A STATELY HOME ON THE COAST

$2 MILLION (1.5 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS)

This home, known as East House, is in a former manor in Rousdon, a village on the coast of East Devon, in South West England. It is one of six units in a subdivided Tudor-style house and is part of the larger 350-acre Rousdon Estate, which was established in the 1870s and now has dozens of residences.

East House, which encompasses about 12,000 square feet in the building’s southeast wing, is the largest of the units. It comes with 3.1 acres of landscaped grounds, and has access to a private beach at nearby Charlton Bay. Other amenities include a tennis court and a small lake. The manor, which was constructed of locally mined sandstone and has a slate roof, is a protected historic property with a “grade two star” listing from the National Heritage List for England.

Sir Henry Peek, a spice and tea importer who also served in Parliament, was the original owner of Rousdon Estate and commissioned the manor house on a plot 500 feet above sea level. Completed in 1878, it later housed Allhallows, a school for boys. The listing broker, Isabel Clifton of Strutt & Parker, an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, said the current owners bought East House after the boarding school was shuttered in the late 1990s and “restored the property to its former glory,” but are now looking to downsize.

The five-level home has eight bedrooms, five bathrooms and two kitchens, connected by a turreted spiral stone staircase. It has rich wood paneling with intricate carvings, Ms. Clifton said, as well as stained-glass windows, gold-leaf detail on the ceilings, parquet and marble flooring, and ornate moldings and fireplaces. There are also numerous wood-burning stoves.

The main entry, on the ground level, opens to a drawing room anchored by a fireplace with a decorative wood mantel. A long hallway with stone carvings and a marble floor leads to a 42-by-25-foot library/great room with two wood-burning stoves, a carved fireplace and three alcove windows with built-in seating. A reception hall and a foyer beyond lead outside to the gardens and a two-car parking area.

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