6 Bedroom Detached House for Sale in Penzance, Cornwall

Sold - STC

Agent Property Reference: 3335_2567

A dignified Grade II Listed attached six bedroomed, five bathroomed Gentleman’s residence, circa 1750, facing south-east over a very secluded and sheltered level garden with extensive gated car parking.

Distinct potential for quasi-commercial/professional use, subject to all requisite consents.

Exceptionally handsome cut granite principal elevations of considerable quality; a wonderful family home with accommodation on four floors including a superb basement indoor swimming pool.Splendid principal rooms with 12 ft. ceiling heights to the ground floor and almost 11 ft. to the first floor.Fine period detail includes original mahogany doors, ornate ceiling cornices and architraves, fine marble fireplaces, elegant sash windows.Contents available by negotiation.

A gorgeous period residence of majestic proportions in the market to be sold immediately with early vacant possession. Strongly recommended by the Sole Agents.

Grand entrance portico, imposing 31’ reception hall, cloaks/boot room, wc, 24’ x 18’ drawing room, 20’ x 16’ dining room, 35’ x 11’ max. breakfast room and kitchen with maple-fitted units, oak work surfaces, cooking range and glazed part-vaulted roof.

Basement floor:hall, heated indoor swimming pool, family room, laundry room, storeroom.

First floor:elegant staircase to impressive landing, family bathroom, principal bedroom, en-suite shower room, 2 further bedrooms - one with en-suite shower room.Second floor:landing, two bedrooms - each with en-suite bathroom.(In total, 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms).

Outside: two gated vehicular entrances, extensive paved driveway for car parking, sheltered, secluded level garden with circular lawn and central pond.Wooded and shrub-lined bank to west side ensuring seclusion.

GRAND CUT-GRANITE ENTRANCE PORTICO -To the east elevation, supported by fine cut-granite columns.Cut-stone paving.An impressive pair of tall panelled entrance doors with glazed fanlight over.Automatic floodlight.

IMPOSING RECEPTION HALL - 31’2” x 6’10” widening to 9’8”.A splendid introduction to the accommodation with magnificent 12ft high arched ceiling, elegant central archway with painted panelling under and finely-detailed ornate plaster cornices and ceiling rose.Fine, original panelled figured solid mahogany doors with wide moulded architraves and ornate Patrice blocks, moulded skirtings.Easy-rising turning staircase with painted newels and balustrade and polished hardwood hand rail.Creda night store heater, telephone point, smoke alarm, telephone shelf with painted panelling beneath and panelled door beside and staircase down to the basement floor.

Glazed panelled door into:-

CLOAKS/BOOT ROOM - 10’11” x 9’9” max., (L-shaped).Ceramic terracotta-style tiled floor, wall light point, electricity circuit breaker board. Plenty of space for fridge freezer etc.Panelled door to:-

CLOAKROOM/WC - Modern sanitary ware in white comprising:- pedestal wash hand basin and low flush wc.Continuation of ceramic terracotta-style tiled floor, wall light point, extractor fan.

DRAWING ROOM - 23’10” x 17’10” plus window recesses.A room of fabulous proportions and extreme elegance having virtually full-height, wide sash windows and a pair of matching casement doors (with secondary double glazing) facing south, opening onto and overlooking the sun terrace and the very secluded level garden with a glimpse of Mount’s Bay beyond.Original panelled shuttered reveals, splendid, finely-detailed elegant white marble fireplace with marble-edged tiled hearth, cast iron grate and tiled slips. Finely-detailed wide moulded ceiling cornices and large intricate ceiling rose, wide moulded architraves with carved decorative Patrice blocks, tall moulded skirtings. Two Dimplex night store heaters, TV aerial lead, telephone point, three wall light points.

DINING ROOM - 20’8” x 15’10” plus window recesses.A dual aspect room of stately proportion and size, with virtually full-height sash windows - one with panelled reveals, the other with panelled working shutters - to the side elevation and to the main south-facing faade, overlooking the terrace and garden.Simple, elegant white marble fireplace with cast iron basket grate and marble hearth, finely-detailed decorative moulded ceiling cornices and ceiling rose, wide moulded architraves with carved Patrice blocks, tall moulded skirtings, Creda night store heater, telephone point.

BREAKFAST ROOM AND KITCHEN - 35’5” x 11’3” reducing to 7’7”.A stunning contemporary addition featuring, throughout, a mono-pitch and vaulted sealed-unit double glazed ceiling and white-painted roof timbers fitted with four runs of adjustable low voltage down-lighting.This particularly impressive space has terracotta-style ceramic floor tiling throughout and the kitchen area is well fitted with solid maple-fronted units with thick oak work surfaces and comprises:- Adelphi twin white porcelain Butler’ sinks with brass period-style mixer tap, Rangemaster cooking range with five gas burners and ceramic hot plate, grill and twin ovens,
Rangemaster wide filtered hood and concealed lighting over, a good selection of drawers, deep pan drawers, tall shelved larder cupboard and floor cupboards.Space and plumbing for dishwasher, deep arched alcove with oak shelf, further oak wall shelves.Co-ordinating ceramic splashback tiling, DeLonghi wall-mounted electric radiator, recess suitable for upright fridge freezer, wide recess fitted with thick oak book and display shelves.Open through to the very long and spacious breakfast area with space to seat 12 in comfort, with two wall light points, dimmer switch
and a pair of sealed-unit double glazed casement doors (purpose designed to harmonise with the original glazing of the main faade) opening onto the front terrace and garden.

BASEMENT FLOOR

Accessed from the reception hall, stairs down to:-

HALL - 22’8” x 8’.Two walls in exposed stonework featuring cut-granite quoins and brick lintels, the remaining two walls and ceiling panelled in pine.Ceramic tiled floor, under stair cupboard.

STORE ROOM - 11’ x 9’5”.Currently used as a convenient home workshop.Pine panelled ceiling.Recessed adjustable shelving.

SWIMMING POOL ROOM - 23’ x 16’10”.An immensely unusual facet of the accommodation with exposed stonework, cut-granite and brickwork to all four walls. Non-slip ceramic floor tiling. White shower with chrome-plated shower rose.Heated swimming pool 19’8” x 9’6” with cover and steps.18 down-lights. Sealed-unit double glazed window.

CLOAKROOM/LAUNDRY - 10’1” x 5’.Low flush wc, wash hand basin with tiled splashback, ceramic tiled floor, plumbing for washing machine, pine panelling to two walls and ceiling, extractor fan.

Archway from the hall into:-

FAMILY ROOM - 18’8” x 15’.An ideal informal reception room, perfect as a getaway for teenage children.Two walls in exposed stonework and cut-granite incorporating cast iron grate and canopy on raised hearth.Cupboard beside containing the Vaporex 30 heating unit for the swimming pool and filter/pump.Ceramic tiled floor, pine panelled ceiling, TV aerial lead.Pine cupboard containing electricity meters and mains switches.A pair of sealed-unit double glazed doors to the south elevation and a short flight of steps up to the garden.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR

Reached by a very impressive, wide easy-rising three-quarter turn staircase, as previously described, with painted newels, balustrade and polished hardwood hand rail and lit by a 9’ tall window over the stairwell.

At three-quarter landing:-

FAMILY BATHROOM - With a crisp, smart blue and white theme - comprising sanitary ware in white. Pedestal wash hand basin, low flush wc and shaped panelled bath with curved glass shower screen, side taps and chrome-plated shower and shower rose.Mosaic floor tiles and skirtings in deep blue, part-tiled walls in white glazed tiles with sculpted white border tiles.Down-lights chrome plated towel rail, Downflow heater. Loft access hatch. Large casement window to the side elevation.

MAIN LANDING - 14’5” x 12’2” overall (excluding stairwell).Further turning staircase to the second floor with white-painted newels, balustrade and polished hardwood hand rails. Elegant tall and wide central archway on moulded panelled columns, wide architraves with carved Patrice blocks, tall moulded skirtings. Six-panel doors, particularly elegant wide ornately detailed ceiling cornice incorporating the floral motif found elsewhere in the house, moulded ceiling rose.Under stair linen cupboard.

PRINCIPAL BEDROOM SUITE:Comprising:-

BEDROOM 1 - 18’ x 12’9”.A fine, restful room of gracious proportion with 10’8” ceiling height and tall sash window with panelled shuttered reveals allowing views far out across Mount’s Bay and along the western coastline of the Lizard Peninsula.Moulded ceiling cornice, moulded architraves with carved Patrice blocks and moulded skirtings.Telephone point, TV aerial point.

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM - Modern sanitary ware in white comprising:- pedestal wash hand basin with ceramic tiled splashback, low flush wc.Large corner shower cubicle with glazed sliding doors and screen and Mira Sport thermostatic controlled adjustable shower.Full-height tiling in the shower area.Strip light.Downflow heater, extractor fan.

BEDROOM 2 - 13’5” x 10’8”.Connecting doors to bedrooms 1 and 3 enabling this room to serve as a dressing room if preferred.Tall sash window with panelled shuttered reveals and views across Mount’s Bay to the Lizard Peninsula.Fitted window seat with shelf under, Creda night store heater, moulded ceiling cornice, moulded architraves with Patrice blocks and moulded skirtings.

BEDROOM 3 - 18’ x 15’8” (including the shower room).A fine large room with 10’7” ceiling height and tall sash window with secondary double glazing and panelled shuttered reveals and views to the sea.Moulded ceiling cornice, moulded architraves with decorative Patrice blocks, moulded skirtings.Connecting to bedroom 2 (as previously described).Creda night store heater.Door to:-

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM - Sanitary ware in white comprising:- low flush wc, pedestal wash hand basin and corner shower cubicle with glazed door and screen and Mira Sport thermostatic controlled adjustable shower.Walls half tiled and full-height tiling in the shower area.Extractor fan.

BEDROOM 4 - 15’ x 10’.Tall sash window to the east elevation with a sylvan aspect and panelled working shutters.10’9” ceiling height, moulded ceiling cornice, moulded architraves with Patrice blocks, moulded skirtings.Creda night store heater, TV aerial lead.

ON THE SECOND FLOOR

LANDING - Smoke alarm, down-light, panelled pine doors off to:-

BEDROOM 5 - 16’5” x 16’.Part-canopied ceiling (restricted headroom in part). South- facing Velux sealed-unit double glazed window allowing views straight out to sea across Mount’s Bay to the western coastline of the Lizard Peninsula.Double wardrobe off with louver doors, cupboard beside containing the hot water cylinder, down-lights.

EN-SUITE BATHROOM - Coloured sanitary ware comprising:-pedestal wash hand basin with glass shelf and bevel-edged mirror over, ceramic tiled splashback. Low flush wc and bath with pine side panel, mixer tap and ceramic splashback tiling.Part-canopied ceiling (restricted headroom).Down-light.

BEDROOM 6 - 14’5” x 7’7”.With part-canopied ceiling (restricted headroom) and Velux sealed-unit double glazed window allowing views straight out to sea over Mount’s Bay.Down-light.

EN-SUITE BATHROOM - Coloured sanitary ware comprising:-pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splashback, low flush wc and panelled bath with hand grips and tiled splashback.Down-light.

OUTSIDE

Coombe House is impressively set back from the no-through lane behind a long granite-capped stone wall which bounds the garden on the east side, further screened by mature conifers and trees including bay and sycamores.

One of the two entrances is over a shared driveway, entered between cut-granite gate piers leading to the main entrance portico of the house and, beside, a pair of tall arched timber gates open onto the extensive paved driveway which leads south, parallel with the east boundary to a further high timber-gated entrance which is in the ownership of the property.Overall, this provides gated parking space for 6/9 cars and plenty of turning space.

GARDENS - The level and extremely sheltered and secluded gardens lie to the front of the main faade (south elevation) of the house and include a broad, paved sun terrace which extends around to the west side, opening off the breakfast room.

The garden includes a circular level lawn with paved surround, central ornamental pond with aquatic plants, fountain, brick edging, brick pathway and golden gravelled surround.Small timber shed.Tall trimmed Leylandii hedging at the end of the garden to the south boundary.

In the ownership of Coombe House is the wooded and shrub-lined bank immediately to the west of the garden, accessed up steps and containing large old-established rhododendrons, buddleia, bamboo and mainly deciduous trees.This provides considerably shelter and also ensures seclusion.

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Transport Links Penzance (0.3 miles) St Erth (4.9 miles) Lelant Saltings (5.3 miles) Carbis Bay (5.8 miles) Lelant (5.8 miles)

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