A Charming and Characterful 16Th Century Farmhouse
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
A charming and characterful 16th Century farmhouse Tresibbett, Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7RF Freehold • Restored and extended, non-Listed, farmhouse offering spacious and adaptable accommodation extending to over 3,400 sq ft. • Versatile layout including 4 reception rooms and a large farmhouse kitchen with views over the gardens • Master and guest bedroom suites, 2 further bedrooms and a family bathroom • A versatile selection of traditional and modern outbuildings including a large stone barn with potential for conversion, subject to the necessary consents. • Workshop/store & carport with space for 2 cars • Excellent equestrian facilities including a modern stable building with 2 loose boxes and tack room/ store, and an Olympic sized (20m x 60m ) all-weather riding school • Landscaped gardens with far-reaching views and land extending to just over 17 acres, including paddocks, some traditional woodland, ponds and river frontage to Penpont Water. Distances general store, a primary school Altarnun about 1.5 miles, and a pub, The Rising Sun. In A30 about 3 miles, Launceston the adjacent village of Five about 12 Miles. Lanes, there is another pub, The Kings Head, and access to Location the A30 trunk road. Tresibbett is a small hamlet, set Launceston is just 7 miles to in spectacular unspoilt the east and provides excellent countryside, to the north of the schooling and educational picturesque village of Altarnun, facilities. Further amenities a small rural village set between include many varied shops, the grandeur of Bodmin Moor supermarkets, doctors, and the ancient market town of dentists, veterinary surgery, an Launceston, known as the excellent 18 hole golf course ‘gateway’ to Cornwall. and family leisure centre. The village is recognised as There is also a highly regarded one of the prettiest in private school at nearby Cornwall, with a fine village Tavistock, Mount Kelly College. church, known as the Bodmin Moor is close at ‘Cathedral of the Moors’ and hand and provides excellent also made famous by Daphne equestrian and hiking Du Maurier’s novel ‘Jamaica opportunities. The North Inn’. The village also benefits Cornwall coast is just 14 miles from a Post Office with to the west with its mile upon mile of beautifully rugged The kitchen is within the coastline, sandy beaches and modern extension, a cliff top walks. wonderful bright space with The A30 trunk road provides two bay windows offering far dual carriageway access in reaching views. There is a both easterly and westerly 4-oven Aga, a range of directions. To the west is the modern units, and French Cathedral City of Truro, which doors opening onto the is Cornwall’s administrative gardens. At the back of the and commercial centre as well house there is a substantial as offering a wider range of utility room/back kitchen with schooling and shopping 2-oven Aga and access to the facilities. To the east is Exeter cloakroom. where there is a superb range On the first floor, the master of shopping facilities together bedroom suite has far- with access to the M5 reaching views and an ensuite motorway, a mainline railway bathroom. There is a guest station linking to London bedroom with ensuite shower Paddington and an room and two further International Airport. bedrooms, which share a family bathroom. The Property The farmhouse, which is not Gardens and grounds Listed, dates from the 16th Set on the edge of just over Century, with later extensions, 17 acres of its own land, and has recently been Tresibbett enjoys a peaceful extensively modernised by the and private setting with present owners to include wonderful views to the south double glazed windows and east. Stone terraces throughout. immediately surround the The building provides bright house, leading to level and spacious accommodation landscaped gardens, filled over two floors, with an with a well-established adaptable layout and many selection of trees, shrubs and original features throughout. borders. With two staircases and a large The driveway provides plenty utility room, originally the back of parking space to the side of kitchen, there is the option to the house and there is a pair of make part of the house wooden gates, which open to self-contained if required. an enclosed yard in front of the On the ground floor there is house. There is a substantial an entrance hall, a drawing stone barn across the yard from room with open fireplace, a the house, which subject to the dining hall with vaulted ceiling, necessary consents, could be staircase leading to a galleried converted to provide two storey landing and a stone fireplace ancillary or holiday let with wood burning stove. accommodation if required. There is a sitting room which Further outbuildings include a leads to a study or play room, carport, workshop & store and a with French doors opening modern stable block with onto the garden. concrete hard standing in front. There are two generous loose Agents Note boxes and a tack room and feed We wish to inform prospective store. From the stable yard, a buyers that the seller is related track flanked by post and rail to an employee of Savills. fencing leads to a recently restored all-weather sand school. Fixtures and Fittings The land slopes away from the Only those mentioned in these house and buildings to the south sales particulars are included in and east and is well fenced for the sale. All others such as keeping livestock. The curtains, light fittings, garden property’s southern boundary is ornaments, etc. are specifically bordered by Penpont Water, excluded but may be available one of several meandering by separate negotiation. streams which rise up from the centre of Bodmin moor. Within Directions the grounds, there are two Exit the A30 at the Five Lanes ponds and a selection of and Altarnun junction. Proceed wooded areas, filled with into the village of Five Lanes. indigenous broadleaf species, Turn left immediately in front of that are carpeted with Bluebells the Kings Head public house in the spring. and continue toward Altarnun. Proceed through the village, Services signposted to Camelford and Mains water & electricity. uphill, then bear right before a Oil-fired central heating. Private sign to Treween. Proceed Drainage. Fibre Broadband downhill for about half a mile available. and Tresibbett will be found on the right-hand-side as the road Council Tax follows a sharp lent-hand bend. Band F Viewings Tenure Strictly by prior appointment Freehold with Savills. Tresibbett, Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7RF Gross internal area (approx) 322.9 sq m/3475.5 sq ft Chris Clifford Savills Cornwall 01872 243 201 savills savills.co.uk [email protected] For identification only. Not to scale. © 20.05.29CC Important notice Savills, its clients and any joint agents give notice that 1: They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2: Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Brochure by Kingfisher Print & Design..