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A breathtaking, secret idyll on the banks of the River Dart, with stunning views and almost on the doorstep of Dartmouth Castle

One for the water babies — this spectacular three-bedroom waterside property sits on the edge of the River Dart where it meets the sparkling Channel.

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Sitting proudly on the banks of the river Dart in Dartmouth is Rosebank, a breathtaking property currently on the market via Marchand Petit for £3 million.

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Dartmouth is a popular sailing town, with an annual regatta that draws visitors from all over.

Truly the waterside living dream — Rosebank boasts a wonderful riverside terrace, a garden with a boat shed and davit, plus access down stone steps to the water — taking you from house to sea in seconds.

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Each room benefits from glorious water views, with an open-plan relaxed style throughout. The three bedrooms can be found on the lower floor.

As one might expect, the views from almost every window, not to mention the riverside terrace, are staggering.

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The house stands next to medieval St Petrox Church and Dartmouth Castle, with gardens that slope down to the water’s edge; where the boathouse can be found and where the need for the davit is determined by the tide.

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Rosebank is currently on the market via Marchand Petit for £3 million — see more pictures, or enquire with the agent for further details.

Dartmouth: What you need to know

Location: On the south Devon coast, approximately 25 miles from Newton Abbot and 14 miles from Totnes. There are Great Western rail services from both locations which provide fast links to London Paddington.

Atmosphere: The picturesque seaside town proves popular with visitors year-round, but particularly in the summer when it holds its annual regatta on the River Dart.

Things to do: From beaches, restaurants, shops and a whole-host of water-based activities — including sailing (for which the town is known), rowing, stand-up paddle boarding and boating. The town is catered for those wanting to explore and enjoy the best that Devon has to offer.

Schools: Kingswear Community Primary School, St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School and Dartmouth Academy are all rated 'good' in Ofsted reviews.

See more property for sale in the area.

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Annunciata Elwes
Annunciata Elwes

Annunciata grew up in the wilds of Lancashire and now lives in Hampshire with a husband, two daughters and an awful pug called Parsley. She’s been floating round the Country Life office for more than a decade, her work winning the Property Magazine of the Year Award in 2022 (Property Press Awards). Before that, she had a two-year stint writing ‘all kinds of fiction’ for The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, worked in internal comms for Country Life’s publisher (which has had many names in recent years but was then called IPC Media), and spent another year researching for a historical biographer, whose then primary focus was Graham Greene and John Henry Newman and whose filing system was a collection of wardrobes and chests of drawers filled with torn scraps of paper. During this time, she regularly gave tours of 17th-century Milton Manor, Oxfordshire, which may or may not have been designed by Inigo Jones, and co-founded a literary, art and music festival, at which Johnny Flynn headlined. When not writing and editing for Country Life, Annunciata is also a director of TIN MAN ART, a contemporary art gallery founded in 2021 by her husband, James Elwes.

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