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Map3 bedroom house
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3 beds
25,264 sq ft / 2,347 sq m
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Best and Final Offers by Wednesday 4th August 2021 at Noon
A unique opportunity to acquire an attractive period building comprising the former Sancreed Primary School and an attached 3-4 bedroom residential house, set within walled grounds extending to approx. 0.58 of an acre.
The property is in need of extensive modernisation and improvement with potential for conversion or change of use, subject to appropriate planning permission etc.
The grounds including the former school field and tennis court are enclosed by stone walls and Cornish hedges with trees and shrubs.
The Old School and Headmaster’s House is an attractive and substantial period property with a wealth of charm and character now requiring a program of modernisation and improvement offering a tremendous opportunity for potential purchasers to alter and improve the property to their own requirements and satisfaction, subject to any necessary planning permission and consents etc. The property would provide a superb large family house with additional accommodation, versatile live work unit or potential gallery/studio etc.
A central doorway from the front yard leads to the main entrance foyer with doors off to the school room, chapel room and residential accommodation on the western side with first floor bedrooms and bathrooms.
The Old School and the attached three/four bedroom former headmaster’s house are constructed mainly of granite stone walls under a slate roof with mullioned windows and a feature large 15 pane end gable window to the west of the school room. The property is set within large grounds which include yard to the front and a gate to the side leading around to the gardens and former school field and tennis court with parking to the south.
Approached from the Council maintained road, the property is accessed off a shared track providing access to the Mary Williams Memorial Hall and leading on to neighbouring land. A pedestrian entrance gate leads to the tarmac surfaced entrance yard, surrounded on both sides by high granite stone walls, with various outbuildings including the original toilets.
OUTSIDE
Front yard with side gate leading to small garden area on the western side of the property and around to the large rear garden and grounds. Further down the lane there is a field gate leading to the Sports Field and Tennis Court, with vehicle access which is currently overgrown. The property extends in total area to 0.58 acres or thereabouts.
SERVICES: Mains Water, Electricity and Drainage. Oil fired heater and range cooker. None of the services or appliances, plumbing, heating or electrical installations have been tested by the selling agent. Interested applicants are advised to make their own enquiries and investigations prior to making an offer.
WAYLEAVES, EASEMENTS & RIGHTS OF WAY: The sale will be subject to and with the benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way as may exist. In particular, the access lane is also a Public Footpath.
PARTICULARS & PLAN: Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of these particulars, their accuracy is not guaranteed, and they do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. Any intending purchaser/s must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of the statements contained in these particulars.
The attached plan is not to scale and is for the purpose of identification only. Although believed to be correct the accuracy of the plan is in no way guaranteed nor does it form part of the Contract.
The Old School House is situated in the heart of the village of Sancreed, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Conservation area, on the south side of the Council road and opposite the Church which reportedly dates back to the 13th Century and is particularly well known for its four ancient Cornish crosses in the grounds/cemetery.
The local area is well renowned for its ancient history and monuments including various iron and bronze age hillforts, Sancreed Beacon and Carn Uny settlements. There are several manor and estate houses nearby including the privately owned Trereife House, The National Trust Trengwainton, Trewidden House and Garden as well as the famous open air Minack Theatre at Porthcurno and St. Michael’s Mount off Marazion.
The harbour town of Penzance is about 4 miles distant and provides an extensive range of health, leisure, education and business services, supermarkets and retail facilities, cafes, pubs and restaurants as well as a railway station on the main London Paddington line together with ferry links to the Isles of Scilly.
A unique opportunity to acquire an attractive period building comprising the former Sancreed Primary School and an attached 3-4 bedroom residential house, set within walled grounds extending to approx. 0.58 of an acre.
The property is in need of extensive modernisation and improvement with potential for conversion or change of use, subject to appropriate planning permission etc.
The grounds including the former school field and tennis court are enclosed by stone walls and Cornish hedges with trees and shrubs.
The Old School and Headmaster’s House is an attractive and substantial period property with a wealth of charm and character now requiring a program of modernisation and improvement offering a tremendous opportunity for potential purchasers to alter and improve the property to their own requirements and satisfaction, subject to any necessary planning permission and consents etc. The property would provide a superb large family house with additional accommodation, versatile live work unit or potential gallery/studio etc.
A central doorway from the front yard leads to the main entrance foyer with doors off to the school room, chapel room and residential accommodation on the western side with first floor bedrooms and bathrooms.
The Old School and the attached three/four bedroom former headmaster’s house are constructed mainly of granite stone walls under a slate roof with mullioned windows and a feature large 15 pane end gable window to the west of the school room. The property is set within large grounds which include yard to the front and a gate to the side leading around to the gardens and former school field and tennis court with parking to the south.
Approached from the Council maintained road, the property is accessed off a shared track providing access to the Mary Williams Memorial Hall and leading on to neighbouring land. A pedestrian entrance gate leads to the tarmac surfaced entrance yard, surrounded on both sides by high granite stone walls, with various outbuildings including the original toilets.
OUTSIDE
Front yard with side gate leading to small garden area on the western side of the property and around to the large rear garden and grounds. Further down the lane there is a field gate leading to the Sports Field and Tennis Court, with vehicle access which is currently overgrown. The property extends in total area to 0.58 acres or thereabouts.
SERVICES: Mains Water, Electricity and Drainage. Oil fired heater and range cooker. None of the services or appliances, plumbing, heating or electrical installations have been tested by the selling agent. Interested applicants are advised to make their own enquiries and investigations prior to making an offer.
WAYLEAVES, EASEMENTS & RIGHTS OF WAY: The sale will be subject to and with the benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way as may exist. In particular, the access lane is also a Public Footpath.
PARTICULARS & PLAN: Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of these particulars, their accuracy is not guaranteed, and they do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. Any intending purchaser/s must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of the statements contained in these particulars.
The attached plan is not to scale and is for the purpose of identification only. Although believed to be correct the accuracy of the plan is in no way guaranteed nor does it form part of the Contract.
The Old School House is situated in the heart of the village of Sancreed, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Conservation area, on the south side of the Council road and opposite the Church which reportedly dates back to the 13th Century and is particularly well known for its four ancient Cornish crosses in the grounds/cemetery.
The local area is well renowned for its ancient history and monuments including various iron and bronze age hillforts, Sancreed Beacon and Carn Uny settlements. There are several manor and estate houses nearby including the privately owned Trereife House, The National Trust Trengwainton, Trewidden House and Garden as well as the famous open air Minack Theatre at Porthcurno and St. Michael’s Mount off Marazion.
The harbour town of Penzance is about 4 miles distant and provides an extensive range of health, leisure, education and business services, supermarkets and retail facilities, cafes, pubs and restaurants as well as a railway station on the main London Paddington line together with ferry links to the Isles of Scilly.
About this agent
About Lodge & Thomas We are a long-established firm of Chartered Surveyors, Auctioneers, Valuers & Estate Agents. Based in the City of Truro, we offer professional services across the whole of Cornwall. • RICS Professional Services and Valuations inc. valuations for mortgages and secured lending, tax, probate and Inheritance Tax purposes as well as Agricultural Tenancies, Utility Compensation Claims. • Estate Agents specialising in farm agency and land; smallholdings and equestrian; residential and waterside homes and commercial property. • Cornwall’s leading Auctioneers with Truro Livestock Market every Wednesday • Farm and Machinery Auctions as well as bankruptcy and liquidation sales. • Antiques, Fine Art, Silver & Jewellery and General Furniture Auctions at the Truro Sale Room. Our Truro Office is conveniently located in the City centre at 58 Lemon Street. Truro Livestock Market is held every Wednesday and is one of the foremost livestock markets in the West Country selling all classes of cattle and sheep. We hold monthly General Household and Furniture Sales and regular “Live and On-Line” Antiques & Fine Art Sales. Property Negotiators Adam Beverley-Jones BSc Rural Est. Man. Experienced in selling all types of property including residential, farms and smallholdings, commercial freeholds, plots and land having worked throughout Cornwall and South Wales. Paul Thomas - Based in Truro, Paul has over 40 years of experience in selling all types of residential property throughout Cornwall and west Devon. Lauren Symons - Over a decade’s worth of experience in estate agency across Cornwall, with a special interest in equestrian properties and smallholdings. Partners Andrew Body BSc MRICS - Property sales of all types specialising in farms and land, valuations, bankruptcy and insolvency work, compensation, live and deadstock auctioneering. Bob Mosley MRICS FAAV - Live and deadstock auctioneering, valuations, tenancies, Basic Payment Scheme and rural schemes etc. Ross Collins BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV - Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor and Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers. Over 15 years’ experience undertaking valuations, planning, Landlord & Tenant advice, Estate Management, compensation claims, BPS etc. Sheep Auctioneer at Truro Livestock Market. Manager of the Lettings Department. Ed Harris BSc (Hons) MRICS - Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor, specialising in professional Valuations of land and farms. Landlord & Tenant matters, Basic Payment and Environmental Schemes, Planning Applications. Sheep Auctioneer at Truro Livestock Market. Rural Practice Surveyors & Estate Management Andrew Body, Bob Mosley, Ross Collins, Ed Harris (as above) Nathan Osborne BSc (Hons) RICS FAAV - Graduated from the Royal Agricultural University with a BSc (Hons) degree in Rural Land Management, assisting with general agricultural professional work and auctions. Tom Hannis BSc (Hons) MSc - Tom completed his MSc in Rural Estate Management at The Royal Agricultural University in 2020. Currently continuing his Chartered Surveyor training. Assists with general rural professional work, specialises in rural planning. Will Biddick BSc (Hons) - Will graduated from the Royal Agricultural University with a BSc (Hons) degree in Rural Land Management. Will is actively involved within the auctions team, and assists the Partners with rural professional work whilst undertaking his professional examinations under the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Central Association of Agricultural Valuers. Truro Sale Room Guy Haskell - Guy joined the Fine Art and Antiques division of Lodge and Thomas in Autumn 2022. He trained at the London College of Furniture and after completion of a course studying furniture history and conservation joined Sotheby’s country saleroom, working in a variety of departments. Subsequently joined Phillips, which eventually merged with Bonhams, working as a General Valuer within their regional network of salerooms. Guy moved to Cornwall in 2017 to join a regional auction house. He has a particular interest in the Art and Crafts movement with a focus on the Costwold School of craftsmen. Shaun Preece - Manager and Auctioneer of the General Household & Furnishings department of the Truro Sale Room and Auctioneer for Poultry and Machinery Sales. Melanie Esdale - Melanie has over 10 years of saleroom experience, encompassing cataloguing, saleroom management, customer relations and administration. Additionally, a further 16 years in film production, working internationally with many blue chip companies that solidifies her skill in business relations. Sam Phillips - Sam is a key part of the Truro Saleroom team and holds the position of Saleroom assistant & media technician. Samuel has had a life-long interest in the antiques and fine art industry and enjoys developing his knowledge within our specialist sales department.