12 Pickpocket RoadExeter, NH 03833Sale Price: $1,796,000

The moment you enter through the wooden entry gates, you are reminded of an English country estate: long winding/rolling driveway, flanked on either side with white clumped birch trees and thousands of daffodils which lead to open fields and manicured grounds ending in a circular drive. This is BIRCHLEIGH, a fourteen-room home sited on 14.3 private waterfront acres with a stately presence overlooking the rich grounds to the front and the lush waterfront setting in the back. No detail has been overlooked or spared in this fastidiously maintained home: hand carved fireplace mantles, crown molding, to its epicurean-inspired, award-winning custom island kitchen and family area with coffered ceilings and radiant heated floors. The formal living and dining rooms are perfect for entertaining. A first-floor riverfront bedroom with full en-suite tiled bathroom. The master bedroom suite overlooks both the formal gardens and the river: screened porch, two walk-in closets, a bathroom with Carrera marble, steam shower and radiant heated floors. Additionally, there is a cathedral-ceilinged library/office with its own fireplace off the master. With an infinity-edge pool overlooking a private pond with water fountain, private walking trails, several brick patio areas for outdoor entertaining, outdoor hot/cold shower, kennel accessed by a three-bay heated car garage, there is no reason for ever leaving this nature lover's paradise...and the popcorn machine is ready in the home theater.