4 bedroom detached house

This impressive four-bedroom townhouse sits within Zenith, a gated development based around an iconic art deco-style building in the heart of popular St. Leonards. Dating from the early 20th century, the buildings was converted to provide a range of homes and business units, including this beautifully presented four-storey family home.

The main everyday living and entertaining space is situated on the upper two levels. This includes, on the second floor, an impressive, airy, open plan kitchen, sitting room and dining room measuring 38ft with wooden flooring and full-height windows to the front and rear. There is plenty of space for a seating area and a family dining table, while the kitchen itself has sleek, contemporary fitted units to base and wall level, a central island and integrated appliances including a double oven, a gas hob with an extractor hood and a wine cooler.

Further up on the third floor there is an additional comfortable sitting room. This space also features wooden flooring and full-height windows, including sliding glass doors opening onto the front and rear terraces.

The bedrooms are situated on the ground floor and first floor. They include one double bedroom on the ground floor, together with a shower room and a utility room or laundry. The first floor provides a further three well-presented bedrooms, including the generous principal bedroom with its extensive built-in storage and en suite bathroom. The first floor also has a further family bathroom.

The property benefits from two roof terraces, one to the front and one to the rear, both of which are accessed via the third floor sitting room. They provide outside space in which to relax or barbecue and dine al fresco, as well as affording views across the St. Leonards rooftops. There are also smaller balconies to the rear of the first floor and second floor accommodation, while on the ground level there is a walled courtyard garden, accessed via the rear ground floor bedroom. Parking is available on the communal parking area at the front of the development, while the property also has an integrated garage for further parking or home storage.

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.

The region is well served by good private and state schools such as St Leonard’s CofE Primary School, Wynstream School and St Michael’s CofE Primary Academy, all rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. The world-renowned University of Exeter is also less than two miles away from the property.