SITUATION The house stands in an elevated valley position with some fine views and is situated just outside St Austell and St Blazey, in a sought after rural area near Prideaux Woods and the renowned Luxulyan Valley. The nearest everyday facilities are at St Blazey and these are supplemented further by the town of St Austell about 4 miles. There is a railway station on the London Paddington line at Par about 2 miles.
Attractions of the area include the Eden Project, Charlestown with its historic harbour and plethora of shops, cafes and restaurants, Lostwithiel, Fowey and Lanhydrock.
DESCRIPTION The house is approached over its own private lane and presents a fine quality country residence of some 4,425 sq ft, which has been the subject of an upgrading and improvement programme over the last few years and today presents delightful accommodation with some particularly spacious and attractive rooms. It stands within its own mature grounds which include a large outdoor heated swimming pool and extensive stable block, which could be used for a variety of purposes, and a total of about 10.62 acres.
THE HOUSE The entrance is via a wide pillared porch which opens to an inviting spacious Reception Hall with impressive open and suspended turreted staircase with balustrade. Off is a particularly spacious Drawing Room, being about 31'1 x 25'9, and which is a double aspect room with wood-burner set in wide marbled fireplace with timber mantle and long recessed shelving to either side, deep ceiling coving and double quarter pane doors to Conservatory.
From the Reception Hall is an Inner Hallway to a useful Study with return door to the Drawing Room.
There is a spacious largely Open-plan Kitchen, Dining and Living Room which enjoys a fine outlook to the outside gardens. The Kitchen includes a matching range of white base and eye level units with stainless steel worktops to upstands, an oil-fired four-oven Aga with two hotplates and side warming plate, ceramic single drainer sink unit with vegetable bowl and flexible mixer tap, space, two dishwasher drawers, integrated dishwasher, inset convection oven, warming drawer, inset microwave. The Living includes a deep stone fireplace with old corner bread oven and insewt Woodburner.
Also on the ground floor is a useful Utility Room with plumbing for washing machines, deep ceramic double sink unit with flexible mixer tap and tiled floor, glazed door to outside and concertina shower doors to raised dog shower with tiled splashback, storage cupboard and Cloakroom with separate wc and wide pedestal washbasin with marble top.
On the first floor is a large balustrade Landing with doors off to a particularly spacious Master Bedroom of some 23'7 x 18'10 (maximum) and which benefits from its own Steam Room with glass door and mosaic tiled walls with seating benches and fine En Suite Wet Room with contemporary side filling freestanding bath, period reclaimed pedestal sideboard with inset sink unit, shower with rainshower and handheld shower and recessed shelf, heated towel radiator and separate wc.
There are a further four good Double Bedrooms each of which benefit from their own well-presented En Suites, three being En Suite Bathrooms all with freestanding contemporary baths, wcs, vanity washbasins and mirror fronted bathroom cabinets, and one En Suite Shower Room.
THE GROUNDS Immediately to the south of the house is a Cornish hedge and timber fenced enclosed Lawn Garden with shrub borders with gate and steps which lead down to an expansive Recreational Lawn Garden with attractive deciduous mature tree standards. There are further garden areas to the west and east with the eastern gardens leading through to the outdoor pool.
THE OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL Originally landscaped into the hillside with extensive paving surround and walled borders to take advantage of attractive landscape views. The pool is about 40 x 20ft with semi-circular Roman entry steps - the depth varies from about 1.2 to 2.7 metres.
Block building for a Changing Room and an air source heat Pump Room.
THE STABLE BLOCK Block and corrugated fibre cement V shape extensive Stable Block, of some 1,164 sq ft, with overhang, concrete loafing area, power and water (currently unconnected) and with good sized outside hardcore yard area and including doors to Tack Room, Hay Store; an irregular shaped Store Room; and three internal block stables.
THE LAND The land is divided into a number of paddocks which lie to the south-west, north and north-east of the house and its gardens. From the upper fields there are some superb views of the area and out to Carlyon Bay in the distance.
There is a public footpath which crosses the property and runs adjacent to the northern boundary of the land - the footpath is fenced out. There is also a private agricultural right of way across the bottom of the southern field which provides access to a neighbouring field and woodland.
VIEWING Strictly and only by prior appointment with Stags' Truro office on 01872 264488.
SERVICES Mains water and electricity connected. Private drainage. Oil-fired heating - boiler and furnace via air vents and first floor radiators.
Broadband: Standard available (Ofcom). Mobile telephone: EE, 02 and Three good outdoor, and Vodaphone variable outdoor (Ofcom).
DIRECTIONS On the A390 travelling from Lostwithiel towards St Austell, drive down the three-lane Penpillick Hill, pass over the level crossing and opposite the filling station, turn right into Prideaux Road. Drive for about 600 yards, ignore the turning to Luxulyan Valley and after about 200 yards, turn right up into the tarmac driveway which leads up to the house.
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