RESTORING period homes to their former glory can take some time - but whoever buys Manor House will find it all done for them.

Manor House, in Main Street, Bubwith, has been beautifully restored and sympathetically modernised with its Regency/early Victorian heritage in mind.

Features include marble fireplaces, cornicing, ceiling coving and roses, Victorian panelled doors, high ceilings, sash windows with shutters and antique bathroom furniture.

There are four good-sized reception rooms and a Victorian conservatory.

An original stripped wood Victorian panelled door leads into the building, and there is a sweeping staircase with turned spindles in the hall.

There are sash windows in the drawing room, a bay window and a marble fireplace, while the elegant dining room boasts a sash bay window and a cast iron open fire.

There is solid oak flooring and an ornate cut marble fireplace in the sitting room and porcelain lime stone-style tiled flooring in the conservatory.

The kitchen has a wide range of fitted sycamore wood-finished wall and base units, glazed display units, an integrated four-ring ceramic hob, an oven, a dishwasher, a fridge/freezer and a Stanley Range set within the chimneybreast.

The master bedroom has an en-suite shower room with a sunken wash hand basin, an ornate vanity unit and a quadrant hydro-massage corner shower/steamer, while the main bathroom has Victorian-style furniture, including a freestanding roll-top bath and a bidet. There are three more bedrooms.

Outside, there are wrought iron gates to the front and a pebbled courtyard, while well-tended walled lawned gardens lie to the rear. Manor House is priced at £495,000. Contact Hunters.