LCAA8506 Offers Around £675000 Springfields, Bolenowe Lane
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Ref: LCAA8506 Offers around £675,000 Springfields, Bolenowe Lane, Troon, Cornwall, TR14 9HP FREEHOLD In an idyllic rural setting, located in the middle of its own land of circa 4 acres, a charming 4 bedroomed period house in good decorative order throughout with en-suite and family bathrooms and 3 reception rooms. An extensive range of useful outbuildings combined with the 2/3 paddocks, make this an ideal smallholding/equestrian opportunity. 2 Ref: LCAA8506 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance hall, boiler room, kitchen, snug, sitting/dining room. First Floor: master bedroom with en-suite shower room, 3 further bedrooms, family bathroom. Outside: approximately 4 acres of grounds comprising two stock fenced paddocks, a large unfenced paddock with some inset trees and gunnera and an adjacent wildlife reserve area (which could be reverted to paddock if required), more formal garden areas around the house and a vegetable garden behind the outbuildings. The outbuildings comprise an implement store, laundry room, cow barn, garage, garage/workshop, carport and wood shed. N.B. The country lanes on the approach to the property are narrow in places so please take care. DESCRIPTION The perfect opportunity for someone to acquire a beautifully situated rural smallholding that could also be used for equestrian purposes or to create a self sufficient lifestyle from the land which currently comprises two stock fenced enclosed paddocks with two further potential paddocks behind the house, one of which is currently just open meadow with a few inset trees and gunnera, the other is a wildlife reserve with a pond. A feature that is not easy to repeat is that the house and outbuildings are situated virtually in the centre of the 3 Ref: LCAA8506 land providing excellent privacy and plenty of space between neighbours. A long asphalted private driveway drops from a quiet country lane down to the house and outbuildings, broadening to create a large parking and turning area between the two, with room for numerous vehicles. The house appears to have been well looked after and is in good decorative order throughout. A glazed entrance porch leads through to a boiler room where there is freestanding biomass/oil burning boiler that supplies domestic hot water and central heating to the house. A door from the entrance porch leads through to the kitchen which is well fitted with ivory coloured units and integrated appliances and beyond that is an attractive snug with multi fuel burning stove set in an impressive granite fireplace. From the snug, steps lead down to a full width sitting/dining room across the back of the house with double glazed doors from the sitting room area into the gardens and there is a fireplace at one end. On the first floor is a split level landing accessing four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The master bedroom has an en-suite shower room and bedroom 4 is currently used as a study. There are lovely views over the land and surrounding countryside from both the ground and first floors. The excellent and very useful range of outbuildings provide plenty of storage for vehicles and equipment with a former cow shed currently used as storage and potting shed with a door out into the vegetable garden area beyond. Adjacent to this is a large double garage although there are no front doors currently fitted. Adjacent to this is a double garage size garage/workshop with vehicular access doors at the front and a pedestrian door to the 4 Ref: LCAA8506 rear. Beyond this is a further large carport and woodshed which is where a pair of barn owls are currently nesting. Across Cornwall, such properties are not easy to find with a property that is well presented and offers characterful accommodation, surrounded by a versatile landholding that is manageable and provides the perfect opportunity for some of the ‘good life’ where a certain degree of self sufficiency could be experienced. The property’s green credentials are enhanced by the central heating and hot water for the house being provided by a boiler that is generally powered by biomass woodblocks but has a switch over that is triggered when it runs out of biomass fuel enabling it to run off an oil supply. On one of the outbuildings are photovoltaic panels which provide a feed-in tariff that in general covers the property’s electricity bills, we understand, and sometimes also provides a bit extra. LOCATION This superb smallholding is situated on the side of a shallow valley close to the rural hamlet of Troon in a sparsely inhabited area which has large open tracts of agricultural land and moorland close by. This area is intersected by an excellent network of quiet country lanes, footpaths and bridleways. The towns of Redruth to the north east and Camborne to the north west provide an excellent array of shops and leisure/commercial facilities. Both have mainline stations on the direct rail link to London Paddington with approximate travel time of 4½ hours. Beyond the two towns lies the A30 which is Cornwall’s main arterial road providing swift access out of county as it remains largely dual carriageway all the way to Exeter where it 5 Ref: LCAA8506 joins the national motorway network, whilst to the west the A30 provides swift access to both north and south coastal resorts such as St Ives and Penzance. The coastal village of St Ives is world renowned for its artists who picked it due to the amazing light conditions found there and Penzance has a harbour and marina. On the other side of the A30 lies Cornwall’s north coast with many wonderful sandy bathing and surfing beaches within a short drive. To the south of Troon the surrounds stay mainly rural all the way down towards Helston which is an attractive market town which holds a world renowned annual festival in which the Flora Dance is renowned. Beyond Helston lies the softer south coast with picturesque fishing villages and further beaches in abundance. All in all, a very accessible and peaceful, rural property where the tranquillity provided by the surrounding countryside can be your daily life and yet towns and Cornwall’s infrastructure and coastline are all within easy reach. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) Double glazed panelled wood effect door with outside courtesy/security lighting opening to:- ENTRANCE HALL. A range of base level built-in cupboards with a roll edged laminated worktop surface down one side providing excellent storage with room for a tumble dryer at one end. Double glazed windows all along one side overlooking the driveway and fields, ceramic tiled floor, double glazed windows providing borrowed light to the kitchen. Polycarbonate roofing panels, recess for upright fridge freezer, doors off to:- 6 Ref: LCAA8506 BOILER ROOM. Double glazed window overlooking the garden, ceramic tiled flooring, central freestanding Thermorossi dual fuel boiler. The boiler runs off biomass fuel or oil with an automatic switching mechanism between the two so that if the biomass side runs short of fuel it automatically switches to oil. This boiler provides the domestic hot water and central heating to the house. Built-in shelf, further wood effect uPVC door returning to the garden, ceiling light point. KITCHEN – 13’5” x 9’7”. The kitchen is well fitted with a range of off-white panelled cabinets comprising a comprehensive range of base level cupboards and drawers with further matching wall cupboards and surrounding exposed wood worktop surfaces with tiled wall surrounds. 1½ bowl stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, undercounter space for a washing machine, integrated dishwasher, integrated double oven/grill, four ring ceramic hob with illuminating filter hood above, set in a recess with tiled wall surrounds, ceramic tiled floor, beamed ceiling with inset downlighters and spotlights. pelmet lighting to the worktop surfaces, space for upright fridge freezer, peninsula breakfast bar with cupboards beneath, telephone point, television aerial lead. Door to:- SNUG – 14’9” x12’4”. A charming room with beamed ceiling and impressive inglenook fireplace on one side with fitted woodburning stove set in a raised slate hearth with chimney breast recesses on either side for storage. Large double glazed window overlooking the garden. Built-in corner storage cupboard, two wall light points. In one corner, stairs ascend to the first floor and further steps descend to the:- 7 Ref: LCAA8506 SITTING / DINING ROOM – 30’8” overall x 7’2” in the dining room area, extending out to 10’2” in the sitting room. This room is divided into two distinct areas with the dining room having a large double glazed bow window providing lovely views over the garden and surrounding fields, beamed ceiling, one wall light point. The sitting room has a large granite fireplace with a raised slate hearth and a log effect gas fire, beamed ceiling, two wall light points. Double glazed patio doors and adjacent window opening onto a large paved patio and the gardens. A hinged bookcase folds away to reveal a cupboard to the rear which houses a wall mounted electric consumer circuit board. From the snug a staircase with wooden handrail, newel posts and banisters ascends to a:- SPLIT LEVEL FIRST FLOOR LANDING (with four steps between the two levels). The lower level has a double glazed window providing lovely views out over the gardens and the surrounding countryside and the higher level has a loft hatch access. Doors off to:- 8 Ref: LCAA8506 BEDROOM 1 – 12’8 x 11’6” plus door recess area. Double glazed window providing lovely views over the gardens and fields. Two large built-in wardrobes, further built-in airing linen cupboard housing a foam dipped hot water cylinder with immersion facility and slatted shelving above, TV aerial lead.