4 bed detached house for sale

Seaton Down Hill, Seaton EX12

An elegant four bedroom family home in a commanding elevated position, offering far reaching coastal and countryside views and approximately half an acre of delightful gardens.

The Property:

Bramble Hill is a handsome 1930s detached house, elevated high on the western side of Seaton, enjoying magnificent far reaching views across the sea, countryside, estuary and surrounding wetlands. The property was purchased by the present owners in 2022, at which time it had already been extensively refurbished. Since then, they have undertaken further thoughtful updates and improvements, and the house is now presented in exceptionally good order throughout. Its prominent position, generous proportions and beautifully arranged accommodation make it an exceptional family home.

A decorative front door opens into an inner porch with quarry tiled flooring, leading through a glazed and panelled door into the welcoming entrance hall. This spacious hallway features parquet style wooden flooring, a gallery staircase rising to the first floor, and a sizeable cloakroom with WC and wash basin. There is a deep walk in understairs cupboard providing excellent storage for coats, boots and outdoor wear, along with an additional ground floor storage cupboard.
Immediately off the hall is a charming double aspect snug with lovely views out towards the sea and featuring a gas coal effect stove set within a brick fireplace. A further door opens into the impressive open plan living and dining room, a generous dual-purpose space with a bay window overlooking the gardens towards the sea and French doors offering similarly attractive views. This room includes a log burner and enjoys direct access to an additional garden room or office, complete with sliding patio doors, a further window, perfect for taking in the picturesque surroundings.

The kitchen is a particularly spacious room, fitted with a comprehensive range of matching units, granite style worktops, and a large red four oven Aga with twin hotplates and warming plate. In addition, there is a white enamel one and a half bowl sink, dishwasher, under unit fridge, tile effect flooring, sliding doors opening to outdoor entertaining space, and a substantial wood burning stove set within a fireplace. A door leads through to the utility room, providing space for a large fridge freezer, washing machine and tumble dryer, along with a sink, worktop, storage shelving, tiled flooring, and a cupboard housing the consumer unit. A further door gives access to the rear garden.

Stairs with attractive balustrading leads to a half landing with a large window, continuing to a generous first floor landing and a second staircase leads up to the top floor with under stairs linen cupboard. There are three sizeable bedrooms on the first floor.

The principal bedroom is a particularly spacious double room with an original decorative 1930s fireplace and windows overlooking the garden, down the valley towards the sea. This lovely room benefits from a large en suite bathroom, featuring a double ended heritage bath, WC, twin wash basins and a window to the rear. The two further bedrooms, both sizeable doubles, are double aspect rooms which enjoy the superb views and retain the original 1930s decorative fireplaces. Also on this level is a dressing room, fitted on both sides with Hammonds wardrobes offering a comprehensive arrangement of hanging space and drawers. In addition, there is a family shower room which includes a large walk in shower with twin shower heads, WC, wash basin, shelved cupboard and window. A separate WC with wash basin completes the first-floor facilities.

Stairs rise from the first floor to the top level, where a door opens into bedroom four an exceptionally large double room with a dormer window to the front and a Velux window to the rear. From this height, the views are simply outstanding, stretching across the Axe Estuary, wetlands and all the way towards the sea. The room also features an en suite shower room with shower, WC, wash basin with storage beneath, and a Velux window.

Outside:

A five bar gate opens onto a generous driveway providing ample parking and giving access to a wooden garage with barn style doors and a pitched roof. Attractive mature gardens surround the property on all sides. The front lawn is accessible from both the living room and the garden room and features a central paved pathway leading to attractive steps with stone walls either side topped by stone lions, leading down to the large lawn. This large lawned area is enclosed by hedging and fencing. The pathway continues around the property providing seating areas and continue to a further lawned area framed by mature shrubs, flower beds and borders. The garden flows to the rear and is interspersed with flowering shrubs and trees, with a timber greenhouse/potting shed positioned to one side. Adjacent to the kitchen is a superb outdoor entertaining area with raised sleeper beds. Steps lead from the upper garden to a hardstanding area at the side of the property, providing access to the utility room and an external water tap before returning to the front. In addition there is an external boiler wall which houses the hot water cylinder with floor mounted Worcester boiler and housing the solar panels system. The gardens which extend to around half an acre, like the house, enjoy beautiful views across the wetlands and towards the sea.

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Council Tax: We are advised that this property is in Council Tax Band F . East Devon District Council. Services: We are advised that all mains services are connected. Solar panels installed.