3 bedroom house

Edge of village 5 acre smallholding with house, mobile home, versatile buildings including stabling and adjoining land. 3 bedroom farmhouse, adjacent 2 bedroom mobile home, traditional barn with pot. (stp), versatile range of buildings and stabling. 4 Fields. EPC Rating: F 5.2 Acres

Situation - Higher Goverseth Farm is conveniently situated on the edge of Foxhole which offers a range of local amenities including village stores and post office, health centre, fish and chips, primary school and recreational ground. These are supplemented further by the town of St Austell, about 5 miles to the east, where there is a station on the London Paddington line.

The Entrance Drive And Public Footpath - The entrance to Higher Goverseth Farm is over a pleasant private stone driveway running adjacent to a deciduous copse and various trees and shrubs. It is considered there may be potential within part of the access area for future residential development - subject to all necessary consents and approvals. There is a public footpath which runs up the entrance drive.

The House - The house is approached via an Open Porch with pitched slate roof and uPVC part glazed front door opening to a fine Living Room with solid wood floor and which boasts an impressive wide stone fireplace with arched timber beam, clome oven and with inset wood-burner set on a stone hearth. From the Living Room there is a quarter pane door opening to a Dining Room again with a wood-burner set on a slate hearth.

The Kitchen presents an extensive range of matching base level units with worktop surfaces and includes a stainless steel single drainer sink unit with mixer tap, Stoves fan-assisted oven and grill with induction hob over, oil-fired Rayburn serving domestic hot water and central heating, space and plumbing for dishwasher and picture window to the garden. From the Kitchen there is a part glazed stable style door opening to a spacious Utility Room with further matching cupboards and space for refrigerator/freezer and part glazed stable style door to outside.

On the first floor is a Landing with doors off to three Bedrooms, Shower Room with walk-in fully tiled shower and electric shower, wc and pedestal washbasin and Airing Cupboard.

Attached to the house is an outside Laundry Room with deep earthenware sink unit, plumbing for washing machine, base level cupboards and door to outside WC.

The Gardens - To the side of the house is a raised decked seating area with wrought iron pergola over and access to a Greenhouse about 15’3 x 9’6 with staging. Beyond is a recreational garden. On the southern side of the Pole Barn/General Purpose Building is a fenced Vegetable garden with aluminium framed Greenhouse.

The Traditional Barn - On the side of the yard, is a two storey old stone Traditional Barn with block adjoining Store and further range of dilapidated block and galvanised iron Stables offering some potential for conversion - subject to all necessary consents and approvals.

The Buildings And Stabling - Opposite is a range of former Dairy Buildings with Store; Stable and adjoining timber Sheep Shed about 14’6 x 24’6 (average measurement).

On the eastern side of the yard is a spacious four bay Pole Barn/General Purpose Building with high eaves. Adjoining is a Lean-to Stable Barn with five internal block Stables with vents, with skylights and central passageway. At the end is a block and corrugated fibre cement Workshop with power and electricity and workbenches, wood-burning stove, double aspect and adjacent a Store.

The Land - The land is divided into four pasture fields with direct access to the main buildings and which is bordered by Cornish hedges. Adjacent to the General Purpose Building/Pole Barn is a former Sand School offering potential for reclamation if desired.

Honeysuckle - Honeysuckle is a fine and good sized Mobile Home brought onto site in 2006 and until recently lived in by a dependant relative. Planning permission has been applied for, for retention of a mobile home as a permanent residential dwelling. A copy of the Planning Application will be visible on the Cornwall Council online Planning Register.

This comfortable mobile home, with central heating, offers a Hall with mirror fronted coats cupboard and doors off to a spacious Living Room with double aspect, electric coal effect fire and double doors to a side Sun Room. The modern Kitchen with matching units includes a stainless steel sink unit, space for electric cooker with extractor hood over, integral refrigerator/freezer and part glazed door to the Sun Room. There are two good sized Bedrooms, both with fitted furniture and a Shower Room.

Outside is an enclosed Courtyard, small Garden Shed and to the side, space for car parking on the western side of Honeysuckle could be created.

Viewing - Strictly and only by prior appointment with Stags’ Truro office on .

Directions - From St Austell, take the A3058 westwards towards Newquay. Drive through Trewoon and proceed onto Lanjeth. At the end of the village, where the road bears to the left, turn right towards St Dennis onto the B3279. Drive to Foxhole and continue through the village. Pass the Premier Shop/Post Office on the right, pass the entrance to Meadow Rise on the right and then take the next right-hand entrance after about a further 20 yards. There is a gate nameplate.

Services - Mains water and electricity connected to the house and Honeysuckle. Oil-fired central heating to the house and Honeysuckle. Private drainage system. Double-glazed, broadband and TV and telephone points to the house and Honeysuckle.



Marketed by: Stags, Truro