel sink with mixer tap, set in wood block work surfaces with decorative tiled splashback. Fitted electric oven. Four ring gas hob. Plumbing and space for dishwasher. Space for upright fridge freezer. Radiator. Space for table and chairs. Attractive tiled floor. Double aspect windows to rear and side aspect. Glazed door leads to conservatory. Conservatory: Tiled flooring, door giving access onto the garden. Stairs rising to first floor. First Floor Landing with loft hatch. Bathroom: Low level WC, pedestal wash hand basin, panelled bath, views to front aspect, cupboard housing the Vaillant boiler. Bedroom 1: A lovely room, beamed ceiling and built in original cupboard, shelves, radiator, window to side aspect. A unique feature of this room is a ladder leading to a mezzanine floor with a deep storage cupboard. Bedroom 2: Original cast iron fireplace with slate hearth, wooden clad ceiling, wooden flooring. Radiator, window to rear aspect with outlook over rear garden. Outside: To the rear of the property is a patio garden with borders. Raised shrub beds. Attractive retaining wall steps lead to a further area of garden mostly laid to lawn providing an additional seating area. The rear garden is enclosed to all sides and also benefits from a shed and outside tap. Exeter is a vibrant small city that really packs a punch with its many restaurants, shops, pubs, bars and historical sights. The rest of the country is easily accessible from Exeter due to its many transport links including two train lines to London (London Paddington 120 minutes), Exeter airport and the M5 motorway. PLEASE NOTE: Our business is supervised by HMRC for anti-money laundering purposes. If you make an offer to purchase a property and your offer is successful, you will need to meet the approval requirements covered under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017. To satisfy our obligations we use Thirdfort to undertake automated ID verification, AML compliance and source of funds checks. A charge of £10 is levied for each verification undertaken.