3 bedroom character property for sale

Wheal Martyn Cottage is a Grade two listed historic residence formerly owned by Elias Martyn who started the original Wheal Martyn clay works in 1820. The property would have been occupied by a more senior shift or mine captain at the time. Two hundred and five years later this house rather than cottage as its name implies is offered for sale lovingly and sympathetically maintained to a high standard preserving the original features character and spirit of this piece of Cornish heritage.The Wheal Martyn museum is literally a few hundred yards away and is a protected monument with any features within its sphere of influence also preserved.The accommodation provides for comfortable family accommodation which in brief comprises of an entrance hall, lounge, dining room, kitchen, glazed boot room, utility room, office, three double bedrooms, and large family bathroom. Wheal Martyn lies slightly upstream from the museum along a private lane and just visible but set well back from the main road, surrounded by mature established gardens which in total amount to approximately half an acre. Plenty of parking is offered several level lawn areas combined with small patios, and mature trees and shrubs proliferate. To the Northern side of the garden there is also a substantial double garage built to a high specification with a cavity wall which might also have the potential to convert to a residential unit, (subject to the usual planning consent).