Penrose Farmhouse MAENPORTH • FALMOUTH • CORNWALL
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Penrose Farmhouse MAENPORTH • FALMOUTH • CORNWALL Penrose Farmhouse MAENPORTH • FALMOUTH • CORNWALL The perfect family home in an idyllic rural setting within a few hundred yards from the coast. It has been renovated and maintained to an exceedingly high standard. Entrance hall • Boot room • Utility room • Kitchen/breakfast room Larder • WC • Dining room • Sitting room • Snug Principal bedroom with en suite shower room • 4 further double bedrooms Single bedroom • 2 family bathrooms Car port • Detached garage Tennis court • Barbeque area • Terrace • Summer house • Lawns Maenporth Beach ¾ mile • Mawnan Smith 2 miles • Falmouth 2½ miles • Helford River 4 miles Truro 12½ miles (London Paddington 4 hours, 18 minutes) • Newquay Airport 31 miles (All distances and times are approximate) These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Penrose Farmhouse – for sale freehold Penrose Farmhouse is an immaculate Grade II Listed family home that has been renovated and maintained to an exceptionally high standard both inside and throughout the garden. The property is approached down a shared driveway with five other dwellings before reaching the granite pillars that lead into its own private driveway. The front door leads into an entrance hall off which are the kitchen/ breakfast room and the boot room. The kitchen has original granite flagstones and an oil-fired Aga. Beyond the kitchen is a larder and there is also a door out to the front driveway. Off the boot room are a cloakroom / WC and a back door leading out to the garden and pergola, beside which is an outdoor shower. Off the hallway are the dining room and sitting room; both have original sash windows and wooden shutters. The sitting room has a Jetmaster open fireplace whilst the dining room has a wood burner within an Inglenook fireplace. Beyond the dining room are a snug (also with an Inglenook fireplace) and the utility room. The principal staircase leads up to a half landing off which is a family bathroom and a double bedroom. Beyond this bedroom is the sixth (single) bedroom. The stairs continue up to the first floor landing off which are three double bedrooms and a family bathroom. The principal bedroom has an en suite shower room. Beyond the family bathroom is a twin bedroom within which is access down the back stairs to the snug below. Gardens and Grounds Beside the large parking area are both a car port and a single detached garage. The immaculate garden is a particular feature of the property and is filled with mature trees and hydrangeas, camellias and azaleas to name but a few of the shrubs. At the far end of the garden is a hard, all-weather tennis court above which are a barbeque area, terrace and a summer house. South Cornish Coast Penrose Farmhouse is conveniently located and just ¾ mile from the sandy cove at Maenporth and nestled between Falmouth and the Helford River. The property has easy access onto the South West Coastal Path and enjoys countryside views and a wonderful tranquil setting. The property is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to Falmouth Bay and Rosemullion Head in a much sought after area of the South Cornish coast. Maenporth itself is home to the award-winning restaurant, The Cove. Mawnan Smith (2 miles) has a selection of local shops, restaurants, a village pub and a church. The historic town and port of Falmouth is just 2.5 miles away, whilst 12.5 miles away the Cathedral City of Truro provides the main business links for Cornwall and offers an excellent range of shopping, commercial and schooling facilities. This part of South Cornwall is perhaps best known for its wonderful sailing and cruising with deep water moorings in the Helford River and first class yacht marinas at Falmouth. This area has one of the most wonderful climates in the United Kingdom, ensuring some of the most spectacular gardens in the country including four of national repute at Trebah, Glendurgan, Carwinion and Penjerrick. Both Trebah and Glendurgan are within about 3 miles of the property. For the sports enthusiast, there are several golf courses in the area including The Budock Vean Hotel and Spa with its 18-hole golf course (5 miles). Falmouth Golf Club is just one mile from the property. In addition to river and sea fishing, both Maenporth and Swanpool beaches offer a range of watersports including SUP (stand-up paddleboarding) and kayaking. Communications are good with A38 and A30 providing Services Local Authority access to the M5 motorway at Exeter. Truro provides the Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil-fired central Cornwall Council, Luxstowe House, Greenbank Road, Liskeard, mainline railway links to London Paddington (4 hours 18 heating. Cornwall, PL14 3DZ. Tel: 0300 1234100 minutes). Newquay Airport provides regular daily flights to most UK destinations and Exeter Airport provides Fixtures and fittings Viewing regular daily flights to many national and international All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, together Viewing is strictly by prior appointment with the Sole Agents cities. Both airports cater for private and chartered jets. with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are specifically Knight Frank LLP. excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available by separate negotiation. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 3394 sq ft 315.3 sq metres (excludes restricted head height, outbuilding & includes garage) Directions (TR11 5HL) This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a From Truro, follow the A39 signposted statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on to Falmouth. On approaching Falmouth, the last page of the text of the Particulars Utility / go straight over the double roundabout Boot Room signposted towards Helston. After about Reception Room Reception Room 20'2 (6.15) 18' (5.49) ¾ of a mile, at the second double roundabout, x 15' (4.57) x 14'2 (4.32) take the third exit towards Mabe Burnthouse Up and go straight over the next roundabout Up towards Falmouth, still on the A39. At the next Games Room roundabout take the right towards Falmouth on 24'8 (7.520 Snug x 14'3 (4.34) Union Road. Drive through Budock Water on 14'11 (4.55) max x 9' (2.74) Boot Room what is Bickland Water Road. Head towards 11'6 (3.51) Kitchen Hall x 10'9 (3.28) Meanporth. After Leaving Budock Water 20'11 (6.38) 13'11 (4.24) x 11'9 (3.58) x 11'9 (3.58) and Goldenbank drive down the hill towards Maenporth and follow the tree-lined road until you come to a narrow hump where the road turns sharply to the left. Just after this, take Ground Floor Outbuilding the first left into the driveway marked Penrose Farm (opposite a sign on the right for Tregedna Farm). Denotes restricted head height Bedroom 3 11'3 (3.43) max Bedroom 2 x 11'3 (3.43) min Bedroom 1 15'4 (4.67) max 17'11 (5.46) x 13'8 (4.17) min Down x 15' (4.57) max Garage 20'3 (6.17) x 9'2 (2.79) Bedroom 6 14'11 (4.55) x 9'6 (2.90) Down Bedroom 4 11'11 (3.63) x 10'6 (3.20) Bedroom 5 11'11 (3.63) max x 9'9 (2.97) max First Floor Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to 01392 423111 make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on 19 Southernhay East the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. Exeter, Devon, EX1 1QD 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. 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