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Gears Lodge, Gears Lane, Goldsithney, , , TR20 9LB. FREEHOLD

An extensive and versatile modern detached 4 bedroomed, 2 bathroomed family home plus a loosely arranged integral lower ground floor 1 bedroomed apartment and a detached contemporary studio/garden office, enjoying privacy, plentiful parking, integral garage and beautiful mature gardens. This good looking home can also be arranged with up to 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and is found in a highly desirable location, just a short walk to the facilities in Goldsithney and close to both Praa Sands beach and . 2 Ref: LCAA8157

SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION

Ground Floor: porch, hall, lounge, semi open-plan kitchen/dining room, principal bedroom en-suite, study.

First Floor: large double bedroom, 2 further double bedrooms currently acting as a suite, bathroom.

Lower Ground Floor: hall with separate entrance, 2 good sized bed or reception rooms, shower room, utility/second kitchen, laundry room, integral garage.

Outside: generous driveway parking and access to the integral garage. Excellent contemporary large studio/garden office. Modern workshop/shed. Very well stocked surrounding gardens with decked terraces, beautiful beds and trees. Generous lawned rear garden.

DESCRIPTION

Gears Lodge is set back from the quiet no-through Gears Lane, a very highly regarded residential address on the outskirts of Goldsithney. From the house and its rear garden one can look out across farmland and there are walks very close to the house out into the beautiful surrounding countryside with many publicly accessible tracks, paths and woodlands to enjoy.

3 Ref: LCAA8157 Gears Lodge was built by our clients who also designed the property as he is an architect. The house makes the absolute most of its setting providing plentiful parking to the front with decks to the side and rear surrounded by very beautiful stepped planted beds with a lawned garden to the rear. Tucked away to the front is a detached contemporary studio/garden office which is screened from the driveway and has a pedestrian entrance onto Gears Lane beside it. Although our client works from here at the moment there is obvious potential for this large space to have other uses as water and drainage have already been laid on beside it for connection if one wished to convert it into a self-contained annexe for family or paying guests, subject to all necessary consents first being obtained.

This cleverly designed house is very versatile and is approached at the middle or upper ground floor level via a recently constructed porch. On this floor set off a hall with stairs both up and down, is a semi open-plan kitchen/dining room with Juliet balcony to the rear, a lounge opening onto a decked terrace to the front, a study and the principal bedroom with en-suite shower room. This arrangement was designed for continued single level living into old age. The first floor has a very large double bedroom and two smaller bedrooms which are currently used as a suite but could also be opened up into one much larger bedroom again as there are only partition walls between them. The top floor also has a walk-in airing cupboard and contemporary bathroom.

The lower ground floor has its own entrance via a covered area beside the garage. Although this floor is completely integral to the rest of the accommodation, it is currently loosely arranged as a good sized one bedroomed apartment with its own sitting room, kitchen/utility, bedroom and shower room. An internal door opens to the large garage which has a laundry room off it. The lower floor can simply be used as a continuation of the main accommodation but also 4 Ref: LCAA8157 offers up potential for grown children who are still at home or for caring for elderly family members who can still have their own independence.

LOCATION

Goldsithney is a most attractive historic village with the centre being a conservation area and having two pubs, the Trevelyan Arms and the Crown Inn, a shop and post office. A short distance away is St Hilary where there is a church and highly regarded primary school. The larger towns of and Penzance are both easily accessed off the A394, which runs to the south of Goldsithney, each providing a wide range of shopping, schooling and leisure facilities.

Only about 1½ miles to the south is Mounts Bay with the town of Marazion being attached to St Michael’s Mount by foot causeway. There are an incredibly diverse range of beautiful beaches nearby including Kenneggy Sands, Praa Sands, Perran Sands and Prussia Cove, all of which are linked by the South West Coastal Footpath which provides many scenic walks with fabulous panoramic sea views. Nearby has always been regarded as a beautiful harbourside town with its famous clocktower and pier, excellent surfing breaks and the long neighbouring beach although it has more recently gained a reputation as a gastronomic hub with Rick Stein recently opening a restaurant there. A short drive away is the beautiful, picturesque harbourside village of St Ives with its myriad of cobbled streets and sandy beaches and this has been a haven for artists for many years and is home to the world famous Tate Gallery St Ives which sits above the surfing beach at Porthmeor.

5 Ref: LCAA8157 THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate)

A contemporary door with inset glazed panel opens to:-

PORCH. 9’ wide, tall glazed panels to either side of the door, further large window to the side, plentiful space for coats, shoes and furniture. Obscure glazed door and large internal windows to:-

HALL. Staircases to the first floor and lower ground floor. Section of glazed brick walling borrowing light from the study. Doors to:-

LOUNGE – 18’4” x 13’. Window to the side and glazed patio door opening to a glass fronted raised sun terrace. Wall mounted TV point and storage for concealed media and other items.

KITCHEN / DINING ROOM – 26’2” x 11’7”. Broad window to the front and glazed patio door opening to a glass fronted Juliet balcony overlooking the rear garden. This would formerly have been two rooms and therefore has two doors back to the hall with the space connected by a 5’2” wide opening giving distinct kitchen and dining areas. Extensive range of fitted 6 Ref: LCAA8157 units in the dining room providing additional storage. Contemporary range of grey ‘in frame’ kitchen units with copper coloured handles under granite worktops with a cut draining area leading to an undermounted stainless steel sink with mixer tap over. Space for an American style fridge/freezer. Rangemaster Professional dual fuel range cooker with a stainless steel extractor over. Contemporary high gloss concrete effect tiled splashbacks. Concealed integrated dishwasher, breakfast bar.

STUDY – 9’3” x 6’10”. Broad window overlooking the rear garden.

PRINCIPAL BEDROOM – 13’ x 11’6”. Broad window overlooking the rear garden, fitted wardrobes. The bedroom is approached over its own private internal hall off the main hall with an obscured glazed door into the bedroom and further door to:-

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM. Large glazed screened shower enclosure with rain head mixer shower and hand held shower. Contemporary white sanitaryware including a bidet, concealed cistern wc and wash basin with chrome mixer tap. Mirror with integrated lighting over the wash basin, extractor fan, obscured window, tiled floor and fully tiled walls where necessary. White heated towel rail. 7 Ref: LCAA8157 FIRST FLOOR

LANDING. Lit by a large Velux roof window over the staircase. Double sliding doors to a walk-in airing cupboard housing the pressurised hot water cylinder. Doors to:-

BEDROOM 2 – 16’4” reducing to 8’ x 14’7”. Triple aspect including two Velux roof windows and a window to the side. Access to eaves storage.

BATHROOM. Contemporary white sanitaryware including a wc and wash basin with chrome mixer tap set over a high gloss white cabinet. Shower bath with chrome mixer tap, glazed shower screen and chrome mixer shower over. Full height wall mirror, contemporary high gloss grey charcoal coloured wall tiling where necessary, extractor fan, Velux roof window, chrome towel.

BEDROOM 3 – 15’3” x 8’. Dual aspect with some far reaching countryside views through a Velux roof window and window to the side. Fitted wardrobe with cupboard over.

BEDROOM 4 – 15’3” reducing to 11’7” x 8’. Dual aspect including a Velux roof window overlooking the rear garden and window to the side with far reaching countryside views. Fitted wardrobe with cupboard over. This room and bedroom three only have stud walls between them and are approached over a short hall with a door onto the landing therefore they could easily be open back up to form one much larger room but have worked perfectly as a two room suite for teenage children.

LOWER GROUND FLOOR

HALL. Can be approached through its own obscure glazed door beneath the walkway up to the front door and this floor has been effectively used as an apartment but can be configured in many ways. Understair cupboard. Doors from the hall to the garage, utility/kitchen two and into a small internal hall with doors to bedroom five, home office and a shower room. 8 Ref: LCAA8157 BEDROOM 5 – 14’4” x 13’5”. Window to the rear, double doors to fitted wardrobe.

HOME OFFICE – 10’7” x 8’2”. Window to the front. Double doors to a fitted wardrobe/cupboard. This room has many potential uses.

SHOWER ROOM. Glazed screened and light grey tiled shower enclosure with a mixer shower. White wc, white pedestal wash basin with chrome mixer tap. Obscured window, extractor fan, tiled floor, white heated towel rail.

KITCHEN 2 / UTILITY ROOM – 13’ x 6’8”. Window and half glazed door opening to the rear garden. Fitted with a range of high gloss cashmere coloured kitchen units under wood effect worktops with a stainless steel sink and drainer with chrome mixer tap over. Space for a fridge/freezer. Integrated oven/grill with four plate electric hob and filter hood over.

INTEGRAL GARAGE – 19’ x 15’7”. Electrically operated roller door to the driveway. Power and light. Door to:-

LAUNDRY – 15’7” x 7’. Window to the rear, cupboard housing the boiler. Long wood effect counter top with space below for a washing machine, tumble dryer and other appliances. Fitted drawers and cupboards. 9 Ref: LCAA8157 OUTSIDE

STUDIO – 16’ x 12’ reducing to 11’1”. A superb contemporary building used as a home office with large windows and a glazed sliding door to the front elevation. This building has many other potential uses and could be loosely divided away from the rest of the property as it has its own pedestrian access on to the lane and beside it there is plumbing and drainage available. To the front is a deck with an opening through the fencing to the driveway.

The house is well secluded from the quiet no-through Gears Lane behind high hedging with both the pedestrian entrance mentioned before and a brick paved driveway entrance between the granite posts that then descends down to the garage giving off-road parking for several cars. The driveway then sweeps to the right and broadens where it becomes gravel in front of the studio providing parking for 2 more cars. All around the front of the house are planted beds and the property enjoys a very high degree of privacy with high shrubs and trees and fencing in the boundaries. A walkway leads up to the front porch with slate capping to either side and also to the front of the property is the sitting out terrace off the lounge.

At lower ground floor level, where the garage entrance is, a gate opens onto a path to the west side of the house and a walkway leads under the porch to a dry store area with a door then into the ground floor accommodation.

From upper ground floor level a gate opens from the drive onto a very sizeable decked terrace to the side with deep wonderful planted beds of many flowering plants including 10 Ref: LCAA8157 trees and this wraps around the rear of the house edged by stone walls. To the rear the decking is large enough to be used for tables and chairs with attractive planted ground covered beds behind. A short flight of steps then rises up to the lawned garden with sleeper and pebble steps then descending down to the path at lower ground floor level where there is a door into the low height storage below the deck.

One walks through more planted beds up to the rear lawn which again enjoys complete privacy and views to the high ground of west Cornwall. The lawn is of a generous size and is edged with a mix of contemporary fencing, hedging and trees with specimen roses along the rear boundary. Beside the lawn is a broken slate terrace and a garden shed 11’5” x 8’ with windows, double doors and some insulation.

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VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, , Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. E-mail: [email protected].

POST CODE – TR20 9LB.

SERVICES – Mains water, drainage and electricity. Oil fired boiler. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk.

DIRECTIONS – From the roundabout on the outskirts of Longrock where the A30 meets the A394 take the exit onto the A394 signed to Helston. Follow this road to the north of Marazion and at the next roundabout turn left signed to Goldsithney. Whilst driving through Goldsithney pass the Crown Inn then take the next left into North Road. After about 150 yards turn left into Gears Lane and after the initial row of cottages Gears Lodge will be found as the first detached house on the right hand side. Please note do not follow Sat Nav as Gears Lane is pedestrian only at one point and it is likely to bring you in at the other end which would mean a significant detour.

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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