Ref: LCAA6499 £685,000 The Owls House, Pill Lane, Feock, Nr. Truro, South Cornwall FREEHOLD

Located on one of south Cornwall’s most prestigious roads, a glamorous 3 bedroomed, 2 bathroomed semi-detached south west facing house of exemplary quality, with boathouse

accommodation and direct waterfrontage to the head of Pill Creek. The house and its grounds have been subject to extensive refurbishment to the highest possible standards creating a

wonderful main or second home with access via the creek to the sailing waters of the Carrick Roads and only 4 miles from Truro.

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SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: entrance hall, reception hall with cloaks area, bespoke fitted kitchen/dining room, lounge, wc, utility/boiler room. First Floor: galleried landing, master and guest bedrooms with huge bay windows, third bedroom, 2 highly specified bath/shower rooms. Outside: boathouse accommodation with shower room, generous parking, part covered marble terrace above the creek, small level lawns at the top and bottom of the garden separated by splendid well stocked banks with lit paths leading down to the waterfrontage. Right to moor a boat near the head of the creek and store two boats on land closer to deeper water. DESCRIPTION The Owls House is found in an extremely desirable location, a short way along Pill Lane on the water fronting south west facing side with its garden descending to the head of the creek. The house, its boathouse and grounds have all been subject to a tremendous amount of

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work over the past few years and now offer an extremely stylish, highly specified and eco sensitive house that still retains its period style with two huge square bays over two storeys. The outlook from the house and its upper gardens there are glimpses of the creek below but the outlook is also captivating as it is across the tree canopy to further ancient broad woodland on the opposite shore.

Solar water heating and photovoltaic electricity producing panels combine with a biomass boiler, underfloor heating, thick wall insulation and underfloor heating to create a very low cost home to run. The heating warms polished tumbled marble flooring on the ground floor where there is a kitchen/dining room with bespoke units under black granite worktops and a broad lounge to the front both enjoying the large box bays. The lounge also opens out onto a tumbled marble terrace with a glass balustrade and a glass veranda. An attractive entrance hall opens to a long reception hall with a cloaks area to one side, a new staircase with a glass balustrade rising to the first floor and doors into a contemporary wc and the boiler/utility room along the rear. On the first floor both of the two large principal bedrooms also have sit in box bays looking down to the creek and the main bedroom also has fitted

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wardrobes along two walls. These two and a third bedroom share two excellent monochrome slate and white bath/shower rooms fitted with brand name sanitary and brassware. The grounds have been landscaped creating driveway parking for up to 5 cars, the aforementioned marble terrace, a small lawn edged with flowering beds and then paths with integrated lighting descend through lush specimen stocked foliage down to a further grass plateau beside the creek. From here one can launch a small boat at high tide but The Owls House also comes with the right to moor a boat and store two onshore a little further down the creek on the opposite side just a short walk away and this is held on a lease. Also at the creek edge is a renovated boathouse which has been used as overflow accommodation with its own shower room. In addition, planning permission was granted in 2007 under reference PA07/1404/09/R for an extension to the house and the creation of a garage and summerhouse so it may be possible to re-apply for planning if one wished to expand upon the accommodation.

LOCATION Pill Creek is a wonderful and idyllic inlet off the Carrick Roads with only a limited number of houses ever having been constructed on or near the creek itself. Pill Creek is within the exclusive village of Feock, which has long been regarded as an immensely sought after address close to sailing waters and the cathedral city of Truro on the south coast of Cornwall. The Owls House is ideally positioned between Truro, the famous Port of Falmouth and various locations where it is possible to moor deep keeled yachts. Pill Creek and the nearby Restronguet Creek are tranquil and beautiful environments with enchanting creekside walks in the immediate area and at the gardens of the National Trust

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owned Trelissick Estate, which is believed to have built the original cottage on this site. The King Harry Ferry, about 1½ miles away at Trelissick, brings the Roseland Peninsula so much nearer enabling very easy visits to the picturesque hamlet of Philleigh and the upmarket sailing village of St Mawes. Truro is about 4 miles away and is the main commercial, administrative, legal and retailing centre of Cornwall and offers schooling for all ages, together with highly regarded private educational facilities. Truro has a station on the Penzance to Paddington main line with London being around 4½ hours away. The Owls House is likely to be of particular interest to sailing enthusiasts, but will also appeal to those who will enjoy this gorgeous setting and will appreciate its ready access to Truro, Falmouth and the soft countryside around south Cornwall. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) From the driveway a covered area leads to a pair of double doors opening to:- ENTRANCE HALL – 6’8” x 5’8”. Sash windows to the side and rear, monopitched ceiling with Velux roof window, tall contemporary radiator, polished tumbled marble floor, space for furniture. Half glazed stable door to:- RECEPTION HALL. Initial recessed cloaks area with contemporary radiator, glass sided staircase rising past an arch topped sash window and an understairs cupboard below. Polished tumbled marble floor with underfloor heating. Doors to the utility room, wc, kitchen/breakfast room and concertina doors to:-

LOUNGE – 24’4” x 10’ extending to 14’3”. Lots of glazing enjoying views across the wooded valley through a box bay with four sash windows, further sash window and a pair of

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glazed doors opening onto the sun terrace. Heated polished tumbled marble floor, integrated ceiling mounted speakers, spotlights, recessed book and media cases, bespoke marble fireplace with an inset woodburning stove. Walkway through to:-

KITCHEN / DINING ROOM – 14’8” reducing to 11’6” x 13’. Near full width of the room box bay with four sash windows facing across the valley to woodland. Two additional sash windows to the side, spotlights, integrated ceiling speakers, heated polished tumbled marble floor. Fitted with a bespoke range of dark steel blue painted bespoke oak kitchen units under polished black granite worktops with matching upstands and a cut draining area leading to two stainless steel under mounted sinks with a brushed steel mixer tap and shower head tap over. Rangemaster electric range cooker with induction hobs and contemporary AEG black glass extractor over. Concealed integrated fridge, freezer and dishwasher, integrated Neff microwave. Space for a dining table into the bay window. WC. Heated slate tiled floor and slate tiling to half height around half the room. Obscured sash window with a deep slate sill. Contemporary white sanitaryware including a Duravit cantilevered wc with concealed cistern and a cantilevered wash basin over a high gloss white cabinet with chrome mixer tap over. Extractor fan, spotlights, additional radiator. UTILITY – 11’7” x 6’4”. Housing the OctoPlus biomass boiler system and woodchip hopper. Solar thermal water heating system, solar photovoltaic electricity producing system. Worktop with space below for a washing machine and tumble dryer, space for a freezer, additional shelving and cupboards, slate flooring, radiator.

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FIRST FLOOR LANDING. A generous landing galleried over the staircase with a contemporary glass and painted wood balustrade. Arch topped sash window over the staircase, canopied ceiling edge with Velux roof window, access to roof space, contemporary radiator. Doors to:- BEDROOM 1 – 13’ x 11’2” extending to 15’5”. Filled with light and enjoying views towards woodland and down to the creek below through four sash windows in a large box bay and a further sash window with a deep sill. Canopied ceiling edges, large number of recessed wardrobes along two walls, contemporary radiators.

BATHROOM 1. Effectively considered as an en-suite for the main bedroom as the doors are adjacent. Fitted with a range of high quality sanitaryware including a large double ended Laufen bath with integrated mixer tap and hand shower, a Duravit concealed cistern cantilevered wc and matching Duravit wash basin set on to a composite worktop over a high gloss white contemporary cabinet with a Cifial wall mounted mixer tap over. Mirror with integrated light and electric shaver point over the wash basin, additional matching cabinets to those under the wash basin. Large glazed screened shower enclosure by Daryl with a Cifial chrome rain head

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mixer shower and additional hand shower. Slate tiled floor and walls to most of the room including around the shower enclosure. Two obscured sash windows with deep slate sills, chrome heated towel rail, spotlights, canopied ceiling, extractor fan.

BEDROOM 2 – 14’8” reducing to 11’7” x 12’5”. Large box bay with four sash windows overlooking the creek and woodland beyond, additional sash window to the side. Canopied ceiling edges, contemporary radiators, recessed wardrobe. BEDROOM 3 – 11’2” x 7’10”. Sash window overlooking the creek and woodland beyond with a deep sill below. Contemporary radiator, canopied ceiling edge. BATHROOM 2. High quality contemporary white sanitaryware including a concealed cistern wc by Duravit and a cantilevered wash basin with high gloss white cabinet below and chrome mixer tap over. Panel bath with glazed shower screen, chrome mixer tap and shower over. Mirror with integrated lighting over the wash basin, chrome heated towel rail, spotlights, canopied ceiling edges, extractor fan, obscured sash window, slate tiled floor and walls where necessary.

BOATHOUSE

At the bottom of the garden, approached over delightful lit walkways is a Boathouse literally raised above the creek and this has been used as overflow accommodation by our clients. Outside of the front door is an elevated decked terrace with exceptional views straight down the creek as well as across to the ancient woodland on the other side. Below this is a small landing stage being the ideal place to keep a dinghy or kayaks above the waterline.

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THE BOATHOUSE – 22’3 x 11’7”. A superb ancillary space to the main house being effectively a large open-plan room with a shower room off. Double glazed windows on three sides giving panoramic views across and down the creek towards woodland. Vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and spotlights. Painted match boarded walls adding to the nautical feel. German Rointe electric radiators. A range of cream units under polished stone worktops. Stainless steel sink and drainer with a brushed steel mixer tap over. Stone upstands, concealed integrated fridge/freezer, dishwasher and integrated microwave. Obscured glazed door to the shower room. SHOWER ROOM. Large glazed screened shower enclosure with a chrome rain head mixer shower and additional hand shower. Contemporary white sanitaryware including a concealed cistern wc and Villeroy & Boch wash basin over a dark red cabinet with a red splashback behind and chrome mixer tap. Mirror with integrated lighting over the wash basin, spotlights, extractor fan, painted match boarded walls, electrically heated chrome towel rail.

OUTSIDE

The house is approached over a wide paved driveway with parking for up to five cars flanked by palm topped piers with the remaining frontage being of grass with shrubs and planted beds making for a beautiful foreground. The driveway is edged by a low capped wall with integrated lighting and planted beds on the lane side. The paving continues along the side of the house passing a modern block built GARDEN STORE – 8’3” x 5’4” with a pedestrian door and raised area leading to a pair of side doors designed as storage space for the biomass boiler pellets. Across the creek facing side of the house is a wonderful large tumbled marble paved terrace partly covered by a glass roofed veranda and fronted by a glass and chrome balustrade. The outlook from here is down over the planted beds and established trees below the house to The Boathouse, its raised deck, the lower lawn and the creek head itself. The terrace and the house face south west making this a wonderful suntrap.

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A matching marble pathway leads through a stylish stone laid area to an upper lawn with integrated lighting behind planted beds and a low wall to the front providing views down to the creek.

Steps descend and link up with a secondary access directly from the driveway which then continues down to The Boathouse. Sleeper fronted steps, paved, decked and natural walkways lead through the mature trees and past younger specimens including ferns, camellias, rhododendrons, grasses and flowering beds. Tucked away areas provide composting and at the bottom of the slope is a level lawn above the water’s edge again edged with beds and here there is a garden shed. A further couple of steps descend down to the small lawn at the head of the creek in an impossibly pretty position and from here access is gained over a small bridge to the land on the other side over which the owners of The Owls House have a right of access to a mooring and two onshore boat spaces a little further down the creek.

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GENERAL INFORMATION VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. Facsimile: (01872) 273474. Website: www.waterfrontandcountryhomes.com E-mail: sales@lillicrapchilcott.com POST CODE – TR3 6SE. SERVICES – Mains water, drainage, electricity. Modern biomass boiler with solar water preheating. Photovoltaic panels producing electricity supplying the house and also returning to the grid providing an income. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk. DIRECTIONS – From Truro proceed towards Falmouth and at Playing Place, take the first exit at the second roundabout signed to Feock. Follow this road passing the Punch Bowl and Ladle Inn on your left hand side and turn left signed to the King Harry Ferry at Four Turnings crossroads. Take the first right hand turning signed to Feock, driving through the hamlet of Trevilla, turning right at the T-junction and then the next left into Pill Lane. After a short distance The Owls House will be found on the right 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.

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OFFICE OPENING HOURS – Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - 9.00am to 1.00pm (available for viewings all day).

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Not to scale – for identification purposes only.

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