Ref: LCAA5622 Offers around £400,000 The Old Vicarage, St Just, Penzance, West Cornwall FREEHOLD Very privately located at the end of a long lane and driveway, within gardens and woodland of about 2 acres, a substantial 4 bedroomed period stone house in a truly magical setting. A wonderful family home within walking distance of the facilities at St Just, close to the beautiful west Cornwall coastline and within easy driving distance of Penzance. 2 Ref: LCAA5622 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: porch, reception hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, utility, study, cloakroom, wc. First Floor: landing, 4 double bedrooms, bathroom, wc. Outside: long driveway, integral garage, part walled gardens and woodland extending to about 2 acres. DESCRIPTION The Old Vicarage at St Just is located at the end of a very long driveway which only serves this house and fields. The house is within walking distance of the village, but enjoys complete privacy within its own gardens and woodland of about 2 acres with fields then surrounding all but one side. The latter part of the long driveway is owned by The Old Vicarage and leads into its historic grounds with an upper driveway concluding behind a beautiful stone wall, with the main drive then continuing through 3 Ref: LCAA5622 a gated entrance to a large parking and turning area in front of the integral single garage. To the north east of the house is a large area of woodland which makes up the majority of the 2 acres of grounds, although there are also lawns on the eastern and western sides. The lawn to the east is surrounded by the woodland whilst the western lawn is walled with tree and shrub lined edges, has a courtyard outside of the kitchen and also a period store room below a flight of steps which rise up to a gate through the wall and up to the upper driveway. The grounds are exceedingly beautiful and offer huge potential to an incoming purchaser. The house is very good looking with a hipped roof and chimneys to either side. Its side profile is of multi pane sash windows surrounded by gorgeous stonework. Inside there are large rooms with the whole extending to just under 2,000sq.ft. An initial wood panelled reception hall with an elegant turning staircase has architraves around the doorways which lead into a cloak room with wc off and a door into the garage and to the other side a 17’5” x 15’ dual aspect sitting room, a large dining room and a generous study, with all of these reception rooms having fireplaces. In a single storey wing to the rear is a modern kitchen with a pantry and utility room off. The first floor has a traditional feel with a central square landing leading to four double bedrooms, a bathroom and separate wc. The house retains period details and 4 Ref: LCAA5622 gracious room sizes, but would benefit from decorative updating which would create a very special family home in a beautiful and unique environment. LOCATION The property is just inland from Cornwall’s Atlantic Coast, a short distance from St Just-in-Penwith and north of Sennen Cove and Whitesand Bay which in turn lie just to the north of Lands End. The property sits in a sheltered and immensely unspoilt setting in stark contrast to the majestic nearby coastline, rugged cliffs and fabulous bathing and surfing beaches. About half a mile from the property is the heart of St Just, ‘the last town in England’, where there is a wide range of day to day facilities including restaurants, inns, shops and services. About 10 minutes’ drive away is Penzance, an historic port town that overlooks Mounts Bay and has a full range of local and national retailers including supermarkets and both private and state schooling. Penzance is at the end of the Penzance to Paddington railway line with direct trains to London taking about 5½ hours. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) To the front a half double glazed door opens into:- PORCH. High pine board ceiling, double glazed windows on three sides, shelving, plenty of space for shoes etc, wall light. Painted panelled door with a window over opening to:- RECEPTION HALL – 20’2” x 6’9”. Wood panelled walls, elegant turning staircase rising to the first floor with space below for storage, pendant light, radiator, alarm system control panel. Door to:- 5 Ref: LCAA5622 SITTING ROOM – 17’5” x 15’. Dual aspect with large multi pane shuttered windows to the front and side overlooking the garden in architraved surrounds. Decorative moulded cornice, radiator, brick fireplace with a white painted wooden surround and mantle, pendant light. CLOAK ROOM. Hooks for hanging coats, window to the rear, pendant light, white period cantilevered wash basin with chrome taps and white tiled splashback. Radiator, doors to the garage and:- WC. White wc, wall mounted boiler, window to the side, pendant light, electric heater. STUDY – 12’ reducing 11’ x 11’2”. Multi pane sash window to the side with a deep sill below, brick fireplace with a white painted surround and mantle. Pendant light, coving, fitted shelving, radiator. DINING ROOM – 16’8” x 13’. Large multi pane sash window with an architraved and shuttered surround with a shuttered surround overlooking the garden. Elegant dark stained fire surround and mantle over an ornate cast iron fireplace with glazed tiled slips. Moulded coving, dado rails, radiator, pendant light. Door to:- 6 Ref: LCAA5622 KITCHEN – 18’10” reducing to 15’5” x 8’6”. Dual aspect with a double glazed windows overlooking the rear garden and with an obscured double glazed door opening to the side. Fitted with a high gloss range of white fronted kitchen units under dark stone effect roll edged worktops with a 1½ bowl stainless steel sink and drainer with chrome mixer tap over. Tiled splashbacks, two radiators, spotlights, space for a dual fuel range cooker under a stainless steel filter hood. Doors to:- PANTRY – 6’8” x 4’. Shelving to one wall, ceiling light, obscured sash window. UTILITY – 10’ x 4’3”. Two sash windows overlooking the rear garden, roll edged worktop with a stainless steel sink, white tiled splashbacks and chrome taps over. Space and plumbing for a washing machine and other appliances, fitted shelving, ceiling light, electric heater. FIRST FLOOR LANDING. Approached over the elegant staircase which turns at two thirds height with book/display shelving beside and a tall multi pane sash window with a deep sill and architrave surround. Continuation of the wood panelled walls from the reception hall, archway, radiator, pendant light, access to roof space. Small inner landing off 7 Ref: LCAA5622 with a recessed airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder and slatted wooden shelving with a digital wall mounted controller. Doors to:- BEDROOM 1 – 12’9” x 11’3”. Multi pane sash window to the side, pedant light, radiator, floorboards. BEDROOM 2 – 13’2” x 12’2”. Large multi pane sash window overlooking the side garden. Pendant light, radiator. BATHROOM – 10’ x 7’5”. Large multi pane sash window overlooking the garden, ceiling light, radiator. White cast iron enamelled bath with chrome taps, a glazed shower screen, white tiled surround with a Mira shower over. White cantilevered wash basin with chrome taps and white tiled splashback. Extractor fan, mirror fronted cabinet with integrated spotlight over the wash basin, electric shaver socket. BEDROOM 3 – 13’2” x 11’8”. Large multi pane sash window overlooking the side garden, pendant light, radiator. BEDROOM 4 – 11’3” x 8’2”. Sash window to the side, pendant light, radiator, white cantilevered wash basin with chrome taps and white tiled splashback. WC. White wc, double glazed window to the side, ceiling light, radiator. OUTSIDE INTEGRAL GARAGE – 17’2” x 8’7”. Metal up-and-over door, monopitched roof, window to the side, power points, pendant light, door to the cloak room. 8 Ref: LCAA5622 The house is approached down a long driveway with tarmac strips separated by a central strip of grass and bounded by hedges including some large granite boulders. The driveway becomes private for The Old Vicarage about two thirds of the way along and once on the private section it splits onto a secondary upper driveway which has many potential uses including being cultivated. The two driveways are divided by hedging and trees and at the end of the left hand driveway a gate opens through a wall with steps descending down to the front of the house. The main drive arrives at the walled entrance with a five bar vehicular gate opening onto a continuation of the drive then leading to a large parking and turning area in front of the house surrounded by many mature trees and dense foliage including rhododendrons. The grounds then mostly lead away from the house to the north east and comprise a lawn and woodland giving exceptional privacy and a beautiful mature setting with many interesting shrubs, trees and tree ferns within the grounds. A wall with a gate opens from the side garden to the rear of the house where there is a beautiful and very sheltered level and walled lawned garden with trees and shrubs at its edges. A flight of steps leads up to a further gateway through the granite wall to the upper drive. Outside of the kitchen door is a large courtyard which is open to the garden and to the side of this is a period store shed. In all, about 2 acres. 9 Ref: LCAA5622 GENERAL INFORMATION VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE.