Ref: LCAA6127 Offers around £550,000 Gwenter Wollas, Gwenter, Nr. Coverack, Lizard Peninsula, Helston, South Cornwall FREEHOLD

A gorgeous detached cottage extended into an adjacent barn believed to date back about 400 years, in extremely beautiful cottage gardens of about ½ an acre including enormous

protruding granites and with views to the south over countryside to the sea. A delightful and private home of antiquity providing 3/4 bedroomed character accommodation with enormous

granite fireplaces and vaulted beamed ceilings in the kitchen/breakfast room and sitting room.

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SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: porch, hall semi open-plan to a dining room with a huge fireplace, summer sitting room/bedroom 4, utility hall link, vaulted ceilinged kitchen/breakfast, vaulted ceilinged sitting room with a huge fireplace. First Floor: landing, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, wc. Outside: glorious cottage gardens of about ½ acre divided into ‘rooms’ including courtyards, terraces, small lawns, protruding granites, a kaleidoscopic array of flowering plants and trees, a vegetable and fruit garden, former piggery, workshop, 2 driveways and large parking area, garage and summerhouse with views over countryside to the sea.

DESCRIPTION

Offered for sale for the first time in about 44 years; the sort of house that is likely to not be available again for another generation.

A character filled home with the main part of the cottage believed to date from 250 to 300 years ago and the converted attached barn that is thought to be a former forge is believed to be around 400 years old and was thatched until the 1940’s but within the last few years has had a beautifully contoured, new wet laid slate roof.

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3 Within the house are exposed stone walls, some of them painted, painted beamed

and boarded ceilings to the cottage and extremely high vaulted ceilings with exposed timbers in the sitting room and kitchen/breakfast room. In the dining room and sitting room there are huge stone fireplaces and the accommodation has an adaptable nature including what is currently used as a studio having potential to either be used as a summer sitting room as it has a southerly aspect or as a fourth bedroom to complement the three on the first floor of which the main bedroom enjoys sea views.

The property enjoys excellent privacy and is settled within about ½ acre of gorgeous long established cottage gardens around enormous protruding granites although one would never worry about being isolated as there are neighbours on either side in this delightful end of lane hamlet setting.

LOCATION Gwenter Wollas is located in a small hamlet at the end of a no-through road on the southern and seaward side in a peaceful and tranquil spot. Footpaths nearby provide breathtaking coastal and countryside walks, with nearby landmarks including Kennack Sands, Godrevy Cove, Lizard Point and Lizard Head and Lighthouse, Porthoustock, Manacle Point, the charming harbourside village of Coverack (approximately 2 miles away) and the slightly larger town of St Keverne (approximately 3 miles away). Both of these two offer a good range of day to day amenities whilst the nearby well served market town of Helston has an excellent range of shops, supermarkets, a hospital and schools. The Lizard Peninsula is recognised internationally for its unspoilt scenery, with magnificent sailing on the tree lined creeks of the Helford River to the north and the more rugged coastline around the end of the Lizard Peninsula and along its southern and western shorelines where many pretty coves can be found. The booming port of Falmouth and the cathedral city of Truro can both be reached within an approximate 45 minute drive, the latter has a mainline rail link to London Paddington where the journey time is approximately 4½ hours. Increasingly, residents of the county utilise the extensive domestic flights from Newquay International Airport at St Mawgan, with daily flights to London among other internal and international destinations.

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4 THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) From the courtyard garden between the wings of the house a half glazed stable door opens to:- PORCH. Tiled floor, windows on three sides, display shelf ideal for pot plants, etc. Half glazed painted period door to:- HALL – 12’9” x 11’. Effectively open-plan to the dining room divided by a low wall with timber divisions above. Painted beamed and boarded ceiling (6’3” high to the boarding) with timber supports. Staircase to the first floor with white painted boarding and a cupboard below. Window with seat below. Door to:-

SUMMER SITTING ROOM / BEDROOM 4 – 13’7” x 12’1”. Triple aspect of windows with deep sills and a glazed door opening to the southern side. Recessed stone fireplace with a stove and stone and slate hearth. Recessed architraved book shelving, painted beamed and boarded ceiling. DINING ROOM – 13’ x 11’1” extending into 16’ into fireplace. Grand granite inglenook fireplace with clome oven and wooden mantel. Windows on both sides, one with a deep sill and cupboard below and the other with a window seat. Painted beamed and boarded ceiling, timber divisions to the hall making the room feel larger. Walkway through the original exterior wall to:- UTILITY LINK. Huge window overlooking the front courtyard garden and a glazed door opening to the rear. Beautiful period door to:- KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 15’2” x 12’5”. Stunning 14’ high vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers under the re-laid slate roof. Triple aspect of windows, one borrowing light from the link and two further large windows with wooden lintels over and granite sills. Cream country style units under granite

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5 worktops with a cut draining area leading to a white ceramic Belfast sink with a chrome mixer tap over. Integrated twin oven grill, five burner stainless steel gas hob. Generous space for a table and dresser. Stone, granite and wood lintel opening through to:-

SITTING ROOM – 16’6” x 13’7”. 13’ high vaulted ceiling with painted timbers under the re-laid slate roof. Multi pane window and matching door opening to the courtyard garden, area of exposed stonework to the walls and a huge granite and stone inglenook fireplace with a Villager stove.

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING. Historic wood boarded ceiling, part galleried area with a white painted handrail, window overlooking the front garden, display areas above wall buttresses. Elegant stripped wood doors to:- BEDROOM 1 – 14’ x 10’7”. Dual aspect with one of the windows having captivating views beyond the garden down a wooded valley to the sea. Wood boarded ceiling with canopied edges and display areas above the walls. Curtain fronted wardrobe. WC. Narrow window above a deep sill, white period style wc, white cantilevered corner wash basin with period taps, white wood boarding to half height. BATHROOM. White sanitaryware including a pedestal wash basin and an enamelled bath with white tiled surround, glazed shower screen, electric shower over and mixer tap with hand shower. Window enjoying a view over the garden to the countryside with a broad white tiled sill below. Historic wood boarded ceiling, airing cupboard. BEDROOM 2 – 13’5” x 6’8” extending to 10’2”. Canopied ceiling edge with display areas above the walls, broad window overlooking the garden and countryside with a deep sill below. BEDROOM 3 – 9’8” x 6’8”. Window overlooking the courtyard garden, curtain fronted wardrobe, canopied ceiling with display areas above the walls.

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6 OUTSIDE

The house is extremely well concealed although for peace of mind there are neighbours to either side and on the other side of the quiet no-through lane. There is a parking area close to the rear of the house although the grounds are most commonly approached over a drive with a grass centre which leads between magnificent granites protruding from the ground edged by trees and planted specimens including rhododendrons, hydrangeas, holly, specimen grasses and many other varieties beside. The drive arrives at a large grass and gravelled parking area to the rear of a neighbouring cottage and to the side of this is a DETACHED SINGLE GARAGE – 16’5” x 11’9”.

The gardens are shielded from the driveway behind a low hedge and a pathway and steps descend through planted areas down to the courtyard garden on the east side of the house between its wings with doors opening into the sitting room and the porch. Tucked into the corner between the wings is a sheltered slate paved terrace with a gravelled courtyard below edged with variegated pampas, an acer and an olive tree and a rhus tree to one side. Deep planted areas lead away from the courtyard creating a stunning cottage garden backdrop with a wondrous array of differing flowering plants and a further gravelled courtyard beyond. The pathway continues to the southern side of the house where there is a slate paved patio and a door from here opens into the summer sitting room/bedroom 4. This patio is fronted by a lawn again surrounded by a kaleidoscopic array of differing grasses, trees, shrubs and flowering specimens. The garden is effectively divided into rooms and from this south garden paths lead off in several directions to a secluded corner with a door into a WORKSHOP, a concealed STONE OUTBUILDING – 16’ x 7’6” (probably a former piggery), to the field garden and also through a rose covered trellis around to the rear. At the rear are further well stocked cottage gardens including a deep bed along the exposed granite face of the house. Slate pathways lead around to the door into the link and beside a door opens into a BOILER HOUSE which also has space for bins and recycling. Outside the back door are wood stores and the secondary driveway which is gated and has parking for two cars. A path and granite steps lead past a granite wall into a very sheltered but sunny fruit and vegetable garden where there is a greenhouse and a position of a former greenhouse, beds containing fruit berries and an apple tree as well as a composting area. A further path extends from here through hedgerows and stone walls back to the field garden which is a sloping area of lawn with exposed granites and this runs up to the edge of a farmer’s field but more importantly enjoys stunning southerly

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7 views down a short wooded valley to the sea and a headland beyond. The most is made of these views by a raised TIMBER SUMMERHOUSE – 9’8” x 9’8” with a deep covered veranda to its front. The summerhouse is now in need of maintenance.

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Not to scale – for identification purposes only.

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9 GENERAL INFORMATION VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. Facsimile: (01872) 273474. Website: www.waterfrontandcountryhomes.com E-mail: sales@lillicrapchilcott.com POST CODE – TR12 6SN. SERVICES – To be confirmed. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk. DIRECTIONS – From Helston following the B3293 signposted to St Keverne and Coverack driving past Goonhilly Satellite Station and after driving through a few sharp corners in woodland take the right hand turning immediately before Zoar Garage signposted to Penhallick and Treleaver. Follow this road for ½ a mile and then turn right signed to Ponsongath and Gwenter. Follow the road through the countryside until reaching Gwenter where the entrance drive to Gwenter Wollas is immediately after an enormous rock outcrop on the left hand side. Park in the parking area beside the garage and then walk down the path from the driveway to the house. AGENT’S NOTE – The above particulars have been prepared as a general guide only for prospective buyers. Whilst we have endeavoured to provide a fair and reasonable description of the property, no specific survey or detailed inspection has been carried out in relation to the property, the services, the appliances and any fixtures and fittings or equipment. All buyers should rely on their own surveys and investigations in connection with any purchase of the property. All measurements, floor plans, dimensions, acreages and distances are approximate only and should not be relied upon for accuracy. OFFICE OPENING HOURS – Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - 9.00am to 1.00pm (available for viewings all day).

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