Ref: LCAA7220 Offers in excess of £750,000
The Crag, St Breock, Wadebridge, Cornwall FREEHOLD
Offered for sale publicly for the first time in over 100 years An exceptional extremely private detached non-Listed former manor house offering over 4,250sq.ft. of adaptable accommodation currently undergoing sympathetic modernisation. Offering 7 bedroomed, 4 reception roomed accommodation along with separate cottage, beautiful gardens and grounds along with a long sweeping driveway. An opportunity that is unlikely to be available again for generations, not far from Padstow and the north Cornish coast. In all about 3¾ acres. 2 Ref: LCAA7220
SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION – 4,253sq.ft.
Ground Floor: grand reception hall with turning staircase, drawing room, 2 additional reception rooms, sun room, kitchen, utility room, larder.
First Floor: galleried landing, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.
Second Floor: 3 bedrooms, reception room and eaves storage area.
THE COTTAGE – 489sq.ft.
Ground Floor: workshop area plus 2 store rooms.
First Floor: a reception space currently used as a store room.
Outside: profusely stocked gardens and grounds with long driveway.
In all about 3¾ acres.
DESCRIPTION
• Offered for sale publicly for the first time since construction.
• Built in 1906 to a standard rarely seen with exemplary stonework and attention to detail.
• A vast double height entrance hall with turning staircase to the first floor.
• Three large ground floor reception rooms along with kitchen, utility room, larder and various store rooms.
• Large galleried landing on the first floor along with four good sized bedrooms and two bathrooms. A second floor consisting of four distinct rooms along with eaves storage.
• A separate cottage accessed from the rear courtyard.
• What were once beautiful gardens and grounds that are profusely stocked with long private driveway. In all about 3¾ acres.
3 Ref: LCAA7220 • The property was mentioned in a book entitled The War Time Efforts of Dorothy Wildgoose where she details here experiences during her time at the property as part of the Woman’s Land Army between 1943 and 1946.
The Crag is a landmark house of notable architecture and the story attached to its history is particularly fascinating. The availability of The Crag represents an extremely rare opportunity to acquire an imposing family home with flexible multi bedroomed, multi reception roomed accommodation within 3¾ acres of established gardens and grounds in a wonderful convenient location with easy access to Padstow, nearby beaches and the north Cornwall coast. It is impossible due to the privacy of The Crag to appreciate everything it has to offer without internal inspection and as such early viewing is unhesitatingly recommended by the vendors sole agents. 4 Ref: LCAA7220
5 Ref: LCAA7220 THE PROPERTY
The sale of The Crag provides an increasingly infrequent opportunity to acquire a highly imposing, important, wonderfully private and extensive period house constructed in 1906. The property is protected within its extensive gardens and grounds with the considerable and important benefit of long private driveway and small separate cottage accessed from the internal courtyard.
By virtue of its broad orientation, the design of The Crag logically ensures that every principal room would have commanded the best of the views over its gardens and wooded grounds.
The exterior of The Crag retains its largely maintenance free stone finish featuring numerous tall sash windows under a slate roof.
The property as a whole requires a degree of sympathetic modernisation in order to realise its full potential and would provide a very rare and exciting opportunity that is unlikely to be available again for generations, protected behind its extensive grounds and long private driveway close to Padstow and the north Cornish coast.
A truly exciting opportunity for modernisation and development subject to planning and all requisite consents, one of the most rarefied of positions close to the north Cornish coast and its availability should be taken seriously and accordingly buyers are advised to make time to attend the property as soon as possible to fully appreciate all that is on offer. The house is in the market to be sold straight away with no onward related transaction.
LOCATION
The Crag is located just a short distance from Padstow, Trevone, Harlyn, Constantine Bay and Porthcothnan and not far from the town of Wadebridge. The beaches found in this highly sought after part of Cornwall are excellent for surfing and have many small coves and rock pools ideal for sun bathing and children to play. This stretch of coastline is one of Cornwall’s most popular and least spoilt with rugged headlands protruding between the beaches all linked by the South West Coast Path which meanders along the entire coastline of Cornwall with nearby beautiful walks including around Trevose Head and Stepper Point at the mouth of the Camel Estuary.
The Camel Estuary is also nearby and offers sheltered waters ideal for sailing, kayaking, water skiing and in more breezy conditions, wind surfing and kite surfing. Trevose Golf and Country Club is nearby and has a championship standard course and there are many other activities in the local area.
6 Ref: LCAA7220 Between them, the villages in the area offer a range of day to day facilities and the nearby town of Padstow has many others, including a supermarket, Padstow has become famous in recent years due to Rick Stein’s seafood television programmes and the town has flourished with restaurants, cafés and artisan shops throughout its narrow streets and around the harbour side. A little further along the coast to the south is Mawgan Porth and The Scarlet Hotel and Spa and beyond this is Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen restaurant at Watergate Bay.
On the opposite side of the Camel Estuary is the up market village of Rock which has a further range of shops and the St Enodoc golf course which has a Michelin starred restaurant. Wadebridge is the largest town in the area and has a sports centre and cinema as well as being on the Camel bicycle trail which runs from Padstow to Bodmin Moor. The nearest mainline train station is at Bodmin Parkway and road access to the area is good via either the Atlantic Highway or the main A30 dual carriageway which links to the motorway network at Exeter. On a few miles to the south is Newquay Airport at St Mawgan which offers internal and international flights including a regular service to Gatwick.
GENERAL INFORMATION
VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. E-mail: [email protected].
POST CODE – PL27 7LQ.
SERVICES – Mains electricity, private water and drainage. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk. 7 Ref: LCAA7220
DIRECTIONS – Heading east on the A39 towards Wadebridge and after just entering Whitecross, right before the Royal Cornwall Showground onto Tredustran Road (signposted to Tredustran, Portan and Porlmorla). Stay on this country lane, following it down the hill and passing a grass triangle on the right with an old road sign indicating toward Padstow and Wadebridge. Stay on this country lane following the lane around to the left. After a short while you will see the entrance driveway to The Crag on the left with stone hedge topped walls to either side.
AGENT’S NOTE – The above particulars have been prepared as a general guide only for prospective buyers. Whilst we have endeavoured to provide a fair and reasonable description of the property, no specific survey or detailed inspection has been carried out in relation to the property, the services, the appliances and any fixtures and fittings or equipment. All buyers should rely on their own surveys and investigations in connection with any purchase of the property. All measurements, floor plans, dimensions, acreages and distances are approximate only and should not be relied upon for accuracy.
AGENT’S NOTE 2 – There is a team of builders currently working on renovations at The Crag who will be happy to discuss staying on should the new owners wish them to do so.
OFFICE OPENING HOURS – Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - 9.00am to 1.00pm. NB: A number of staff are available for viewing appointments all day Saturday and all day Sunday.
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