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Ref: LCAA8011 Offers in excess of £175,000 7 The Terrace, Chacewater, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8LT FREEHOLD An extremely handsome semi-detached double fronted 3 bedroom house in need of complete renovation yet occupying a delightfully tucked away position in the sought after village of Chacewater with easy access to all the village amenities and just a short drive from Truro city. Set in a delightful garden this charming property will provide a beautiful family home or has letting/investment potential. The property has a lovely outlook over countryside on the opposite side of the valley and is in a Conservation Area.

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Ref: LCAA8011 Offers in excess of £175,000 7 The Terrace, Chacewater, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8LT FREEHOLD

An extremely handsome semi-detached double fronted 3 bedroom house in need of complete renovation yet occupying a delightfully tucked away position in the sought after village of

Chacewater with easy access to all the village amenities and just a short drive from Truro city. Set in a delightful garden this charming property will provide a beautiful family home or has

letting/investment potential. The property has a lovely outlook over countryside on the opposite side of the valley and is in a Conservation Area.

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SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, side lobby, snug, study/store room. First Floor: 3 generous bedrooms, family bathroom (needs fitting). Outside: pedestrian gated access from a quiet lane onto a footpath leading up to the front door flanked by lawns on either side. Generous side garden and slate patio area with steps up to a tier at the back, outside coal bunker and garden shed.

DESCRIPTION A delightful semi-detached period, stone, double fronted house requiring complete renovation but beautifully situated in a quiet tucked away lane of residential houses in the charming village of Chacewater near Truro. The property is situated in a Conservation Area with a lovely lawned front garden with central path approaching the front door and a further slate terrace to the side. The property has been extended, we believe in the 1960’s and still retains some character features. This property provides an excellent opportunity for a purchaser to individualise the accommodation which currently comprises three excellent size bedrooms, three reception rooms, a kitchen, side lobby, study/store room and the original entrance hall to the ground floor. The property has a rear access path with steps up to a tier of garden above.

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If advantageous, it is possible to purchase both this renovation project and two building plots on the adjacent land where planning permission has been granted for the erection of 2x two storey, three bedroomed detached houses on the land to the east. The planning application can be seen on the Cornwall Council planning portal under reference number PA16/09697. Separate sales particulars are available for these two plots, if required and can be obtained by application to our offices. It should be noted that with regard to the planning permission granted, there is no CIL payment required and the Council have acknowledged that the planning is live in perpetuity on the basis of a meaningful start has been made. A copy of this certificate can also be obtained, if required, from us. Purchasers are invited to place bids for each of the listings individually or as a combined bid, for both the plots and the house. The house is available for offers in excess of £175,000 and the plots are being marketed at offers in excess of £180,000 for the pair.

LOCATION The Terrace is a residential road of mixed properties on the outskirts of Chacewater village, close to open countryside. These properties lie just a short walk away from the village centre which provides very good day to day amenities including a general stores, an open vegetable market, public house, doctors surgery, respected primary school, park, church and regular bus service to Redruth and Truro. The cathedral city of Truro is only 5 miles away and is the retailing, commercial, administrative and educational centre of the county with a mainline rail link to London Paddington and Cornwall’s foremost theatre and music venue – The Hall for Cornwall. The Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske and the Duchy Hospital are within particularly easy reach on the western outskirts of Truro between Chacewater and the city centre. The A30 trunk road is within an easy 5 minute drive and is the main arterial road link providing access to east and west Cornwall (Exeter is approximately 1½ hours away on a link which is virtually all dual carriageway).

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There are many beautiful rural and woodland walks in the locality and the property is also conveniently positioned for easy access to nearby port of Falmouth which provides sailing facilities on the Fal Estuary and excellent pleasure and sailing craft amenities. There are sandy beaches and coastal walks available nearby at St Agnes, Porthtowan and Perranporth. All in all this is an ideal location for a family home, for professional people or equally would be ideal for retirement with the extensive facilities available nearby.

THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) A broad slate step leads to a granite threshold with an impressive, recessed, wooden panelled front door with brass style furniture opening onto the:- ENTRANCE HALL. Electric night storage heater corniced ceiling, stairs ascending to the first floor with built-in understairs storage space. Doors off to:- SITTING ROOM – 11’2” x 11’3” into the chimney breast recesses. Attractive minster style stone fireplace and open grate, picture rails, walk-in recess with large sash window overlooking the front garden, skirting boards.

DINING ROOM – 12’ x 8’9”. Deep recessed large sash window overlooking the front garden, village and fields beyond. Period tiled fireplace, picture rails. KITCHEN – 11’9” x 11’8. White Belfast sink with quarry tiled draining boards on either side, high level wall mounted electric consumer circuit breaker board,

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dual aspect with windows overlooking the front and side gardens, doorway to the side lobby with a part glazed door opening onto the front garden and tiled flooring.

SNUG – 11’ x 6’7”. Built-in airing cupboard housing a lagged hot water cylinder with immersion facility, recessed sash window overlooking the rear passageway. STUDY / STORE – 5’7” x 4’5”. Recessed sash window overlooking the rear passageway. From the entrance hall a wooden staircase with wooden handrail to one side ascends to a:- SPLIT FIRST FLOOR LANDING. Turned spindles and wooden handrails, electric night storage heater, large sash window to the front providing lovely views over the front garden to open countryside beyond. Doors off to:-

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BEDROOM 1 – 11’5” x 10’5”, extending to 13’. Large recessed sash window providing lovely views over the front garden to open countryside, exposed wooden floorboards, picture rails, wall light point. BEDROOM 2 – 12’ x 8’9”. Recessed sash window overlooking the front garden and fields beyond, picture rails. BEDROOM 3 – 12’ x 7’. Sash window overlooking the side garden. On the other side of the split landing is a door opening onto the:- BATHROOM – 7’4” x 5’5”. Low level wc (other than that there is no bathroom suite fitted). Sash window overlooking the rear garden.

OUTSIDE 7 The Terrace is approached from a quiet backwater residential road in Chacewater via a pedestrian wrought iron gate between two gate pillars which opens onto a flight of slate and granite steps leading to a period tiled pathway leading through the front garden and running along the front of the house. The path is flanked by lawns on either side with a front retaining boundary wall to the road. A large slate paved patio lies to the right hand side of the house where a door opens onto the side lobby to the kitchen. There is an outside tap and outside courtesy lights, an ornamental pond and further slate patio areas. There is a path down the right hand side of the house and around to the rear and steps up to a higher level patio at the rear. Planning permission was passed for a layby to be created off and parallel to, the residential road to create parking for number 7 and 8 The Terrace. Because the boundary to the buildings

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plots has now changed slightly, it may be advantageous to apply for planning consent for what will be a reduced off-street parking layby to service number 7. There are two small brick built outbuildings, a concrete coal bunker and a concreted path along the back of the house, with high retaining walls and woodland above. GENERAL INFORMATION VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. E-mail: [email protected]. POST CODE – TR4 8LT. SERVICES – Mains water, mains drainage (to be connected), mains electric. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk. DIRECTIONS – From Truro follow the A390 out towards the A30 going past the hospital through Threemilestone and then bear left to Chacewater. Follow the road down into Chacewater village, go through the high street and as you come out on the other side, take a right hand turning into Buckingham Nip. Follow this road round to a T-junction at which turn right and number 7 will be found a short way along on the left hand side. AGENT’S NOTE – The above particulars have been prepared as a general guide only for prospective buyers. Whilst we have endeavoured to provide a fair and reasonable description of the property, no specific survey or detailed inspection has been carried out in relation to the property, the services, the appliances and any fixtures and fittings or equipment. All buyers should rely on their own surveys and investigations in connection with any purchase of the property. All measurements, floor plans, dimensions, acreages and distances are approximate only and should not be relied upon for accuracy. OFFICE OPENING HOURS – Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - 9.00am to 1.00pm. NB: A number of staff are available for viewing appointments all day Saturday and all day Sunday.

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For reference only, not to form any part of a sales contract.

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