Seaton Road, Colyford, Colyton, EX24

A substantial and impressive, four / five bedroomed detached country house, in a superb location, set within lakeside glorious gardens offering complete privacy, outside entertaining areas, ample onsite parking, and a large double garage.

This superb home benefits from a kitchen, breakfast room, conservatory, utility room, dining room, snug, workshop/office, lounge, a superb bar and games room with adjacent cloak and shower room on the ground floor. Upstairs are four good sized double bedrooms, three with en-suite bathrooms and one with an adjacent bathroom alongside.

The garden and grounds of Strafford Brook, offer complete privacy and an unrivalled and idyllic lakeside setting that offers a range of planting and landscaping, that would justify being open to the public, and offers size and versatility, that moves towards self-sufficiency, or provides a range of commercial possibilities.

The Property:

A detached chalet style home that has been significantly extended and improved over the years to provide spacious and very flexible accommodation. Constructed with colour washed rendered elevations, under a slate roof, the property has the usual attributes of with double glazed windows and gas fired central heating.

Ground Floor

The very spacious accommodation, includes; entrance hall with cloakroom, with a door to the workshop/office, that could be a ground floor bedroom with the potential for an en-suite. The entrance hall opens up to a very spacious inner hall, with stairs rising up to a galleried landing, with doors off to a snug, a separate dining room and kitchen, with a range of units and appliances, with door to separate utility room, and archway to the breakfast room. Both the kitchen and utility room, open up to a very large conservatory at the rear.

Returning to the inner hall, a door leads to the lounge with a substantial stone fireplace fitted with log burning stove. A door gives access to a very quaint bar area, which has access to the games room and a ground floor shower room with French doors to the patio. This area has many versatile options.

First Floor

On the first floor the principal bedroom has an en-suite bathroom with sunken bath. Two further double bedrooms, both with en-suites. The fourth double bedroom has a dressing room and a further adjacent full bathroom alongside, with bath, separate shower and sauna.

The property was comprehensively updated and improved approximately 20 years ago, and would make an excellent family home, would be suitable for B&B purposes, or with the conversion of games room, and bar areas, would be suitable for dual family occupation, or form the basis of a granny annexe.

Gardens and Grounds

Double electric gates, give on to a large block paved entrance forecourt that provides ample onsite parking for numerous vehicles and gives access to the main house and the large double garage.

The property and gardens are screened from the Road by high mature hedging. To the front of the house there is an area of lawn with mature trees and adjacent orchard. On the far side of the entrance forecourt, an evergreen archway leads to the upper garden. Where there is an extensive fruit cage which leads to an area of lawn with inset planting and a corner gazebo.

Walking over the humpback bridge a shaded wooded walkway leads down on the far side of the lakes and meanders down through a Woodland. At present Bluebells are in full bloom, with matured flowering shrubs. This gives enchanting glimpses of the bottom lake, which incorporates two islands and a timber built jetty with views across the lake, with resident Moorhens and visiting Ducks.

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On crossing the wooden bridge at the bottom of the garden there is an area of raised productive vegetable beds for the keen gardener or those wishing to provide a degree of self-sufficiency.

The vegetable beds are fronted by an area of lawn and a substantial orangery with adjacent timber store room and barn. There is an island bed of mature planting with two walkways, one leading to a large central lakeside lawn. This is where the waterfall separates the lower lake from the upper lake, which also has an island. This island benefits from mature flowers and shrubs, including camelia and rhododendrons and a large wheeping willow tree. The lawn then leads up to the greenhouse which is attached to the large double garage.

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The other pathway meanders up beside a Knot garden and a timber clad outhouse giving access to the formal pond which is surrounded by paving and a barbecue lodge at one end.

This leads onto a patio at the rear of the house, with adjacent fish ponds, a large rear conservatory and access to a second Knot garden and the large double garage. A timber gate then provides access to the entrance courtyard.
Words cannot describe these idyllic and unique gardens and grounds which must be viewed to be appreciated.

Colyford

Colyford is a lovely rural village, close to Colyton, and only a short distance from the town of Seaton, which has a beach, many local facilities and shops, and the World Heritage Jurassic Coastline. Locally, there is an excellent shop, Post Office, butcher, church, two pubs, village hall, playground and the well regarded Colyton Grammar School.

Coyford is also in an Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty, has the local Nature Reserve, Seaton Wetlands, on the door step, and has two stops on the Seaton Tramway, which runs between Seaton and Colyton. There is also a traffic free walk/cycle route into Seaton through the Nature Reserve.

Colyford is well located for the nearby Seaside towns of Lyme Regis and Sidmouth, and has good access to the A303, and the M5. Exeter and its attractions are also within easy reach.

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