Set on the edge of the picturesque moorland village of Minions, a detached character cottage much improved by the current vendors having been the subject of a sympathetic programme of modernisation whilst retaining many original features including granite fireplaces and deep set windows.

In brief the property offers three double bedrooms (master bedroom with en-suite), large sitting room with beamed ceiling and fireplace with woodburning stove, conservatory overlooking the garden, study/occasional bedroom, fabulous kitchen/dining room with a range oven and fireplace with a multi-fuel stove, entrance conservatory and luxury ground floor family bathroom whilst outside there is a garage / workshop, large log store, further garage and a good size garden/plot.


SITUATION

Set high up on Bodmin Moor, not far from Liskeard, is the pretty village of Minions the highest village in Cornwall at over 300m above sea level. Unlike a lot of villages in the area which have lost a lot of their services the village has a popular pub, The Cheesewring (named after a local landmark), a restaurant, cafes and an excellent post office / general store.

Minions is a charming village in the heart of unspoilt moorland. For the active there is a variety of pursuits from walking, cycling and pony trekking to shooting and fishing, and close by are a variety of water sports at Siblyback Lake. Cornwall's coasts and beaches are not far away as are the towns of Liskeard, Bodmin, and Launceston and the City of Plymouth.l


DESCRIPTION

Amblers House is a perfect example of a traditional Cornish granite built cottage with its position on the edge of the village common and its slate-faced weather walls, deep set windows, quarried floor tiles and slate roof. The cottage has been greatly improved whilst leaving scope for further development and the addition of the finishing touches by the new owner. The important elements have been done – central heating, rewiring, overhaul of the roof, new contemporary farmhouse style kitchen with range cooker and the addition of a first floor shower room (en suite to the master bedroom)

Through a gate in the Cornish hedge, a gravelled path leads you up to the entrance conservatory that provides more than enough room for shoes, boots, coats and dogs. A door opens from the porch into the well appointed fitted kitchen which manages to combine modern features including an island unit with concealed power points that “pop” up together with wooden counter tops and a granite fireplace which now houses a modern oil fired range cooker that also supplies the central heating and hot water. The kitchen opens into the dining room with its quarried tiled floor and granite fireplace housing a modern multi-fuel stove. A wooden open staircase leads up from here to the first floor. Moving on from the dining room there is the large sitting room, again with its granite fireplace and multi-fuel stove. A glazed door opens from the sitting room into an impressively spacious south facing conservatory which overlooks and opens into the south facing garden. The conservatory is divided and leads into a further room, originally part of the conservatory which is currently being used as a study or can be an occasional guest bedroom. The family bathroom is also found on the ground floor. This room has been tastefully tiled and painted to create a light and airy bathroom with including a claw foot bath and period style radiator / heated towel rail.

Moving upstairs the landing has doors off to all three bedrooms. Occupying one end of the first floor is the master bedroom, overlooking the garden, with its en suite shower room that contains a modern “oversize” shower cubicle, WC and wash basin. Also overlooking the garden is the second bedroom that is a good size double. The third double bedroom looks out over the rear of the house.

The house has a huge amount of garage space and parking with two garages, the first of which can be accessed internally from the rear of the dining room. At over 8 metres/ 27ft long and 3 metres/10ft wide there is plenty of room to park a vehicle and have space for a workshop. At the back of this garage is a large covered wood store which could also be used to store gardening equipment and machinery. Set alongside the path that leads up to the front door is the second garage that has its own “loo”. For multi-car families there is parking for two cars in front of the main garage.

A particular delight is the large garden which is south facing. Looking out across the lawn from the house there is what seems to be a typical attractive Cornish garden bounded by shrubs. But a small gap in the hedge lets you through into more garden and a large plot.

In summary, Amblers House is a fine example of a traditional Cornish cottage that has been sympathetically updated to bring it into the 21st Century and is now ready for its new owners to create their own personal stamp.


ACCOMMODATION

GROUND FLOOR

ENTRANCE CONSERVATORY 3.60m x 2.19m / 11'10” x 7'2”

KITCHEN 3.41m x 3.40m / 11'2” x 11'1”

DINING ROOM 5.10m x 3.63m / 16'9” x 11'11”

SITTING ROOM 5.10m x 4.14m / 16'9” x 13'7”

CONSERVATORY 8.45m x 3.45m / 27'9” x 11'4”

CONSERVATORY / STUDY/OCCASIONAL BEDROOM 3.53m x 3.32m / 11'7” x 10'11”

MAIN GARAGE / WORKSHOP 8.27m x 3.24m / 27'2” x 10'8”


FIRST FLOOR

LANDING

BEDROOM 1 4.20m x 3.09m / 13'9” x 10'2”

ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM

BEDROOM 2 4.15m x 2.68m / 13'7” x 8'9”

BEDROOM 3 3.55mm x 2.44m / 11'8” x 8'


OUTSIDE

2ND GARAGE 4.46m x 4.44m / 14'8” x 14'7”

LOG STORE


DIRECTIONS
From the village take the road running between the post office/general store and the Cheesewring pub along the top of the common and then take the first right after about 50 yards into a gravelled lane, which runs down, alongside the common. Ignore the first turning to the right and when you reach the next right turning (almost at the bottom of the common) you will find Amblers House on the left.

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