7 bedroom detached house for sale

This once-upon-a-time, quintessential English vicarage, hidden behind hedging and mature trees, is approached up a drive and through gates onto a gravelled area to the side of the house. Southea Grange was built in 1872, a year after the creation of its neighbouring Church of Emmanuel, for which it served. Quaintly this date is embossed on the decorative cast iron rain hoppers. The very handsome property in red brick inlaid with black detailing, under a slate roof, has a prominent bay to the front. Perhaps thankfully for any owner, the house is not listed; none-the-less it displays many fine features with its gothic-arched entrance door, high ceilings, tall sash windows, internal shutters, deep skirtings, picture rails, sculpted cornices and period fireplaces. Many of the rooms are dual aspect, the large, timber sash windows allowing in a great deal of light.The garden is fully enclosed and secure for dogs and relatively low maintenance, largely mowing the lawn and trimming the hedges. The heated swimming pool is 10 by 5 metres and has a depth of 4’6” throughout. It was installed by the owners who also added the well maintained hard tennis court which has a high wall on two sides and thick hedging along one end, both features being invaluable to all the family and their friends.