Station Road, Lifton, Devon, PL16

This detached elegant home stands proudly at Tinhay just a short distance from the popular village of Lifton with all its facilities. The house dates back to the late nineteenth century and has been home to our clients since 2014. During that time they have made several improvements to the house most noticeably in 2015 adding a superb contemporary single storey extension which has created a wonderful large, split level, light and airy living space that includes a sitting/dining room and kitchen area with bi-fold doors from the living space opening up to the side garden. The kitchen has parquet flooring, a large walk-in pantry and a dual fuel electric Aga with extractor included in the sale. The reception hall has a period wooden floor; from here the elegant stairs gently ascend to the first floor. The vast living space comprises of the sitting room and drawing room with both large rooms having wooden floors, bay windows and shutters, there are stone fireplaces featuring marble with open grates and shutters and high ceilings having cornicing and ceiling roses. The snug also has many of these features including a marble fireplace with tiled grate. The flow of the reception space including the previously mentioned sitting/dining room/kitchen extension is highly flexible and the layout would suit large families and those who work from home. The former kitchen has now been adapted to be used as a utility room and leads through to the side hallway where there is access to the ground floor WC.

The first floor landing has a wonderful arched stained glass window. There are five bedrooms on this level, bedrooms one and two mirror the large reception rooms underneath and have bay windows, wood flooring, cornicing and shutters. Bedroom two has a marble feature fireplace. Bedrooms three and four are large enough to accommodate a double bed and are full of character, the fifth bedroom is a single room. A large walk-in storage room is adjacent to the large family bathroom/WC which has a large free-standing bath and separate shower cubicle.

The second floor comprises of one very large attic room that could potentially become a sixth bedroom and adjacent store room. It is highly likely that the whole of the top floor would be suited to a separate space for a dependent relative or teenager, with some work it is feasible that the store room would become a kitchenette or en-suite facility as much of the pipework is in place.

The house benefits from three cellar rooms providing useful storage, two of these rooms have natural light and could be improved to become a gymnasium, home office or cinema room. There are many modern comforts such as oil fired central heating and some of the radiators have been replaced with reclaimed traditional types. External windows are wooden and a mixture of single and double glazed.

Externally, the house is approached from the road by a long driveway with many mature trees being a feature, there is space and turning for many cars, a detached double garage and a further large garden store. The bulk of the large garden lies at the western side and is accessed from the modern extension meaning that outdoor entertaining and relaxing can take place with ease on the concreted terrace. The garden area is predominately lawned and there is a raised decked area with pergola. Adjacent is a chicken house and run. There are many large shrubs and bushes. A path leads up to a greenhouse and beyond a large level grassed area, this space is positioned high above the nearby Tinhay Lake. On the eastern side of the house there is an enclosed orchard. The grounds in total extend to some 0.77 of an acre and are a major feature of the house.

The property is situated a short distance from the village of Lifton, which boasts a range of amenities including a Village Store/Post Office, Parish Church, Community Centre, Public Houses, County Primary School, Doctors Surgery to name but a few. The property is a short walk from a popular farm shop and there is a park and good dog walks close by. The ancient former market town of Launceston lies 5 miles to the West and boasts a range of shopping, commercial, educational and recreational facilities and lies adjacent to the A30 trunk road which gives access to Truro and West Cornwall in one direction and Exeter and beyond in the opposite direction.