A 500-year-old Cornish house with a mile of coastline all to itself and more than 180 acres of green pastures and woodland has gone on sale. The estate sits on the Roseland Peninsula on the south coast, tucked away two miles from the village of Portscatho. It is 17 miles from Truro and 19 miles from Newquay airport.
The property includes a Grade II listed manor house, a stable block, a lodge and a cottage, all set within 183 acres of gardens, woodland and arable pasture. It also has more than a mile of direct frontage to Gerrans Bay. The beach runs between Portscatho and the cliffs of Nare Head, with most of it unspoiled and accessible only on foot or by water.
The coastal property does not come cheap. It is on sale for £12.5 million. This is the first time it has been on the market since 2003, and before that it had not been sold since 1945, according to Country Life.
Inside, the main house has six bedrooms, six reception rooms and four bathrooms. It features four poster beds, copper stand-alone baths, exotic wallpaper and a dedicated flower room. There is also a modern kitchen, a study and a breakfast room.
Within the grounds there is a Grade II-listed, three-bedroom lodge, plus a three-bedroom farm cottage and a one-bedroom groom's flat. The manor house on the estate, Rosteague Manor, dates back to 1363, and Ralph de Restak was its first recorded resident. In the 16th century it was owned by the Mohun family before being sold to Nicholas Kempe in 1620, and it stayed in the family for generations. In 1780 Henry Harris bought the property, and centuries later it was occupied by the Land Army during the Second World War.
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Cornwall’s Historic Estate Goes on Sale for £12.5 Million