Semersdon Manor NORTH TAMERTON • CORNWALL

An outstanding example of a 5 bedroom Grade II listed Manor House dating in parts from the 13th Century and which has been carefully updated to 21st Century living.

Occupying a private and peaceful location, Semersdon Manor is a most attractive property surrounded by its own land.

Semersdon Manor Entrance hall • Hallway • Lounge • Study • Family sitting room and dining room Pantry • Cloakroom • Kitchen • Utility room • Well room 5 bedrooms • Bathroom • Shower room

Outbuildings Garage • Games and work rooms • Barn with potential accommodation (subject to necessary planning consent) • Barn with potential stables

Gardens and grounds Landscaped gardens • Terraces • Ponds Fruit and vegetable garden • Paddocks and pasture • Stream

Gross internal area (approx): 2,790 sq ft (260 sq m)

In all about 4.69 acres (1.9 Ha)

Holsworthy 7 miles • North Cornish Coast 10 mile • Launceston 11 miles Bude 12 miles • Exeter 53 miles (London Paddington 2 hours 4 minutes) (All distances and times are approximate)

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. North Cornish/ North Devon borders Semersdon Manor occupies a lovely rural position about one mile away from the Parish of North Tamerton. The setting of the house is ideal being secretly tucked away yet conveniently situated for the market towns of Holsworthy (7 miles) and Launceston (10 miles) and the North Coast (Bude) (11 miles). There are excellent links to the A30 dual carriageway and the M5 motorway at Exeter. Semersdon Manor Semersdon Manor is a charming Grade II Listed home full of character and set in a lovely, rural and very peaceful location. It is an outstanding example of a traditional Cornish Manor House and is constructed of part stone and part cob elevations below a traditional Delabole Slate roof. The date stone above the front door states 1633, in the time of Charles I, although it is referenced in records held at Truro County Record Office in an Assize in 1201 in the time of King John and also in a Feet of Fines in 1378, in the time of King Richard II.

The property extends to about 4.7 acres and consists of the main house, a barn (with potential to be converted into accommodation subject to the necessary planning consent, a smaller barn with potential to be converted into stables, two small ponds and a larger pond that are linked via waterfalls and three paddocks. There is a stream at the bottom of the property.

The property has been sympathetically renovated to a high standard to include a new kitchen, utility room, bathroom and shower room, together with updated wiring, plumbing and heating systems including under-floor heating. There are a wealth of period features throughout including exposed timber, original oak doors, large granite fireplaces, exposed stone walls with candle nooks, a plank and muntin screen, slate floors, leaded windows with mullions and an original indoor well. Of particular note are the two original granite inglenook fireplaces with wood burning stoves in the lounge and sitting room. The whole of the ground floor has oil-fired, under floor heating and the first floor has radiators that, again, are oil-fired.

The property is approached via a wrought iron gate leading to a gravel drive to the front and surrounding the house. A granite step leads to a solid oak front door set in a granite surround. Set above the doorway can be seen a further granite piece engraved with the coat of arms of the Arundell and Carminowe families who were very prominent in Cornwall’s history, together with initials understood to be of the Arundell family heirs prior to the 1633 date engraved above representing the time the current house was built.

The front door opens into the entrance hall leading through to the hallway off which are the lounge and sitting room. The lounge, with its double aspect windows, leads through to the study. The sitting room forms one half of a much larger room which is shared by the dining room. Off this room are the inner staircased hallway, the original pantry and the newly refurbished kitchen. The pantry still retains its original features including slate work surfaces. The kitchen has windows on two aspects and two stable doors, one which leads into the utility room which includes the boiler and a side door. Also off the main hallway is another original oak door that leads through to the Well Room. This contains the original well to the property and is still full of water. There is a back door off this room.

Granite stairs with wooden banisters lead up from the inner hallway to the first floor landing and central corridor. There are a total of five bedrooms, a family shower room and a family bathroom (with both a bath and a shower). Four of these bedrooms are double with one single bedroom. Gardens and grounds These are a most attractive feature of Semersdon Manor and surround the property on all sides. Directly to the front of the house is a large drive giving access to the rear of the house and providing plenty of space for parking. To the front of the house there is a raised lawn area, granite steps and stone chip path, interspersed with well-stocked borders. There are many specimen shrubs, trees and flowerbeds all landscaped so as to give a riot of colour and textures.

Adjacent to the lawned area is a most attractive fishpond, with bridge over. Next to this fishpond is a small separate timber framed barn which is designed for use as a barbecue area with a clematis covered pergola. The water from the pond cascades down a succession of waterfalls into a fish and lily pond before reaching a larger pond with an island. By the fish and lily pond there is a Fixtures and fittings Take this road for about 1.7 miles. Nearing the 1.7 miles as you Delabole Slate patio. continue along the road in front of you are metal railings and the All items usually known as tenants’ fixtures and fittings, whether road bears to the right. You will see a sign on the left hand side of Between the ponds is an arboretum with a wide variety of shrubs mentioned or not in these sale particulars are excluded from the the road saying ‘Haydon Farm’ and immediately behind it a sign and trees. Beyond this are paddocks with lovely views over the sale but may be available by separate negotiation. Such items saying ‘Trepoyle Farm’. Immediately on the right is a lane with a valley and distant views of Dartmoor. There is a pretty stream at include all fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, domestic electrical bungalow on the left hand side and on the right hand side of the the bottom of the valley which meanders its way on the property’s items, garden equipment, statuary and machinery. lane is a post box built in the wall. Go down the lane and at the border and eventually joins the River Tamar. Local Authority bottom of the lane straight ahead of you is Semersdon Manor. To the west of the house there are traditional buildings of cob North Cornwall District Council, Higher Trenant Road, Wadebridge, From Bude and stone construction and partly rendered. These include an Cornwall. Pl27 6TW. Tel: 01208 893333. Take the B3254 south towards Whitstone, pass through Whitstone abundance of exposed beams and candle nooks. These buildings and after about 1 mile there is the sign to North Tamerton referred are suitable for a variety of uses and comprise four separate areas Cornwall County Council, County Hall, Truro, Cornwall. TR1 3AY. to above. that are currently used as a games room, store, workshop and Tel: 01872 322000. general store. Subject to planning permission this building could Viewing From Holsworthy be used for a variety of purposes such as a stables, swimming pool, Take the road signed to North Tamerton. Proceed along this road Viewing by prior appointment only with the agents. gym, shower rooms, holiday cottages, flats, offices, etc. for approximately seven miles to North Tamerton, cross the bridge over Tamar and continue through North Tamerton. About one mile Behind the traditional buildings is a further paddock with a mixture Directions (EX22 6RL) outside the village, on the left side of the road, you will reach the of mature and maturing specimen trees. To the north of this From Launceston (A30) lane which leads down to Semersdon Manor on the left side of the paddock is a vegetable garden with a poly-tunnel and a number of Follow the signs to Bude on the B3254 for about 9 miles. You will lane is a bungalow and on the right side of the lane there is a small fruit trees and another paddock. Within one of the paddocks is a go past the Countryman Inn on your right. Nearing the end of the red post box. second barn with potential use as stables. 9 Miles you will see a sign in the hedge on the left hand side of the road saying Tresco which is immediately followed by a road sign Services indicating turn right to North Tamerton. Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Radiators and under floor oil-fired central heating. Ground Floor Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 2,790 sq ft (260 sq m)

This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars

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