8 bedroom detached house for sale

This magnificent Georgian detached house dates from around 1835 and has Grade II listed status, with its elegant, rendered elevations and large sash windows. Inside, the accommodation is finished and presented to the highest of standards, with ornate period detailing and stylish contemporary fittings.

The property also benefits from ancillary accommodation and a flexible layout, offering the potential to create guest lodgings.

The main house has a light, airy and well-proportioned drawing room at the front, with wooden parquet flooring, a large bay window and a fireplace fitted with a log burner. There is also a formal dining room and a well-equipped kitchen and breakfast room with rich wooden units, a central island, a dual fuel AGA and three sets of French doors opening onto the rear garden.

There is a secondary area towards the rear of the ground floor which can be
used as part of the main residence or divided into separate, self-contained
accommodation. It includes its own private entrance, a well-proportioned
sitting and dining room, a fully equipped kitchen, one bedroom and a shower
room

The first floor offers two double bedrooms and a study, which could also be used as a bedroom if required. The principal bedroom has a dressing room with built-in storage and a luxury en suite shower room, while the first floor also has a family bathroom. On the second floor there are a further three bedrooms, one of which is en suite, plus a family bathroom.

Additionally, the main house has a lower ground floor with a 29ft games room and a high-specification cinema room, in addition to cellar storage.

The detached annexe sits within the property's beautiful garden and provides further accommodation for guests, family members or lodgers. It includes a sitting room, a well-equipped kitchen and two bedrooms, one of which is en suite. There is also an additional bathroom.

The property is set on a peaceful residential crescent with a central garden. The front entrance to the house has wrought-iron security gates with an intercom system, while the gravel driveway provides plenty of parking space and access to the detached garage and workshop space.

The garden includes splendid box hedging to the front while at the rear there is an area
of lawn, extensive paved and gravel terracing, colourful flowerbeds and borders of established hedgerow and mature trees.

St Leonard's is one of the most prestigious addresses in Exeter and offers a unique city lifestyle living, being on the doorstep of the city centre and Magdalen Road and its parade of shops.

The cathedral city of Exeter is less than a mile from the property and provides further shopping on the historic quayside with the nearby cities of Plymouth and Bristol offering more extensive choices.

The area has plenty of leisure activities to choose from such as tennis clubs, a walking group, football, horse riding, sailing, hiking the Jurassic Coast, fishing as well as access to three sandy beaches within 15 miles of the property.

The area offers excellent transport links and Exeter's four mainline train stations are all within two miles of the property. Trains run regularly to the smaller nearby cities as well as Bristol, Plymouth and London Paddington.

The A30 and M5 lead to the national motorway network providing convenient road links with Exeter International Airport, just over five miles away, offering both local and international flights.