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Offered for sale for the first time in 32 years, a particularly fine quality detached four bedroomed, three reception roomed CLASSIC LATE 1920's DETACHED RESIDENCE OF GREAT INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER.

Large porch, elegant beamed reception hall with fine staircase, cloakroom, wc, large sitting room, large beamed dining room, breakfast room, modern shower room/wc, 18’5” oak-fitted kitchen with appliances, side porch.

First Floor: most attractive galleried landing, bathroom, sep. wc, four bedrooms – one currently fitted out as a study.

Outside: walled long road frontage, gated entrance, driveway leading to integral garage (considerable space for further garaging subject to consent). Exceedingly attractive professionally maintained mature gardens with slate sun terrace, large lawn, prolifically stocked shrub and flower borders, further very private lawn and large summerhouse, many fine ornamental trees. Large greenhouse, garden store and large workshop.

In all, almost 0.4 of an acre.

LARGE ENTRANCE PORCH – Panelled half-glazed front door with wrought iron latch. Windows to three sides, slatted plant shelf, leaded lantern. Fine wide original panelled entrance door incorporating nine leaded glazed panels with wrought iron latch and leaded-light top-light and window beside, quarry tiled sill and cut granite threshold, into:-

ELEGANT RECEPTION HALL – A splendid introduction to the house, dominated by a particularly handsome easy-rising polished wood staircase which turns at quarter-landing and divides at three-quarter landing. Pine-lined shelved under stair cupboard with power sockets and further smaller pine-lined under stair cupboard. Pine-lined cloaks/broom cupboard with shelving and electric light. Beamed ceiling, picture rail, radiator, central heating thermostat. Fine quality original joinery, including six-panel polished wood doors with original door furniture, moulded architraves and moulded skirtings.

CLOAKROOM – Wash hand basin (hot and cold), ceramic wall tiling to half-height. Leaded light window with secondary glazing. Sliding doors to cloaks cupboard, with hanging rail and storage cupboard above. Door to:-

WC – Low flush suite. Walls ceramic tiled to half-height. Radiator, wall-mounted gas-fired boiler providing domestic hot water and central heating. Leaded light window with secondary glazing.

SITTING ROOM – 16’3” into bay x 15’2”: a particularly delightful, well-proportioned dual aspect room facing south and east, extending into a deep, angled bay window, with leaded top-lights, secondary glazing and original fine polished wood window sill, panelling beside and beamed and boarded ceiling. Further most attractive bay window to the south elevation, with leaded lights, secondary glazing, deep polished wood window sill and matching wide window seat. Living Flame gas fire with slate hearth and thick hardwood mantel shelf upon wrought iron brackets, oak display shelf to recess beside, beamed ceiling picture rails, two radiators, picture light point. A particularly lovely aspect across the principal ornamental gardens to the east side.

DINING ROOM – 14’3” x 12’10” into bay: an imposing room of great character, extending into a broad semi-circular bay window, with leaded top-lights and secondary glazing, polished wood window sill, panelling under and beams over. Heavily beamed ceiling, picture rails. Rayburn Rhapsody solid-fuel fire, slate hearth and thick polished hardwood mantel shelf set upon wrought iron supports. Two radiators. Like the sitting room, fine views over the main ornamental gardens to the east and a view beyond to St Ives Bay and the coastline.

BREAKFAST ROOM – 9’6” x 8’9”: a useful third reception room with secondary-glazed window to the west elevation. Full-height deep shelved china cupboards with panelled doors, picture rails, radiator.

SHOWER ROOM/WC – Very well re-fitted with sanitary ware in white by Heritage, comprising:- wash hand basin with mixer tap and light wood shelved cupboard under, matching mirror over, low flush wc. Corner shower cubicle with curved sliding doors, screens and Mira Excel thermostatically controlled shower. Walls fully tiled in white, with contrasting border and feature tiles, vinyl floor covering, down-lights. Secondary glazed window.

KITCHEN – 18’5” x 8’: a large and very light, bright dual aspect room with secondary glazed windows. Re-fitted about 10 years ago and extremely well kept, containing an extensive array of units in light oak, with panelled door and drawer fronts and oak-edged ivory-coloured melamine work surfaces, comprising:- four-burner Neff gas hob, space and plumbing for washing machine, space for tumble dryer. Neff double oven/grill, Hotpoint integrated dishwasher, space for upright fridge freezer, 1½ bowl single drainer stainless steel sink with mixer tap and Tweeny waste disposer. A very good selection of cupboards and drawers, wall cupboards to three walls with, in part, concealed work surface lighting beneath. Recess with pull-out towel rails and space for trays. Co-ordinating ivory-coloured ceramic splashback tiling – the remaining walls tiled floor-to-ceiling also. Coved ceilings, two fluorescent lights with diffusers. Door to the integral garage (described below). Part-glazed door with cut granite threshold to:-

SIDE ENTRANCE PORCH – White uPVC-framed maintenance-free door to outside.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR

The staircase divides at three-quarter landing level, leading to the:-

L-SHAPED LANDING – Galleried around the stairwell, with fine polished wood balustrade, the landing is a particularly attractive and spacious area, with heavily beamed ceiling and, to the south side, a panelled wide window recess fitted with full-height book shelving on either side. Leaded light window, secondary glazing and radiator. Original six-panel doors, original door furniture, moulded architraves and moulded skirtings. Smoke alarm. Large eaves airing cupboard off, with electric light, containing insulated hot water cylinder with immersion heater and slatted linen shelving.

BATHROOM – A spacious bathroom, in its day, very much top of the range! Sanitary ware in ‘bitter chocolate’, comprising:- long cast iron panelled bath with hand grips and mixer tap/hand shower, pedestal wash hand basin and bronzed ceramic full-height tiling to three walls and predominantly mirror tiling to the remaining wall and over the wash hand basin. Strip light. Chrome-plated heated towel rail, radiator. Secondary glazed window. Loft access hatch.

SEPARATE WC – Matching low flush wc suite. Walls fully tiled in white. Secondary glazed window. Radiator. Part-shelved deep eaves storage cupboard off.

BEDROOM 1 – 13’10”x 12’10” to bay: a fine generous-sized dual aspect room facing south and east, extending into a deep wood-panelled angled bay window, with beamed and boarded ceiling, leaded lights and secondary glazing. Extremely attractive views over the gardens and over neighbouring extensive sylvan grounds to St Ives Bay, Godrevy lighthouse and far along the north coast. Two capacious built-in wardrobes with hanging rails, shelving

and storage cupboards over. Three radiators, small strip light, picture rails. Two leaded light windows with secondary glazing and polished wood window sills to the south elevation and again a far-reaching aspect towards Hayle in the distance.

BEDROOM 2 – 12’11” x 12’9” into bay: a generous-sized bedroom extending into a panelled square bay window with leaded lights and secondary glazing. A beautiful vista over the gardens and over neighbouring extensive grounds, to St Ives Bay and Godrevy lighthouse directly beyond and along the north coast. Virtually full-width range of built-in wardrobes, storage cupboards, adjustable book shelving and high-level storage cupboards. Two radiators, picture rails.

BEDROOM 3 – 10’6” x 9’2”: an attractive double bedroom with secondary glazed window facing over the gardens and neighbouring field and trees. Built-in wardrobe with storage cupboard above, radiator, picture rails. Large eaves storage cupboard off.

BEDROOM 4 – 9’3” x 8’9”: currently fitted out as a practical study, with west-facing secondary glazed window. Wall-to-wall built-in adjustable book shelving and storage cupboards in polished wood finish, matching desk with drawers and cupboards under and display above. Storage cupboard above. Radiator, picture rail.

OUTSIDE

‘Trenkesten’ is a fine and dignified house of much quality, integrity and character, occupying what is undoubtedly a ‘double’ plot with obvious potential to separate off a building plot to the northern side of the existing house (subject to all requisite consents being first obtained). We emphasise that no enquiries have been made of the local Planning Authority in this regard.

‘Trenkesten’ occupies an exceptional plot of about 0.391 of an acre, with a broad frontage to Tregenna Parc – a particularly sought-after and prestigious, practically traffic-free road in the Treloyhan area of St Ives within walking distance of both Porthminster beach at St Ives and Carbis Bay beach.

The road frontage is screened by dry-stone walling, surmounted by neatly-clipped escallonia hedging, the entrance being through a wide wrought iron gate between tall white stuccoed gate piers. The tarmacadam driveway, flanked to the south side by a stone-edged border, planted with golden yew, contorted hazel, golden conifers and heathers, leads around the western side of the house – the western boundary very effectively enclosed and screened by high dry-stone walling, surmounted by clipped escallonia hedging and by a colourful border, with bay, rosemary, hydrangeas, bamboo and copper beech tree. The driveway arrives at the rear of the house where there is a generous tarmacadam parking and turning area and access to the integral garage. Garden water tap.

INTEGRAL GARAGE – 16’9” x 8’10”: electrically operated metal up and over door. Rendered walls and painted plastered ceiling, shelving around three walls. Window to side. Electric light, electricity meter and fuse boxes. Personal access door into the kitchen. N.B: It is practically certain that the integral garage was, originally, a room within the house, subsequently extended to create an integral garage. It would therefore seem practical for those requiring additional accommodation to consider re-converting the garage back to accommodation as there is considerable space for the construction of detached or attached garaging, subject to all requisite consents.

GARDENS

The professionally-maintained and exceedingly attractive mature gardens lie to the east and north sides of the house, enjoy a very high degree of privacy and shelter.

To the east side, the principal area of garden, in full view from the two main bedrooms and from the sitting room and dining room, comprising a Delabole slate sun terrace, with circular granite table, large level lawn and prolifically stocked borders, with further garden water tap, containing a superb array of ornamental and flowering trees, shrubs and plants which include lilac, bamboo, fuchsias, hydrangeas, azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, flowering cherry, geraniums, heathers and a fine horse chestnut tree from which the house takes its name. A winding slate pathway leads beneath a tall timber arch, with trellis, to a further small circular slate terrace and to a very private and very sheltered garden with lawn, clipped escallonia hedging, grisillinia hedging, flowering cherry tree and borders stocked with agapanthus, pink hydrangeas, fuchsias and bottle brush. Facing south, a large cedarwood summerhouse, with glazed doors and front and side windows.

From this part of the garden, a grass ramp or five stone steps lead up to the third part of the garden, again very secluded and sheltered, screened and enclosed by escallonia and copper beech hedging, comprising lawn with inset trees, including horse chestnut and flowering cherry. Additionally:-

BRICK-BUILT GARDEN INCINERATOR

LARGE ALUMINIUM-FRAMED GREENHOUSE - with fruiting grapevine, plant staging and water tap.

RENDERED BLOCK-BUILT GARDEN TOOL STORE – With double doors, window, corrugated roof, shelving and implement racks.

LARGE TIMBER WORKSHOP – With automatic exterior lighting to three sides, stable door, windows, internally lined and very well fitted with storage cupboards, plus power and light.

TWO CONCRETE SOLID-FUEL BUNKERS

The gardens are exceptionally well planned, maintained and afford a superb setting for this very desirable and unspoilt near-coastal residence.

In all, extending to just over 1/3rd of an acre.