Property description
This is a deceptive property, appearing more modern than its old granite cottage origins. The property has been modernised, extended and improved over the years, to now provide an appealing family home with spacious 'living areas' and beautiful gardens.
A most impressive fitted kitchen, incorporating granite worktops, opens to a superb garden room combining to be over 30ft in length, with full banks of windows and bifolding doors enjoying outlook and opening to the delightful rear gardens. Living room with huge stone chimney fireplace housing woodburner, reception hall with spacious cloakroom w.c. incorporating utility space, side porch. To first floor there are three good sized bedrooms, the main bedroom having an ensuite shower room, together with house bathroom, incorporating a contemporary white suite with separate shower cubicle.
Along with woodburners in both the living room and garden room, there is oil-fired central heating complimented by UPVC framed double glazed windows, the majority being sash replica slide and tilt. Aluminium framed double glazing, ?including bifold doors, to the garden room.
Approached along a country farm lane, the property is set deep within its plot with a long shingle driveway approach with additional hardstanding combining to provide facilities for numerous vehicles and gaining direct access to the detached double garage workshop. Main leisure gardens extend to the rear enjoying a sunny south-easterly aspect. These gardens are well stocked with a huge variety of flowering and evergreen shrub border and feature, providing areas of patio and lawn, well enclosed with walling and fencing boundaries, numerous fruit trees and further trees in the surrounds. Timber garden shed and small greenhouse.
The rural village of St Stephen lies approximately six miles to the west of St Austell, well served by an excellent range of larger village amenities, including county primary school and Brannel secondary school, doctors surgery, community centre, public house and St Stephen church.
Combining this property's rural setting, impressive accommodation, gardens and location, it is anticipated to appeal to a good number of people, being considered equally suited to the family or the retired/professional couple seeking a property with surplus accommodation for family/guests, and early appointments to appraise in detail are advised.
Front entrance
Wide covered entrance porch, courtesy light, part glazed door to reception hall.
Reception hall
Good immediate reception area. Radiator. Door to cloakroom/w.c. incorporating utility space. Door to recessed cloaks/storage cupboard housing oil-fired boiler. Turning staircase to first floor with good natural light via window to side at half landing, open doorway to kitchen/breakfast room through garden room.
Cloakroom w.c. - 6' 6'' x 4' 9'' (1.98m x 1.45m)
White suite comprising oval wash hand basin with wooden shelving/storage under, close coupled w.c., part wall tiling. Ladder-style towel rail radiator. Space and plumbing for automatic washing machine. Pattern glazed window to front.
Kitchen/breakfast room - 16' 8'' x 15' 0'' (5.08m x 4.57m)
Superb and impressive kitchen/breakfast room with open walk through to dining/garden room creating a dramatic open space taking full advantage of the delightful rear garden outlook. Kitchen fitted with a comprehensive range of base and wall units, providing cupboard, drawer and display storage, integrated dishwasher, impressive granite stone worktops and matching upstand including central island unit incorporating breakfast bar and recess for range-style cooker with hood over. Contemporary dual bowl butler-style sink. Dual aspect room with windows to either side with deep display sills and built-in seating. Door to side porch way with door opening to garden. Door to living room.
Dining/garden room - 14' 3'' x 13' 10'' (4.34m x 4.21m)
As mentioned, a most impressive addition to the house with full picture windows and bifolding doors commanding delightful garden outlook and doors full width opening to gardens. High vaulted ceiling with inset lighting. Woodburner on tiled hearth. Two radiators.
Living room - 17' 0'' x 15' 0'' (5.18m x 4.57m) including huge stone chimney breast/recessed fireplace housing 'black iron' woodburner, slate hearth.
Dual aspect room with windows to either side with deep sills. Radiator. TV aerial lead.
First floor
Landing
Good natural light via window to rear. Radiator. Recessed shelved linen cupboard housing airing radiator. Doors leading off to all three bedrooms and bathroom.
Bedroom 1 - 13' 7'' x 12' 0'' (4.14m x 3.65m)
Window to side. Radiator. Access hatch to roof space. Door to ensuite.
Ensuite
Suite comprising shower cubicle with multi-point shower, glazed shower screen. Wash hand basin, tiled surround. Close coupled w.c. Ladder-style towel rail radiator. Inset ceiling lighting, extractor fan, pattern glazed window to side with deep recessed sill.
Bedroom 2 - 15' 0'' x 10' 2'' (4.57m x 3.10m)
Large dual aspect room with windows to either side. Radiator.
Bedroom 3 - 12' 0'' x 9' 9'' (3.65m x 2.97m)
Window to side. Radiator.
Bathroom - 10' 0'' x 6' 8'' (3.05m x 2.03m)
Stylish white suite comprising contemporary style freestanding bath, corner shower cubicle with multi-point shower, glazed shower screen. Pedestal wash basin, close coupled w.c., part wall tiling. Bamboo-style flooring. Ladder-style towel rail radiator. Inset ceiling lighting. Extractor fan. Pattern glazed window to front.
Outside
Rural setting with farm lane approach. Generous plot with five bar gate opening to long stone chipping based driveway approach continuing to paved and concrete parking hardstanding providing facilities for numerous vehicles and gaining access to the detached double garage workshop. Continuing to front with paved patio, well stocked shrub and flower borders, walling and fencing to side boundaries, pathways to either side of house continuing to rear. Oil storage tank.Rear gardens are a delightful colourful feature mature and well stocked with a good variety of flowering and evergreen shrub border and feature, areas of patio and lawn, paved pathways, the whole well enclosed with fencing and walling to boundaries, numerous fruit trees and trees in the surrounds. Timber garden shed, greenhouse, garden tap.
Detached double garage workshop - 18' 10'' x 17' 4'' (5.74m x 5.28m)
Twin metal up and over doors. Pitched roof providing overhead storage. Good natural light via window to side, personal door to rear. Electric light, power and water connected.
Property Features :
- Detached, rural cottage of impressive style and character
- Modernised and improved including superb garden room extension
- Generous plot with beautifully stocked colourful gardens
- Rural location with lane approach, fringe St Stephen village
- Living room with huge stone fireplace and woodburner
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