Handsome former vicarage lies in idyllic 'Poldark' countryside
The period property also has two annexes and a holiday studio
This handsome, broad-fronted former vicarage is set amidst established walled gardens of around 1.5 acres with two annexes and a holiday studio. Situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and known to many as true ‘Poldark Country’, Pendeen is a traditional Cornish village that is less than a mile from the North Coast. The nearest beaches are Portheras Cove, sitting below Pendeen Lighthouse and Boat Cove, both with intimate sandy beaches.
Approached over the ‘no through’ Church Road and nestling alongside the Church of St John the Baptist, the Old Vicarage stands in extensive walled gardens. Renovated by the vendors over recent years, this impressive home extends to around 4,200 sq ft and the surrounding traditional buildings have been sensitively converted to create two independent cottages and a studio.
The house is entered from the southern side of the building into a reception hall with original flooring tiles and looks down a corridor that extends all the way to the kitchen at the opposite end. On this level is a study with period fireplace, downstairs cloakroom, large sitting room with exposed floorboards and an original marbled fireplace and range of period features including a central ceiling rose. Adjacent is the dining room, again with marble fireplace and period fireplace. Down a small set of stairs off the kitchen is a lower level containing a utility room, store, boiler room and cellar.
The broad turning staircase leads to a half landing and onwards under a moulded archway to the galleried landing. Bedroom 5 is on the mezzanine landing with views to the sea, adjacent to a re-appointed shower room. The remaining five bedrooms are all spacious and enjoy scenic views over the garden and retain a number of traditional period features, including fireplaces and high ceilings. The family bathroom is at the rear of the house with a claw footed roll-top free standing bath.
The Studio, which sleeps two, is tucked away in the western most corner of the grounds and an open-plan living area with high vaulted ceiling, contemporary high gloss kitchen, a fitted pull-down bedand a shower room
Arch Cottage, which sleeps two, is situated next to the main residence in a secluded courtyard with The Stables cottage. The spacious open-plan living area has high sloping ceiling, plus there’s a well-appointed kitchen, double bedroom with oak floor, exposed granite wall and a shower room.
The Stables, which sleeps four, has a delightful open-plan living area with limestone floors throughout the ground floor with high vaulted ceiling and two sets of patio doors opening to the courtyard. There’s a contemporary gloss kitchen with oil-fired Aga and high in the apex of the roof is a bedroom with oak floors. On the ground floor is a double bedroom with en-suite shower room, plus additional family bathroom.
The fabulous gardens are approached through a striking castellated granite walled entrance with electrically-operated gate. A long tree-lined driveway passes through the gardens, flanked by lawns to the front of the main house where there is ample parking. Partly timbered, the lawns are interspersed with mature shrubs, including rhododendrons and hydrangeas and are ablaze with bluebells and snowdrops in the spring months.
A high castellated archway on the north western side of the residence allows access to the rear courtyard, Arch Cottage and The Stables. The garden then continues around to the rear and opposite side of the house. In addition to the immediate gardens there is also a piece of ground to the rear of St John the Baptist Church, known informally as the secret garden.
With a guide price of £1,600,000, contact Stags on 01872 264488 for more details.
Sitting room
Dining room
Hallway
Kitchen / breakfast room
Kitchen area
Stairs and landing
One of six bedrooms
Family bathroom
The Stables
The Stables kitchen / dining room
The Stables sitting room
Arch Cottage
Arch Cottage sitting room / kitchen
Arch Cottage kitchen area
The Studio
The Studio interior
Castellated archway
The lawns are interspersed with mature shrubs
The property lies in an idyllic location