Ref: LCAA8101 £750,000 Kirland, Amble, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6EP FREEHOLD Available for the first time in 103 years, having been in one family’s ownership since its construction in 1917. Situated in a prime sought after rural area just 6 miles inland from the popular coastal resorts of Rock and Polzeath, set within mature gardens approaching an acre; a characterful 5 bedroomed detached family home with 3 reception rooms, garaging and plenty of parking. 2 Ref: LCAA8101 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance hall/utility room, kitchen/breakfast room, inner hall, sitting/dining room, garden room, shower room. First Floor: 5 bedrooms, family bathroom. Outside: asphalted driveway with off-road parking for numerous vehicles. Integral single garage and adjacent workshop with stairs to the entrance hall/utility room, separate cellar/store, large detached garage and adjacent carport. Tiered front gardens of lawn and terrace, side lawned garden with inset fruit trees and greenhouse. Large vegetable garden, polytunnel and lawns beside the River Amble. Further acreage may be available by separate negotiation. DESCRIPTION Situated on the outskirts of the rural hamlet of Amble just 6 miles from the popular coastal resorts of Rock, at the mouth of the River Camel and the fantastic surfing beaches at Polzeath and New Polzeath. Enjoying a peaceful, rural setting, a fine 5 bedroomed detached former farmhouse available for the first time ever having been built by the current owners grandfather and having been in their family for the last 103 years. The house was extended in the 1980’s and now provides beautifully spacious family accommodation in a lovely large garden. 3 Ref: LCAA8101 The property is approached from the road via an asphalted driveway which provides plenty of parking for numerous vehicles and access to an integral single garage and workshop. Internal stairs from the workshop ascend to the entrance hall/utility room and adjacent to the garage is a separate cellar/store room with a metal door accessed from the driveaway. Beyond the house is a large detached garage and adjacent carport. Steps from the driveway lead up to an entrance hall/utility room which in turn leads through to a large farmhouse style kitchen/breakfast room. Beyond that is an inner hall, a full width sitting/dining room, 28’9” x 11’8” with a multi fuel stove at one end and a woodburning stove with back boiler providing hot water, at the other. From the sitting/dining room a doorway opens onto the garden room which has double glazed windows, facing south and providing lovely views over the gardens to woodland and countryside beyond. The ground floor is completed by a large walk-in cupboard under the stairs and a separate shower room/wc. On the first floor are five generous bedrooms and a family bathroom. The gardens are a particularly attractive feature of the property with a tiered front garden, facing south, enjoying the sun throughout the day and comprising a crazy paved terrace adjacent to the house with steps leading down to tiers of lawn and flower/shrub beds. A flight of steps lead back down to the driveway and on the opposite side of the driveway is a gently sloping lawn with inset fruit trees and a greenhouse. Accessed either from the main gardens or from a separate vehicular access (which serves two further properties beyond and out of sight of Kirland), is a large area of lawn, a productive vegetable garden and a polytunnel. This gardens boundary is on the banks of the River Amble. Further acreage may be available by separate negotiation. LOCATION The hamlet of Amble and village of Chapel Amble are highly regarded, popular and sought after, being unspoilt, generally populated by attractive older, character properties and surrounded by beautiful countryside intersected by a network of footpaths and bridleways. The semi rural hamlet of Amble lies some 6 miles inland from the popular coastal resort of Rock on the eastern bank of the River Camel, opposite Padstow. From Rock there is a passenger ferry to Padstow and long sandy beaches follow the estuary which offers boating facilities together with an excellent golf course, the St Enodoc. Nearby are the surfing beaches at New Polzeath and Polzeath offering excellent surfing and bathing. To the north lies the picturesque fishing village of Port Isaac and to the south the nearest main town of Wadebridge which provides a wide array of high street shops, a local inn, a cinema, tennis and rugby clubs and parks running along the banks of the River Camel. 4 Ref: LCAA8101 There is easy access across county to the A30, (Cornwall’s main arterial road) which provides a swift link northwards to Exeter where it joins the national motorway network and southwards provides easy access to the more southern coastal resorts in Cornwall such as Penzance and St Ives. The A39 (the Atlantic Highway) is nearby providing excellent access up the north coast of Cornwall to further resorts at Bude and Widemouth and on into Devon. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) Opaque double glazed doors opening onto:- ENTRANCE HALL / UTILITY ROOM – 12’ x 8’4. Vinyl flooring, double glazed window overlooking the gardens, plumbing and space for washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer, fridges, freezers etc. Door opening onto stairs descending into the garage/workshop. KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 16’7” x 15’. The kitchen is fitted with a range of base level cabinets with wooden fronts comprising a mixture of cupboards and drawers above which are roll edge laminated worktop surfaces with tiled wall surrounds. Inset single drainer stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, undercounter space for a fridge. Four ring electric hob, integrated electric oven/grill, ample room for a large table and chairs, electric night storage heater, serving hatch to dining room. glazed panelled door to:- INNER HALL. Turning staircase ascending to the first floor, telephone point, electric night storage heater, walk-in understairs storage cupboard. 5 Ref: LCAA8101 SITTING / DINING ROOM – 28’9” x 11’8”. Dual aspect with double glazed windows overlooking the garden and divided into two distinct areas. DINING AREA. Raised slate fireplace on which stands a woodburning stove in a natural stone surround and a back boiler that provides hot water for the entire house when the stove is in use. Serving hatch to kitchen, coved ceiling. SITTING AREA. Multi fuel burning stove set on a raised stone hearth with attractive natural stone fire surround and slate mantel. Built-in slate shelf to the side with room for TV’s and appliances, TV aerial points, three wall light points, coved ceiling. Sliding glazed door and adjacent window opening onto:- 6 Ref: LCAA8101 GARDEN ROOM – 17’9” x 4’7”. Large double glazed picture windows across the front and to one side overlooking the gardens. Double glazed door opening onto the front garden. This room faces south enjoying sun throughout the day. SHOWER ROOM. Tiled shower cubicle with fitted shower, low level wc, wall mounted wash hand basin, tiled walls, opaque glazed window. From the inner hall a turning staircase with wooden handrails and newel posts ascends to a half landing with an arched small paned window overlooking the rear and a further flight of stairs ascends to the:- FIRST FLOOR LANDING. Wall light point, double glazed window to the rear. Doors off to:- BEDROOM 1 – 17’3” x 11’9”. Two double glazed windows provide lovely south facing views over the front garden to woodland and countryside beyond. 7 Ref: LCAA8101 BEDROOM 2 – 15’ x 9’7” (plus door recess area). Dual aspect with double glazed windows overlooking the gardens, built-in double wardrobe. BEDROOM 3 – 11’8” x 11’. Dual aspect with double glazed windows overlooking the gardens, built-in wardrobe. BEDROOM 4 – 11’8” x 8’2”. Double glazed window overlooking the gardens, built-in wardrobe. BEDROOM 5 – 11’8” x 6’9”. Double glazed window overlooking the gardens. Loft hatch access. FAMILY BATHROOM. Coloured suite comprising a panel enclosed bath with tiled wall surrounds, low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin, electric light and shaver point, opaque glazed window. Wall mounted electric fan heater, double doors open onto a large airing linen cupboard housing a foam dipped hot water cylinder with immersion facility and ample built-in slatted shelving. OUTSIDE The property is approached for a quiet country lane via a vehicular five bar timber gate which opens onto an asphalted driveway which broadens as soon as it enters the gate to provide a parking area for two vehicles to the right and then ascends a gentle slope up through the gardens to the house. Accessed from the driveway is an an:- INTEGRAL GARAGE – 15’ x 13’6”. Remote controlled up and over shutter door at the front, electric power and light points and pedestrian door on one side opening onto the:- WORKSHOP – 15’ max. x 8’4”. Double glazed window to the front overlooking the gardens and providing natural light to the interior, single drainer stainless steel sink unit with hot and cold taps, high level wall mounted fuse boards and electric power and light points. A flight of stairs ascend to the entrance hall/utility room. Adjacent to the garage and workshop is a:- 8 Ref: LCAA8101 CELLAR / WOOD STORE (with a coated steel door) – 13’4” x 10’9”. At the end of the driveway is a turning area and a DETACHED GARAGE – 28’6” x 12’. A block built garage with modern profiled metal roofing and double glazed window to the side providing natural light. Part glazed pedestrian door to the rear, up and over roller shutter door to the front.