Ref: LCAA6106 Offers in excess of £350,000

The New Rectory, Sheviock, , South East FREEHOLD

Offered for sale upon the instructions of the Diocese of . A sizable detached 4 bedroomed house with garage standing privately in magnificent arboretum like gardens of about ¾ of an acre in the pretty near coastal village of Sheviock. A truly amazing setting that would take a generation to create including a stream through the bottom of the garden, within walking distance of the wooded banks of the Lynher River and also close to the South West Coast Path at Portwrinkle giving access to the many beaches along Whitsand Bay. 2 Ref: LCAA6106

SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION

Ground Floor: reception hall, lower hall, living room, dining room, kitchen, utility, study, shower room.

First Floor: landing, 4 double bedrooms, wc, bathroom.

Outside: gated driveway and parking, long integral garage, covered courtyard. Fantastic lawned gardens edged by statuesque mature trees of many differing varieties with well planned shrubs at their bases and a stream through the bottom of the garden.

In all, about ¾ of an acre.

DESCRIPTION

 Offered for sale for the first time by the , the house overlooks very special grounds and has been designed with its main rooms to have large amounts of glazing to enjoy the outlook.

 The accommodation extends to over 2,100sq.ft. including a covered courtyard and garage and has three excellent reception rooms and four good sized bedrooms although there is great scope to alter or extend the accommodation to create a more modern style of home.

3 Ref: LCAA6106  The grounds extend to about ¾ of an acre and were obviously well planned decades ago with so many special specimen trees now fully grown creating a spectacular backdrop to the streamside garden and also giving extremely high levels of privacy.

LOCATION

 A public right of way exists down to Sheviock Wood which is within walking distance along a no-through lane and fronts the tidal Lynher River which extends up to St Germans where there are sailing facilities.

 About 1½ miles to the south is Whitsand Bay and the pretty village of Portwrinkle. Whitsand Bay is one of Cornwall’s longest bays with sandy beaches known for their surfing and swimming and spectacular walks over the cliff tops along the South West Coast Path.

 Torpoint and are both only a few miles’ away and offer shopping, schooling, a local hospital, leisure centre and sailing facilities as well as the National Trust owned Antony House. The Tamar Bridge or vehicular ferries from Torpoint link to the much larger city of Plymouth which is one of the best served in the South West.

 Road access around the area is excellent with main roads leading through Cornwall to the north and west and the A38 is dual carriageway from Plymouth to Exeter where it joins the motorway network. There is a mainline railway station at St Germans with numerous available stops in Plymouth and this line has direct trains to London Paddington (about 3½ hours).

THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate)

From the driveway a broad recess leads to an obscured double glazed door opening to:-

RECEPTION HALL. Short flight of stairs down to the living accommodation and a reciprocal set up to the bedrooms. Large obscured double glazed window to the front and double glazed window looking into the covered courtyard at the rear. Door to the garage.

LOWER HALL. Understairs storage area. Doors to:-

STUDY – 13’5” x 11’. Two obscured double glazed windows, large amount of fitted shelving and cabinets, two recessed cupboards.

LIVING ROOM – 17’ x 11’1” extending to 15’ into bay. Dual aspect with a large double glazed window to the 4 Ref: LCAA6106 side and a double glazed bay window giving panoramic views over the garden. Tiled fireplace with open grate, sliding double pocket doors to:-

DINING ROOM – 16’10” x 9’. Fully double glazed wall overlooking the garden with a door opening to the terrace. Store cupboard, doors to the hall and:-

KITCHEN – 16’5” x 8’10”. Dual aspect with three double glazed windows overlooking the gardens. Fitted with a large amount of light wood effect fitted cupboards under roll edged stone effect worktops with cream tiled splashbacks behind and a stainless steel 1½ bowl sink and drainer with chrome mixer tap over. Integrated electric twin oven and grill with a four plate electric hob and filter hood over. Space for appliances, vented larder cupboard. Door to:-

UTILITY – 9’ x 5’5”. Double glazed window to the rear, worktop with an oil fired boiler below and space for appliances. Space for fridges and freezers. UPVC door to the covered courtyard.

SHOWER ROOM. White wc, white cantilevered wash basin with chrome taps and white tiled splashback. White tiled curving glazed screened shower enclosure with a Mira Sport shower. Extractor fan, obscured double glazed window.

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING. Obscured double glazed window over the staircase, access to roof space, large amount of airing and storage cupboard space. Doors to:-

BEDROOM 1 – 13’5” x 9’ extending to 11’. Large double glazed window overlooking the beautiful tree lined front garden and the spire of the church, double doors to a recessed wardrobe, low level door to a cupboard.

BEDROOM 2 – 17’ x 11’1”. Arguably the master bedroom enjoying a dual aspect with two large windows overlooking the gardens with the church spire standing above the tree line. Door to a recessed wardrobe.

BEDROOM 3 – 18’8” x 11’1”. Broad double glazed window overlooking the garden, off white cantilevered wash basin with chrome taps and mirrored unit behind.

BEDROOM 4 – 11’ x 9’. Large double glazed window to the side, capped piping that appears as if it would have been for a wash basin, fitted wardrobe.

5 Ref: LCAA6106 WC. White wc, white cantilevered wash basin with chrome taps, obscured double glazed window.

BATHROOM. White enamelled panel bath with white tiled surrounds, a glazed shower screen, chrome mixer tap and an electric shower over. Cantilevered wash basin with chrome taps and white tiled surrounds, obscured double glazed window, extractor fan, electric shaver point.

OUTSIDE

The house is found in a peaceful, private setting down a lane behind the church grounds with a gated entrance leading between stone walls. The driveway then sweeps past lawns filled with many beautiful mature trees and shrubs before arriving at a large parking and turning area to the front of the house and also giving access to the garage.

THROUGH GARAGE – 24’3” x 9’4”. Metal vehicular up and over doors to the front and rear allowing vehicular access to the grounds.

To one side of the garage a gate opens to a side courtyard where there is an oil tank and to the rear of the garage is a relatively large but secluded area of the garden ideal for growing home produce and drying clothes etc and this can be approached from the utility room via a large covered courtyard.

COVERED COURTYARD – 13’8” x 10’. A large and very usable dry space under a corrugated polycarbonate roof with an outside water tap and a walled and gated access to the garden.

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The majority of the garden is found to the south and east of the house and is absolutely beautiful and totally private with a large lawn leading down to a stream with a bridge across it and this is all surrounded by a stunning array of magnificent mature trees of numerous varieties giving the feel of being in an arboretum. Around the edges of the lawn are wonderful flowering shrubs including rhododendrons, camellias and hydrangeas. The setting must be seen to be appreciated and would take more than half a century to recreate. In all, about ¾ of an acre.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. Facsimile: (01872) 273474. Website: www.waterfrontandcountryhomes.com E-mail: [email protected]

POST CODE – PL11 3EH.

SERVICES – Mains water, electricity, drainage. Oil fired boiler. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk.

DIRECTIONS – From the main A38 leading from Cornwall to Plymouth at the Trerulefoot roundabout take the A374 signed to Torpoint. After several miles you will enter the small village of Sheviock at which point turn left onto George’s Lane and then immediately right onto a lane along the rear of the churchyard where The New Rectory will be found after a short distance on the left hand side.

OFFICE OPENING HOURS – Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - 9.00am to 1.00pm (available for viewings all day).

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.

AGENT’S NOTE 2 – If any purchaser is a person connected to the Diocese of Truro, a relative of a connected person, or anyone acting on behalf of a connected person; this is to be declared before any agreement to sell, or offer to purchase the premises is made.

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS – The Restrictions are the following:-

1. that the Transferee will not at any time call or designate the Property or any part of it nor permit the same to be called or designated by any name which might suggest that the Property is owned or occupied by the Incumbent save that the Transferee may use the name of ‘The New Rectory’ and may display a name board showing this full name (as long as this name change is granted by the Council).

2. that neither the Property or any part thereof nor any existing or future building on it or on any part of it shall at any time hereafter be used as or for a country club place of amusement hotel tavern inn or public house nor shall any spirituous or fermented liquors at any time be sold in or upon the Property or any part thereof.

3. that no act deed matter or thing shall at any time be done suffered or permitted in or upon the Property or any part thereof which may be or become a nuisance annoyance or disturbance to the Transferor or the Incumbent or either of their successors [or the Board or its successors in title] or which may tend to depreciate or lessen the value of any of the land belonging to the Transferor or the Incumbent 9 Ref: LCAA6106 for the time being of the Benefice or the Board or any of their successors adjoining opposite or near to the Property.

4. not to do suffer or permit to be done any act deed matter or thing on the Property or any part thereof which may be or become a nuisance annoyance or disturbance to the minister for the time being conducted or the congregation attending divine service in the parish church of St Mary or the churchyard surrounding the same.

5. to maintain the boundaries belonging to the Property and shown on the plan with an inward facing “T”.

6. not to park any vehicle trailer or boat on or cause any obstruction to the access road coloured green on the plan or interfere with the use of such access road by persons lawfully entitled.

7. to contribute on demand by the Transferor or their successors in title 6/8ths of the costs and expenses of keeping the access road coloured brown on the plan in reasonable repair and condition.

8. that neither the Property or any part thereof shall be used for any auction sale, or illegal or immoral act or purpose.

9. not to use the Property otherwise than as a single private dwellinghouse and not to use the Property or any part thereof as or for any trade or for business purposes save that this shall not preclude:-

(a) an individual working from home with no employees and using only one room within the Property as an office for home working; or

(b) the use of The New Rectory for holiday letting.

10. no placard sign notice or advertisement shall be affixed to displayed or erected on the Property or any part thereof save for a plaque erected on the front wall to the house sited on the Property the dimensions of which are not to exceed 200mm by 150mm.

11. not to purport to be the Incumbent.

12. not to build or allow to be built any outdoor swimming pool on the Property.

13. not to object to the ringing of the church bells.

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