_Take a tour of Chanters House: Devon's 10-bedroom historic stately home with 70ft library

Once a base for Oliver Cromwell and the official seat and ancestral of the Coleridge family for over 200-years this remarkable, fully renovated country home is now searching for a owners with a passion for historic country houses, a spirit of adventure and a keen eye for business opportunities, should income generation be on the agenda. 

Grounded by the weight of its history, Chanters House has in the last ten years been wonderfully preserved, enhanced, modernised and transformed by current owners into an vibrant, cost-efficient - a biomass energy system and solar panels were recently installed - and manageable small estate that has plenty to offer.

For a dynamic, modern family that plans to use the house as a meeting point for generations, it lends itself to modern, relaxed living where 21st Century mod cons and state-of-the-art facilities sit cheek-by-jowl with wonderful historic detail to include ornate plaster work, elm panelling, original timber floors and exposed beams.

Externally, the main house sits on a little over 21 acres of landscaped gardens, parkland and woodland on the edge of the pretty East Devon village of Ottery St Mary overlooking the Otter Valley.

Just the tonic for the summer months is a number of outdoor recreation facilities including a large lake, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, tennis court and stabling.

Extended family, visiting or paying guests can be put up in the self-contained cottage, lodge and coach house while older teenagers or night owls are free to entertain into the small hours in the dedicated party room fitted with a bar and DJ booth. 

With an internal footprint of  22,100 sq ft the house the house is large but not unmanageable. At ground level, the principal reception rooms announce a grand sense of arrival; they are of breath-taking proportions with the starring role going to the Cromwell Fairfax room - the current dining room said to have served as a meeting point for Cromwell and his proponents - with distinctive square bay window and hand-painted vaulted ceiling inlaid with gold leaf.

At 70ft in length, the library is one Devon's longest housing a collection of over 22,000 historic books belonging to Lord Coleridge, one the UK's greatest legal minds. 

On this floor there is a chapel, Victorian conservatory, indoor gym, billiard room, Victorian conservatory, palm house and very large kitchen / breakfast room. 

The principal staircase leads up to the first and second floors, where there is a master bedroom suite with two ensuite bathrooms and dressing rooms, nine further main bedroom suites and a staff suite. 

In the past, the property has served as a wonderful backdrop to photo shoots and weddings as well as private events and currently makes a revenue from renewable energy sources. 

The contents of the house are also for sale, by separate negotiation.

Honiton and Exeter are five and 10 miles away respectively, and London Paddington can be reached by train in just under two hours.