Detached house for sale in Union Hill, St. Columb TR9

An exquisite Victorian Gentleman's Residence with incredibly stylish 5 bedroom accommodation, set within beautiful gardens of circa 1.75 acres and located within a highly accessible town location that is just minutes from the coastal areas of Watergate Bay and Mawgan Porth.

This magnificent non-listed house enjoys incredibly spacious accommodation, that includes 5 reception rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and kitchen, as well as an excellent separate detached annexe, that has been used for holiday letting.

The initial approach from Union Hill is via impressive double metal gates, opening onto a large gravelled parking area that provides parking for numerous cars. A stone and granite arched entrance porch is the perfect introduction and you are then welcomed into the house itself via a sizeable entrance vestibule, that also provides ample space for cloaks and shoes. A long entrance hall beckons you in, whilst setting the scene for the scale and grandeur of the house, that includes the 10ft ceiling and the returning staircase is at its far end. Each of its elegant and beautifully proportioned rooms has been individually designed and decorated, using great imagination and flair, whilst also exposing many of the buildings beautiful original features.

Four opposing doors flank the long entrance hall and open into the main reception rooms. The atmospheric living room is a beautifully proportioned room with large bay window/door opening onto the outside terrace and providing it with extended views of the main lawned gardens. There is a fireplace with wood burner in situ and beautiful exposed wood floor boards. The dining room also enjoys a large bay window to the side, overlooking part of the gardens. There is a feature fireplace with a tiled and wooden surround and adjacent to the fireplace is an arched part stained glass door that opens to rear, onto the 37' Loggia, that runs across the majority of the rear of the building and connects to the Reception Hall. The study has a large window with wooden shutters, that looks out to the front of the house. Again, there is an attractive feature fireplace and a recess with a large built-in bookshelf. A door to the side opens into a sizeable and stylish ground floor shower room, that features a walk-in wet room with a double shower and gorgeous exposed stonework walls. The breakfast room has a beautiful flagstone slate floor as its feature and there is a brick built fireplace with wood burner in situ and a bespoke timber surround. There are two windows to the rear, overlooking the gardens and a second staircase with cupboard under leads to the first floor. A door to the side leads into the kitchen, which also features the magnificent exposed slate floor. The kitchen is free-standing and comprises of a combination of painted and exposed wooden floor and wall units. There is a brick built fireplace with gas range in situ and an oversized bespoke slate sink creates a great talking point. A walk-in cupboard provides extra storage and there is an outside door to the front. Immediately adjacent is an excellent utility/larder room, providing useful additional storage and a sink. At the rear of the house, accessed via the loggia is the 5th reception room, the reception hall. This measures circa 28' x 19'. Originally constructed as a billiards room, this beautiful oak panelled room has provided many uses for our clients, including as a games room, theatre room from which the current owner teaches drama from, as well as having the potential to be a gallery or a large room in which numerous guests are able to congregate into one area, as well as being an excellent additional space to assist with outside entertaining.

The first floor is home to 5 excellent double bedrooms and two bathrooms. Each bedroom is individually decorated in a very stylish way, with 4 having bay windows and the other being dual aspect. The main family bathroom is very spacious and features an excellent walk-in shower with rain shower head and there is a central freestanding egg-shaped bath, bespoke concrete double sink and the floorboards have been exposed. The second bathroom is also a good size and has feature walls of exposed stone and painted wood panelling. The bath has a shower over and the timber floor boards have also been exposed. Please see the floor plans for the sizes and orientations of the rooms.

Outside

Within the grounds and set well away from the house is an attractive self-contained holiday annexe. This modern built building is externally faced in attractive cut granite stone and internally it has a spacious open plan layout that measures close to 30' x 19'. The accommodation is finished in a very appealing and stylish and manner that is also light and bright due to the bi-folding doors to the front and two windows to its rear. There is a well-equipped kitchen area to one corner and a good-sized separate shower room.

Positioned around various areas of the grounds is a very useful range of modern and traditional buildings and outbuildings, that are used for a multitude of purposes. These included a modern built timber studio, clad in contemporary corrugated black panels and measuring internally 13'10' x 11'11'. This excellent space has been used as a music room and it includes a mezzanine level over and there is a plumbed shower room too. Almost adjacent is a recently built timber sauna and outside ice bath. Within the vegetable garden are two further outbuildings providing useful storage spaces or potential workshops.

The extensive gardens and grounds are magnificent and extend to circa 1.75 acres in total, with the majority being on the eastern and southerly sides of the house. The gardens are very mature and private and the grounds feature many beautiful specimen trees. There are numerous areas that include terraces, an extensive lawn, woodland, vegetable gardens, an outdoor swimming pool and there is also room and potential, subject to all requisite consents, for a sizeable building plot too.

Historical Note

Designed by the renowned Cornish architect, Silvanus Trevail, in the late 19th century, Treventon House was built for the affluent Whitford family. Trevail also designed the former Lloyds Bank and the school within the town, as well as some other residential houses within the older part of the town.

Location

St Columb is ideally positioned for easy access to much of north Cornwall, particularly the coastal areas, which includes the highly regarded locations of Watergate Bay and Mawgan Porth, both of which are just 6 miles away and offer beautiful big beaches, excellent surfing and magnificent coastal walks along the South West Coast Path. The town of Newquay is also just 6 miles away, offering a very wide range of shops, cinema, sporting facilities and supermarkets. St. Columb Major itself offers a good array of amenities, from a convenient Co-op and independent local butcher to traditional pubs and several charming cafes. With a primary school and doctor's surgery nearby, the community is an ideal location for families. For secondary education, children can attend Newquay Treviglas or Tretherras schools. Wadebridge is also just 6 miles away and offers an excellent range of unusual boutique shops and restaurants as well as a multi-screened cinema, schooling for all ages, a sports centre with swimming pool, bowls club and excellent outdoor tennis courts. Padstow and Rock are on either side of the nearby Camel Estuary, offering some amazing gastronomic delights with Rick Stein's and Paul Ainsworth’s restaurants in Padstow and Nathan Outlaw in Port Isaac.

The beaches of north Cornwall are favoured by families and known the world over for their surf. The area is also a haven for golfers with the Championship course of Trevose at Trevose near Padstow and the renowned St Enodoc at Rock, as well as further excellent clubs at both Newquay and Perranporth.

The A30 dual carriageway is just a few miles drive from St Columb, meaning it enjoys excellent connectivity to the rest of Cornwall and its also dual carriageway all the way to the M5 at Exeter. Truro is 15 miles away and offers a number of private schools for both primary and secondary education, including Truro School and Truro High for Girls. There is a school bus directly from St Columb, which is within walking distance from Treventon. There are also public buses linking St Columb, to Truro, Newquay and Wadebridge. Newquay Airport is only 10 minutes drive, offering daily flights across the UK, including London, as well as other major European destinations.