Cleeve House is an excellent period family property dating back to 1886 and although it retains many period features is not currently listed. The extensive accommodation including a wonderful reception hall accessed by the impressive porch at the front of the house - all the main reception rooms have high ceilings and large picture windows.
Upstairs all the bedrooms are well-proportioned and provide large guest accommodation with superb views over the surrounding area.
Accommodation in total comprises: entrance porch, reception hall, smoking room, drawing room, library, dining room, study, cloakroom, kitchen and cellars; upstairs are the master bedroom suite and eight further bedrooms plus three family bathrooms and two en suite shower rooms.
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The house has a nursery flat which comprises sitting room, bathroom and two bedrooms, and a court flat which has kitchen, sitting room and two bedrooms plus a bathroom.
Outside the gardens are delightful and feature a wealth of mature specimen trees and plants including broadleaf and conifer trees. There is also an extensive variety of shrubs. A walled garden sits directly behind the house and formal lawns offer several entertaining areas including a croquet lawn.
At the bottom of the valley lies the River Erme with about 520 metres of single bank fishing rights. The land comes in lots but amounts to around 35 acres.
The guide price is £1.5m. For further information please contact Knight Frank on 01392 848 823 or visit www.knightfrank.co.uk.
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