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"A dramatic and striking Grade II Listed property with beautiful features and wonderful gardens. 5 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, utility. 3/4 acre gardens. Garage. EPC Band F.

SITUATION Broadclyst has a strong community with village shop, public house, church a well-regarded primary school and Clyst Vale Community College secondary school. The university and cathedral city of Exeter is about 6 miles away and provides an extensive range of facilities befitting a centre of this importance, including excellent dining, shopping, theatre and sporting and recreational amenities. Exeter has mainline railways stations to London Waterloo and Paddington. Exeter International Airport lies about 4 miles to the east of the city. INTRODUCTION Kerswell House is a striking Grade II Listed building dating from the 1840s. Originally the estate consisted of the principal house, coach house and a lodge. In the 1960s the estate was divided including the principal house which now forms two attached properties. The Listed Buildings notes state that author, poet and dramatist Eden Philpotts (1862-1960) lived there for many years. It is said his friend Agatha Christie, who was an admirer of his work, was a regular visitor to his home. This substantial property is home to some wonderful period features which include arched sash windows, detailed decorative high ceilings, a wide turning staircase and feature fireplaces. Ideal as a family home, the property enjoys a wonderful level garden that is mostly laid to lawn. ACCOMMODATION A dramatic arched stone entrance with a solid wood panelled door invites you into the property through a porch that provides a perfect area for outdoor clothing and a further leaded glazed door leads through to the reception hall. This spacious hallway is beautifully finished with parquet flooring. Doors lead through to the ground floor accommodation, a contemporary cloakroom and a fabulous staircase. To the right is a generous family kitchen/breakfast room that has a wonderful selection of arched picture windows and rear door leading out to the garden. The kitchen has an array of base and wall units, breakfast bar and a wonderful dresser unit. The spacious sitting room again enjoys a garden aspect through a substantial bay sash window, a feature fireplace with an inset wood burner and is finished with parquet flooring. The dining room/snug continues the fashion with a high ceiling, dual aspect and a feature fireplace. A storage room houses the boiler with a metal plated door opening to a shelved safe. A lobby area then leads through to a utility room that provides storage units and space for white goods. Moving up the grand staircase, a substantial picture window on the half landing floods the area with natural light then leads onto the first floor landing. The spacious landing enjoys a wonderful decorative ceiling and an airing cupboard. The generous master bedroom has high ceilings and a striking bay window that enjoys views of the garden. Bedroom 2 has a dual aspect with views of the garden and another striking bay window. A door connects with the family bathroom. Bedroom 3 has a dual aspect with views over the side of the property and includes an en suite shower room. The generous family bathroom provides a bath, shower cubicle, wc, wash basin and a heated towel rail. The second floor offers an interesting arrangement of accommodation with bedroom 4 that has a built-in wardrobe and access to a further room that would make a fantastic study, large dressing room or a further bedroom. Bedroom 5 has a built-in wardrobe and the benefit of a large en suite bathroom.
  THE GROUNDS Through a five bar gate, a gravel drive, providing ample parking, leads to the front of the property and a single garage. The formal gardens wrap around the property on two sides, with the plot extending to approximately 0.73 of an acre. This large level garden is mostly laid to lawn with established perimeter trees and hedges providing an element of privacy. A delightful section of decking, accessed from the kitchen, forms a wonderful area for al-fresco dining. DIRECTIONAL NOTE From Exeter proceed on the B3212/Pinhoe Road. Go through two mini-roundabouts into Pinhoe. Continue on this road for a further 1.8 miles where the property is located on the right before reaching the village of Broadclyst. SERVICES Mains electricity, mains water, mains gas and shared private drainage. Gas central heating. LOCAL AUTHORITY Exeter City Council, Civic Centre, Paris Street, Exeter, EX1 1JN. Tel:-01392 277888 www.exeter.gov.uk You may download, store and use the material for your own personal use and research. You may not republish, retransmit, redistribute or otherwise make the material available to any party or make the same available on any website, online service or bulletin board of your own or of any other party or make the same available in hard copy or in any other media without the website owner's express prior written consent. The website owner's copyright must remain on all reproductions of material taken from this website."