Broadleas, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10

Broadleas is an elegant Grade II listed property believed to have been built in 1816 and extended in the 1920's. Today the property has been meticulously restored with great attention to detail and many original period features saved. Off the fine cantilevered staircase entrance hall is the drawing room with bay window and sliding doors leading through to the dining room as well as the sitting room/media room and a cloakroom.

Beyond the reception hall is the magnificent 50 ft long kitchen/breakfast room with family room to one end and French doors giving access out on to the beautifully landscaped gardens with their far-reaching views. All the principal reception rooms have tall ceilings, ornate cornicing and wonderful aspects over the beautiful gardens and countryside beyond.

On the first floor the principal bedroom benefits from double aspect south and west with its own well-appointed bathroom and walk-in-dressing room. There are seven further double bedrooms, four bathrooms, two of which are adjoining.

Towards the rear of the eastern wing, on the upper mezzanine first floor, is a wonderful artist studio and kitchenette. To the rear, is a house keeper's maisonette comprising of a sitting room, dining room and kitchen on the ground floor and a bedroom and a bathroom on the first.

Over the lower ground floor are the cellars comprising of a vaulted room, four storerooms, the boiler room, the heat pump room and a wine cellar with original storage bins.

The main house can be approached via South Lodge or from the north, via Broadleas Road, with a drive across the park leading to the main house.

Situated to the southeast of the main house, at the head of the drive, is South Lodge. The property comprises of sitting room, dining room, kitchen, double bedroom, box room, bathroom and a cellar.

Broadleas House is well known for its stunning gardens originally developed some 70 years ago and today there are a full range of mature plants including magnolias, azaleas, hydrangeas, lilies, rhododendrons, camellias and rare trilliums underplanted with spring bulbs, hostas and other woodland plants. To the south of the house is approximately four acres of plummeting paths through woods and a dell providing intermittent views as far as the chalk hills of Westbury.

From the terraced gardens, to the east of the house, there is also a walled sunken garden, a ha-ha beyond which has spectacular far-reaching views. The main body of the garden is positioned to the east and south of the house, beyond the walled swimming pool area and is stocked with a wonderful variety of mature plants, trees and shrubs as well as borders. The current owners have tendered and created a wonderful variety of flowering plants throughout the seasons. There is also a large vegetable garden.

To the north and west of the house is an area of open parkland intermixed with mature trees. Fresh water tanks store water from the borehole which is used to irrigate the garden and grounds.

Broadleas House is a substantial (12,766 sq ft) attractive Georgian House located to the south of Devizes, a pretty market town. Devizes provides a range of facilities including well-renowned supermarkets, a cinema, petrol station and a wide range of shops.

The area is also well known for local schools including Dauntsey's, Marlborough College, St Mary's Calne, Stonar School and The Mill School at Potterne. It is also well served for good communications with trains taking just over an hour to Paddington from either Pewsey or Chippenham railway stations. The M4 motorway network links the West Country, London as well as to the north and south via the A34.

The cultural cities of both Bath and Salisbury are about a 40-minute drive, and the market town of Marlborough is 14 miles. Racing can be found at both Salisbury and Bath and well-known golf courses at Bowood Hotel Spa and Gold Resort, Marlborough and Chippenham Golf Clubs, to name but a few.