Tehidy House

Approached via the grand carriage drive for Tehidy House, a splendid five bedroom family home set on the edge of the highly desirable Tehidy Park, offering comfortable and spacious accommodation complemented by landscaped gardens, covered swimming pool, garaging, stabling and over 7 acres of land.

The Property

With well presented accommodation inside and out, the characterful house enjoys attractive stone elevations with cut granite lintels and quoins beneath an attractive slate roof with hipped dormer windows. Internal features include ornate dentilled ceiling roses and cornicing, deep skirtings and corner block architraves. The accommodation has been updated and improved by the current vendors over the last few years including the home office, retractable swimming pool cover, solar panels, as well as a wood pellet central heating boiler.

On entering the property, the entrance hall leads to a bright and airy reception hall with impressive double ceiling height up to 16’6. The cosy sitting room has a log burning stove and views to the garden and land. Other ground floor rooms include a snug, dining room, farmhouse kitchen, home office, utility room and bedroom guest suite. There are four further bedrooms (one en-suite) at first floor level, family bathroom and galleried landing.

Gardens

Useful paved areas surround the house, and an elegant pergola stands on the western side. Good sized sitting out areas lie behind the house with an upper level featuring a novelty bar structure. Attractive areas of well-maintained lawn with stone retaining walls and many established shrubs compliment the outside areas. To the west of the house is the heated Swimming Pool, surrounded by brick paving, measuring about 23'6' x 11'9' with retractable cover and low wall.

The Garage and Stabling

Below the house and swimming pool is an expansive level tarmacadamed car parking and turning area with direct access to a timber and slate roofed Double Garage about 18’6 x 16’6 with wide electric up and over door and lighting.

Located behind the garage are four stables, tack room, hay barn and further detached hay barn with clear corrugated roof. Timber construction with overhang for shelter and durable rubberised roof, concrete floors with yard to the front. The yard is contained within a corral with post and rail fencing and stone walls and is accessed through a five bar gate with separate pedestrian gate. Outside tap on separate mains water supply, electric lighting and electric shower fitting for animal grooming.

The Land

Approached from the concrete stable yard, the land is a safe haven well away from passing traffic and comprises a single pasture field, fenced for grazing management, on a gentle south facing slope adjoining deciduous woodland. In total, the property extends to about 7 ¼ acres (2.93 Hectares) and will appeal to a wide range of purchasers but especially those needing land for ponies, horticulture, conservation or some other amenity use.

Location
Situated in a sheltered position on the edge of Tehidy Country Park, the property enjoys the protection, privacy and natural beauty of the 250 acre estate on its doorstep, and also has access to the beautifully manicured 42 acre private Tehidy Park.

History
Once part of an estate owned by the wealthy Bassett mining family, Tehidy Country Park was purchased by the County Council in 1983 and developed into a wonderful recreational country park, with nature trails, lake walks and leafy glades. It encloses the exclusive 42 acre Tehidy Park Estate and to the north lies Tehidy Woods through which there is a pleasant walk to the coast. Also within easy access is the renowned Tehidy Golf Club. It is conveniently situated with access to the A30 trunk road about 1½ miles away. The Cathedral City of Truro lies about 14 miles to the east and offers superb educational, business and retail facilities, together with the newly renovated 'Hall for Cornwall' theatre.

Services: Mains water, drainage, electricity, and LPG supply connected to Tehidy Park estate. Wood pellet fired central heating. Solar panels with feed-in tariff (11 panels currently operational). Electric heating to outdoor pool. Separate metered mains water for land/outbuildings (this supply excludes sewerage charge).

Council Tax Band: G EPC:: D

Wayleaves, Easements & Rights of Way: The sale will be subject to and with the benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way as may exist.

Particulars & Plan: Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of these particulars, their accuracy is not guaranteed, and they do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. Any intending purchaser/s must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of these particulars.

Viewings: Strictly by appointment with the sole selling agents Lodge & Thomas. Telephone

Directions: Drive towards South Tehidy, where brown tourist signs show the route to ‘Tehidy Country Park'. At the large grass triangle at South Lodge, proceed between cut granite gate posts with thatched South Lodge on your left-hand side. Follow this road before continuing straight on through the 'no entry' signs. Continue alongside the golf course through two larger gate posts for another quarter of a mile before bearing 90° left onto the old carriage drive. Continue towards the front of the main house and turn right at the grassed roundabout. Follow this tarmacadamed road around the north side of the old house before turning left were a small sign, indicates the direction for Meadow House. An electric five bar gate opens to the entrance drive and sweeps to good-sized tarmacadamed vehicle parking area adjacent to the garage and stabling.

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Marketed by: Lodge & Thomas, Truro