Ref: LCAA7387 Offers over £900,000 Lower Tregerthen, Zennor, Nr. St Ives, West Cornwall FREEHOLD Enveloped in some of the most unspoilt and ruggedly beautiful coastal countryside anywhere in the United Kingdom, enjoying views to the Atlantic Ocean, an extremely handsome courtyard of granite and scantle slate roofed Grade II Listed barns providing a detached 4 bedroomed main house, detached 1 bedroomed cottage and garaging exhibiting fine joinery and craftsmanship throughout, in a private end of lane location between the pretty village of Zennor and St Ives. Offered for sale for the first time in about 20 years and standing in gardens of about ½ an acre, with easy access to footpaths leading over the granite tors of the surrounding hills and down to the South West Coast Path. 2 Ref: LCAA7387 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: broad slate flagged hall with bespoke staircase matching the fine joinery throughout. Dining room with wooden bi-fold doors to the south facing garden, semi open- plan to a large vaulted ceilinged kitchen/breakfast room with pantry. Hall, vaulted ceilinged triple aspect lounge, 2 bedrooms, shower room, utility room, cloaks/store room. First Floor: superb galleried landing with external granite staircase to the garden. Triple aspect principal bedroom also with granite staircase to the garden. 4th bedroom, bathroom, shower room, separate wc. ZEPHYR COTTAGE Kitchen with Aga, vast triple aspect living/dining room opening to the cottage garden, bathroom. First floor mezzanine double bedroom. Outside: huge granite floored courtyard between the buildings, large granite garage. Very private gardens including a sizeable south facing lawn with cobbled patio across the face of the house. Vegetable/fruit garden with glasshouse and shed. Cottage garden with raised ocean facing patio, summerhouse and hot tub. Further areas of garden including a small orchard. In all about ½ an acre. 3 Ref: LCAA7387 DESCRIPTION Lower Tregethen is found in one of the least populated areas of the United Kingdom, surrounded by countryside and only ⅓ of a mile from the wonderful West Cornwall coastline. The property enjoys exceptional privacy yet is not isolated as it is found at the end of the lane after passing through a small former farming hamlet. Easily accessed footpaths crisscross the surrounding countryside leading up to the granite tor topped surrounding hills and also down to the majestic towering cliff faces and the South West Coast Path. The buildings are of thick granite faced walls under gorgeous scantle slate roofs and they all focus in on a huge granite floored courtyard with views between the buildings to the sea. The interiors of both the main house and Zephyr Cottage display fine workmanship and joinery throughout including an abundance of windows, mostly in solid light wood panelled surrounds with shutters, many of which have window seats below and this same style of timber and joinery is used in the extensive fitted wardrobes, cupboards and drawers found throughout the house. The large slate flagged reception hall also has a similarly crafted broad turning staircase with an intriguing small paned internal window at half landing height looking through into the dining room. The first floor landing itself is quite some room under a high vaulted ceiling and with a door onto granite steps leading down to the garden. The principal bedroom also has its own flight of granite steps down to the garden and takes in views in three directions. The wing that extends north/south has a change of flooring to woodblock, mostly in a herringbone pattern and here one will find the principal living spaces including a dining room with wooden bi-fold doors to the south facing garden and a semi open-plan kitchen/breakfast room with an Aga. At the ocean facing end of this wing is a very large vaulted ceilinged living room again enjoying a triple aspect outlook and in one corner is an ornate 8’ high 4 Ref: LCAA7387 ceramic woodburning stove. Throughout the building there are four bedrooms and three bath or shower rooms as well as a separate wc, utility room and cloaks/store room and the details continue with individually selected cast iron radiators for many of the rooms or concealed radiators in bespoke housings. In addition to the main house Zephyr Cottage is a further converted barn to the same high standards even having an Aga in a granite surround in its kitchen. A huge open-plan living/dining room is again triple aspect with a view to the sea, a door to the cottage garden and to one end is an open fireplace reaching up to the vaulted ceiling. Part of the room is not vaulted as above it is a mezzanine double bedroom and off the kitchen is a bathroom. The final side of the courtyard is completed by a matching granite and slate roofed double width garage with timber sliding doors to the front. Around the buildings are well stocked gardens proving that the property is generally well sheltered from the prevailing winds. The largest garden is on the south side with a lawn surrounded by wild roses, pine trees and even a large acer. Here one will also find a full width of the property cobbled terrace, granite 5 Ref: LCAA7387 surrounding walls, a summerhouse and what is thought to be a Dolmen Stone which an archaeologist believes was brought down from the tors above the house and may have been placed in this locality thousands of years ago. In addition, there is a good sized vegetable/fruit garden, a small orchard and a private garden for the cottage with a raised terrace facing the sea. It is extremely rare for properties to become available along this stretch of coastline and we believe that Lower Tregerthen would be acutely desirable anywhere in Cornwall but its exact location, high level of privacy, picturesque unspoilt surroundings and views to the sea make it one of the rarest types of property in Cornwall. We strongly recommend that this opportunity is taken seriously as such an exquisitely converted courtyard of barns is unlikely to be seen on the market again in the near future anywhere in Cornwall let alone between Zennor and St Ives. LOCATION Lower Tregerthen is found down a long winding tarmac lane taking it well away from the B- road leading around West Cornwall and it is situated directly below Eagle’s Nest, the former home of the modern British artist Patrick Heron. The area and surrounding properties are synonymous with artists such as Terry Frost and Peter Lanyon as well as the writer DH Lawrence who lived for a while in a cottage along the same lane as Lower Tregerthen. About a mile to the west is the village of Zennor which can either be approached by car or from a footpath just behind Lower Tregerthen. The village itself is unspoilt with a number of lovely 6 Ref: LCAA7387 houses and the Church of St Senara dating back to the 13th Century. Within the village is the Grade II Listed Tinner’s Arms public house and a few miles further along the road is the equally well-patronised Gurnard’s Head inn. This part of Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular coastline which is easily accessible along the South West Coast Path leading over towering granite headlands and down to small secret coves. Along the footpath St Ives is about 4 miles away and further footpaths crisscross the high hills inland. Only about 3 miles away from the property is the quintessential harbourside town of St Ives which to many needs no introduction. Around St Ives’ harbour are ancient winding streets and fishermen’s cottages running away from the main street where there are thriving restaurants, art galleries and specialist shops. St Ives is incredibly picturesque with buildings nudging the shoreline, little cobbled streets meandering around the centre, startling blue sea and perfect golden sand. The town has a bustling and cosmopolitan atmosphere where restaurants serve fresh fish landed in the harbour. There are cafés, art galleries and studios everywhere with the Tate St Ives forming the focal point for this art loving community. 7 Ref: LCAA7387 The area enjoys a mild climate where winter frosts are rare, the air is exceptionally clean coming straight in off the Atlantic Ocean and the clarity of light is considered to be amongst the best in Britain. The area is known for surfing with Porthmeor Beach being the main surf beach although Porthminster and other beaches around the 4 mile wide St Ives Bay means that no matter what the swell and wind direction, there is always a wave to be found. St Ives has its own branch railway line which links to the main Penzance to London Paddington Line giving simple access throughout the county and to London. On the outskirts of town is a supermarket and St Ives has a full range of schooling as well as professional and commercial services. The coast road to the west leads to Lands End and Sennen Cove at the end of the long sandy stretch reaching around Whitesand Bay towards Cape Cornwall. An easy drive to the south leads to Penzance, the largest town in West Cornwall with a further extensive range of services, a harbour for larger boats and an outlook across Mounts Bay to Marazion and St Michael’s Mount. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) From the granite courtyard between the buildings a granite step rises to a part glazed door opening to:- RECEPTION HALL – 18’2” x 7’7” extending to 14’3”. Two panelled and shuttered windows to the courtyard with cast iron radiators below.