Albaston House is a very special and enchanting Elizabethan family home that dates back to the 1500s and has only had three owners in recent history. It originally formed part of the Bowhay family estate and only left the family about 50 years ago. It consists of the most charming and immaculate five bedroom family home surrounded by a cleverly designed and painstakingly maintained gardens and grounds within which are two substantial barns and further outbuildings with an adjoining five acre field beyond. It is very private and situated on level ground

There are three separate vehicle accesses into the property. A farm gate leads off a rural lane along the side of the five acre field into the cobbled courtyard beside the barns. A further gate off the road leads into the gravelled parking area and garaging. The third access from the road leads through the main gate towards the front door.
The property is not Listed and there are no Tree Preservation Orders within the gardens and grounds.

The front door and porch are particularly impressive and create the most wonderful first impression on arrival. An inscription above the porch dates the property at 1589, being the 30th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. Since then there have been Victorian and earlier additions to the Elizabethan origins and many of the original period features in the house have been retained and maintained. The large solid oak front door leads into the reception hallway and reception room which has a lovely oak parquet floor and stairs leading up to the first floor landing. There is a large open working fireplace at one end which has a cloam oven and a granite lintel and surround. The leaded lights and granite mullion windows are bordered with a lovely ruby red glass surround. Off the reception hallway is the dining room which again has a lovely Parquet floor. An electric fire is within a fireplace which has an 18th century Italian marble surround that may have originated from Pencrebar House nearby. Beyond the dining room is the TV room or snug which has an open Victorian fireplace with a carved oak surround and Parquet flooring. Both the dining room and the TV room have bay windows and a combination of sash and casement windows. All the rooms have lovely high ceilings. Also off the reception hallway is an inner hallway with original and ornate Victorian Minton tiles off which is a WC cloakroom with further Minton tiles. Off this hallway is a sitting room which has a parquet wooden floor and a “villager” wood burner. The bay window at the far end overlooks the gorgeous garden and faces west. It has original working shutters. Steps lead up from the inner hallway along a short passage into the kitchen. The kitchen was renewed about six years ago and has handmade units by Treyone of Liskeard. It has corian work surfaces and a central island and includes induction hobs and Neff double ovens. To the rear of the kitchen is the utility room which was once the old dairy and has back stairs leading up to the rear landing on the first floor. The utility room or boot room has a small plant room off it and the gas-fired boiler provides heating for the water and central heating.

Stairs from the reception hallway lead up to the first floor landing and corridors off which are five bedrooms and a family bathroom. There is a rear landing with stairs leading down to the utility room below. The fifth bedroom at the far end is currently used as a study and is nicely tucked away from the rest of the bedrooms. The family bathroom has both a bath and a shower. The principal bedroom is particularly charming and has mullion windows and leaded lights with a cosy feel. Off the principal bedroom is a dressing room, beyond which is an en suite bathroom with both a bath and a shower. Both the dressing room and the bathroom have doors leading out onto the corridor so the en suite bathroom can be used as a family bathroom if required.

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