Claremont is an attractive period family home located in the highly desirable Exeter suburb of St Leonard’s. The property provides generous accommodation spread across four floors with retained original features throughout including sash windows, high ceilings and original fireplaces. It has been configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space with spacious and light filled accommodation and quality fixtures and fittings featuring throughout the property.

A welcoming entrance hall leads you through to the drawing room and dining room that both provide impressive reception spaces. The drawing room features an ornate bay door that leads out onto an attractive balcony. The ground floor has a useful cloakroom, and stairs providing access to the lower ground level floor.

The lower ground level provides additional reception space including a spacious kitchen/breakfast room and a sitting room. The bright and airy kitchen/breakfast room benefits from warm hardwood floors and traditionally styled cabinetry with granite worktops, a cooker and AGA stove, double sinks and a separate pantry space. The adjacent sitting room has a fireplace and log burning stove, herringbone laid flooring and access onto the pretty private terrace and garden.

The second and third floors provide accommodation for five well-served bedrooms, with each enjoying the use of its own en suite bath or shower room. All are of excellent proportions, with three being particularly wellsized and three also featuring useful built-in storage. The first floor benefits from a further family bathroom with a freestanding roll top bath.

Exeter St David’s 1.8 miles (London Paddington 2 hours 10 mins), Exeter Airport 5 miles

Outside

The property is approached over a paved driveway with private parking for two cars. Claremont offers a good sized split level garden that benefits from a block- paved terrace area that is ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The garden is laid to lawn and is bordered by mature trees and shrubs. A pretty balcony and small courtyard area are located to the front of the property and provide further outside entertaining space.

Situation

Claremont is situated in an enviable position in leafy St.Leonard's on the fringes of the city centre. St Leonard's has a good range of mainly independent local shops and amenities, known as “The Village”, including a restaurant and a sought-after primary school. The vibrant cathedral City of Exeter has further well regarded schools including Exeter School, The Maynard, Exeter College (rated Outstanding by OFSTED) and the University of Exeter which is one of the best universities in the country.

Communication links are excellent, with easy access to the A30 and M5 (Junction 29), offering links to the A38 and further motorway network. Regular rail links to London (Paddington) run from nearby Exeter St David’s mainline station in just over two hours, while Exeter Airport provides a broad range of both domestic and international flights, including a daily flight into London City Airport.

Directions

From Strutt and Parker’s Exeter Office turn right onto Barnfield Road and then turn left onto Western Way (B3212). Take the fourth exit at the roundabout onto Heavitree Road (B3183) and then turn right onto College Road. Take a right hand turn onto Magdalen Road followed by a left hand turn onto Wonford Road where the property will be on the left-hand side