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Devon offers perfect haven for solitude seekers with deep pockets

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<strong>Those wishing complete peace and quiet here is a deal for them, but only if they can afford it.</strong></p>
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Away from the bustling crowd of the metros with bare minimum human contact, there is an off-the-grid cottage at Devon, England. As per a report in Metro, the cottage located next to a sea-shore in England southwest country is going for £550,000 or Rs5,56,33,378.</p>
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The two-bedroom cottage covers an interior space of 1,345 square feet – most of which is on the ground floor with a large loft room above.</p>
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The cottage has no Internet or electricity connection available. Water is available through a rainwater harvesting system. There is another alternative for water supply as one can collect it from a spring-fed well in front of the cottage. There are multi-fuel burners in the reception rooms to provide heating while the kitchen has a gas cooker and lamps powered by LPG gas containers.</p>
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Situated at the rear portion of the house are two stone-build store rooms and an outdoor sawdust toilet. Also for those who like greenery, there is also a wildflower garden.</p>
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The cottage is located right above the National Trust owned Mansands beach.</p>
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In the past, the cottage was a home point for the coastguard and forms a part of a set of three properties that was built by the prisoners of Napoleonic war in the early 19th Century.</p>
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The coastguard used the cottage to keep a check on tobacco smugglers, up until the 1950s.</p>
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<strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/culture-news/england-most-remote-house-skiddaw-house-is-up-for-sale-112532.html">England most remote house Skiddaw House is up for sale</a></strong></p>

IN Bureau

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