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5 bed house for sale Ashwater, Beaworthy, EX21

Guide Price

£660,000

Added on 09/10/2026

Type: Cottage
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 3
Tenure: Ask agent

Council tax Band D £2,601 a year

Key features

Attractive detached character cottage.
Sympathetically refurbished and extended.
Free flowing accommodation with four/five bedrooms.
Two bedrooms and shower room/WC on the ground floor.
Superior principal bedroom suite with en-suite shower room/WC.
Superbly equipped farmhouse style kitchen/dining room.
UPVC double glazing and modern electric heating.
Large and mature level gardens with pond and polytunnel.
Plenty of parking, outside sheds and stores.
Field amounting to over eight acres suitable for grazing stock.

About this property

Offered for sale with no forward chain is this refurbished and extended country cottage occupying a level plot. The property benefits from four/five bedrooms and outbuildings, with a field located just a few steps away amounting to over eight acres of pasture ready for grazing. East Down Cottage was originally a modest cottage which has been thoughtfully transformed and significantly enhanced by the present owners in recent years.

Floorplan

Council tax

Band D £2,601 a year

Per year

Band A

£1,734
Band B

£2,023
Band C

£2,312
Band D

This home: £2,601
Band E

£3,180
Band F

£3,758
Band G

£4,336
Band H

£5,203

This home is in band D, which costs £2,601 a year in Torridge for 2026/27.

Figures from MHCLG (Open Government Licence v3): the average bill for each band across Torridge, including the typical parish precept, so a parish's own bill can differ a little. Discounts lower the bill, such as 25% off for an adult living alone. Check a home's band on GOV.UK.

Location

Ashwater, Beaworthy, EX21

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Mortgage and stamp duty

Property price £660,000

£330k £990k

Deposit10% £66,000

£0 £660k

Interest rate 4.5%

0.5% 15%

Repayment period 25 years

5 years 40 years

A £594,000 mortgage. Most lenders would want a household income of about £132,000 to support it.

A guide only, for a capital repayment mortgage. The rate you are offered and what you can borrow depend on your circumstances and a full application with a lender or broker. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.

Properties sold nearby

HM Land Registry sales nearby. Floor areas from Energy Performance Certificates where matched.

Address	Type	Sold	Size	Size	£/sq ft	Price
East Down Cottage Detached	Detached	Mar 2022	n/a	n/a	n/a	£525,000
East Down Cottage Detached	Detached	May 2021	n/a	n/a	n/a	£437,000
West Down Cottage Detached	Detached	Apr 2020	n/a	n/a	n/a	£525,000
West Down Detached	Detached	Jul 2005	n/a	n/a	n/a	£720,000
West Down Cottage Detached	Detached	Jul 2005	n/a	n/a	n/a	£435,000
West Down Cottage Detached	Detached	Sept 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a	£139,000
East Down Cottage Detached	Detached	Mar 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a	£79,500
West Down Cottage Detached	Detached	Nov 1996	n/a	n/a	n/a	£109,000