3 Bedroom Detached House for Sale in Truro, Cornwall

Agent Property Reference: 3335_2701

Hidden away from all traffic yet within walking distance of the centre of Truro.Extended by the addition of a bespoke hardwood conservatory, limestone-style tiled floors and a fabulous, remarkably private professionally landscaped garden of good size yet with no lawns to maintain.Impeccable throughout - truly a home of sheer quality and perfection. Early viewing advised.

Canopy porch, impressive large reception hall with hardwood staircase, cloakroom/wc, fine sitting room with open fireplace, 14’9” x 13’ dining kitchen with immaculate duck-egg blue/beech finish units and integrated AEG appliances, semi-octagonal conservatory.

First Floor: 9’ tall arched window at half-landing, large main landing, beautiful principal bedroom with oriel bay window and views to the Cathedral spires, en-suite shower room/wc, two further double bedrooms, bathroom/wc.

Outside: integral garage, tarmacadam driveway.Fabulous professionally landscaped gardens including circular terraces, pebbled and granite water feature, semi-circular raised borders, stone retaining walls, masses of ornamental and flowering shrubs and plants including palms, camellias, holly, yew, acers, pittosporum, yucca, specimen conifers, garden lighting and timber garden shed.

WIDE SLATED CANOPY PORCH - Upon white-painted timber supports: fine panelled hardwood front door, half-glazed with sealed-unit double glazed leaded panel incorporating coloured and bevelled glass, slender sash windows to either side and outside lantern, into:-

RECEPTION HALL - 10’7” reducing to 9’3” x 9’6”:a particularly impressive introduction to the accommodation with fine limestone-style ceramic tiled floor. Moulded skirtings, polished hardwood panelled doors with moulded architraves, coved ceiling, radiator, door bell chimes, central heating programmer/time clock and central heating thermostat.Impressive turning staircase off with turned polished hardwood newels, balustrade and handrails and half-landing with splendid arched sealed-unit double glazed window almost 9ft tall, allowing a beautiful view over the very private professionally landscaped rear garden. Personal access door to the garage (see below), under stair cloaks/broom cupboard with recessed light.

CLOAKROOM/WC - Sanitary ware in white by Ideal Standard with chrome-plate brassware, comprising pedestal wash hand basin with ceramic tiled splashback, bevel-edged mirror and strip light/electric shaver socket over, matching low flush wc with polished wood seat.Continuation of limestone-style ceramic floor tiling, radiator, coved ceiling.Sealed-unit double glazed window.

SITTING ROOM - 13’2” x 13’:a beautiful room with sealed-unit double glazed casement doors with windows beside, facing out over the enchanting rear garden and opening onto the sun terraces.Polished stone fireplace with open grate (never used). Two TV aerial sockets, telephone point, four up-lighters, dimmer switches, radiator, central heating thermostat, coved ceiling.

DINING KITCHEN - 14’9” x 13’1”: a beautifully appointed triple aspect room of particularly generous size with plenty of space to seat 4/6 in comfort.Continuation of limestone-style ceramic floor tiling throughout.Immaculate contemporary style units around three walls with door and drawer fronts in duck-egg blue and beech finish, with co-ordinating work surfaces, comprising:-1½ bowl single drainer white composite sink with mixer tap, AEG stainless steel four-burner gas hob with Elica stainless steel filtered hood and lighting over, AEG Competence stainless steel double oven, integrated AEG dishwasher, integrated AEG refrigerator and separate deep freezer beneath, space and plumbing for washing machine. A generous range of storage cupboards, drawers, deep pan drawers and wall cupboards with concealed work surface lighting beneath and corner shelving.Co-ordinating ceramic tiled splashbacks, coved ceiling, numerous down-lights, radiator, TV aerial socket, telephone point.A lovely aspect over Manor Gardens towards the Cathedral spires.Sealed-unit double glazed casement doors into:-

CONSERVATORY - 10’10” x 10’ max: of semi-octagonal shape, a bespoke hardwood conservatory with sealed-unit double glazed windows around three sides and hipped, sealed-unit double glazed roof.Continuation of limestone-style ceramic floor tiling and matching skirtings. Polished granite window sills, two up-lighters. A pair of half-glazed panelled casement doors onto the terrace and gardens.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR

LANDING - 9’6” x 9’3”:an unusually large landing, with sealed-unit double glazed sash window facing out over Manor Gardens to Truro Cathedral spires.Radiator, coved ceiling. Loft access hatch. Polished panelled hardwood doors with moulded architraves, moulded skirtings. Airing cupboard off containing Heatrae Sadia Megaflo pressurised hot water cylinder and linen shelf.

PRINCIPAL BEDROOM SUITE -comprising:-

BEDROOM (1) - 14’’8 reducing to 11’8”x 13’: a fine room, with sealed-unit double glazed oriel bay window, affording views to the Cathedral spires and over countryside to the south-west of Truro.Panelled hardwood double doors to very wide wardrobe off with hanging rail and shelf, radiator, two TV aerial sockets, two telephone points, coved ceiling.Door to:-

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM/WC - Immaculately appointed with sanitary ware by Ideal Standard in white, with chrome-plated brassware, comprising:- pedestal wash hand basins with bevel-edged mirror and strip light/electric shaver socket over, low flush wc with polished wood seat.Corner shower cubicle with glazed doors and screens and chrome-plated adjustable shower.Ceramic tiled floor in blue, white full-height ceramic wall tiling with blue/green feature tiles.Radiator, coved ceiling, down-lights, extractor fan, window.

BEDROOM 2 - 11’4” x 11’ max: sealed-unit double glazed sash window to the rear elevation, commanding a splendid view over the very secluded landscaped rear garden.Panelled hardwood double doors to very capacious wide wardrobe off, with hanging rail and shelf.Radiator, two TV aerial sockets, telephone point, coved ceiling.

BEDROOM 3 - 10’ x 8’4”:sealed-unit double glazed sash window to the rear elevation, with views as Bedroom 2.Radiator, coved ceiling.

BATHROOM/WC - Beautifully appointed with modern sanitary ware in white by Ideal Standard and chrome-plated brassware, comprising:- pedestal wash hand basin withbevel-edged mirror and strip light/electric shaver socket over, low flush wc with polished wood seat, panelled bath with glass shower screen and chrome-plated adjustable shower over.Blue ceramic tiled floor.Full-height ceramic wall tiling in white with use of most attractive decorative border tiles.Coved ceiling, down-lights, extractor fan, radiator.Arched sealed-unit double glazed sash window.

OUTSIDE

INTEGRAL GARAGE - 17’4” x 8’1”:electrically operated fibreglass door.Sealed-unit double glazed window to rear.Personal access door to/from the reception hall.Painted floor, walls and ceiling.Circuit breaker board, telephone point.Frost stat.Fluorescent light.Baxi wall-mounted gas-fired boiler providing domestic hot water and central heating.Power sockets.

Housemartyn’ is approached from the head of Manor Gardens, over a tarmacadam driveway leading to car parking space in front of the garage.The full length of the driveway and half of the turning head is in the ownership of the property. Across the front of the house, a terrace in riven paving slabs, ideal for potted plants.Beside, a pathway with side entrance gate.

To the south side, three steps down to an extremely private and very sheltered circular slab and brick-paved sitting area, flanked by carefully chosen evergreen shrubs including dwarf pittosporum, variegated laurel, cordyline and yucca, with stainless steel garden lighting. Beyond the conservatory, the magnificent and extremelyprivate rear garden, which is a real oasis so close to the heart of the Cathedral City, screened to the boundaries by high timber fencing against a back-cloth of old-established trees and with an aspect over the sylvan grounds of Alverton Manor.

Professionally landscaped, the entire garden is planned for simplicity and ease of maintenance with no lawn but, instead, with a prolific array of cleverly-chosen ornamental and flowering shrubs and plants, including cordylines, tree ferns, variegated holly, camellia, chusan palms, miniature bamboo, oriental grasses, dwarf conifers, clipped yew, differing varieties of pittosporum, acers, flowering shrubs, phormiums and pampas.There are two circular slabbed and brick-edged terraces with pebbled and granite water feature, pebbled sitting area and semi-circular raised borders retained by low dry-stone walls.To the far corners of the garden, shaped sitting areas paved in pebbles and granite sets complete with stainless steel garden lighting.

This really is a beautiful and extremely low maintenance garden, of a standard seldom found in Truro.

Garden water tap.

Discreetly placed timber garden shed.

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Transport Links Truro (0.8 miles) Perranwell (4.5 miles) Penryn (7.2 miles) Falmouth Docks (8 miles) Falmouth Town (8.2 miles)

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