Court Lodge, Sowton, Exeter, EX5

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For Sale on behalf of our clients is this beautiful early Victorian former Lodge / Gate House.

The property is located in Sowton Village, just a short distance away from the new Town of Cranbrook, with local shops, amenities, schools, supermarket & rail station link to Exeter & London Waterloo. The area is surrounded by East Devon Countryside & access to Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton & Exmouth Beaches all a short drive away.

The A30 & M5 are also close by giving easy access to Exter City & Plymouth & Northwards to Bristol.

Set off Sowton Lane the Lodge House is accessed just off the side lane through the gate pillars. Here you walk into the main Living Room with central log burner fireplace & bay window overlooking the Gardens. From this room you walk on through into the Dining Room, again with bay window overlook Sowton Lane hedgerow. Stairs to the first-floor accommodation and access directly into the Kitchen. The central internal wall is the characterful dressed limestone. The Kitchen has a range of cupboards, work surfaces, sink/drainer, space for fridge/freezer, electric cooker point, plumbing for a dishwasher and a large window overlooking the Gardens. A barn style door leads to the side. Here just off the Kitchen is a Utility area, giving extra space.

The first floor has two Spacious Bedrooms, lovely views & a modern Shower Room. Plenty of natural light.

The Gardens wrap around the property. Private enclosed offering a blank canvas to be re-modelled, design & landscaped. A double Garage with storage above sits to the rear of the plot with Off Road Parking in front.

Agents Note.

The property is Grade II listed (see below details) & needs refurbishment throughout. Buyers are advised to conduct their own due diligence regarding refurbishment & improvement works. Heating is currently via the log burner in the Living Room & standalone electric radiators. We have been advised that there is a boiler, however we do not know that any central heating or hot water system is working.

Buyers are welcome to arrange for suitably qualified professionals to visit & inspect the property whilst conducting a viewing.

Please contact Stuart Sealey, [email protected] for any further information or questions prior to viewing.

Grade II Listing Details

SOWTON SOWTON LANE (east side) SX 99 SE 1/50 Court Lodge with gatepiers - and gate 19.12.74 - II

Former lodge to Bishop's Court. 1834. Snecked limestone; gabled end slate roof. Single-depth plan cottage, with 2 rooms, with an entrance lobby with large porch set right of centre; central axial stack with C20 brick shaft. 1 1/2 storeys. Front: (facing drive) : porch to right, gabled with wavy barge boarding, with an elliptical chamfered stone arch; to the left of this is a 2-light casement window with transom, and a separately gabled half dormer with traceried triangular head to the 2-light casement window. Left-hand end faces the road with a 2:4:2 pane canted bay, with single lancet window to gable wall; prominent barge boarding. Right-hand end : 2-light casement window to gable wall, with hood mould; ground floor with canted bay, as to the other end. A C20 rear wing has been added, of 2 storeys, reconstituted stone to ground floor, slate-hung above. The associated gate piers, of limestone, square section, with pyramidal caps, and the wooden gate, traceried, with fleur-de-lis to upper rail, are included in this listing.

Tenure: Freehold
Council Tax Band D