Oyster Cottage

Oyster Cottage is a stone-built cottage behind a green door in Salcombe, its garden thick with planting along the path to the front step.

The approach runs through lavender and tall grasses to the cottage front, stone steps climbing between beds of greenery on either side.

Beams and a working fireplace

Inside, the living and dining space opens under exposed beams to a stone fireplace with a wood-burning stove, a green sofa facing the fire and doors leading straight out to the garden. The kitchen keeps its crockery on open shelves beside a Belfast sink.

Three bedrooms, one fitted with bunks

Three bedrooms sleep up to six, most finished with pine furniture and framed prints, one fitted with bunk beds for children. A single bathroom serves the cottage, with a bath set beneath a window and a separate glass shower cubicle.

A garden for long lunches

The garden holds a white metal table among irises, a red-cushioned patio set beneath an umbrella, and a wooden picnic bench on the lawn by the gate, all reached down stone steps from the house.

Down to Salcombe's waterfront

Salcombe's traditional boat sheds sit close by, moored boats reflect in still harbour water, and a shady riverside path offers glimpses of the estuary beyond, close to the cottage's own Salcombe address.

A family cottage with a proper garden

Three bedrooms, a real fireplace and a garden built for sitting out make this suited to a family or two couples wanting a traditional cottage rather than a modern flat.