Ricketts Cottage Ricketts Cottage Ricketts Lane, Little Polgooth, , PL26 7DB Polgooth Half a mile St Austell 2.5 miles 14 miles Mevagissey 4

• 4 Bedroom House • With Self-Contained Annexe • About 2,948 sq ft (gia) • Double Garage • Beautiful Gardens & Grounds • Traditional Barn • Stable Block & Fields • Total c.2.66 Acres (1.08 Has)

Guide price £625,000

SITUATION Ricketts Cottage is ideally situated in a popular area on the edge of Little Polgooth, only about 2.5 miles from St Austell. There is a village stores/PO at Polgooth about half a mile away. The station at St Austell is on the London Paddington line and Airport is about 16 miles. The South Cornish coast with its rugged coastline, walks, coves and beaches is about three miles to the east and south-east and the historic fishing village of Mevagissey is about four miles to the south. BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ricketts Cottage presents to the open market a property with a number of significant selling characteristics. These include the fine address, position and the privacy of the property. The delightfully presented house and annexe offers a great deal of versatility, double garage with A privately situated period house and annexe with superb gardens, room over, attractive landscaped gardens, three pasture fields, stream frontage and a stable block. In total Ricketts Cottage extends to about 2.66 acres (1.08 hectares). garage, barn, stables and fields THE HOUSE The approach to Ricketts Cottage is over an appealing tarmac private drive to car parking and turning areas. Ricketts Cottage stands in a private south east facing position overlooking beautiful gardens and grounds and offers well-presented accommodation.

On the ground floor is an Enclosed Entrance Porch leading to a fine and well-proportioned Living Room with stone and slate fireplace and inset dual purpose wood-burner. A Kitchen and Breakfast Room offers a range of matching base and eye-level units, inset ceramic single drainer sink unit with mixer tap, four ring LPG gas cooker hob with extractor hood over, rolled worktop surfaces to splashback tiling and tiled floor. From the Kitchen is a Utility Room with matching range of base and eye-level units with stainless steel single drainer sink unit with mixer tap, space and plumbing for washing machine and dishwasher, space for tumble dryer, built in electric fan-assisted oven, space for refrigerator/freezer and built-in wall cupboard.

Off the Utility Room is a small Side Hall with doors off to separate WC and Boot Room area with recess for log storage and opening to a delightful Garden Room. The Garden Room, as well as offering an additional dining area, is a most pleasant addition to the house with a natural feel.

From the Kitchen and Breakfast Room are timber glazed folding doors opening to a spacious Living/Dining Conservatory Room, part glazed door to outside. An Inner Hall with turning balustrade stairs leads off to first floor and connects to the Annexe with return door to the Kitchen and Breakfast Room.

On the first floor, off the Landing are three Double Bedrooms, one with full height mirror fronted range of fitted wardrobes and a spacious Shower Room with walk-in fully tiled shower, wc and modern vanity washbasin with mirror fronted bathroom cabinet over. Also off the Landing is a door to walk-in spacious Roof Space Storage. THE ANNEXE The single storey self-contained annexe offers flexibility to the accommodation. There are connecting doors to the house so it can be used as additional accommodation to the same or could be used as independent self-contained accommodation for a dependant relative or to generate a holiday or residential letting income.

The accommodation includes a fine Conservatory, Living Room, Kitchen with range of matching base and eye-level kitchen units with rolled worktop surfaces to splashback tiling, inset stainless steel single drainer sink unit, electric hob with extractor hood over, space and plumbing for washing machine, space for refrigerator and refrigerator/freezer, Inner Hallway, Bedroom with built-in wardrobe and Shower Room with quadrant shower, wc and pedestal washbasin. THE GARDENS AND GROUNDS The gardens and grounds for Ricketts Cottage are a particular feature of the sale. They lie mainly to the front and sides of the house and annexe and in the main comprise level lawn gardens intersected with island beds of flowering shrubs and plants together with a number of ornamental coniferous and deciduous trees and mature backdrop shrub and tree borders.

On the north western side of the house is a landscaped and stone terraced garden with vegetable garden area and pond and high level spacious paved and balustrade seating terrace with picturesque views of the countryside towards Valley and with further vegetable garden area to the side. THE DOUBLE GARAGE Adjacent to the house is a detached block and stone clad Double Garage divided into two each about 19' x 9'6 with up and over vehicular doors, concrete floor, power and lighting. At first floor level in the roof is a Garage Room about 19' x 11' (part restricted ceiling height). THE TRADITIONAL BARN A useful stone and block Barn about 23' x 13'8 with concrete floor, power and lighting, concrete floor is ideal for boat storage, general storage or as an additional garage. It is considered there is potential for the traditional barn to be converted to provide additional accommodation, subject to all necessary consents and approvals. THE STABLES AND FIELDS From the front lawn garden is a 5-bar gate which opens to adjoining pasture field with high mature tree borders, interspersed with a number of coniferous and deciduous tree. Within the field is an aluminium framed Greenhouse (requiring part re-glazing) and a block and stone clad Stable Block including two stables each about 11'4 x 9'5 and 11'4 x 9'7 and further stable/tack room about 11'4 x 8'6. Running within the northern boundary of the field is an attractive stream. There is a gate (currently unused) onto the public road.

Across the unclassified public road are two further pasture fields with mature hedge borders and each with running streams. From these fields there is good access to off road bridleways. VIEWING Strictly and only by prior appointment with Stags' Truro office on 01872 264488. DIRECTIONS Travelling eastbound on the A390 from Truro to St Austell, drive through the village of Grampound and continue on towards St Austell. On reaching Hewas Water, turn right towards Sticker, drive up the hill and continue to the village. Drive down into and through Sticker and continue for about a further half mile. Pass the lay-by on the right hand side and on the brow of the hill turn right (signposted Polgooth) and into Road. Drive down the hill, follow the road around to the right towards and then around to the left, follow the road over the bridge, and after about 500 yards turn sharp right towards Sticker. The entrance to Ricketts Cottage will then be seen as the first on the right-hand side. SERVICES Mains water and electricity connected. LPG central heating. Private drainage. Double-glazed. TV and telephone points. Ricketts Cottage, Ricketts Lane, Little Polgooth, St Austell, PL26 7DB

These particulars are a guide only and should not be relied upon for any purpose.

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