Date: 02/07/2022
An impressive and substantial 3/4 bedroom period home forming part of a Grade II* listed former Country House just south of Exeter, rich with original features and details. 3/4 Bedrooms (1 en suite), bathroom, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting/dining room, mezzanine snug/bed 4, large private garden, parking area and 2 garages.
Description:
Once in a while something special comes to the market, and Lantern Hall is certainly that. The property forms part of Pitt House, designed and built in the 1840’s by the renowned London Architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in Partnership with William B. Moffatt. Sir Gilbert Scott being responsible for many iconic buildings such as St Pancreas Hotel and Train Station, and the Prince Albert Memorial. Pitt House is described as being of immense architectural and historic interest as one of the few remaining examples of a domestic building by Sir Gilbert Scott, and as an example of the early Victorian Jacobean revival style. Constructed of Devon squared stone with Bathstone dressings the house is almost symmetrical in design and features curly Dutch gables and castellated bay and oriel windows.
Pitt House was extended to the rear in the 1880’s whilst in the ownership of Charles Seale-Hayne including the addition of a billiard room and ballroom as well as several service rooms. During the second world war the American military used Pitt House, and then it saw use as a boys boarding school for a period of time prior to the conversion in the 1980’s. In the mid 1980’s much restoration work was carried out and the mansion was split into the current layout of three large houses and six apartments.
Lantern Hall is substantial and impressive freehold home formed from the original billiard room and part of the ballroom as well as several of the service rooms added by Seal-Hayne. The house is richly decorated with many well preserved and interesting original features, including the large lantern light over the living room which gives the house its name.
Accommodation extends to in excess of 2,000 sq ft and briefly comprises 3/4 bedrooms (1 en suite), large sitting/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, mezzanine snug/bed 4, library, bathroom and utility room over two floors plus the mezzanine. Outside the property benefits from a sizeable area of garden with gravelled parking area, plus 2 garages and a further parking space.
Agents Notes: This is a Grade II* Listed Property – List entry number: 1165950
Pitt House is surrounded by park-like grounds, partly divided among the freehold houses for their private use, with the remainder to the front of the house used as communal grounds by the apartments who contribute to their maintenance. The owners of Lantern Hall could also enjoy the use of the communal grounds if they contribute towards the maintenance costs.
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