5 Bed Terraced House For Sale

SITUATION
Gullane Hill House sits in a prominent and convenient location within just a few hundred yards level walk of the centre of this bustling market town. Situated in a slightly elevated and tucked away position standing within its own grounds off New Street, the property enjoys sunny, southerly and westerly elevations. Honiton also serves a large rural community and is particularly well-known as an antique and book centre as well as having most of the usual multiples such as WHSmith, Boots, Tesco and a variety of shops, restaurants, schools, sports centre/swimming pool, golf club and direct main line rail link to London (Waterloo). Honiton is also well served by local bus services.

The county town of Exeter, 16 miles to the West, has a comprehensive range of shopping and sporting facilities, theatres, art centre, main line rail link to London (Paddington) and a small international airport together with M5 access. The Regency coastal resort of Sidmouth lies some 9 miles to the south with its pebble beach (sand at low tide), long esplanade and range of independent shops. The renowned Colyton Grammar School, one of England’s top mixed state schools, is situated about 9 ½ miles away.

THE PROPERTY
Gullane Hill House is a Grade II Listed property that has origins dating back to the early 19th century and is traditionally built with rendered elevations under a roof that is predominantly slate and has a well-proportioned front facade typical of the period. The accommodation is extremely adaptable and laid out on four principal floors with spacious rooms that still retain a wealth of period features and worthy of particular mention are the large, small pane sash windows, some of which have window seats, the fireplace in the drawing room with a new wood burner and the delightful period sweeping staircase. The accommodation has typical well-proportioned rooms with high ceilings. The well-proportioned kitchen includes the recent installation of underfloor heating via a new Worcester boiler. Also, further recent updates include the bathroom and shower rooms with quality suites. To summarise, Gullane Hill House is a unique and rare property to be found in the heart of the town that provides space, character and a delightful period ambience.

OUTSIDE
The property is approached over a driveway (over which next door has a right of way). To the west side is a level area of lawn with a good-sized flagstone patio area. A gated door leads through to the rear courtyard in which there are several storage areas. There is a further area of garden to the south with lawn and trees. To the west, and approached directly off New Street, are the garages which comprise one double and one single garage. In all the property stands in grounds that extend to approximately 0.14 acre.