Spacious five-bedroom house with barn and parking, ideal for families seeking character..
- Grade II listed period townhouse with river views
- Five bedrooms across three floors and generous reception space
- Private, pretty walled garden and off-street parking for three vehicles
- Two-storey stone barn/workshop with services connected, conversion potential
- Lapsed planning consent for extension and barn conversion (would need reapplication)
- Stone walls likely uninsulated; sensitive refurbishment and maintenance needed
- EPC Band D; listed status may restrict some energy improvements
- Local area records higher crime and notable deprivation statistics
Cornish House is a substantial, period end-of-terrace townhouse with commanding river views over the Torridge. The house provides five bedrooms across three storeys, a large living room, kitchen/breakfast room and secluded walled gardens — rare in this central Bideford setting. A two-storey stone barn/workshop attached to the garden already has water, gas and power connected and offers clear potential for ancillary accommodation subject to consent.
This house will suit a family seeking character and space close to town amenities, or a buyer prepared to carry out sensitive updating to unlock full value. The property formerly had planning consent (now lapsed) to extend above the kitchen and convert the barn to holiday accommodation; those drawings show the scope for improved living space and income potential but a fresh application would be required. The building is Grade II listed, so any alterations will need appropriate listed-building permissions and specialist input.
Buyers should note material practicalities: the stone walls are understood to have no insulation (assumed), the property dates from the early 19th century and will require ongoing maintenance and sympathetic refurbishment. EPC Band D and the building’s listed status may limit some energy upgrades. There is private off-road parking for three vehicles — a significant convenience in this location — but the wider area records higher crime and notable socio-economic deprivation, which some purchasers may wish to research further.