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The first floor is approached via the


magnificent fan vaulted staircase leading to a galleried landing giving access to a number of well-proportioned bedrooms, dressing rooms and bathrooms. The main bedrooms are the Queen Adelaide room with its adjoining dressing room and en-suite bathroom and the William IV bedroom. In total there are 14 bedrooms and seven bathrooms on this floor, plus a gym with shower and a laundry room. The second floor, formerly the servants’


quarters, comprises 11 attic rooms and two bathrooms with doors giving access to the roof. The castle, understood to be a copy of the


14th century Belsay Castle in Northumberland, was designed as a craggy picturesque foil to the house and built of local red sandstone in the baronial Gothic style. It has been completely modernised and is laid out in six office suites


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let to a number of businesses on short leases, providing ancillary income to contribute to the running costs of the estate. The estate also includes a large detached


staff bungalow and estate buildings, and one of its most attractive features are its grounds and gardens including a sunken Italian garden, landscaped parkland, woodland and agricultural land. It’s not fully recorded as to who was responsible for all the landscaping, but it is understood that Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown charged the first Earl of Lisburne £105 for plans for improving the park and visited Mamhead to supervise their implementation. Today, Mamhead House is undoubtedly one


of the most important houses in the south of England, its Grade-I listing acknowledging its significant architectural and historical interest. It really is the stuff of dreams. EL


This page, clockwise from top left: the sumptuous


drawing room awash with exquisite period features; even Mamhead’s royal visitors would have been wowed with every step; the spectacular view stretches


all the way to Portland Bill; the ceilings are magnificent. Opposite page, from top: the estate even comes with its own 19th century castle; just imagine throwing a dinner party in this palatial dining room


House numbers Mamhead House near Dawlish, Devon


£8 million 16


10 8


11


164 1


bedrooms


reception rooms bathrooms attic rooms


acres of grounds Grade-II* listed castle


Contact Strutt & Parker, 24 Southernhay West, Exeter EX1 1PR tel: 01392 215631 www.struttandparker.com


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