Ref: LCAA7677 Offers around £375,000
Tor Cottage, Limehead, St Breward, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 4DQ FREEHOLD
Available for the first time having been in one family’s ownership since it was built around the turn of the Century. A beautifully situated, detached, 4 bedroom house now requiring some updating but offering generous accommodation with attractive character features in a lovely, edge of village location amidst garden and woodland of approximately ¼ of an acre. 2 Ref: LCAA7677
SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor: entrance porch, entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, larder and cellar.
First Floor: split galleried landing, 4 bedrooms, family bathroom, separate shower room.
Outside: lawned front garden with large timber storage shed and outside wc to the rear. A gate from the front garden opens onto an area of woodland.
In all the grounds extend to approximately ¼ of an acre.
DESCRIPTION
An extremely attractive, detached, four bedroomed, two/three reception room turn of the Century house offering wonderful room proportions and many character features. The property has been in one family’s ownership since it was built around the turn of the Century for the current owner’s grandfather who was a local. The property would now benefit from a modicum of updating. Original features includes stained/etched glass window and door, skirting boards, fireplaces, exposed floorboards, plate/picture rails, sash windows, some tessellated tiled flooring and internal panelled doors with ornate brass furniture and fingerplates.
The house enjoys a fantastic elevated position on the edge of this sought after edge of moorland village with lovely views over its own ¼ of an acre garden and glimpses of a valley beyond.
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St Breward is an attractive village, situated on the lower southern edge of Bodmin Moor, between the edge of the moor and the Camel Valley over which Tor Cottage enjoys some glimpses from the first floor.
The village provides local facilities including a village shop, sub post office and a café with the nearby towns of Bodmin and Wadebridge providing a wider array of shopping, leisure and commercial facilities. Bodmin has a mainline railway station in the Glynn Valley which provides a direct link to London Paddington with approximate travel time of 4½ hours.
St Breward is not far, as the crow flies from the north Cornish coast with some excellent bathing and surfing beaches within easy reach and there are some wonderful walks to be enjoyed via the South West Coastal Footpath over miles of rugged cliff top.
To the east, are miles of open moorland providing excellent walking and riding, interspersed with lakes, rivers, and tors providing wonderful scenery and a wealth of historical monuments. This area enjoys easy access to both the A39 (the Atlantic Highway) which follows the Atlantic coastline north and south providing access to all the beaches and the fishing villages along its length, whilst to the east and south the pretty country lanes provide easy access to the A30 which remains dual carriageway all the way northwards to Exeter where it joins the national motorway network.
THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate)
Granite steps to a uPVC, part glazed front door opening onto:-
ENTRANCE PORCH. Victorian style tessellated tiled flooring, double glazed windows overlooking the garden, pitched slate roof. Attractive stained glass door opens onto:-
ENTRANCE HALL. Stairs ascending to the first floor, radiator with thermostatic control, exposed wooden floorboards, part wooden panelled walling. Doors off to:- 4 Ref: LCAA7677 SITTING ROOM – 15’8” x 14’6”. Dual aspect with large sash windows overlooking the front garden and a further window to the side, attractive period style fireplace with ornate timber outer surround and mantel, floral tiled slips, a copper cowl and an open grate with tiled hearth and outer granite surround. Plate shelving, two radiators with thermostatic controls, telephone point, TV aerial point. High skirting boards.
DINING ROOM – 15’6” x 11’5”. Large sash windows overlooking the front garden, attractive cut granite fireplace with ornamental outer surround and mantel and a built-in hearth on which stands a log burning stove, radiator with thermostatic control, picture rails, high skirting boards.
KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 16’ x 13’8”, narrowing to 12’2”. The kitchen is well fitted with a range of base level white fronted cabinets with further matching wall cupboards and surrounding roll edged granite effect laminated worktop surfaces with tiled wall surrounds, built-in electric cooker with four ring hob and oven/grill beneath, single drainer stainless steel sink unit with chromium mixer tap. In a tiled recess stands an oil fired Aga with two ovens, two hotplates and an attractive, period style outer surround and mantel. This room is double aspect with sash windows on either side, radiator with thermostatic control. Undercounter space for appliances, walk-in larder with a range of 5 Ref: LCAA7677 shelving, sash window to the side, vinyl covered floor. Door opening onto steps down into the cellar and further door opening onto the:-
REAR PORCH. Part glazed panelled door returning to the garden and plumbing for appliances.
From the entrance hall a staircase with wooden handrail, newel posts and banisters ascends to a:-
SPLIT FIRST FLOOR LANDING. An attractive stained and etched glass sash window, two stairs ascend to the:-
MAIN LARGE GALLERIED LANDING. Ornamental balustrading and newel posts, a large sash window overlooking the front garden, radiator with thermostatic control. Doors off to:-
BEDROOM 1 – 15’9” x 12’. Double aspect with a bank of three recessed sash windows overlooking the front garden, further sash window providing views over woodland to a valley to the side, two radiators with thermostatic controls, skirting boards, television aerial lead, blanked in fireplace with an ornamental mantel.
BEDROOM 3 – 11’5” x 9’. Recessed sash window overlooking the front garden, ornamental period fireplace and open grate with mantel above, skirting boards, radiator with thermostatic control. 6 Ref: LCAA7677 BEDROOM 2 – 11’4” x 8’4”. Sash window overlooking woodland and a valley, skirting boards, radiator with thermostatic control, television aerial lead.
FAMILY BATHROOM. White suite comprising a panel enclosed bath with built-in shower above and glazed screen to the side, low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splashback and wall mounted mirror above, chromium ladder radiator/towel rail, vinyl covered floor. Sash window overlooking woodland and valley, built-in airing linen cupboard housing a foam dipped hot water cylinder with immersion facility and slatted shelving above.
SHOWER ROOM. Fully tiled shower cubicle with fitted shower and chromium fitments, high level wc, chromium ladder radiator/towel rail, opaque glazed recessed sash window, vinyl covered floor, loft hatch access.
From the right hand side of the split landing a door opens onto:-
BEDROOM 4 – 11’5” narrowing to 10’5” x 6’8”. Sash window overlooking the rear garden, radiator with thermostatic control, built-in wardrobe cupboard.
From the kitchen a door opens onto a flight of granite steps which descend into the:-
CELLAR – 14’9” x 14’3”. Two light points and a door opening onto the garden.
OUTSIDE
Tor Cottage is approached from a quiet village lane that leads out of the village down into a wooded valley, via a wrought iron gate hung between granite pillars and opening onto granite steps that descend into the garden. A gravelled path leads to the left around to the rear where the oil storage tank is concealed and the external oil fired central heating boiler. There is also a lean-to shed at the back adjacent to the rear porch which houses an outside wc and a further large 7 Ref: LCAA7677 timber garden shed on a concrete base with light and power and a window providing natural light. In front of the timber garden shed is a dog kennel and outside tap.
The front garden comprises a large area of lawn with flower and shrub bed borders and the boundaries comprise hedging, mature trees and stone walls. On one side of the garden is a gate opening onto an area of woodland.
In all the gardens extend to ¼ of an acre.
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 – PL30 4DQ.
SERVICES – Mains water, mains electric, mains drainage. Oil fired central heating. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk.
DIRECTIONS – From the A30 at Temple, take the turning to St Breward and follow this lane across the moor passing through the hamlet of Bradford. Continue until you come to a junction at which turn right towards St Breward and follow this road out across Bodmin Moor. At a T-junction turn left and at the fork bear left and then at the next T-junction turn left. Follow this road all the way down through the village of St Breward, past the General Store / Post Office on the right hand side and continue down the hill, eventually taking a right hand turning onto Fernleigh. Proceed along Fernleigh and just before descending a hill at the end, Torr Cottage will be found on the left hand 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.
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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