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WILLS COTTAGE PORT NAVAS Wills Cottage, Inow Farm, Port Navas

A gorgeous detached country home in rural hamlet with path to village and creek.

Huge ‘live-in’ kitchen-dining room with Aga and walk-in larder Sitting room and snug • Cloak/wc, Laundry/utility Up to 5 bedrooms • 4 bath/shower rooms Additional open-plan living room and secondary staircase providing option of 1 bedroom guest accommodation Sunny southerly aspect • Private drive and carport • Gardens and paddock Garden stores • Private footpath access to village and creek In all about 6.24 acres LOCATION 1800's granite was exported from here for London's Tower owned by the National Trust and is designated as an Area of The vast open-plan, split-level kitchen-dining room has Bridge. The nearby villages of Constantine and Outstanding Natural Beauty, flush with an endless number beautiful Winfrey cabinetry, an Aga and large walk-in larder, The North Helford area stretches along the north bank of the Smith provide a good range of shops and amenities, including of creek-side and coastal walks that are within easy reach. and opens out onto the private, south-facing terrace and beautiful and separates the Helford River from the Constantine Stores wine merchants, whilst the university has a railway station on the London to gardens. A doorway from the kitchen-dining room leads the harbour town of Falmouth. The area is knitted together town of Falmouth with its beaches, yacht marinas, and mainline with overnight sleeper service. Airport through to the sitting room, with large fireplace housing a by the charming villages of Constantine, Port Navas and Maritime Museum is also close at hand. Port Navas Creek provides daily flights to London Gatwick. woodburning stove, the main staircase up to the first floor, , together with wooded creeks, rolling itself is a tributary of the beautiful Helford River estuary, and a door through to the cosy snug. farmland, not forgetting the wonderful gardens of Trebah and immortalised by Daphne Du Maurier in her novel With four bedrooms and a delightful children's ‘dorm' with Glendurgan. HOUSE Frenchman's Creek. The river has a number of deep-water mezzanine, this wonderful home has a spacious and flexible The charming village of Port Navas comprises a handful of moorings, and is home to the Helford River Sailing Club and Up above the village and creek, Will’s Cottage lies in the layout. There is a second kitchen/living room and secondary stone cottages at the head of the creek, beside its very own Helford River Childrens Sailing Trust. There are two local former Inow Farm hamlet, along with just three other staircase at the eastern end of the house, which gives the village hall and yacht club with restaurant. Once home to the waterside pubs; the thatched Shipwrights pub on the south dwellings. Originally a double fronted white-washed cottage, option of very simply creating a two-storey, one bedroom Duchy Oyster Farm, a historic stone quay sits opposite the side of the river and the Ferry Boat Inn on the north side. it is now flanked by attractive brick elevations at one end and guest cottage by closing/locking doors at ground and first house and plays host to the annual Port Navas Regatta. In the Much of the countryside surrounding the Helford Estuary is a two-storey, cedar-clad extension at the other. floor level. Alternatively, the second kitchen could work well Port Navas Creek - 250 metres

as a home office, and the bedroom can be accessed via the first floor of the main house. There are three bath/shower rooms on the first floor (including the master en suite), and there is a shower room on the ground floor in the utility area.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS Wills Cottage is located at the very end of the private lane up to Inow Farm. There is a large driveway with plenty of parking for cars and/or boats, besides a triple bay car port and two useful outbuildings. The gardens and land lie mainly to the south and west of the house, with a strip of mature woodland running along the bottom, where there is a private path (and then right of way further down) leading down to the heart of the village and creek. To the west of the house is the large field, sloping towards the woodland. The field has vehicular access if necessary, and there are solar panels in the top corner, providing another source of energy for the house.

SERVICES Mains water and electricity. Oil-fired and electric under-floor heating systems. Private drainage. PV Solar. Second living room/kitchen - annexe option

DISTANCES Port Navas village and creek – about 250 yards Constantine – about 2 miles Helford Passage – about 2.5 miles Falmouth – about 6 miles Truro – about 15 miles

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