Prince Park ST WENN, MID CORNWALL www.jackson-stops.co.uk Features • Entrance Porch • Reception Hall • Drawing Room • Dining Room • Sitting Room. • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Rear Hall. Laundry • Wine Cellars • Master Suite • Six Further Bedrooms • Study/Bedroom 8 • Shower Room • Bathroom • Glasshouse • Garage • Attractive Gardens Handsome and distinctive Victorian residence with a host of • Workshop and Store with planning permission to be original period features. The house has been comprehensively reinstated and improved renovated and is offered in excellent condition. • Just over 4 acres of meadow Fast find 52790 • Wadebridge 5 miles The Location • Newquay International Occupying an unspoilt rural location in Mid Cornwall and roughly equidistant from the north Airport 6½ miles and south coasts (approximately 9 miles). • City of Truro 23 miles History The village of St Wenn, about ¾ of a mile from the property, has a delightful church, primary school a huddle of houses around the rear middle of the hamlet and forms the When compiling his now collectable ‘A Shell Guide • Padstow 11.3 miles centre of a very large agricultural parish. Prince Park is to be found in the most picturesque to Cornwall’ John Betjeman passed the house on his surroundings approximately ¾ of a mile to the north of the village. The town of Wadebridge • Watergate Bay way to Withiel and made a charming comment in the lies about 5 miles to the north, offers a range of retail, leisure and educational facilities and sits 12.2 miles book “There is a house at Rostiggian in Welsh red astride the Camel River, which flows through to Padstow Bay. brick with half timber gables and three storeys high (distances approximate) and looking like a bit of Fitzjohns Avenue dropped in an unexpected place”. Although wrong about the bricks, he was correct about the London connection. This distinctive and highly individual house, was constructed in 1878 for Joseph Hicks, of the St Austell brewing family. Joseph Hicks prospered as a wine merchant in London living in a substantial, and then new house on the Thames. When his father died in 1876 leaving him Prince Park Farm where Joseph grew up, Hicks used the same Bavarian architect to rebuild a copy of the London property before he moved to Cornwall. This may explain the large gabled eaves and the turret, Bavarian influences in which no expense was spared clearly intending the house to represent a statement of his success in life. Virtually all original features still remain in the intricate cornicing and plasterwork, ornate brass fittings, picture rails, grand Victorian marble fireplaces, ebony and china door furniture and the stained glass portraits which include Shakespeare, Dickens, Brunel, Queen Victoria and Albert and Joseph Hicks personalised ‘signature’ panel above the main door. The beautiful village of Padstow (10 miles) with its variety of The Property heights provide a feeling of space and light and this is shops and restaurants including Rick Steins internationally further enhanced by the generous windows throughout. acclaimed Seafood Restaurants is to be found on the north The property enjoys an imposing presence with its The property offers fine family accommodation with Cornish coast with the renowned surfing resorts of Rock and brick gabled and towered fenestrations standing proud extremely versatile living space. The property is equipped amongst a wooded setting overlooking the surrounding Polzeath to the north and Harlyn and Constantine Bays to the with oil-fired central heating using restored freestanding countryside. The property as a whole extends to north west. cast iron radiators throughout with a mains fire alarm approximately 4.88 acres. The house is approached via system and intruder system. The property benefits The administrative and commercial centre of Cornwall is a gated gravelled driveway that leads to the southern from a superb kitchen/breakfast room with Shaker style the Cathedral City of Truro, which lies approximately 20 elevation of the house with a fountain forming a central cupboards, twin Belfast sinks with mixer taps, an Aga miles from St Wenn and offers comprehensive facilities feature of the driveway. The front elevation combines a and range of appliances. This room also enjoys a slate along with renowned state and private schooling, there tower with a conical shaped lead and slate roof to one flagged floor which leads into the well-equipped utility are also well respected public and private schools at side of the central feature of the arched entrance to the room. Launceston (20 miles). For riding and walking enthusiasts portico and the front door. there are various footpaths and bridleways in the area The property has undergone an extensive schedule of The meadow has been surveyed by a botanist of the including the Saint’s Way, which runs from Padstow to tasteful refurbishment and restoration. As a consequence Cornwall Wildlife Trust and has many interesting wild Fowey on the south coast. Golfing enthusiasts will be it is offered in excellent condition with an extremely flower species. There is a spring fed marshy area at the interested to know that both Rosserow and St Enedoc stylish interior that enjoys a vast array of original features, bottom of the field, which is thought to be ideal for the courses are to be found in the St Minver area about 10 such as the impressive staircase with carved mahogany creation of a lake to extend the grounds for leisure or miles distant. handrail, newel post and balustrade. The 10’3” ceiling possibly for stocking with fish. www.jackson-stops.co.uk Outside Greenhouse this leads into: Garage/Work Shop Fluorescent lighting. Power points. Garden and Grounds Approached from a country lane via a pair of impressive granite gateposts and iron gates, the driveway of deep chippings provides generous parking and turns around the fountain focal point flanked by lawn and raised borders. The main room and façade overlooks the meadow, valley, the lawn returning and opening up at the rear of the house to provide a level expanse fringed with colourful foliage and shrubs which give way to the garaging and greenhouse. The majority of the retaining walls are in brick with iron railings of the period very much setting of this distinctive home of quality. Across the lane the gently sloping meadow extends to a little over four acres and incorporates a somewhat dilapidated, but fairly generous work shop and store for which a planning consent has been granted for rebuilding and reinstatement which, could lend itself to a variety of uses. Property Information Note: There is a public right of way over the lane by the field to Demelza Mill Postcode: PL30 5PD Council Tax Band: G Services: Mains electricity is connected to the property. Renewed private drainage and the water is on a private borehole with the curtilage of the property. Telephone (subject to BT Regulations). Local Authority: Cornwall Council, Truro, TR1 3AY Telephone 0300 1234100 Contents, fixtures and fittings: Unless specifically mentioned in these particulars, all contents, fixtures and fittings, garden ornaments and statues, carpets and curtains are specifically excluded from the sale. Certain items by be available by separate negotiation. Viewing: By appointment with Jackson-Stops & Staff’s Truro office: 01872 261160 Approx. Gross Internal Area: 4126 sq.ft. / 383.3 sq.m. (Includes Mezzanine) Cellar Second Floor Directions From Truro head towards Carland Cross and take the A30 towards Bodmin. Take the exit signed B3274/ Victoria/ Roche and take the first exit off the roundabout. Then take the first left followed by the first right and continue for a further 1.3 miles until a left turn signed St. Wenn. Follow this road down a hill, and as you come up the other side it is the big red-brick property second on the right. Ground Floor First Floor Fast find 52790 Important Notice: Jackson-Stops & Staff, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1 They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. Jackson-Stops & Staff Truro Office 01872 261160 2 Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and 44 Lemon Street, Truro [email protected] plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulations or other Cornwall TR1 2NS www.jackson-stops.co.uk consents and Jackson-Stops & Staff have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Fast find 52790.