Ref: LCAA7982 £695,000 Fairfield House, 88 Alexandra Road, Illogan, Cornwall, TR16 4EN FREEHOLD CASH BUYERS ONLY The major portion of an elegant and imposing former manor house, believed to date from circa 1840 set well back from the highly sought after Alexandra Road in parkland gardens approaching ¾ of an acre. This fine residence provides beautifully spacious accommodation with lovely period features whilst offering a skilfully modernised interior, offering 5 bedrooms and 3 receptions and 3 bath/shower rooms (1 en-suite), a short drive from Portreath Beach. 2 Ref: LCAA7982 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance hall, reception hall, sitting room, kitchen/dining/family room, utility room, shower room/wc, snug/study. First Floor: 5 bedrooms, en-suite shower room, superb family bathroom. Outside: long private gravelled driveway to a turning circle in front of the house. Beautifully mature and landscaped well stocked gardens with broad swathes of lawn, stocked and manicured beds and borders, large covered veranda facing south west with composite wood effect decking and an outside sitting area for alfresco dining. Large garden shed/workshop. In all the grounds are approaching ¾ of an acre. DESCRIPTION Fairfield House is an extremely elegant and imposing major portion of a former manor house enjoying a beautifully private and regal setting in park like grounds approaching ¾ of an acre. Offering good privacy and superbly proportioned accommodation with high ceilings and period character features. The accommodation provides five excellent bedrooms, three bath/shower rooms (one en-suite) and a large open-plan kitchen/dining room/family room with two sets of double glazed doors out onto a glass roofed veranda with wood effect mill board decking opening straight onto a large south west facing garden. There is also a 3 Ref: LCAA7982 snug/study and huge sitting room with a fantastic bay window on the front elevation, overlooking the grounds. The setting is quite superb with the approach being over a long gravelled driveway which sweeps into the grounds and up to the house where there is a large turning circle with ample room to park numerous vehicles. The grounds feature lovely mature rhododendrons, camelias and azaleas with beautifully planted beds and borders, three large areas of lawn and three useful outbuildings. Fairfield House has been beautifully modernised over the years and considerably improved by the current owner’s who have extended the property, replaced all the sanitaryware, installed a George Robinson kitchen with an excellent range of integrated appliances and added a large glass roofed veranda. The veranda opens onto a south west facing garden with quality wood effect composite decking and an outside sitting area, providing the perfect area for alfresco dining and all weather use. We would like to draw your attention to Agent’s Note 2 under the General Information section of the sales particulars. LOCATION Faifield House is located on one of this districts most sought after roads (Alexandra Road), set well back from the road along a long gravelled private drive which culminates in a large turning circle in front of the house. The property is situated some 2km from Portreath beach and is ideally situated in a private setting close to Tehidy Golf Course and many lovely walks along the north coast. It is a location that is readily accessible to Truro and west Cornwall alike; a location where properties rarely appear on the market. Certainly, it is most unusual to encounter such a beautifully proportioned and well presented period house in such a glorious setting. There are magnificent beaches nearby at Gwithian to the west and Perranporth to the east, both of which are within an easy drive. The rivers and creeks of the south coast of Cornwall are also within easy reach providing access to pleasure and sailing craft facilities on the Helford and Fal rivers. St Ives, Newquay, Penzance and Falmouth are all within a circa 20 minute drive from the property and there is easy access out to the A30 (Cornwall’s main arterial road) which remains dual carriageway all the way northwards to Exeter where it joins the national motorway network. There are mainline stations at Redruth and Camborne, both of which are on the mainline to London Paddington with approximate travel time of 4½ hours. To north east lies Cornwall Airport Newquay providing daily shuttle flights to Gatwick and a variety of other UK destinations and an increasing number of European ones. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) Part double glazed uPVC door with large windows on either side opening onto:- 4 Ref: LCAA7982 ENTRANCE HALL. Ceramic tiled flooring, radiator with thermostatic control, part monopitched double glazed panelled ceiling, twin glazed doors open onto:- RECEPTION HALL – 24’4” x 12’3” with an impressive 10’8” ceiling height. A wonderful introduction to this fine home with an elegant period staircase ascending to the first floor. Natural wood flooring throughout, radiator with thermostatic control, dado rails, corniced ceiling, high skirting boards. At one end are two impressive storage cupboards, one understairs the other a walk-in cupboard with shelving on either side. SITTING ROOM – 21’4” x 25’ into the chimney breast recesses. A magnificent room with a 10’8” ceiling height featuring a large walk-in bay window with three huge double glazed sash windows providing a glorious outlook over the front gardens. There are beautiful period moulded cornices and a wonderful marble fireplace with a raised slate hearth and built-in woodburning stove. On either side of the fireplace are built-in cupboards and display/book shelving to the chimney breast recesses. Exposed wooden floorboards throughout, picture rails, two wall light points, a further range of book shelving, radiator with thermostatic control. KITCHEN / DINING ROOM / FAMILY ROOM – 41’3” x 14’. A lovely open-plan room with three distinct areas and exposed oak boarded flooring throughout. A delightful dual aspect room with a tall double glazed sash window overlooking the front driveway and garden. Twin double glazed doors with windows on either side, opening onto the veranda and side garden with a further set of bifold double glazed doors opening onto the veranda and side garden. FAMILY ROOM. The family room has a fitted glass hearth in one corner on which stands a modern woodburning stove, high skirting boards, built-in corner storage cupboard, telephone and TV aerial points, coved ceiling. 5 Ref: LCAA7982 KITCHEN / DINING ROOM. The kitchen is beautifully fitted with a bespoke custom made range of George Robinson kitchen units comprising a corner range of base level cupboards in light grey, topped by a stainless steel worktop surface incorporating a single drainer stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, and stainless steel/yellow glass upstands. A range of thick oak shelving with fitted downlighters to one side of the sink unit. A further range of three quarter height units comprise a large larder storage cupboard with twin opening doors opening onto a range of oak shelving with drawers to the base and fitted spice racks to each door with further cupboards above. To the right of this is an integrated fridge and separate freezer with further cupboard above. Large central island unit with a range of six drawers on one side and chromium handles, two open shelves at one end and further handleless fitted cupboards down one side. The central island unit is topped by an extremely thick slab of cream silestone quartz worktop surface and at one end is a large Lacanche cooking range with a five ring gas hob, large central warming plate with three ovens, a separate grill below and a separate warming drawer. There are thick silestone worktop surfaces on either side of the cooking range with further inset drawers and side power points. Corniced ceiling, large central ceiling rose, beautiful feature period marble fireplace on one side with ornate inner metal surround, grate and ornate tiled slips. Radiator, wall light point, glazed panelled door to:- 6 Ref: LCAA7982 UTILITY ROOM – 19’4” x 7’3”, narrowing to 6 ‘7” at one end. Attractive mosaic tiled vinyl flooring, base level cupboard with a broad run of wooden worktop surface with inset single drainer stainless steel sink unit and chromium mixer tap, ample room for undercounter appliances, room for an American size fridge freezer, freestanding Grant oil fired boiler to supply domestic hot water and central heating, inset ceiling downlighters, double glazed skylight window. Big double glazed picture window and gable end window overlooking the gardens, part glazed panelled wooden door opening onto the side garden. Radiator with thermostatic control. Door to:- SHOWER ROOM. White suite comprising a fully tiled shower cubicle with fitted shower and chromium fitments, low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin, part tiled walls, mosaic vinyl tiled flooring to match the utility room. Double glazed Velux skylight window, inset ceiling downlighters, extractor fan, chromium ladder radiator/towel rail. SNUG / STUDY – 13’4” x 18’6” narrowing to 13’9”. Velux double glazed skylight window, inset ceiling downlighters, coved ceiling, skirting board, built-in desk in one corner, radiator with thermostatic control. From the entrance hall a staircase with turned wooden spindles, polished wooden handrail and newel posts with ornamental carved tops, ascends to a:- GALLERIED FIRST FLOOR LANDING. Large double glazed arch topped window, radiator with thermostatic control, corniced ceiling, large walk-in storage cupboard. Doors off (from left to right) to:- BEDROOM 1 – 21’8” max. x 15’7” max. A bedroom that enjoys wonderful privacy with two large double glazed sash windows provide fantastic views over the front gardens and driveway, corniced ceiling, high skirting boards, radiator with thermostatic control, TV aerial point, three wall light points, door returning to the landing and interconnecting door to:- 7 Ref: LCAA7982 BEDROOM 5 – 21’8” max.