Ref: LCAA5676 £1,100,000
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Ref: LCAA5676 £1,100,000 Woodview Farm, Trelyon, Grampound Road, Truro, Cornwall FREEHOLD A wonderful family home with excellent equestrian facilities. A beautiful, luxuriously refurbished and remodelled detached 5 bedroomed house, commanding wonderful far reaching views over unspoilt woodland and countryside. A fantastic family home with an indoor heated swimming pool and excellent equestrian facilities including 25 acres of land in 7 field enclosures, a large modern stable barn and extensive further outbuildings with a superb floodlit sand school. 2 Ref: LCAA5676 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance hall, cloakroom, superb sitting/garden room 28’8” x 21’, beautifully refitted kitchen/dining room, utility room, ground floor double bedroom. First Floor: master bedroomed with extensive wardrobes and en-suite shower room, 3 further double bedrooms, family bathroom. Lower Ground Floor: leisure complex comprising a large heated swimming pool, wc, shower room and changing area. Outside: delightful gardens and terraces around the house including a large Koi fish pond, kitchen garden area with greenhouse, lawns and slate terraces, single garage with adjacent workshop, two further Nissen Hut sheds/workshops, a large modern timber barn 103’10” x 18’6”, separate vehicular access to a holding area with a large stable barn, tack room and flood lit sand school. Seven field enclosures, three of which are sub-divided into paddocks which have fresh water drinking supplies. In all the land extends to approximately 25 acres. DESCRIPTION In an elevated position, at the top of a valley stands this beautifully refurbished and skilfully re-modelled detached stone five bedroomed period house that is believed to date back some 100 years. The position affords the property some stunning views over an unspoilt wooded valley and takes in the surrounding fields and countryside that surround the valley. There are two vehicular approaches, one of which is adjacent to the main house and leads 3 Ref: LCAA5676 through to large parking and turning area with a driveway sweeping around the house to connect with an extensive range of outbuildings. The secondary driveway leads across a well metalled driveway providing independent access to the paddocks and a large modern stable barn, holding area and sand school. The main house is built into the hillside with a front door opening onto a galleried hallway which has stairs dropping down to the leisure complex and indoor heated swimming pool at lower ground floor level. Off the ground floor hall is a cloakroom, a superb feature sitting/garden room with distinct sitting area and an inglenook fireplace opening onto a large glazed section overlooking the gardens and opening onto a slate terrace. The beautifully remodelled and refitted kitchen/dining room has bi-fold doors onto a raised slate and decked terrace providing stunning valley and countryside views. The kitchen has been beautifully refitted in high gloss off-white and smoky wood finished cabinets with surrounding glittering white Silestone worksurfaces. There is an excellent range of integrated appliances and a door to a utility/boot room. There is also a large double ground floor bedroom, ideal for providing guests with their own space or for anyone with elderly relatives who need ground floor living. On the first floor is a magnificent master bedroom suite with extensive wardrobe/cupboards, two large double glazed windows providing beautiful valley views and a very nicely refitted en-suite shower room. There are three further large bedrooms and a well equipped family bathroom at this level. At lower ground floor level, bi-fold doors from the indoor heated swimming pool room open onto a large paved terrace with steps down to the garden below with the lower terrace featuring a large Koi pond and adjacent kitchen garden. The driveway past the house leads into a gated courtyard area of outbuildings comprising two Nissen Hut style workshops with a huge 103’ plus modern barn which has five sets of double height tractor 4 Ref: LCAA5676 doors opening along its front elevation. A gate from this courtyard area leads through to a further large modern stable barn with tack room and surrounding holding area with a ramp down to a floodlit sand school and gates onto the secondary driveway. Surrounding the house are delightful garden areas beyond which are 7 large field enclosures and in all the grounds are approaching 25 acres. There is a small cottage at the bottom of the valley which is the only other property which enjoys access over the secondary driveway and the roof of this cottage is all that can be seen in the distance. A delightfully presented and spacious detached family home with a superb indoor heated swimming pool, excellent equestrian facilities and extensive undercover storage areas, make this an extremely versatile property in a delightful and peaceful rural location within easy reach of Truro (Cornwall’s capital city) and both north and south coasts. LOCATION An excellent opportunity to acquire a delightful smallholding of some 25 acres lying to the north east of Truro located in a delightful, peaceful, rural area virtually equidistant from both the north and south Cornish coastlines. Truro’s bustling city centre has a wide array of leisure, commercial and retail facilities, a mainline station providing a direct route to London Paddington within approximately 4½ hours. The nearby village at Grampound Road provides a local primary school and village shops sufficient for day to day needs and the major town of St Austell to the south east and Newquay to the north west provide further facilities. The rugged north coastline of Cornwall with the Atlantic swells crashing on to golden sandy beaches provide some wonderful surfing and swimming on a variety of beaches that can all be accessed within a short driving distance or via the South West Coastal Footpath which accesses some fantastic coastal scenery. To the south are the creeks and rivers 5 Ref: LCAA5676 around Falmouth with extensive sailing and pleasure craft facilities, Also a short drive away is the beautiful countryside of the Roseland Peninsula following the coast towards the fishing villages of Gorran and Mevagissey. The south coast provides a much softer climate and backdrop of further beautiful sandy beaches and lovely countryside. This is an extremely popular area due to its excellent road access into and out of county via the A30 which remains largely dual carriageway all the way to Exeter where it joins the M5 to Bristol and A303 to London. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) UPVC panelled front door with opaque glazed fan light window opening onto:- ENTRANCE HALL. Stairs descending to the lower ground floor, further staircase ascending to the first floor with built-in storage cupboard beneath, open beamed ceiling, loft hatch access. Two wall light points, two radiators, telephone point. Double glazed window overlooking the garden. Doors off to:- CLOAKROOM. White suite comprising low level wc, wash hand basin set in a vanity surround with cupboard beneath and tiled splashback, radiator with thermostatic control, wood effect vinyl board flooring, inset ceiling downlighter and extractor fan. SITTING ROOM / GARDEN ROOM – 28’8” x 21’, narrowing to 20’ in the Garden Room area. SITTING AREA. This is a lovely light and airy room, with a large stone inglenook fireplace and a raised stone hearth on which stands a large multi fuel burning stove with timber lintel above and exposed stone wall surrounds. Wood effect vinyl board 6 Ref: LCAA5676 flooring, radiator with thermostatic control, display niche, inset ceiling downlighters, door returning to the entrance hall and to the kitchen and wide, virtually full width opening to:- GARDEN ROOM AREA. Surrounded by double glazed windows on two sides set on low stone walls with twin bi-fold doors opening onto a large slate paved sun terrace. This room enjoys spectacular panoramic views over miles of open countryside and woodland, two radiators with thermostatic controls, high, part vaulted ceiling with inset downlighters and three double glazed Velux skylight windows. KITCHEN / DINING ROOM – 21’5” x 21’6” max., narrowing to 13’10” in the dining area. Another spacious, light room being dual aspect with a large bi-fold double glazed door opening onto a raised slate and decked sun terrace which enjoys stunning panoramic views over woodland and countryside. The kitchen has been superbly fitted with a range of high gloss, smoky wood effect finished units interspersed with contrasting off-white ‘mussel’ kitchen units to both base and wall cupboards. Surrounding white glittering Silestone kitchen worktop surfaces and upstands. Large central island unit with a mixture of smoky 7 Ref: LCAA5676 high gloss wood effect units and off-white ‘mussel’ gloss units to the base and a white Silestone worktop surface incorporating a breakfast bar on one side. The kitchen has an inbuilt 1½ bowl stainless steel sink unit with swan neck chromium mixer tap and boiling water tap. Draining board carved from the white Silestone on one side and two large drawer fronts beneath, concealed worktop surface lighting to the cabinets and a range of further appliances which include an integrated Bosch dishwasher, a fridge, a wine cooler and a full height range of high gloss, smoky wood effect units incorporating twin Neff double oven and grills, a Neff microwave oven and adjacent coffee maker. The central island unit features an inset Neff ceramic induction hob unit with a range of drawers beneath and on one side is an aperture large enough for an American sized upright fridge freezer with a range of surrounding cupboards. Attractive neutral tiled flooring, two radiators with thermostatic controls and numerous inset ceiling downlighters. Above the central island unit is a flush fitted brushed stainless steel extractor hood with downlighters in each corner.