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Callington
Cornwall

Guide price £620,000 (Sold)

Description
Seller Testimonial - "Big thanks to David, Peter, Geoff & all the team at D.R. Kivell Country Property on the sale of my Mum's property this year & the land last year. All sales were dealt with professionally & the whole team were all very understanding & approachable throughout the process."

Character 4 bedroom house in a rural location with far reaching views. 3.5 acres of paddocks, lawned gardens, traditional barns, former cottage and buildings with potential.

Kenilworth is conveniently situated approximately a mile southeast of Rilla Mill which provides a public house/restaurant, Upton Cross village is 2 miles southwest, which offers local facilities including a post office/general store, public house, parish church, village hall, primary school and the famous Sterts Open Air Theatre. 7 miles to the southeast is Callington, which offers a full range of shops, two supermarkets, public houses, health centre, veterinary centre, banks, post office and a secondary school. Approximately 7 miles to the south is Liskeard, which offers a range of shopping, educational and recreational facilities, including supermarkets, dentists, doctors and veterinary surgeries, leisure centre, primary and secondary schools and a mainline railway station with connections to London (via Plymouth) and a branch line to the fishing port of Looe. Plymouth lies 21 miles to the southeast from where there are excellent road and mainline railway links to the rest of the country, together with a cross-channel ferry service to Brittany and northern Spain.

Kenilworth is an appealing, welcoming 4 bedroom, 3 reception room house quietly located in the Cornish countryside. The traditional stone built house was constructed circa 1870 by the early ancestors of the current owner. The property offers comfortable family living accommodation and enjoys countryside and moorland views.

The accommodation benefits from Upvc double glazed windows and oil fired central heating and briefly comprises: Conservatory / front entrance hall; tiled floor, dining room; cut stone open fire place, beamed ceiling. Sitting room; beamed ceiling, granite open fireplace with exposed stone surround. Inner Hall; staircase to first floor, Study; a dual aspect room, windows to the side and rear. Kitchen / Breakfast room; a dual aspect room with window to the side and rear, fitted wall and base units, space for an electric cooker, granite and stone fireplace with inset oil fired Rayburn, beam ceiling. Utility room; fitted base units, Camray oil fired boiler, sink and space and plumbing for a washing machine. Entrance porch; door to the rear garden, cloakroom; W/C. On the first floor, half landing; with decorative stained glass window, large landing. Bedroom 2; window to the side. Bedroom 3 window to the front with far reaching views. Bedroom 4; window to the front. Bedroom 1; window to the front enjoying the far reaching panoramic views over the surrounding countryside to the surrounding countryside and Caradon beyond. Store room / dressing room, family bathroom; bath and shower above, W/C, wash hand basin and built in airing cupboard.

Gardens
A gated pedestrian access from the quiet parish lane which leads to the stone paved patio at the front of the house, a further path leads around to the back door. A separate vehicular access is off the lane through a gated entrance and a small courtyard in front of the barns and garage. The gardens at the side of the house are terraced and mainly lawns interspersed with specimen shrubs, trees and flower beds. A further lawn continues to a gated entrance opening into an enclosed lawned garden interspersed with a variety of flowering specimen shrubs and trees.
A stone arched leads to a vegetable and lawned garden. A gated entrance continues through to the yard and building.

Former Cottage (6.80m x 4.60m (22'3" x 15'1" ))
Lean to on the side: 4.70m x 2.20m (15’5 x 7’2)
Formerly a farm workers cottage with potential to an annexe or holiday let. The cottage has not been habited for at least 50 years.

Garage (6.49m x 3.51m (21'3" x 11'6" ))

Garden Store (2.70m x 1.66m (8'10" x 5'5" ))

Traditional Barn (11.66m x 4.66m (38'3" x 15'3" ))
Divided into 2 rooms

Traditional Barn (8.25m x 4.40m (27'0" x 14'5" ))
Both barns have potential for conversion subject to the necessary consents

General Purpose / Log Store (6.51m x 4.37m (21'4" x 14'4" ))

Yards
separately accessed from the road

Former Cubicle Building (12m x 7.30m (39'4" x 23'11" ))

Former Parlour /Storage Building (11.30m x 3.80m (37'0" x 12'5" ))

Former Cubicle Building (9.58m x 7.00m (31'5" x 22'11" ))

Lean to Store (3.48m x 6.40m (11'5" x 20'11" ))

General Purpose Storage Building (9.60m x 22.5m (31'5" x 73'9" ))

Land
At the rear of the yard is a paddock extending approximately 1/3 of an acre. A short distance along the road is a paddock extending to approximately 1 ½ acres enclosed within traditional treelined Cornish bank hedging.

Services
Water – Mains
Drainage – Joint septic tank with Gemini Cottage
Electricity – Mains
Heating – Oil fired Central heating from Boiler
Rayburn back boiler providing domestic hot water and one radiator on the landing.
Woodburning Stove and open Fire
Telephone and Broadband – BT Connection
Council Tax – Band E
Completed - 21st September 2022

Local Authority
Cornwall Council, County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3AY. 0300 1234100

Tenure
The property is offered for sale freehold

Viewing Arrangements
Strictly by appointment with D. R. Kivell Country Property 01822 810810

Viewing
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Features
  • Country Property
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Reception Rooms
  • Former Cottage
  • Traditional Barns
  • Buildings
  • Potential For Conversion
  • Far Reaching Views
  • Lawned Gardens
  • Paddocks

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