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CHURCH FORD, LITTLE TORRINGTON, NORTH DEVON £575,000

TOURISTS FLOCK TO NORTH DEVON FOR ITS RUGGED COASTLINE, brooding moorlands and historic fishing villages, but here’s your chance to call it home. In Little Torrington, a Saxon settlement dating back to Edward the Confessor, Church Ford is a six-bedroom, Grade Ii-listed property full of charm. Comprising a 17th-century thatched cottage and extension dating back to the 1800s, the house is perfect for a large family or those looking to start a bed and breakfast. Walk up the driveway, with glorious gardens to your right and views over Exmoor to your left, and you’ll catch a glimpse of the clematis-framed front door. Beamed ceilings, an inglenook fireplace and range cooker make for a characterful interior, while the grounds include an orchard, copse, greenhouse and vegetable patch.

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