The Avenue, Truro

The property
•Beautifully presented and spacious Victorian townhouse (mid/late 1800s)
•Subject to extensive improvements, renovations and extension during our clients’ ownership from 1996 onwards.
•Superb quality with retained period detailing throughout - including bay windows, high ceilings, period cornicing, picture rails, ceiling roses and high skirting boards
•Three floors of light and well-appointed accommodation
•Five double bedrooms, or four bedrooms plus study and three bathroom/shower rooms
•Three reception rooms plus conservatory

•Entrance porch with inner stained-glass door
•Reception hallway with tessellated tiled floor and original staircase
•Full depth sitting room with open fire and two bay windows providing a double aspect outlook to the front and rear of the house
•Living room with original fireplace (gas) and bay window
•Dining room with wood panelling and solid oak flooring
•Magnificent kitchen / breakfast room with pitched and vaulted ceiling with central clerastory lantern window. Beautifully appointed kitchen by ‘Out Of Wood’ with granite tops, tiled surrounds and centrally positioned AGA. Fitted dishwasher and fridge.
•Utility room with granite tops
•Ground floor WC
•Conservatory with vaulted roof and French doors

•Galleried landing providing a great sense of space
•Master bedroom with bespoke storage and wardrobes, bay window and en suite shower room
•Two further double bedrooms and family bathroom

•2nd floor galleried landing
•Double bedroom with fitted wardrobes and en suite shower room
•Further double bedroom, currently configured as home office, with fitted furniture
•Both rooms are dual aspect and enjoy a deep ‘A’ frame dormer window to the front with far reaching views over Truro







The gardens

•Gated, brick paved driveway with parking for three cars
•Large garage / workshop with bi fold doors
•Level and enclosed rear garden, mainly laid to lawn with mature borders and pond
•Paved terrace
•Log store
•Raised front, brick paved front garden with gated access to side terrace, also accessed from rear gardens and conservatory.

The Location
The Avenue is considered to be one of Truro’s most desirable addresses. Within a short walk of this fine example of an authentic and brilliantly extended Victorian residence is a highly regarded junior school, award-winning pub, Truro’s varied shops, iconic cathedral, restaurants, museum, cinema and recently redeveloped and now national-class Hall for Cornwall, the county’s leading performance venue.

Idless Woods are about two miles distant where there are wonderful walks and cycle trails along with a popular open-air café. On the other side of Truro, around a mile away, Boscawen Park includes tennis courts, children’s play area, Truro Cricket Club and two cafes, before leading to Malpas where there is a popular riverside pub. Truro’s Golf Club and Lawn Tennis Club are also around two miles from the property.

Distances
The Rising Sun– 175 yards; Archbishop Benson School – 350 yards; Truro (centre) – 700 yards; Boscawen Park – 1.2; Malpas – 2; Truro Golf Club – 2.3; Idless Woods – 2.5; Truro Lawn Tennis Club – 2.6; Loe Beach Watersports (Feock) – 5.6; Perranporth – 9.4; Falmouth – 11.5; Cornwall Airport (Newquay) – 18.3;

(All distances are approximate and in miles)

Tenure, Services & General Information
Freehold. Mains water, drainage and electricity. Gas fired central heating. Council Tax: band E. Broadband: Superfast is available in the postcode.