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Ref: LCAA7762 Offers around £600,000 (Woodland available for an additional £40,000) Grignan, Penwartha Coombe, Perranporth, Truro, Cornwall, TR6 0AY FREEHOLD For sale for the first time since the 1950’s, an extensive 5 bedroomed detached house with significant outbuildings and potential for sub-division, standing extremely privately in beautiful plantsman’s gardens extending to about 0.4 of an acre bisected by a beautiful stream. A home of enormous potential in an idyllic and tranquil south Penwartha Coombe valley which extends down to Perranporth Beach. To be sold with the option to purchase just under 7 acres of woodland about 100 yards away from the house. 2 Ref: LCAA7762 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: large reception hall, kitchen with Aga, utility room, pantry. Large lounge, dining room, study, sun porch, 2 bedrooms or additional reception rooms, shower room, separate wc. First Floor: 2 staircases and landings, 5 further bedrooms, 2 bath/shower rooms, linen room. Outside: driveway leading over a stream, plentiful parking, carport and garage. Additional large parking area/yard with separate entrance. Extensive outbuildings attached to the house including workshop, propagating greenhouse and studio. Large glasshouse in the grounds. Exquisite garden in ‘rooms’ wrapping around the south east and south western sides of the house incorporating magnificent beds, terraces and mature specimen trees including apple and pear. Stream running through the gardens with bridges over, picturesque leat, lily pond (previously used for rearing fish), open lawns, covered barbecue area. In all, about 2,900sq.ft. and 0.4 of an acre. DESCRIPTION Grignan is offered for sale for the first time ever has a house, having been built by our clients’ parents in the 1950’s. They chose this spot carefully as it faces south down this picturesque and sheltered valley which, for those who even know about it, is regarded as an extremely desirable place to live close to Perranporth and easily accessible yet completely tucked 3 Ref: LCAA7762 away, warm and sheltered with the most likely background noises being of birdsong and the stream tumbling through the garden. The house has evidently grown over the years and now extends to about 2,900sq.ft. including its attached outbuildings. These include a garage and carport, large workshop and almost equally sized propagating greenhouse with a first floor studio room over the rear of the garage with an apple store above. The house was used for Bed & Breakfast in its past and is laid out in such a way that although it is designed as one home, it would lend itself to subdivision into two, or maybe even three fairly easily, subject to all necessary consents first being obtained. Large rooms abound but there are also a number of smaller rooms which have potential to be knocked together to create even larger spaces should less bedrooms be needed. Currently the ground floor has a very large lounge and almost equally sized dining room off a generous central hall. Beside the kitchen which has an Aga, is a utility room with pantry off and then there are two bedrooms, a shower room, separate wc, sun porch and study completing the ground floor. On the first floor there are five further bedrooms, a linen room and two more bath/shower rooms. The house really is only part of the story here though as these south facing gardens are completely private and magnificent to behold having been cultivated to a standard where they were opened to the public through the Cornwall Garden Society which is part of the Royal Horticultural Society. To the south side of the house is a level lawn and there is also a further one on the other side of the stream which divides the garden though various bridges cross over it adding to the unique nature of these grounds. The beds are designed to produce colour throughout the seasons and trees were planted decades ago to add a perfect backdrop. Productive pear and apple trees can be found and the stream is also used to create a further leat and a lily/fish pond beyond a waterfall which is overlooked by paved terraces. There are also terraces around the house, either enjoying full sun or shade and there is even a small terrace in a glade beside the stream. In addition to the parking area beside the house and garage there is also a significant yard approached through its own gated entrance off 4 Ref: LCAA7762 the lane leading through Penwartha Coombe and this is ideal for overflow parking and storing boats, trailers or caravans etc. In addition to the house and its gardens, also available for sale is an area of woodland stretching to about 6.8 acres which can be seen from the house and gardens but does not abut it. This woodland can be approached over a public footpath which leads from directly beside Grignan off the lane through Penwartha Coombe and it is about 100 yards walk to the woodland. The woodland will not be sold to any other interested party prior to the sale of Grignan as the purchaser of Grignan has first refusal to purchase the woodland at the same time as purchasing Grignan. It is so rare to find a property with grounds this magnificent, in such a desirable location that has been hidden away from the market for over 60 years. The house is ready for a new owner to place their own stamp upon it and to enjoy living in this very special environment. 5 Ref: LCAA7762 LOCATION Grignan enjoys a wonderful setting in Penwartha Coombe which is an unspoilt wooded valley on the rural outskirts of the sought after village of Bolingey just a 20 minute walk from Perranporth with its magnificent sandy beach. Bolingey is a small, particularly attractive village, off the beaten track yet close to the coastal town of Perranporth and beach. The village has a highly regarded public house, day to day amenities are readily available within Perranporth with shops, junior school, restaurants and a regular bus service. The beach at Perranporth is one of the best in the county, popular with surfers and together with Perran Sands and Penhale at low tide forms an unbroken stretch of almost 3 miles of golden sand beach with an incredible expanse of sand dunes to the rear which are of international acclaim and a nature reserve for an array of native flora and fauna. The cathedral city of Truro is approximately 7 miles away and is the county’s retailing, commercial and administrative centre offering an unrivalled range of shops, schools and a mainline rail link from Penzance to London Paddington (approximate travel time of 4½ hours). About 20 minutes’ drive away is Cornwall Airport Newquay at St Mawgan which provides regular domestic flights to London and other UK cities as well as an ever increasing number of European destinations. The A30 trunk road is easily accessed providing a swift dual carriageway link to Exeter where it joins the national motorway network. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) A path from the driveway leads to a slate paved courtyard from where an obscure glazed door opens to:- RECEPTION HALL – 21’7” x 9’. Lit by a roof window. Painted beamed ceiling, turning staircase to the first floor with understair cupboard below. Doors to various rooms. KITCHEN – 11’2” x 10’8”. Dated range of units with stainless steel sink and drainer. Tiled splashbacks and tiled floor. Cream oil fired Aga and Aga oil fired boiler. Broad window overlooking the garden. Space for a breakfast table. Door to:- UTILITY ROOM – 6’ x 6’. Window to the front, tiled surrounds and floor, dated units, worktop with stainless steel sink and drainer, space for a washing machine. Obscure glazed door to the courtyard, door to the kitchen and further door to the:- 6 Ref: LCAA7762 PANTRY. Tiled floor and walls, fitted shelving on three sides and tiled cold shelves. Obscured window. LOUNGE – 20’ x 17’. Very wide patio door overlooking and opening onto the gardens. Two windows to the side overlooking the garden. Painted beamed ceiling, woodburning stove set into a brick fireplace. DINING ROOM – 19’ reducing to 9’9” x 17’2”. Triple aspect with three windows and an obscure glazed door opening to the sun porch. Second staircase to the first floor with understair cupboard. Doors to:- STUDY – 8’9” x 7’. Window overlooking the front courtyard. SUN PORCH – 6’9” x 5’. Windows on three sides and half glazed door opening to the side of the house. Further doors from the reception hall open to:- BEDROOM 1 – 13’1” x 11’. Dual aspect overlooking the side and rear gardens, fitted wardrobes, white cantilevered wash basin. SHOWER ROOM – 8’ x 7’. Modern glazed screened shower enclosure with a chrome mixer shower. White pedestal wash basin with chrome mixer tap, white 7 Ref: LCAA7762 wc. Tiled walls and floor, white painted beamed ceiling, extractor fan, obscured window. BEDROOM 2 – 8’ x 7’. Window to the side, corner cantilevered wash basin. WC. Period yellow wc and wash basin with matching tiled walls and tiled floor. Obscured window. FIRST FLOOR The staircase from the reception hall arrives at a small landing with doors to:- BEDROOM 3 – 12’ x 8’ extending to 10’10”. Window overlooking the grounds and trees beyond, recessed wardrobe and store in the eaves, white wash basin. Access to loft space. LINEN ROOM – 9’4” x 8’8” reducing to 5’10” including cupboards. Window looking straight down the garden, two doors to a cupboard housing the hot water cylinder with slatted wooden shelving.

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