Ref: LCAA7930 Offers around £850,000 Trevarder House, Lanteglos by Fowey, Cornwall, PL23 1NP FREEHOLD A vastly improved, reconfigured, impeccably presented and much loved coastal home in a quiet and delightful rural setting surrounded by National Trust land and about 750 yards from the beautiful Lansallos Cove. Facing south and west with lovely countryside views to the sea beyond, the house is set in very private gardens with outbuildings including an unconverted small stone barn. 2 Ref: LCAA7930 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance porch, hallway, study, lounge/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, boot room, utility room, cloakroom, bedroom 5 with en-suite. First Floor: 4 bedrooms (1 en-suite), family bathroom. Outside: detached double garage, single storey unconverted barn, workshop, outhouses, timber gated driveway, established lawned gardens and terraces. Adjoining area of woodland and full width south west facing sun terrace. In all, approximately ¾ of an acre. DESCRIPTION Trevarder House is an exceptional coastal home believed to have been built as two cottages around 1900 and understood to have been brought together in the 1960’s to form one large house. The current owners have significantly and thoroughly remodelled and updated the home including extending the kitchen/breakfast room. This reconfiguration and improvement now provides a very comfortable home with a lovely living room opening through to beautifully refitted kitchen/breakfast room with access out onto the full width sun terrace. There is a study, utility, boot room and cloakroom and a large ground floor guest bedroom suite opening out to the rear gardens with an en-suite and dressing area. 3 Ref: LCAA7930 To the first floor are four good sized double bedrooms, the master with en-suite and a family bathroom, with views being enjoyed from all these rooms. Trevarder House is a particularly handsome home with attractive stone elevations and a hip roof combined with a thorough and tasteful refurbishment. The house is set in an elevated position facing south and west with beautiful views out over the gardens to countryside and sea beyond. Lansallos Cove is an exquisite and hidden gem with a footpath leading down to it almost from the bottom of the gardens. The coves and beaches along this immediate stretch of coastline is linked by the South West Coast Path and a footpath down to the beach leads over National Trust owned land which also surrounds the house. The house stands centrally within its gardens which extend to about ¾ of an acre and include generous lawned areas with established boundaries with a copse to one side of the house. There are terraces, planted beds and borders and outbuildings including a double garage, workshop, unconverted and well maintained single storey barn with additional parking and boat storage areas within the gardens. LOCATION Trevarder House is close to the hamlet of Lanteglos by Fowey with the larger villages of Polruan and Polperro being about 2½ miles and 4 miles respectively. Polruan is a small village on the eastern side of the Fowey Estuary and directly opposite the larger town of Fowey. The village benefits from pubs, a general store, tea room, church, fire station and a primary school. The quaint fishing village of Polperro with its active fishing fleet and excellent community has numerous pubs, restaurants and local shops sufficient for day to day needs. A pedestrian ferry runs to Fowey from Polruan harbourfront and there is a vehicular ferry a little further up the river at Bodinnick. Fowey is one of Cornwall’s most historic and unspoilt deep water estuary fronting towns, which grew first as a fisherman’s village and developed into a Naval seaport in the 14th Century. The town is an intricate maze of steep, narrow streets winding around a mix of period cottages and more impressive Victorian houses, dotted with a wide range of boutique shops. Within the town there is a profusion of seafood 4 Ref: LCAA7930 restaurants, pubs, antique shops, galleries, banks, a hospital and both primary and secondary schools. Fowey harbour has a romantic history immortalised by the pens of Daphne du Maurier and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and this is celebrated at the annual Daphne du Maurier Festival. In August the harbour is a scene of the Royal Regatta – one of the country’s finest with yachts from across Europe coming to enjoy splendid racing conditions. For keen sailors there is racing throughout the season organised by both the Royal Fowey Yacht Club and the Fowey Gallants Sailing Club and the harbour has space and draft for even the largest of yachts. Within day sailing distance are the estuaries near to Plymouth including Newton Ferrers, Dartmouth and Salcombe to the east, whilst to the west are the wonderful sailing grounds around Falmouth Bay including the Helford River and the Carrick Roads with Falmouth and St Mawes at the mouth. The natural harbour at the mouth of the Fowey River is a charming and picturesque inlet between imposing headlands, with the estuary extending about 6 miles inland to Lostwithiel with deep water around the first mile or so. The depth of the harbour allows for some spectacular events with quite enormous ships and even cruise liners entering the estuary. Although the area has a direct connection with the sea there are many other interests near at hand with stunning coastal walks along the South West Coast Path along with more tranquil but equally picturesque walks inland around the creeks. A good deal of the land around Polruan is owned by the Boconnoc Estate which opens its doors for a garden show each Spring, whilst the famous Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Heligan are nearby. Plymouth is within commuting distance and has everything one would expect of the largest city in the area and from here the road links to the rest of the country are excellent. There are several mainline train stations within about a 20 minute drive of the property, with direct trains to London Paddington. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) ENTRANCE PORCH. Doorway through to:- 5 Ref: LCAA7930 ENTRANCE HALLWAY. Radiator, stairs with understairs storage cupboard. STUDY – 9’10” x 7’6” into bay. Radiator. SITTING / DINING ROOM – 22’8” x 17’5” into bay. A beautiful dual aspect main reception room with bay window to the front and two large picture windows overlooking the front gardens with glimpses of the sea and rolling countryside. Two radiators, woodburning stove. Archway opening into:- 6 Ref: LCAA7930 KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 18’4” x 17’1” maximum. A large light open room with one wall of sliding doors opening onto the front sun terrace taking in the views. Window to the side, two large Velux windows. Comprehensive range of base and wall mounted units, AEG hob, Bosch oven and microwave, oil fired Heritage range, large central island with mixer tap, inset fridge, freezer, wine cooler. Doorway through to rear hall with access to the garden. BOOT ROOM – 11’6” x 6’7”. Door to gardens. SEPARATE CLOAKROOM / WC. Low level wc, wall mounted wash hand basin, radiator, window overlooking the side garden. UTILITY AREA. Plumbing for washing machine, wash hand basin set into unit, window. BEDROOM 5 – 17’6” x 10’6”. Doorway out to the rear garden, large picture window overlooking the garden, radiator. Archway through to dressing area and:- 7 Ref: LCAA7930 EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM. Large corner shower cubicle, low level wc. Turning staircase up to:- FIRST FLOOR LANDING. Access to loft space. BEDROOM 4 – 14’1” x 8’7”. Window taking in the country views with glimpses of the water, radiator. BEDROOM 3 – 11’4” x 10’9”. Window overlooking the side and rear garden, radiator. FAMILY BATHROOM. Panelled bath with low level wc, wall mounted wash hand basin, heated towel rail, large corner shower cubicle, window overlooking the side garden. BEDROOM 2 – 17’7” max x 10’10”. Dual aspect bedroom, views to the front taking in the countryside, the church and 8 Ref: LCAA7930 the sea beyond and side elevation to the south over the lovely unspoilt countryside and out towards the coast. Large fitted shelved wardrobes. MASTER BEDROOM – 11’8” x 10’10”. Dual aspect bedroom with views over the front garden terrace, countryside to the sea beyond and window to the side overlooking the garden. Range of inset fitted wardrobes. EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM. A large corner shower cubicle, low level wc, bidet, wall mounted wash hand basin, heated towel rail. Window overlooking the side garden. OUTSIDE 9 Ref: LCAA7930 DETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE – 17’ x 16’ approx. (external measurements). Two sets of timber doors to the front, pedestrian door to the side. STONE OUTBUILDING – 18’3” x 12’4”. Power and light connected, pedestrian door to the front, attractive stone construction under a monopitch corrugated roof. OUTHOUSES. In two corners of the garden are overgrown stone outhouses that were the original wc’s for both of the two cottages. WORKSHOP –15’1” x 8’1”. Half glazed pedestrian door and window overlooking the garden. To the side is an overgrown courtyard garden and further small outbuilding. From the lane the house is set back behind mature and high hedging and there is a pedestrian gated access and path leading to the front door with a vehicular access through a timber gate opening into the lower parking area which has parking for several vehicles in the lower side of the garden. Beyond the parking is the detached double garage and the unconverted stone barn. Granite steps and a pathway lead up to the side of the stone 10 Ref: LCAA7930 building to the front garden which opens onto the front terrace and the main gardens which are surrounded on three sides by National Trust owned land.