Property description
Fantastic opportunity to acquire a charming country home set centrally within grounds of approximately 3.4 acres, with an additional light and airy 1 bedroom annexe. The property boasts various outbuildings, a sizable double garage with additional parking, formal gardens including summer houses, two ponds, an orchard and 3 well fenced paddocks.
Charming three bedroom detached farmhouse
Further light and airy one bedroom annexe
Idyllic rural position approximately ten miles from Falmouth
Stunning rural views from both properties towards Stithians Lake
Impressive Kitchen/Dining room measuring in excess of 27' in length
Delightful sitting room with oak flooring and inglenook fireplace
Separate utility room
Downstairs wet room with a waterfall shower
Three first floor double bedrooms with wonderful views
Family bathroom with free standing bath
Well appointed Jack and Jill shower room
Master bedroom with balcony and adjacent dressing room
Established gardens to the side and rear of the main house
Approximately 3.4 Acres of well fenced pasture land
Sizeable workshop with further outbuildings including office and store
Double garage and parking for multiple vehicles
| Description | Lakefields is an exceptionally charming character country home believed to date back to the 1850's and is set in a delightful rural position approximately 10 miles from the harbour town of Falmouth. Located amongst extensive grounds sitting centrally within its land of more than three acres, the property offers the perfect package for those looking for a complete change of lifestyle in a peaceful rural scene. From the quiet country lane, the property is accessed via its attractive drive bisecting two of its fields leading to the parking and garaging in front of the property which is enclosed by timber gates.
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| . | Entry is via the impressive wide hallway where the dual aspect sitting room greets you and has an abundance of character features such as the granite inglenook fireplace, oak flooring and exposed stone walls. Further to the ground floor is the extensive kitchen/dining room and sun room. This well appointed kitchen/dining room measuring in excess of 27' is fitted with a central island and a range of floor and wall mounted oak fronted units, granite worktops, Aga and space for an American style fridge freezer. The garden room; gives access to the paved patio area, which is ideal for morning Coffee on a summer's day. The sun room, also located off the kitchen is a real suntrap making it ideal to grow plants and vegetables and has external doors making easy access with pets. Completing the ground floor accommodation is the utility room and a high quality fitted shower room with a waterfall shower.
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| . | Rising to the first floor are three well proportioned double bedrooms, two having access to a sizeable balcony where there are stunning rural views with Stithians Lake in the distance. All bedrooms are light and airy with bedrooms two and three sharing a Jack and Jill shower room. Adjacent to the master bedroom is a private dressing room which has a range of bespoke fitted wardrobes. The luxurious family bathroom with, free standing bath is off the same hall as the master bedroom.
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| . | Lakefields also has a beautifully finished one bedroom annexe, providing ancillary accommodation to the main house, which the current vendors run successfully on a holiday letting basis. External to the property there is driveway parking for multiple vehicles, along with a sizeable double garage and spacious workshop. Further outbuildings include an office, two store rooms and a WC. The properties immediate grounds stretch to over three acres with three well fenced paddocks, with formal gardens to the rear and side of the property which encompassing two ponds, and summer houses, and filled with a range of specimen plants and shrubs.
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| Location | The property is situated in the rural hamlet of Carnmenellis in an enviable position with splendid views towards Stithians Lake. Conveniently located some 10 miles from Falmouth and 9 miles from Helston. Stithians Reservoir and Water Sports Centre is less than a mile away and the nearby village of Stithians which is merely 2 ½ miles distant has a shop, post office, public house and school as well as staging one of the largest one day agricultural shows in the West Country. Wendron Cricket and Football Club, with associated facilities, are close by. Camborne has a good range of shops and stores and a main line railway station and secondary schooling.
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| . | Falmouth is a popular seaside resort, as well as shopping centre and home to the Maritime Museum. The sheltered waters of Carrick Roads are popular with sailors and boating enthusiasts alike and there are many sandy beaches along the south coast and within easy reach of the property. The city of Truro, approximately 13 miles distant, is recognised as the commercial and administrative centre of Cornwall, offering a wide range of shops and stores and is also a cultural centre with museum, theatre at the Hall for Cornwall and cinema. There are also private schools in the city for both boys and girls.
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| Services | The following services are available: Mains electricity, mains water supply, mains drainage, oil central heating and telephone connection although we have not verified this.
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| Distances | Helston - 9 miles Portreath Beach - 9 miles Falmouth - 10 miles Truro - 13.5 miles St Ives - 20 miles (All distances are approximate)
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