Ref: LCAA8428 Offers around £795,000
Penpol, Treworthal, ‘The Roseland Peninsula’, Nr. Truro, Cornwall, TR2 5LR FREEHOLD
A gorgeous Grade II Listed detached 3 bedroomed, quintessential Roseland thatched house providing beautifully appointed accommodation plus a detached double garage, enjoying privacy in beautiful gardens of about 0.25 of an acre. Tucked away in a quiet picturesque hamlet and only about a miles’ walk to the Roseland Inn at Philleigh, just a little further to the long sandy Pendower beach and South West Coast Path and just 6 miles from St Mawes and only 3 miles from Porthcurnick beach, The Hidden Hut and Portscatho. 2 Ref: LCAA8428
SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor: porch, reception hall, dual aspect lounge with fireplace and woodburning stove, dual aspect dining room with fireplace, dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, wc.
First Floor: large galleried landing with study space, 3 bedrooms, bath/shower room.
Outside: gated driveway with plentiful parking, detached double garage with electric roller doors and workshop beside. Additional store room. Beautiful mature mostly lawned gardens with many specimen trees and shrubs. Large sheltered sun terrace beside the house, further terrace with pond within the garden.
In all, about 0.25 of an acre.
DESCRIPTION
Penpol is one of three thatched houses in the hamlet of Treworthal that are believed to have been built circa 17th/18th Centuries for the four daughters of the then surrounding land owners. The property is Grade II Listed as are several other properties in the hamlet including other thatched buildings all adding to this beautiful setting which is well off the more regularly used roads adding to this property’s serenity. 3 Ref: LCAA8428 Our clients have owned the property for about 10 years having called it home for much of this period. A previous owner extended the property to the rear and was very successful in matching it to the original also adding about 50% to the accommodation. The house also underwent a transformation during this former owners’ tenure as he was a craftsman carpenter and this is evident throughout including the quality of flooring, beautiful bespoke light oak doors and the superb central staircase. Our clients have also maintained the property to a high standard including completely rethatching the roof and porch in 2014.
The gorgeous exposed stone and painted elevations sit perfectly under the thatched roof with a large thatched porch to the front. Inside one is greeted by a broad reception hall which then widens giving space for furniture and a cloaks area as well as an additional door out to the south facing sun terrace. Immediately inside the front door are near matching reception rooms to either side both of which are dual aspect and have inglenook fireplaces. The lounge has a Clearview woodburning stove whilst the dining room flue is still open making it easy for a further stove or other system to be installed. To the rear doors lead to a well appointed wc and into the kitchen/breakfast room which has a utility room off. The kitchen/breakfast room has planning permission (REF: PA18/06338) and Listed Building Consent (PA18/06339) for a green oak framed garden room extension which could effectively form a larger overall space with the kitchen as well as connecting it to the garden.
The first floor is set off a large landing with tall window on the south side beside which there is space for a study area. The galleried landing has fitted storage/airing cupboards and bespoke doors open to a large dual aspect principal bedroom, further double bedroom and good sized single bedroom. Many of the windows on this floor having countryside views. The bedrooms share a well proportioned bathroom with separate shower.
Penpol is all the more charming for its gardens as it stands in about 0.25 of an acre of very private long established and specimen filled grounds. High variegated hedges and trees provide seclusion but do not limit sunshine from the house, its lawns or its two sun terraces. One of these enjoys a sheltered position between the wings at the rear of the house and an open southerly aspect whilst the other is set within the lawns with a pond and magnolia tree beside. A gated entrance opens to a crunchy gravel drive providing plentiful parking and turning space as well as giving access to the stone faced double garage which is of modern construction with two electrically operated doors and a workshop beside. An additional store or workshop is attached to the side of the house. 4 Ref: LCAA8428
One cannot hesitate to fall in love with Penpol for so many reasons. Its classic double fronted thatched roofed appearance is mesmerising and when one enters and sees the quality of craftmanship it only adds to the building’s appeal. The fact that it stands within delightful and practical gardens with parking and garaging, enjoying seclusion yet within a community all add to the allure. That this property is within walking distance either along the road or footpaths of one of Cornwall’s most famous inns and also the amazing South West Coast Path leading down onto either Porthcurnick or Pendower beaches make this a Rosland house that should not be missed.
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Treworthal is very well placed on the Roseland Peninsula being within walking distance of The Roseland Inn at Philleigh, either on footpaths or along quiet lanes and in the other direction one can walk out to the South West Coast Path or to Pendower Beach with relative ease. Treworthal is set away from the primary roads in the area affording it peace yet it is under a mile back to the main A3078 linking Truro to St Mawes. The nearby coastline has a plethora of beaches, with Pendower being the longest as it links up with Carne beach above which is The Nare Hotel with restaurants and leisure facilities open to non-residents. Between Pendower and Porthcurnick beaches, made famous by The Hidden Hut cafè/restaurant set behind it, are a plethora of smaller coves that one can only get to on foot from the coast path. One can keep boats nearby at Percuil, St Just-in-Roseland or St Mawes where there is one of the most active sailing clubs in the United Kingdom with regular racing and tuition for both children and adults as well as social events throughout the season.
Porthscatho and its neighbour Gerrans (about 3 miles away) and St Mawes (about 6 miles away) between them have plentiful day to day facilities including local shops, butchers, bakers, primary schools, hairdressers and both doctors’ and dentists’ surgeries. Both also have many specialist shops, interesting inns, cafès and restaurants. Further facilities including secondary school education are found at Tregony (about 5 miles away) and Truro is circa 13 miles away. Truro is Cornwall’s capital city with a full range of services, the main county hospital, a mainline railway station and three private schools. 6 Ref: LCAA8428
THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate)
A deep thatched roofed PORCH with slate floor protects a painted timber door with window opening to:-
RECEPTION HALL – 19'5” x 7’ extending to 14’8”. A generous quarry tiled floored hall with beamed ceiling (6’4” minimum) and handcrafted staircase rising to the first floor. Plentiful space for furniture, alarm system control panel, half glazed stable door to the sun terrace with cloaks area beside. Handmade oak doors with oak latches to the wc and:-
LOUNGE – 13'1” x 12’2” to front of fireplace. Dual aspect with multi pane window to the front and rear, one with a window seat below. Beamed ceiling, inglenook fireplace with a slate hearth, stone back and former clome oven with wooden lintel over and Clearview woodburning stove. Curved recess beside the fire breast. 7 Ref: LCAA8428
DINING ROOM – 12' x 9’8” to front of fireplace. Dual aspect of multi pane windows to the side and front where there is a window seat. Beamed ceiling, inglenook fireplace with slate hearth, stone back, wooden lintel and former clome oven (the flue is open which would allow for a simple installation of a further woodburning stove). Deep recess to one side of the fire breast with one of the windows.
KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 13'9” x 11’9”. Dual aspect of multi pane windows overlooking the rear garden and the sun terrace. Fitted with a range of wood fronted kitchen units under white worktops with a twin bowl stainless steel sink and drainer with chrome mixer tap over. Integrated dishwasher, oven/grill and four plate ceramic hob with extractor over. Quarry tiled floor, beamed ceiling, plentiful space for a breakfast table. Planning permission to extend off this room. Bespoke oak door with oak latch to:- 8 Ref: LCAA8428
UTILITY – 7'9” x 4’7”. Multi pane window to the rear garden and half glazed stable door to the side. Belfast sink with period taps over, quarry tiled floor. Space and plumbing for a washing machine, tumble dryer and fridge/freezer.
WC. Period style white sanitaryware including a wc and pedestal wash basin with chrome taps. Quarry tiled floor, striplight with electric shaver socket, multi pane window to the side.
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING. An extensive landing approximately the equivalent in size to the hall below with polished wood floorboards, 6’8” high minimum beamed ceiling with access to loft space. Recess ideal for a desk beside a tall multi pane window with countryside view. Two sets of double doors to an airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder. Handmade oak doors with oak latches to:-
BEDROOM 1 – 14'5” extending to 16’ x 12’8”. Dual aspect of multi pane windows to the front and rear, polished wood flooring. Deep recess ideal for furniture, beamed ceiling.
BEDROOM 2 – 12' x 9’2”. Multi pane window to the front with deep sill, polished wood flooring, beamed ceiling, deep recess with hanging rail and curtain.
BEDROOM 3 – 11'2” x 7’3”. Multi pane window to the south side with countryside views, beamed ceiling, polished wood floor. 9 Ref: LCAA8428
BATH / SHOWER ROOM – 11'2” x 6’1”. Glazed screened and tiled shower enclosure with a Mira Sport shower. Period style white sanitaryware including a wc, bidet, pedestal wash basin and bath with chrome mixer tap and hand held shower. Polished wood floor, beamed ceiling, extractor fan, fully tiled walls, chrome heated towel rail, multi pane window to the rear, bespoke oak door to eaves storage.
OUTSIDE
The property is set discreetly behind high surrounding hedging with an attractive deep blue painted vehicular gate and pedestrian gate beside open onto the large gravelled driveway which sweeps past the side of the house to a parking area at the side leading to:-
DETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE – 18' x 16’4”. Two electrically operated up and over doors, high open roof with exposed timbers, power and light. Pedestrian door to:-
STORE / WORKSHOP – 8'2” x 6’4”. Pedestrian door opening to a path at the side of the garage, lighting. Water tap on the outside of the garage.
HOUSE STORE – 6’6” x 6’. Attached to the house. Pedestrian door. 10 Ref: LCAA8428 To the north side of the house a pedestrian gate opens to the garden whilst a slate paved path runs from the front porch past beautiful beds to a small lawn sheltered by hedging on the south side of the house. The paving then continues around to a large sun terrace enjoying an open southerly aspect and complete privacy. Wrapping around this are planted beds and a shaped lawn backed by wonderful borders making for a most beautiful setting surrounded by many different varieties of flowering shrubs mixed with trees. The open lawn then wraps around the east facing rear of the house and expands again to the north where it still enjoys full sunshine with paving continuing around the edge of the house back to the gate onto the drive and the door into the utility room. This area of garden to the north is slightly raised and is set around a pond with terrace beside it. The terrace and pond are edged with many more interesting plants including a flower magnolia.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
VIEWINGS – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59- 60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone (01872 273473). E-mail: [email protected].
POST CODE – TR2 5LR.
SERVICES – Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. For Council tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk.
DIRECTIONS – From Tregony proceed out onto the Roseland Peninsula on the A3078. Drive through Ruan High Lanes and continue past the turning to Pendower Beach, after which rise up a hill and take the next turning on the right signed to King Harry Ferry and Philleigh. Follow this lane until reaching a T-junction at which point turn left and after a few hundred yards you will enter Treworthal where Penpol will be found on the right hand side just after a bend in the middle of the hamlet.
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 reply on their own surveys and investigations in connection 12 Ref: LCAA8428 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 – 9.00am to 1.00pm. NB: A number of staff are available for viewing appointments all day Saturday and Sunday.
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Elevations and Floor Plans of the passed plans (including Listed Building approval) for the construction of a Garden Room/Kitchen Extension to the rear of the house, under reference PA18/06339. 15 Ref: LCAA8428