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COSWARTH FARMHOUSE COLAN, NEWQUAY, CORNWALL Available for the first time publicly in over 50 years; a thoroughly delightful Grade II Listed 6 bedroomed detached farmhouse together with an extensive range of period and modern outbuildings, with excellent potential for further development (subject to planning consent), set in delightful gardens with broad swathes of lawn and an orchard surrounding the main house together with an all weather tennis court. In all, the gardens and grounds extend to about 3½ acres.

SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: reception hall, cloakroom, sitting room, dining room, inner hall, family room, study, farmhouse kitchen, utility room, workshop/store. First Floor: 6 bedrooms, shower room, bathroom, separate wc. Outside: outbuildings, garage, two storey stone barn (56’5” x 14’6” max). Adjoining the mains house an L-shaped barn/former cottage, detached stone barn/garage (34’ x 20’7”), open fronted barn (85’ x 21’), modern agricultural barn (72’7” x 58’7”), large tractor barn (105’6” x 29’). Access over a long private driveway. In all, about 3½ acres.

Viewing strictly by appointment through the vendor’s Sole Agent: Lillicrap Chilcott. Landrian House. 59-60 Lemon Street. . TR1 2PE Tel: 01872 273473 Fax: 01872 273474 Email: [email protected] www.lillicrapchilcott.com

LOCATION Coswarth Farmhouse is situated in a thoroughly delightful, rural setting. The nearest village is Quintrell Downs which has a local village shop providing for day to day needs. Nearby Newquay has wonderful sandy beaches and also offers a wide range of local and national shops, primary and secondary schooling, sports clubs, leisure facilities, numerous inns/restaurants and a branch line railway station, connecting to Par which is on the main line to London Paddington. To the north is Cornwall Airport, Newquay at St Mawgan which provides daily flights to London Heathrow and an excellent number of international and domestic destinations. The A392 provides easy access to the A30 for fast travel both east and west throughout Cornwall. Parkway railway station is within about a 20 minute drive with a direct connection to London Paddington (travelling time approximately 4½ hours). The cathedral city of Truro is about 10 miles to the south and is the county’s main administrative, business and shopping centre with many national and local boutique retailers among its attractive cobbled streets. The city has more recently gained a reputation as Cornwall’s best served and most varied evening entertainment’s centre with a large variety of differing restaurants and bars along with cinema and the successful Hall for Cornwall theatre which is currently undergoing restoration. To the north, easily accessed off the A39 is the town of , some 14 miles distant. The town straddles the and has parks and lovely walks along both banks of the river. At the mouth of the river is on one side and the coastal resort of Rock on the other with excellent sandy beaches, a golf course and local shops. The nearby village of Mitchell supports an excellent local pub which serves great food and drinks all year round and there are further day to day facilities at the nearby villages of St East and Summercourt.

FOR SALE FREEHOLD Coswarth Farmhouse is a thoroughly delightful Grade II Listed six bedroomed farmhouse which, together with its attached range of outbuildings and barns is now being offered for sale publicly for the first time in over 50 years. Of particularly appealing external appearance, the main two storey east facing front elevation features an 8-light granite window with hollow-chamfered mullions which is believed to be part of the original circa late 16th/early 17th Century A gravelled driveway gives access to the front, eastern elevation On the first floor, off a galleried split level first floor landing are six building extended in the early/mid 18th Century with a date stone of with a central front door opening into large reception hall with a fine bedrooms, a bathroom, shower room and separate wc. 1761. The slate stone and granite rubble elevations feature granite open-well staircase with stick banisters leading to the first floor. The dressings with an attractive hipped roof. To the rear and attached principal reception room features the superb leaded light mullion The outbuildings provide plenty of space for additional storage to the farmhouse is a further range of outbuildings which enclose a window overlooking the front driveway and garden and has an and with potential to develop, subject to all necessary consents small service yard which would certainly lend themselves to a variety impressive open fireplace. The separate dining room also has a first being obtained. The gardens and grounds extend in all to of uses. Indeed, our clients have previously obtained (now lapsed) large window overlooking the driveway and open fireplace whilst off about 3½ acres and provide a perfect setting for this glorious planning and Listed Building consent for the conversion of one of an inner hall are the family room, study and good sized farmhouse home with formal areas of lawn and an all weather tennis court. these outbuildings from a farm workshop into a farm office with kitchen. To the rear is a separate utility room and a large workshop/ associated welfare facilities. store with door out into the service yard. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) Solid wooden panelled door with outside courtesy light to:- CLOAKROOM. White low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin, a range of built-in cupboards, oak flooring. RECEPTION HALL. Period tessellated tiled flooring, staircase ascending to the first floor, oil fired stove. Doors off to:- SITTING ROOM – 17’9” x 17’3”. Superb feature leaded light mullion window overlooking the front driveway, impressive stone fireplace, hearth and mantel with open grate. DINING ROOM – 15’3” x 13’8”. Large sash window overlooking the front driveway, period ornate white marble fireplace with inner granite slips, hearth and an open grate. INNER HALLWAY. Slate flagged floor, part glazed door returning to the courtyard and secondary staircase ascending to the first floor, telephone point. Doors off to:- FAMILY ROOM – 11’2” x 9’2”. STUDY – 13’8” x 9’6”. Slate flagged flooring, built-in storage cupboard. FARMHOUSE KITCHEN – 18’7” x 15’5”. Dual aspect, a range of fitted cabinets with tiled and wooden worktop surfaces, 1½ bowl stainless steel sink unit with chromium mixer tap. Impressive ornate granite recess housing an oil fired Aga, undercounter space for appliances. Door to:- UTILITY ROOM – 18’8” x 8’6”. Slate flagged flooring, Belfast sink with worktop to one side, space and plumbing for appliances. Door to:- WORKSHOP / STORE – 16’7” x 16’. Stable door to courtyard, high vaulted ceiling with exposed trusses. From the entrance hall a staircase with wooden handrail, newel posts and banisters ascends to a:- GALLERIED SPLIT LEVEL FIRST FLOOR LANDING. Secondary staircase descending back down to the inner hallway. Built-in airing linen cupboard with slatted shelving. Doors off from right to left:- BEDROOM 2 – 15’9” x 14’. Sash window overlooking the front driveway, built-in storage. BEDROOM 6 – 11’5” x 11’5”. Sash window overlooking the front driveway. BEDROOM 1 – 17’6” x 15’9”. Recessed sash window overlooking the front driveway, built-in vanity wash hand basin and two double wardrobes with further cupboards above. BEDROOM 4 – 14’5” x 11’. Recessed sash window overlooking the side garden. Exposed floorboards. BEDROOM 5 – 14’9” x 9’2”. Recessed sash window overlooking the side garden. Exposed floorboards. BEDROOM 3 – 14’9” x 12’3” max. Recessed sash window overlooking the side garden. Exposed floorboards. SEPARATE WC. White low level wc. SHOWER ROOM. Tiled shower cubicle with fitted shower, low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin, chromium ladder radiator/towel rail. Exposed floorboards, part wooden panelled walls. BATHROOM. White bath with tiled wall surrounds and chromium mixer tap and shower attachment. Wall mounted wash hand basin, vinyl covered floored, built-in storage cupboard. Sash window overlooking the side garden. OUTSIDE OUTBUILDINGS The property is approached over a long treelined asphalted driveway Set in the courtyard beside the main house is an:- with grass verges on either side which approaches the house through L-SHAPED BARN / COTTAGE – 29’4” x 28’2” including the lean-to a white vehicular gate hung between stone pillars. An asphalted sections on the ground floor. Front door into sitting room, door and driveway sweeps up to the house with a large gravelled turning circle steps down into three lean-to rooms and stairs up to the first floor. in front of the house. The turning circle provides parking and turning With two further lean-to attached areas to the rear. This is need of for numerous vehicles with an ornamental rockery in the central lawn. complete renovation. Please do not walk up the stairs and walk on the The driveway as it approaches the turning circle has well tended lawns first floor as the floors are unsafe. on either side with beautiful mature inset flowering shrub beds well stocked with camelias, palms and magnolias etc. DETACHED TWO STOREY STONE BARN – 56’5” x 14’6”. Stone steps to the left hand side access the first floor and there are various There are large lawned areas to the side and front of the farmhouse, doors at ground floor level at the front. one of which houses an all weather tennis court. In the centre of the area behind the farmhouse is a courtyard of barns To the left of the main house are twin timber gates into a courtyard comprising:- which accesses an L-shaped cottage/barn requiring renovation and a STONE GARAGE – 34’ x 20’7” garage. There is a connecting, gated alleyway between the courtyard and the outbuildings behind the farmhouse. OPEN FRONTED BARN – 85’ x 21’ At the end of the main drive, at right angles to the main entrance gate, MODERN AGRICULTURAL BARN – 72’7” x 58’7”. is a five bar timber gate onto a concreted driveway which leads into a Behind the courtyard is a further LARGE TRACTOR BARN – 105’6” yard of modern barns and outbuildings to the rear of the main house. x 29’. In one corner is an office and two dog kennels. In all, the grounds extend to approximately 3.5 acres.

COSWARTH FARM Total approx. Floor Area: 4832 sq ft (448.9 sq m) For identification only – not to scale.

Ground Floor

First Floor GENERAL INFORMATION VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59- 60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. E-mail: sales@ lillicrapchilcott.com. POST CODE – TR8 4LZ. SERVICES – Mains water and electricity are connected. Private drainage. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk. DIRECTIONS – From the Carland Cross roundabout on the A30 to the north of Truro head eastwards for about 1 mile taking the first exit onto the A3076 towards Newquay and bear left at the roundabout. Stay on this road until the junction at Gummows Shop and then continue straight ahead (across the A3058). After about 0.5 of a mile, at a T-junction turning right and follow this lane for a further .4 of a mile, then taking the next lane on the left hand side which is unmarked and heads north towards Coswarth. Follow this road for .7 of a mile, ascending a hill and then dropping down into a valley and crossing a small ford. At the top of the next hill, just before the level crossing turn left into a long entrance drive with stone gate piers. Follow the driveway along and then bear right into Coswarth Farmhouse. AGENT’S NOTE – The above particulars have been prepared as a general guide only for prospective buyers. Whilst we have endeavoured to provide a fair and reasonable description of the property, no specific survey or detailed inspection has been carried out in relation to the property, the services, the appliances and any fixtures and fittings or equipment. All buyers should rely on their own surveys and investigations in connection with any purchase of the property. All measurements, floor plans, dimensions, acreages and distances are approximate only and should not be relied upon for accuracy. OFFICE OPENING HOURS – Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map 9.00am to 1.00pm. NB: A number of staff with the sanction of the controller of H.M. Stationary Office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy are available for viewing appointments all day is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any Saturday and all day Sunday. contract. Licence Number. No. ES1000034571.” THE CORNWALL ESTATE AGENT www.waterfrontandcountryhomes.com | 01872 273473 | email [email protected]