Ref: LCAA7910 £485,000 Dunelm Lodge, 47 South Street, St Austell, South Cornwall, PL25 5BJ FREEHOLD 2 A grand 5/6 bedroomed detached Edwardian style house standing in approximately /5 of an acre of well tended garden in a secluded position at the end of a long private driveway yet just moments from the heart of St Austell town, shopping centre and wide spread amenities. A fabulous family home with impressive room sizes, high ceilings, period detail and including a detached double garage with play room above. 2 Ref: LCAA7910 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance hall, reception hall, cloakroom, sitting room, dining room, family room/study, conservatory, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, boiler room. First Floor: master bedroom with en-suite dressing room, guest bedroom 2 with en-suite shower room, 3 further bedrooms, family bath/shower room. Outside: long driveway with a large parking and turning area, detached double garage with play room above, brick pavioured terraces around the house, large level lawned garden, tree and shrub borders, side garden with purpose built greenhouse. 2 In all, about /5 of an acre. DESCRIPTION A particularly fine and extremely spacious house dating from the end of the Edwardian period incorporating many character features including two storey bay windows an elegant turning staircase in the main hall, tessellated tiled flooring and attractive wall and ceiling cornices and feature plaster panels. The accommodation is on an impressive scale with large reception rooms and 9’6” high ceilings throughout much of the ground floor. The main staircase ascends, via a half landing, to a first floor galleried landing off which are 5/6 bedrooms, an en-suite shower room and family bathroom. 3 Ref: LCAA7910 Although just a moments walk from the town centre, the property is set within large gardens, in an elevated position that provides good privacy and a delightful open outlook over the town to the countryside beyond. The gardens extend to circa 2 /5 of an acre with large expanses of lawn, brick pavioured terraces and pathways, a large purpose built greenhouse, attractive lawned side garden and the private driveway culminates in a large parking and turning area next to a double garage with a play room above. The house faces south and west enjoying the best of the daily sun. The property comprises a large family home with a canopied entrance porch leading through to an entrance hall and then through another door into a high ceilinged galleried reception hall with a beautiful turning staircase ascending, via a half landing, up to the first floor galleried landing. The current owners have altered the room configuration slightly so that the ground floor now provides a beautiful double aspect sitting room with a large bay window facing west over the front gardens. There is a superb dining room with a bay window to the south and further windows to the front. There is a separate family room/study, a large conservatory, well equipped kitchen/breakfast room with an excellent range of integrated appliances and a utility room with a boiler/storage room off. On the first floor, the master bedroom has a large bay window to the south and offers beautiful views over the grounds, the town and the surrounding countryside. At the other end of the house the guest bedroom 2 has an en-suite shower room. The master bedroom interconnects to a en-suitre dressing room and is next to the family bathroom. This area could be divided off into a suite, if required. A further bathroom would have to be created but there is plenty of room to accommodate this. There are three further bedrooms. The interior is well decorated, and a viewing is recommended in order to fully appreciate the scale of the accommodation. LOCATION St Austell is a sizeable town situated close to the south Cornish coastline offering easy access to several beautiful sandy beaches linked by stunning coastal walks through the rugged scenery surrounding the South West Coastal Footpath. This area is well favoured with an excellent town centre incorporating a fairly new and modern shopping centre, a high street of older buildings with varied shops and a wide range of leisure, commercial and retail facilities, sports clubs, out of town trading estates and supermarkets. There is a large sports centre, football and rugby clubs, several gymnasiums, squash and badminton facilities and several superb golf courses including a large 18-hole coastal links golf course at Carlyon Bay with further golf courses nearby at Polgooth and Porthpean. 4 Ref: LCAA7910 There are beaches at Carlyon Bay, Duporth, Porthpean, Charlestown and Pentewan with Porthpean and Pentewan also having active sailing clubs. Charlestown is a picturesque port, nearby often used in the filming of films, TV series and advertisements and most recently featuring several times in the recent Poldark series. Charlestown has excellent restaurants, inns and lovely boutique shops. To the east there are stunning walks along the coast out to the Gribbin Head which protects the entrance to Fowey harbour where there are excellent pleasure and sailing boat facilities in the deep natural port. Fowey is a highly regarded town with beautiful streets of upmarket shops and restaurants. To the west is the renowned Roseland Peninsula, often regarded as one of Cornwall’s unspoilt areas where there are beautiful walks and lovely villages such as Portscatho and St Mawes. Further unspoilt beaches and sailing area available either on the Percuil River or the Carrick Roads. Other nearby attractions include the world famous Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Heligan. St Austell is very well situated in Cornwall having good access to the east by road to Plymouth and out to the A30 which remains dual carriageway all the way to Exeter where it joins the national motorway network. There is easy access via the A390 down to Truro the county capital some thirty minutes drive away providing a wide array of leisure, commercial and retail facilities and both private and state schooling. Cornwall Airport Newquay at St Mawgan is some twenty minutes’ drive away and offers regular flights to Heathrow and a range of other UK city destinations together with an every increasing number of European destinations. St Austell has a mainline railway station with a direct link to London Paddington (approximate travel time 4½ hours). 5 Ref: LCAA7910 THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) To the front is a canopied porch with exterior lighting, covering an obscure double glazed panelled door with a matching window to one side, which opens on to the:- ENTRANCE HALL. Quarry tiled floor with a recessed mat well, double doors to a cupboard. Period part leaded glazed door with a matching panel to the side, opening to:- RECEPTION HALL. Double volume ceiling height with a broad and elegant staircase rising to the first floor galleried landing with a thick wooden handrail and painted wood panelling to the side. 9’6” high ceiling which continues throughout much of the ground floor. Corniced ceiling, picture rails, dado rails and plaster panelling detail to the lower walls. High skirting boards, exposed quarry tiled flooring, two radiators, built-in understairs storage cupboard, coat hanging area to a small antechamber which has a door opening onto the:- CLOAKROOM. Low level wc, pedestal wash basin with tiled surround and mirror above. Glazed quarry tiled flooring, opaque glazed window. SITTING ROOM – 17’4” from the chimney breast into the bay x 13’9”. Large double glazed bay on the western side overlooking the garden, further large double glazed window overlooking the rear garden. High ceiling with decorative mouldings, picture rails. Modern pebble effect inset fire, fitted shelving to one side, serving hatch to the kitchen, two radiators, four wall light points. 6 Ref: LCAA7910 DINING ROOM – 16’9” into bay x 15’9”. A large walk-in bow shaped doubled glazed bay window overlooks the side garden and driveway with a further large double glazed window overlooking the front garden. Radiator with thermostatic control, two wall light points, broad display niche on one side with multiple telephone points and overhead downlighter. Ceiling cornicing and plaster panel work, TV aerial point. STUDY / FAMILY ROOM – 12’2” x 10’. Large double glazed window overlooking the front garden, ornate corniced ceiling with panel work, two wall light points, broad display niche on one side, laminated wood effect flooring, radiator. KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 25’8” x 12’. Double glazed window overlooking the side garden and further windows and a half glazed door borrowing light from the glazed roofed utility. High ceiling with spotlight tracks, two radiators, ceramic tiled floor. Fitted with an attractive modern cream range of kitchen units under roll edged wood effect worktops with tiled splashbacks and a Franke stainless steel 1½ bowl sink and drainer with a chrome mixer tap and additional filtered water tap over. Integrated dishwasher and large fridge with freezer compartment. Integrated Bosch double oven and grill, integrated microwave oven, inset Bosch five burner gas hob under a concealed extractor. Large built-in vertical wine rack and integrated wine cooling fridge, dresser unit with cupboards, drawers on either side and a worktop surface above with further cupboards and drawers. Ample room for a dining table and chairs. Door to:- 7 Ref: LCAA7910 CONSERVATORY – 19’2” x 12’8”. High vaulted polycarbonate roof, double glazed windows wrapping around the southern and western elevations, double doors opening to the south facing terrace, quarry tiled floor with recessed mat well, radiator. The conservatory is semi open-plan to one end of the utility room. UTILITY – 39’6” x 6’9”. Fully monopitched double glazed roof, double glazed door opening onto the side garden with windows above and to one side, quarry tiled floor, door to a plastic panel lined cupboard, housing a washing machine with tumble dryer above.