North Cornwall

PRELIMINARY DETAILS. Exquisitely presented stone built former rectory, enjoying an exceptionally private setting with beautiful parkland gardens of just under 3 acres. The property is set at the end of a long private driveway, hidden from view, enjoying a delightful tucked away feeling, yet it is also positioned with an incredibly convenient location as it enjoys very easy access to numerous excellent communications, including the A30 trunk road, the mainline railway station at Bodmin Parkway and Newquay Airport is also within approximately 20 minutes drive.
 
To suit their requirements, our clients have arranged the accommodation into two independent yet interconnecting residences, linked by a lockable door. However, without the need for any formal building works whatsoever, it could immediately be used as a single property, as per its former use by previous owners. The larger area of the accommodation is housed within the very spacious main two storey area of the property and the second residence has been created from the very spacious westerly wing. Both areas enjoy a wonderful sense of spaciousness and light, created from its combination of large windows, excellent room sizes and high ceilings. The principal area comprises of the following: entrance vestibule, large entrance hall, 30’ dining room, 26’ sitting room, garden room, contemporary styled kitchen fitted with German made units and appliances, separate utility room and WC. The 5 en-suite bedrooms are all located on the first floor.

The West Wing - Beautifully presented throughout and accessed from its own independent outside entrance door, The West Wing briefly comprises of: entrance vestibule and hallway, good-sized kitchen fitted with high spec German made units and a double Aga, separate utility room and a WC. The feature room is a vast 34’ open plan living room / dining room / sitting room, with magnificent vaulted ceiling and exposed A-frame beams. There is a mezzanine level above part of the room too, providing a home office space and on the lower ground floor are 2 en-suite bedrooms and access to its private outside terrace, that overlooks the beautiful lawned gardens.

Outside - The long entrance driveway leads up to electric gates, which in turn open onto the driveway which provides parking for numerous cars. The property is set within approximately 3 acres of beautiful mature parkland gardens, which create an immense sense of privacy and security. In one corner of the gardens is a large outbuilding / garden store / workshop, that subject to all requisite consents, may offer potential for further uses.

Location - Lanivet is an idyllic village renowned for being the exact centre of Cornwall, marked by a monument within the grounds of its magnificent and imposing church. The village comprises of a combination of pretty stone cottages, traditional houses, combined with more recently built housing developments. It is highly regarded due to its very active community. It also enjoys numerous superb facilities that includes an excellent village shop, post office, public house, fish and chip shop, hair salon, pre school and a very good junior school. There is also an excellent and recently built community centre that provides numerous activities, for all ages including many sporting facilities within its ground. The village is set within picturesque rural surroundings but it also enjoys very easy access to communications and towns. Due to its central position, it is equidistant from both the north and south coasts, meaning it has easy access to both. The main arterial road, the A30 is no more than a few minute’s drive away and so access across or out of the county is very convenient and simple.
 
Bodmin is the nearest town, offering extensive shopping within the town centre itself and numerous supermarkets are located on its outskirts. The town offers excellent secondary education and there is the award-winning colleges too for higher education and the recently re-opened Bodmin Jail Hotel has been the subject of a multi-million pound conversion and renovation, now offering a truly one off hotel experience and exceptional dining. There is also a multi-screen cinema and a large community leisure centre. The picturesque town of Wadebridge is a little further to the north, on the banks of the Camel Estuary, the town offers a superb range of individual boutique shops as well as an excellent array of restaurants and pubs and a multi-screened cinema. Rock and Padstow are further down stream on opposing sides of the Camel Estuary. Between them they offer gastronomic delights from celebrity chefs such as Rick Stein and Paul Ainsworth’s and Nathan Outlaw has a double Michelin Starred restaurant at Port Isaac.
 
There are excellent golf courses located at nearby Lanhydrock or there are championship level courses at Trevose near Padstow and St Enodoc at Rock. Fowey is only 12 miles away, where there is superb sailing on the beautiful south Cornish coast and the picture perfect harbour-side village of Charlestown is just over 10 miles.  The neighbouring village of Nanstallon is home to The Camel Valley Vineyard, producing many exceptional and award-winning wines and there is also access to the excellent Camel Trail cycle path, that runs along the banks of the Camel River, leading eventually to Padstow. The Saints Way footpath route runs for 28 miles from Little Petherick near Padstow on the north coast, all the way to Fowey on the south coast and it passes through the village on its route.

Services - Mains water, drainage, electricity (3 phase supply), LPG gas.