CUILAN PERCUIL, ROSELAND PENINSULA, SOUTH CORNWALL CUILAN PERCUIL, PORTSCATHO, ROSELAND PENINSULA, SOUTH CORNWALL One of the Percuil River’s most impressive and imposing waterfronting residences, facing south west with 6 bedrooms, lawned and landscaped gardens, sizable boathouse and foreshore, enjoying captivating and blissful views over moored yachts to countryside and down the river towards St Mawes. One of only a handful of exclusive homes in this picturesque setting that is every sailor’s dream. SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: reception hall, kitchen/breakfast room, drawing room, dining room, sun room, garden room, utility, boot room. Inner halls, master bedroom suite with bath/shower room, guest bedroom en-suite, 4 further double bedrooms, 2 shower rooms, 2 wc’s, linen room. Lower Ground Floor: games room/boat store. Outside: gated driveway with generous parking space and double carport, broad river facing lawned and landscaped gardens with elevated slate terrace, further gardens and courtyards. Steps to the foreshore and boathouse, outhaul. In all, about ¾ of an acre. FREEHOLD Lillicrap Chilcott . Landrian House . 59-60 Lemon Street . Truro . TR1 2PE Tel: 01872 273473 Fax: 01872 273474 Email: [email protected] www.waterfrontandcountryhomes.com DESCRIPTION of most sizes being catered for in the river with larger yachts at the a tiled floor, ideal for returning to after a day on the water. A part mouth. An outhaul runs from the foreshore allowing quick and easy glazed substantial door opens from the reception hall into the kitchen/ Cuilan is quite simply one of south Cornwall’s finest waterfronting access out to the sailing waters and also around to St Mawes, where the breakfast room with a range of light wood units and a window taking homes, standing proudly on a plot of about ¾ of an acre, elevated sailing club organises twice weekly racing during the season. in the views. A door to one side opens into the utility room which also above the Percuil River and taking in very special southerly views has a door to the courtyard between the wings, and to the other side straight down the deep tidal waters to the moored boats off St Mawes In addition to the foreshore and boathouse which are approached by of the kitchen/breakfast room a door and a concealed hatch open into and Place Manor. This is a particularly unique setting with only a very steps from the garden, the house sits in an extremely generous plot of the 19’ x 18’ drawing room with a fireplace and an outlook through small number of other homes on this headland in the river, where there about ¾ of an acre which has been landscaped to provide an elevated the sun room to the water. Beyond a broad archway is a 24’ x 14’ is also a small boatyard. Cuilan has direct access to the blissful and safe plateau for the house with a large slate terrace outside of the sun room. dining room and across the water facing side of the house is the large sailing waters via steps down to its own waterfrontage where it has a A central flight of steps descends down to a larger lower lawn which sun room and a garden room, both of which open onto the slate paved quay topped by a large boathouse, an extremely rare amenity on this is partly bounded by low stone walls and fringed with gorgeous well terrace. In the two extremities of the river facing side of the house are unspoilt stretch of water. stocked beds with trees along the boundaries giving privacy and a the master and guest bedrooms, the guest bedroom has its own dressing verdant backdrop. On the eastern side of the house is a further level The entrancing views can be enjoyed from most of the main rooms area and modern en-suite shower room, whilst the master bedroom has area of lawn backed by a high stone wall with a planted bed at its base in the house, including the master and guest bedroom suites with the its own hall with built-in cupboards, a large bath/shower room and the and on this side there is also a well sheltered courtyard between the outlook taking in woodland on both sides of the river, moored yachts, bedroom itself is on a particularly grand scale with a dual aspect view wings of the house. To the rear is an elevated area of garden that would constant boating activity and then past to the mouth of Froe Creek over the gardens and river. In the wing to the rear are four further be ideal for growing home produce. The gated entrance opens onto a and continuing down the protected tree lined banks to the moored double bedrooms, all of which are under vaulted ceilings with exposed very large tarmac parking and turning area with space for numerous yachts off St Mawes Sailing Club’s Stoneworks Quay. Immediately timbers and these share two shower rooms and two separate wc’s, with vehicles and boats and this then leads around to a double sized carport below the house is a large open pool with no moorings making the ideal there also being a linen room off the bedroom hall. At lower ground with a further small courtyard beyond leading to the front door. playground for children to learn to sail, windsurf and kayak in safety floor level is a near 30’ deep games room or boat store which can either and visibility of the house – indeed part of the boathouse is currently let Although built relatively recently in the 1980’s, Cuilan has a substantial be approached from a floor hatch from the living accommodation or to a small sailing school. This position is reminiscent of the Swallows look and feel to it with cut stone elevations, large multi pane windows from a large pair of double doors from the riverside garden. In total and Amazons children’s books and of course then gives access out to and a more recently added wing to the rear which has dramatically the house extends to about 3,700sq.ft., and must surely be one of south the broader expanses of St Mawes harbour, the Carrick Roads and improved the bedroom accommodation. The house is entered in the Cornwall’s most complete waterside homes in a specific location that Falmouth Bay beyond. For the more seasoned sailor moorings are link between the two sections into a generous hall with space for a one could wait generations for the next opportunity to purchase to available by application to Percuil River Moorings Limited with yachts desk and just behind this, with separate access, is a boot room with arise. LOCATION Cuilan is found in one of the most rarefied and desirable positions around the coastline of Cornwall, facing south down the Percuil River towards its mouth at St Mawes. For those wishing to be in an unspoilt and very beautiful, tranquil and sheltered location, with immediate access to some of the best sailing waters in the United Kingdom, Cuilan is the ideal property. Unlike its near neighbours in the village of St Mawes, Cuilan is able to enjoy a very useable water frontage with its own boathouse and stands within a plot of about ¾ of an acre with no overlooking neighbours. St Mawes harbour and the Carrick Roads are idyllic and safe places to sail with many tributaries leading to Falmouth, Mylor and Restronguet Creek as well as further up the River Fal between its wooded banks to picturesque hamlets including Malpas. Across Falmouth Bay is the Helford River which is equally as beautiful and makes for a lovely day sail, with the River Fowey to the east being perfect for an overnight stay. St Mawes Sailing Club organises racing throughout the season, as do the many other clubs around the area, with Falmouth Week and Fowey Week being the two pinnacles of the local sailing calendar. There are sand and shingle beaches at St Mawes with larger sandy beaches along the eastern coastline of the Roseland Peninsula around Portscatho including Pendower, Carne, Towan and Porthcurnick which has the renowned Hidden Hut café set above it. This stretch of coastline also has hotels with restaurants overlooking the sea including The Nare, Rosevine and The Driftwood which has one of only two Mitchell starred restaurants in Cornwall. The coastline in this area is some of the most beautiful and untouched in Cornwall, with large tracts of land being in the ownership of the National Trust. It is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with much of it being of Special Scientific Interest as well. The South West Coast Path leads over stunning headlands down to secluded beaches and also along the banks of the Percuil River. There are many waterside and country pubs in the area and on the opposite side of the King Harry car ferry at Feock is the National Trust owned Trelissick House Estate with walks through parkland facing south down the Carrick Roads. The nearest facilities are at Gerrans and Portscatho which have combined over the years and run down to a beautiful harbour with a beach beside. In the village are inns, a general store with bakery and a butcher as well as art galleries and various services. St Mawes has a wider range of shops, inns, hotels and restaurants and both Gerrans and St Mawes have doctor’s surgeries and schooling. Secondary schooling can be found at Tregony with private education available at three schools in Truro. Truro is Cornwall’s capital city with many local and national retailers throughout its Victorian and Georgian cobbled streets.