Watermouth Cove Cottages,Berrynarbor, Ilfracombe

Watermouth Cove Cottages,Berrynarbor,
Ilfracombe, Devon
Watermouth Cove Cottages, Berrynarbor,
Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9SJ
Holiday letting business next to the South West Coastal
Path and walking distance of the sea within 200 metres.
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Located on the coastline within easy walking distance of Broad Strand
Beach (850 meters) and next to Watermouth Cove (200 meters).
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Courtyard of 8 traditional holiday letting cottages including an end of
terrace 3 bedroom residential cottage.
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Located near to the South West coastal path.
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Sandy Cove of Watermouth all within walking distance.
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Next to Watermouth family theme park and castle.
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Gross turnover of £80,000 in 2013/14.
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Website:- www.watermouth-cove-cottages.co.uk
Location
Watermouth Cove Cottages are located on the North Devon Coastline within walking distance of
the South West Coastal path and Broadsands Beach. The area is in an Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty and its coastline is known for its dramatic rugged coastline. The property is next to
Watermouth Cove which is well-known for water sports in the area including sea kayaking, jet skis
which are both available for hire along with mooring for sailing. The property is easily accessible
via the A399 Combe Martin to Ilfracombe coast road.
Humberts
Mansfield House
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 3DN
01823 331234
stephen.richards@humberts.com
Watermouth is known for the popular Watermouth Castle which is an all year round family tourist
attraction and neighbours the village of Berrynarbor Village which has won the Best Kept Village
and Britain in Bloom in 2010 and has a community shop/post office which is within half a mile along
with the Ye Olde Globe Inn known for good food within the area.
www.humberts.com
Combe Martin Village with its 2 mile long high street has its own sandy beach, shops, post office,
bank and range of public houses.
The coastal town of Ilfracombe is also 2 miles away
and includes supermarkets, award winning theatre,
cinema and indoor swimming pool along with a
secondary school, cottage hospital, doctors surgery
and a range of public houses and restaurants
including the controversial artist Damien Hirst’s “11
The Quay” along with Damien Hirst’s “Verity” a 66ft
bronze sculpture sited at the end of Ilfracombe
Harbour.
Barnstaple, 14 miles away is the commercial centre of
North Devon offering further amenities and facilities
including a college and North Devon District Hospital
and the famous Victorian pannier market and
Butchers Row.
The property is only two miles from Exmoor National
Park, an extremely popular area with walkers, cyclists
and horse riders all year round and renowned for its
spectacular landscapes, ranging from high open
moorland and wooded valleys to dramatic sea cliffs
with rocky beaches below.
The nearby Exmoor coastal towns of Lynton and
Lynmouth are linked by funicular cliff railway built by
the Victorians to connect Lynton cliff top village with
its neighbour on the coastal plain.
North Devon has many popular tourist attractions
including Combe Martin Dinosaur & Wildlife Park,
Exmoor Zoo, Ilfracombe Tunnels Beaches and the
National Trusts carriage collection held at Arlington
Court along with theme parks of The Milky Way and
The Big Sheep both located off the A39.
There are many sporting facilities in the area
including Golf at Ilfracombe (½ a mile away), Saunton
(Links course) and Westward Ho! (the oldest golf
course in England), as well as the Tarka Tennis
Academy at Barnstaple and many other pursuits including
fishing, sailing and surfing along the coastline.
The Property
Watermouth Cove Cottages have been converted from
traditional stone barns including a former coach house and
the stabling of the nearby castle and provides a 3 bedroom
residential property with a further 7 holiday letting cottages;
set within gardens and grounds all within walking distance
of the sea.
The unique selling points of this property is its location next to
the coastline and its accessibility via the A399 coastal road.
The present owners purchased the property in 2007 and have
built up a successful and profitable business with high levels
of repeat and recommendation business.
The present owners do not live on the site and choose to let
out all of the properties and live locally to run the business.
Kitchen 4.70m x 2.34m (15’5 x 7’7) accessed from hall.
uPVC double glazed window to front overlooking courtyard.
Modern kitchen of wall and base cupboards. Roll top work
surface with inset stainless steel sink unit. Electric cooker.
Fridge. Dishwasher. Beam ceiling. Ceramic tiled floor in
part. Wooden door to Bedroom 3. Archway through into:-
Smugglers Cove
Ground Floor:Entrance porch 2.12m x 1.38m (6’11 x 4’6) uPVC double
glazed window to front overlooking courtyard. Wooden
glazed door into:Hall wooden meter cupboard. Wooden door into:Sitting room 5.11m x 3.76m (16’8] x 12’4) uPVC double
glazed window to front overlooking courtyard and window
to rear. Parquet flooring. Cast iron wood burning stove on
stone hearth. Beam ceiling.
Inner hall storage cupboard. Wooden doors to rooms.
The Business
Bedroom 1 4.45m x 2.35m (14’6 x 7’8) accessed from
inner hall. uPVC double glazed window to rear
overlooking Watermouth Castle Duck Pond outside. Builtin wooden wardrobes with dressing table.
The current owners choose to promote the business
themselves through their own website being
www.watermouth-cove-cottages.co.uk along with internet
and other media advertising including facebook and twitter
accounts.
Bedroom 2 3.48m x 3.29m max. (11’5 x 10’8 max.)
accessed from inner hall. New uPVC and wooden window
to sides with deep window seals. Built-in wooden
wardrobe.
The business has a gross turnover of £80,000 year ending
March 2014 and trading information can be provided to
bona fide purchasers.
Bedroom 3 3.11m x 2.71m (10’2 x 8’10) accessed from
kitchen. uPVC double glazed window to rear. Beam
ceiling. Built-in airing cupboard with factory insulated hot
water cylinder. Cloakroom accessed from hall. Close
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coupled WC, frosted window to rear. Ceramic tiles in
part.
Cloakroom accessed from hall. Close coupled Wc.
Frosted window to rear. Ceramic tiles in part.
the front of the complex and also in a side concrete car
park.
Each of the holiday properties have an outside area with
seating.
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The Cottages
The cottages have been converted from traditional
buildings and provide self contained holiday letting
cottages.
Bathroom accessed from hall. A white suite of pedestal
wash hand basin and panel bath with Myra shower over.
Electric heated towel rail. Ceramic tiled floor. Walls in
part.
Outside:To front patio area with brick barbeque overlooking the
communal courtyard.
First floor apartment providing hall, open plan sitting and
dining room kitchen area with cast iron wood burning
stove. 2 bedrooms and bathroom (sleeps 4).
Beachcomber
They include flat screen colour televisions with integral
Freeview digital boxes and DVD players and are
electrically heated with 6 of the cottages also having cast
iron wood burning stoves.
Each kitchen is equipped with a range of modern all and
base cupboards, electric cookers, microwave ovens,
dishwashers and fridge/freezers.
There are allocated parking for the holiday cottages to
First Floor apartment providing hall, open plan sitting
room, dining room and kitchen area with cast iron wood
burning stove. 2 bedrooms and bathroom (sleeps 4).
Seaspray
Ground floor apartment providing open plan sitting/dining
room and kitchen area. 3 bedrooms and bathroom
(sleeps 6).
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Sandpiper
Seashell
Seadrift
Single storey cottage providing open plan sitting/dining room
and kitchen area with cash iron wood burning stove. 2
bedrooms and bathroom (sleeps 4).
Driftwood
First floor apartment accessed from ground level providing
open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen area with cast
iron wood burning stove. 3 bedrooms and shower room
(sleeps 6).
Single storey cottage providing open plan sitting, dining
room and kitchen area with cash iron wood burning stove. 2
bedrooms and bathroom (sleeps 4).
Ground floor apartment providing hall, open plan,
sitting/dining room and kitchen area. 2 bedrooms and
bathroom (sleeps 4).
(Seadrift and Seashell can be interconnected via a
doorway to provide a larger cottage if required).
Outside
Method of Sale
The property is offered by private treaty including the trade
inventory to include furnishings, equipment and fixtures
and fittings in the holiday letting cottages excluding any
personal items.
Tenure
Front communal courtyard with patio areas for the
cottages with seating. A range of mature shrubs and a
asphalt car park area for unloading for cottage guests.
Freehold.
Stone built barbeques.
DIRECTIONS FROM THE M5 MOTORWAY: Leave at
Junction 27 and follow the A361 North Devon link road
towards Barnstaple.
At the front of the property is an asphalt driveway with
allocated parking for 6 vehicles. There is also a side
asphalt car park with parking for a further 5 vehicles plus
bin storage.
To the rear of Seashell and Seadrift are lawned areas for
the cottages. Screened by mature shrubs including
fuchsia and hydrangeas. At the top of the site is a
garden area laid to lawn and screened by mature
shrubbery with a summerhouse.
Local Authority
North Devon District Council, Civic Centre, North Walk,
Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1EA
Tel: 01271 327711
Website: www.northdevon.gov.uk
Directions
You will come to the North Aller Roundabout (just North of
South Molton town) where you take the 3rd exit (effectively
turning right) towards Combe Martin on the A399.
When you leave Combe Martin you will pass (and ignore)
two signs for Berrynarbor, then you will pass Watermouth
Cove and on your right is Watermouth Castle.
The property is to the rear of Watermouth Castle clearly
signed.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with agents Humberts. For further
information contact Stephen Richards
File No: C6174
chestertonhumberts.com