6 bedroom detached house for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Elegant and immaculately presented and substantial Georgian family residence
- Finished to an exacting standard with architectural and period features
- Beautifully proportioned rooms all immaculately presented
- Plenty of natural light flooding through the whole property
- 13 acres of grounds with landscaped garden, sun terraces and fields
- Ample parking with triple garage/boat store and Annexe above
- Tranquil setting close to East Portlemouth sandy beaches and the Salcombe Estuary
The hub of the house is the splendid kitchen breakfast room with 3 oven Aga and a 2 oven matching Aga module cooker. There are two formal reception rooms both elegant in design with feature fireplaces, and a formal dining room with large table and seating for 12. The ground floor accommodation also includes a large rear hallway with lantern roof ideal as a boot room, utility room, snug, study/bedroom 6 and shower room with WC and basin. A handsome staircase with ornate banister leads to the first floor light and airy landing where there is access to 4 beautifully appointed bedrooms, family bathroom and en suite facilities. All bathrooms are modern in design with complementary fittings. The property benefits from basement cellars.
Outside there is a substantial modern outbuilding currently used as a triple garage with annexe above with potential for further accommodation. The gardens are a delight with established shrubs and small trees surrounding the house with a wide expanse of lawn and sun terraces within a tranquil walled garden. Beyond the rear of the house are fields including stabling/paddocks extending in all about 13 acres.
Standing in its own extensive and beautifully landscaped grounds, the elegant Georgian house which sits up on a hill enjoys peace and tranquillity, even at the height of the season, and yet this prettiest of estuaries can be accessed from just a 25 minutes’ walk. The Salcombe Estuary is renowned as one of the loveliest in the country and, with its offshoot creeks, offers miles of sheltered waters for messing about in small boats, and deep water moorings for larger yachts. There are some delightful sandy beaches towards the mouth of the harbour and the coast on either side is the most spectacularly rugged and unspoilt of the whole of South Devon's coastline. It is a short boat ride to the heart of Salcombe with its pubs, restaurants, designer clothes shops, quays and mooring pontoons. For a more comprehensive range of facilities, Kingsbridge lies at the head of the estuary ad has shops, leisure facilities, and a highly regarded secondary school. The small village of East Portlemouth, with its ancient church is a short walk. There is a passenger ferry operating throughout the year and linking the village to Salcombe; water taxis run by the Salcombe Harbour Office, are also available in the summer season.
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