Ref: LCAA6919 £379,950 Prospect Cottage, 5 Bolenna Lane, Perranporth, Nr. Truro, Cornwall FREEHOLD

A short walk from the golden sands of Perranporth Beach. An idyllic, detached 3 bedroomed double fronted character cottage hidden away from the busy thoroughfare yet conveniently located for its many amenities and superb beach. An ideal permanent, second home or letting proposition with an

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SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance porch, living/dining room, kitchen, utility room. First Floor: landing, 3 double bedrooms, shower room. Outside: gated and gravelled parking for 2-3 vehicles and comprehensively planted low maintenance gardens with access to two storage sheds, a gardener’s wc and a detached timber summerhouse with paved sun terrace. DESCRIPTION Prospect Cottage is perhaps one of the oldest cottages in the area consisting of exposed stone elevations and newly fitted double glazed sash windows offering light, spacious and airy accommodation with generously proportioned rooms. From the front and original Victorian entrance porch which provides an impressive introduction to the accommodation, a door opens into a large full width open-plan living/dining room with two exposed stone fireplaces to either end with one benefitting from an inset cast iron woodburning stove. From here there are stairs to the first floor and an exposed pine door into the kitchen which then opens up into the utility room itself providing access to the rear. On the first floor there are three good sized double bedrooms and a recently fitted shower room. Externally, from Bolenna Lane a discreet driveway provides gated and gravelled parking suitable for 2-3 cars and superbly planted low maintenance gardens with access to two good sized storage sheds, a gardener’s toilet and a detached timber summerhouse with paved sun terrace. An increasingly rare opportunity to acquire a detached three bedroomed character cottage in a much sought after setting close to the village of Perranporth and its famous long golden sand surfing beach. SOME HISTORIC NOTES FROM THE VENDOR Prospect Cottage was probably built in the 1860’s, since the Census of 1871 is the first to register anyone living here. The family, who were probably tenants, were involved in farming. The cottage and its land originally occupied a site of ’25 perches’, a much larger area than it does today, and for several decades it was the only property situated in the north half of Bolenna Lane and referred to as ‘The House at Bolenna’. It later became ‘Prospect Cottage’. The vendors think that during the 1930’s the name was changed to ‘The Homestead’. In 2008, they reassigned the original cottage name which they felt was more fitting. The vendors believe that the main part of the cottage is typical of the area and built out of local stone. The walls are nearly two foot thick in places. In the 1930’s, the house was extended at the rear, to give a bathroom, utility room and a raised roof to the third bedroom.

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At some point the vendors believe the stairs were moved so that the two downstairs living rooms could be combined into one. Of these two original rooms, one would have been used for everyday living, and housed the range, and the other was a parlour. The vendors were told that the presence of a parlour and the fact that the house is detached, suggests that a slightly more well to do tenant would have lived here. The cottage has retained a number of its original features, such as the tiled porch floor and the two stone fireplaces. The smaller one, which now houses the woodburner, is situated in what was the parlour with the fireplace at the other end of the room probably housing the range. LOCATION Prospect Cottage is a delightful character property situated towards the end of this quiet residential road on the edge of the popular town of Perranporth. Perranporth is in the parish of Perranzabuloe (St Piran in the Sands) and is situated between sand dunes and the majestic cliffs on the Atlantic coast. At low tide the beach below still

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bears some evidence of the many wrecks which have happened here. It has developed over the centuries from a small mining village and pilchard fishing area into a favourite holiday resort, the several miles of golden sands being one of its main attractions. Interesting the name Perranporth comes from St Piran (patron saint of tinners), who sailed to Cornwall from Ireland on a millstone and landed on the beach in the 6th Century. He founded a monastic settlement nearby, where the Little Church or Oratory was built. This is said to be one of the oldest places of Christian worship in Britain, with parts of all four walls standing when it was excavated. In the earlier days the village was small, with a few dozen stone and cob cottages and few shops. Today is rather different though, with Perranporth offering a good range of shops, restaurants and other facilities with its own doctors surgery and primary school. The village owes much of its shape and development to a body of inhabitants known as the Perranzabuloe Gardens Charities, whose founders had the foresight to preserve the centre as a long open space, running from the bowling green and boating lake, through the gardens to the seafront promenade and car park. Some of the very old cottages still remain among the new buildings, with the old houses which belonged to the mine captain standing like sentinels on the cliff top overlooking the village acting as monuments to the past. Beyond the Perrancoombe valley, leading towards Trevellas, you will find Harmony Cottage, the birthplace of Joh Opie the famous Cornish painter, who was born in 1761. Another much later resident of Perranporth was novelist Winston Graham, who wrote the Poldark novels now a major, successful and internationally watched television series. Perranporth and the nearby town of St Agnes to the south west provide a useful selection of local shops and other amenities adequate for most day to day needs, whilst the cathedral city of Truro is Cornwall’s foremost shopping and commercial centre with both state and private schooling facilities available. The main A30 is but 5 miles away, making this area highly accessible for fast access to Plymouth and Exeter and onwards to the M5 motorway. There is a main rail link at Truro on the Paddington to Penzance line (London about 4½ hours travelling time), whilst Newquay Airport is nearby. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) From the gated and gravelled parking a short path leads through an area of garden to the front of the property and a decoratively glazed and part panelled timber door providing access into:- ENTRANCE PORCH – 8’5” x 5’. Being glazed on three sides with tiled flooring, vaulted ceiling, exposed roof timbers, ceiling light point, uPVC double glazed and panelled door providing access into:- LIVING / DINING ROOM – 23’4” x 13’1”. A full width room with plenty of light by virtue of the two large uPVC double glazed sash

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windows, exposed beams, two wall mounted radiators, two exposed stone inglenook fireplaces at each end with one enjoying an inset cast iron woodburning stove on top of a slate hearth, two beam mounted light points, stairs to the first floor, stripped pine door through into:- KITCHEN – 9’8” x 9’1”. A range of white painted wall and base units with worksurfaces over incorporating a 1¼ bowl stainless steel sink and drainer unit with chrome hot and cold mixer tap over, built under oven, inset four ring ceramic hob with tiled splashback and extractor hood over, Worcester Heatslave 15/19 oil fired central heating boiler with pine surround, tiled walls and mantle over. White painted beamed and boarded ceiling, uPVC double glazed window to the side, two beam mounted striplights, stripped pine door into:- UTILITY ROOM – 11’4” x 5’6”. Wall mounted radiator, tiled walling to part, uPVC double glazed window to the side, obscure uPVC double glazed and panelled door to the rear, storage cupboard, space for freestanding fridge/freezer, short run of roll top worksurface with space and plumbing under for washing machine and dishwasher, tiled splashbacks, ceiling mounted striplight, wall light point.

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING. Two ceiling light points, uPVC double glazed window to the rear, stripped pine doors to:- BEDROOM 1 – 12’2” x 10’5”. UPVC double glazed sash window to the front with deep white painted sill, wall mounted radiator, ceiling light point.

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BEDROOM 2 – 13’3” x 9’4”. UPVC double glazed sash window to the front with deep white painted sill, wall mounted radiator, ceiling light point. BEDROOM 3 – 10’4” x 10’2”. White painted tongue and groove ceiling, exposed roof timbers, pine topped display shelving, two uPVC double glazed windows to the side and rear both with deep pine sills. Ceiling light point, wall mounted radiator. FAMILY BATHROOM – 7’ x 6’1”. UPVC double glazed window to the side, white painted tongue and groove ceiling, fully tiled double depth shower cubicle with wall mounted Mira Sport electronic shower controls and wall mounted rinser attachment, glazed shower screen, pedestal wash hand basin with hot and cold mixer tap over, low flush wc, wall mounted mirror with light over, extractor fan, wall light point, wall mounted ladder style towel radiator.

OUTSIDE Prospect Cottage is found along Bolenna Lane and has gated and gravelled parking for 2-3 vehicles to the side. A pedestrian gate leads from Bolenna Lane to the original Victorian porch with access to one of the storage sheds to one side and a pathway leading to the comprehensively stocked, low maintenance side garden, summerhouse, sitting out terrace and gravelled parking area. To the rear of the house there is an outside gardener’s toilet accessed to an additional storage shed, a drying area and a small area of decking. The oil tank is also accessed from the rear. The majority of the outside space is found to the side of Prospect Cottage where it takes the form of well planted, established yet low maintenance gardens surrounding the detached timber summerhouse with its paved sun terrace then giving way to the gravelled and gated parking area. The border to the front of Prospect Cottage consists of stone walling topped with mature hedging plants providing privacy whilst dotted around the garden and grounds are several mature Cornish palms providing structure. TIMBER SUMMERHOUSE – 9’3” x 7’6”. A useful outside space which is glazed on three sides with a set of wide part glazed twin opening doors onto a paved sun terrace.

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USEFUL STORAGE SHED – 12’8” x 7’4”. A handy storage space glazed on two sides with light and power connected and workbench at one end. GARDENER’S WC. Tiled flooring, low flush wc, wall mounted wash hand basin with hot and cold taps over, tiled splashback, obscure glazed window to the side, ceiling light point. SECOND USEFUL STORAGE SHED – 7’10” x 5’10”. Light and power, ideal for the storage of surfboards, wetsuits and other beach equipment.

GENERAL INFORMATION VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. E-mail: sales@lillicrapchilcott.com. POST CODE – TR6 0LB. SERVICES – Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk. DIRECTIONS – From the seafront in Perranporth, drive in towards the town centre and then turn right onto St Georges Hill signposted toward St Agnes. Ascend the hill, turning left into Bolenna Lane. Continue along this lane and the property can be found after a short distance on the right hand side.

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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. NB: A number of staff are available for viewing appointments all day Saturday and all day Sunday.

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