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5 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
5 bed
4 bath
EPC rating: E*
2,863 sq ft / 266 sq m

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Property description & features

  • Well-presented Large 3-Bedroom Residence
  • 2 Bedroom Adjoining Cottage
  • Potential for Use as One Large Family Home
  • Mill Building (Potential for Conversion - stp)
  • Store/Workshop
  • Orchard, Vegetable Gardens & Chicken Run
  • Stream Frontage of some 450 Yards
  • Beautiful Lake & Island - About .75 of an Acre
  • Freehold
  • Council Tax Band E
Most attractive Mill House & Cottage in the most atmospheric of gardens and grounds with running water, land, woodland & private lake. Fine 3 bed main house, 2 bed cottage, stone mill building, pond, store/workshop, mature grounds, field & .75 acre lake. EPC Rating: G 5.7 acres

Situation - Mellangoose Mill is wonderfully situated in the hamlet of Pemboa which is about 1.5 miles from Helston which offers a comprehensive range of facilities and amenities. Pemboa being at the head of The Lizard Peninsula and is well positioned to access the same, as well as the attractive south coast running towards Penzance and the A394 eastwards to Falmouth and Truro - the latter being the commercial and retail centre of Cornwall. There is a public footpath which crosses the property and leads away providing a pleasant walk.

Description - Mellangoose Mill is a tremendous historic property with much charm and atmosphere. Its main assets include a fine well-presented spacious house and two-bedroom cottage which, with an interconnecting door, offers potential for use as one large family home; beautiful gardens and grounds with long stream frontage; duck pond and recreational areas; a detached traditional mill building offering potential for conversion, subject to all necessary consents and approvals; a useful store/workshop; an orchard with a variety of fruit and trees; pasture land; woodland and the coup de theatre being striking mature lake of some three quarters of an acre. In total, the property extends to about 5.68 acres.

The South Facing House - Having been the subject of a renovation programme about six years' ago, the house offers to the market well-presented accommodation across two storeys.

There is an enclosed Entrance Porch which opens to a further Reception Area with stairs off to the first floor and which is part screened to a Living/Dining Room with wood-burner set in original fireplace with Oak bressumer beam and clome oven. The Kitchen offers a range of matching base and eye level units with wooden worktops to matching upstands and includes a ceramic single drainer sink unit with vegetable bowl and mixer tap, integral dishwasher, electric Rangemaster cooker with extractor hood over and five electric rings.

Off the Kitchen is a walk-in Larder with shelving and space for a freestanding American style refrigerator/freezer and a spacious Utility Room with triple aspect including two doors to the outside, matching range of base and eye level units, ceramic single drainer sink unit and space and plumbing for washing machine and space for tumble dryer.

On the first floor is a Master Bedroom with Dressing Area, with three double fitted wardrobes, and an En Suite Shower Room with spacious walk-in fully tiled shower with rainshower, wc and pedestal washbasin. There is a second Bedroom with smaller En Suite (with connecting door to the adjoining Cottage), a third good sized Double Bedroom and a Bathroom with P-shaped bath with rainshower shower and screen over, wc, pedestal washbasin.

The Adjoining Cottage - With accommodation arranged over two storeys, the cottage includes a small Entrance Hall with Cloakroom and open-plan Kitchen/Dining Room/Living Room with freestanding woodburner set on slate hearth with triple aspect off. The Kitchen area includes a U-shaped range of matching kitchen units with timber worktops to upstands and splashback tiling, ceramic single drainer sink unit with vegetable bowl and mixer tap, washing machine, inset fan assisted oven and grill with four rings and extractor hood over, integral dishwasher and refrigerator.

On the first floor is a connecting door to the house, two Bedrooms and a Bathroom with panelled bath with shower and screen over, pedestal washbasin. wc and storage cupboard.

The Gardens And Grounds - The grounds are a real feature of the sale and, with long stream frontage and the original leat which tumbles down into a front duck pond, offer much charm and ambience. They include extensive areas of recreational lawn; a duck pond; an orchard with a variety of fruit trees including apple trees (eaters and cookers), crab-apple, plum and pear; a chicken run with one coop; composting area; vegetable bed and raised beds - all with mature tree standards all around.

The Buildings - Within the grounds is a detached Mill Building with internal store with mezzanine area over and which offers potential for conversion - subject to all necessary consents and approvals. Opposite is a single storey block and stone Store Building/Workshop.

The Land And Beautiful Lake - To the west of the gardens and grounds are two fields - one of which is part re-wilded. Beyond, a gateway opens to a most striking and attractive long-established Lake of some three quarters of an acre. Apart from its visually striking appearance, the lake is a quiet and private haven for a variety of flora and ffauna and attracts Kingfisher, deer, foxes and, being stocked with Carp, Roach, Rudd, Brown Trout and others, the Heron.

Viewing - Strictly and only by prior appointment with Stags' Truro office on[use Contact Agent Button].

Directions - Take the A394 to Helston. On reaching Helston, at the first roundabout take the first exit staying on the A394. Go straight over at the next roundabout and at the next roundabout, turn left staying on the A394 towards Penzance. Drive for about 200 yards and turn left towards the recycling centre. At the roundabout take the first exit to the left and drive down the hill. Ignore the turning to the left to the recycling centre and continue down the hill through the trees. Drive for about three quarters of a mile to Pemboa, follow the road around to the left, go over the old bridge and the entrance to Mellangoose will then be seen on the left-hand side (at before the public footpath sign).

Services - Mains electricity, private bore hole water supply and private drainage connected to the house and cottage. Heating via wood burners and electric radiators. Solar panels (not currently used and previously used to boost domestic hot water in the Cottage). Double-glazed. TV and telephone points. Superfast Broadband available.

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    Stags Truro office is situated in Lemon Street, a wide attractive Georgian street, which is widely regarded as the best street in the city. The office was opened in 1999 and has a flourishing estate agents team and an established letting agents team. The Professional Services department can also be found here, giving expert advice on all planning, estate management and rural business issues, as well as carrying out professional valuations for probate, matrimonial disputes and inheritance tax to name but a few. There are plenty of attractions in Truro, including the indoor Pannier Market, which is open all year round, the Hall for Cornwall (a performing arts venue), The Royal Cornwall Museum, and the Winter Festival, with its hugely popular paper lantern parade. Truro and the surrounding area is a wonderful part of the world and boasts renowned surfing beaches, coastal walks and excellent sailing waters. Within easy reach of the city are historic fishing villages including Fowey, Mevagissey, St Mawes, Mousehole, St Ives and Padstow.

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