4 bed semi-detached house for sale

Church Hill, Musbury, Axminster EX13

A sizable historic dwelling offering great potential with large stone barn, former shop front, four bedrooms and additional store room.

The Property

The Post House is a most intriguing Grade II listed residential property set within the picturesque village of Musbury. The current arrangement offers more than 2500 sq ft of covered floor area over two floors including 700 sq ft in the adjoining barn, all offering great scope for imaginative buyers. For instance, parts of the building could be restored to commercial use, subject to planning consent.

Accommodation

The main entrance off Church Hill is into the Hall. With attractive period features still retained this is the oldest part of the property, thought to have been built circa 1780-90 as the living room of a small workers’ cottage. From here one door leads to stairs to the first floor consisting of landing area (with access via ladder to the large insulated and part-over-boarded Loft) and accommodation of sitting room/lounge, plus three double bedrooms and a shower room.

Back in the hall, the other door leads to the ground floor of the main part of the property thought to have been built circa 1850. Here the Breakfast room offers ample space for all 4-person meals. Beyond and up a step is the all-electric kitchen with a range of wall and base units, and a window out to the courtyard garden. From the Breakfast room a sliding door leads to the rear porch with one door to a WC with hand-basin, and another out to the courtyard. Back in the breakfast room a second sliding door leads down a step to the former commercial areas of the building, where the potential wider uses of the property come to the fore.

The first room encountered is the former village shop and Post Office area now constituted as occasional Dining area for up to 8 people or more if required, with the end semi-screened off as a small Library area. From the occasional dining area another sliding door leads down another step to what was the sorting office for the former Post Office operation. This part of the property was built circa 1910 and, already previously modernised, has recently been converted to a self-contained bedsit-bathroom suite. Beyond the bedsit suite is the 1970s-built Store room for the former shop and Post Office business. This is still used as a store room but has potential for conversion either to a garden room or to a Kitchen for the Bedsit suite. From the Store room a door on the right leads to the street outside, Combpyne Road. A door on the left leads to the courtyard garden with a southerly aspect, currently part-paved and part-loose-gravelled and furnished with a wide range of potted plants. From the courtyard a heavy door leads into the Barn.

The Barn

The front half has access to Combpyne Road via a large sliding door and a smaller side-hinged door. This front area can accommodate two small cars. The rear half, part-screened-off, is arranged as a workshop area. Above is a small mezzanine floor for extra storage. Light and power outlets in front and rear

Services

Mains electric, water and drainage. Oil fired central heating.
Broadband: Ultrafast available
Mobile Network Coverage: Limited indoors, likely outdoors. Source-

Situation

The Post House is centrally located within the heart of the village and in walking distance of all local amenities. Musbury village has an active community supporting an ancient church, inn, petrol station with shop and post office, village hall and primary school. The small town of Colyton (3 miles), with its beautiful Medieval Church is less than two miles away and offers a range of local shops and recreational amenities including a library and doctors' surgery whilst the bustling market town of Axminster (4 miles) offers all of the facilities one would expect, including supermarkets, independent shops, as well as recreational facilities and doctors’ surgery. Axminster also boasts a well supported local market every Thursday. The larger market town of Honiton (11 miles) also offers a wider range of amenities and a twice weekly market. To the south is Lyme Bay, a dramatic stretch of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage site which features the popular resorts of Lyme Regis with its famous Cobb and sandy beach, as well as the coastal villages of Branscombe and Beer. There are good transport connections locally including a mainline railway station at Axminster and good road connections both east and west with the A35. The cathedral city of Exeter is easily accessible with its excellent shopping facilities, theatres, main line rail link to London Paddington, international airport and M5 access.

Local Authority

East Devon District Council Blackdown House, Border Road, Heathpark Industrial Estate, Honiton, EX14 1EJ. Tel : Council Tax Band E.

Directions

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Material Information

The property has a very low yearly chance of flooding from rivers and sea, and a medium yearly risk from surface water.