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Cuilan Percuil, , Roseland Peninsula, South Cornwall One of the ’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 . 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 . . 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 and improved the bedroom accommodation. The house is entered in the Cornwall’s most complete waterside homes in a specific location that 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 , 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 between its wooded banks to picturesque hamlets including Malpas. Across Falmouth Bay is the which is equally as beautiful and makes for a lovely day sail, with the River 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 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 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. The recently opened Lemon Quay piazza is overlooked by a flagship Marks & Spencer store and also by the Hall for Cornwall theatre. Truro also has a multi screen cinema, museum, a great number of societies and sports clubs, the county’s main hospital and a railway station on the mainline to London Paddington. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES DRAWING ROOM – 19’ x 18’1”. Windows to the rear and front terracotta tiled floor, supporting granite column, white painted boarded (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) looking through the sun room to the views. Full height fire breast with ceiling. Half glazed door to:- a brick fireplace, slate hearth and marble fire surround, with recesses to From the parking area a walkway leads under the carport and over a UTILITY – 15’9” reducing to 10’9” x 10’. Large window facing the either side, one with built-in cabinets and a serving hatch to the kitchen. paved courtyard to the painted panelled front door opening into:- views, terracotta tiled floor, range of units matching those in the kitchen Broad archway to:- including a secondary concealed freezer. White ceramic Belfast sink RECEPTION HALL – 11’10” x 8’1”. Window beside the front door, DINING ROOM – 24’ reducing to 18’ x 14’6”. Broad window to the with period style taps over sunken into the worktop, tiled splashbacks, half glazed door opening on the other side into the garden, opening side, broad recess ideal for a further seating area or dresser. Door to:- half glazed door to the garden with coat hooks beside. Door returning to the bedroom hall, one exposed stone and granite wall. Half glazed to the kitchen and further door to:- original front door opening to:- HALL. Full wall of built-in cupboards, access to roof space. Door to the master bedroom hall and a further half glazed door to:- GUEST BEDROOM – 17’3” x 9’3” extending to 13’5”. Three sets of KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 17’9” x 12’. Window looking windows on two sides overlooking the garden and river, broad opening through the garden room to the river, 9’ high ceiling (as found SUN ROOM – 18’ x 17’2”. Huge double glazed windows on two to a recess with a full wall of built-in wardrobes and cupboards and throughout the majority of the accommodation) with spotlights and sides overlooking the gardens and river with a pair of glazed doors with a door to:- coving. Terracotta tiled floor, range of bleached wood fronted base opening onto a raised slate terrace. High wood boarded ceiling, granite and wall mounted units under a mix of wood and white composite supporting column, stone and granite walls, thick slate internal window EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM. Contemporary white sanitaryware worktops that flow seamlessly into a 1½ bowl sink with drainer to one sills below the two windows into the drawing room. Half glazed door including a wc and pedestal wash basin with chrome mixer tap. Large side and a mixer tap over. Central island with breakfast bar, space for to:- curving glazed screened shower enclosure with a chrome rain head a range cooker with extractor over and tiled splashbacks, concealed GARDEN ROOM – 15’8” x 6’2”. In the same style as the sun room mixer shower and additional hand shower attachment. Contemporary integrated fridge, freezer and dishwasher, door to a walk-in PANTRY with double glazed windows along the entire wall facing the river light grey tiling to half height and full height around the shower, with fitted shelving and continuation of the tiled floor. Further doors and with a double glazed door opening onto the slate terrace. Stone window overlooking the garden, chrome ladder style heated towel rail, to the utility and:- and granite walls, thick slate sill below the window into the kitchen, mirror fronted cabinet with vanity light over the wash basin.

MASTER BEDROOM HALL – 10’6” x 6’2”. Wooden banister surrounding a trap door descending to the boat store/games room. This hall would be used solely by the master bedroom apart from if internal access were required to the boat store/games room, which can be accessed via its external doors. Doors into a bath/shower room and:- MASTER BEDROOM – 19’9” x 13’10”. Three large sets of windows on two sides overlooking the river and gardens, built-in wardrobes. BATH / SHOWER ROOM. Fitted with modern white sanitaryware including a wc and wash basin with chrome mixer tap over set onto a high gloss white ‘floating’ cabinet. P-shaped shower bath with a curving glazed screen and wall mounted mixer shower over. Contemporary light grey tiling to half height and full height around the bath, chrome ladder style heated towel rail, mirror with spotlights over the wash basin, window to the side. REAR BEDROOM HALL. Approached from the reception hall, a long L-shaped hall with two sets of windows and a half glazed door at the end opening into the garden. Doors to:- BOOT ROOM – 8’2’ x 6’10”. Obscured half glazed door opening beside the carport, terracotta tiled floor and skirtings, built-in shelving, hanging rail and coat hooks. This is the ideal room to come back to in sailing gear. BEDROOM 3 – 13’9” x 10’9”. Broad window overlooking the garden, high wood boarded and canopied ceiling with exposed timbers, recessed wardrobes, period style wash basin. BEDROOM 4 – 13’9” x 10’9”. Dual aspect of windows overlooking the garden and with a view down the side of the house to the river. High wood boarded canopied ceiling with exposed timbers, recessed wardrobes, period style wash basin. BEDROOM 5 – 12’5” extending to 13’9” x 10’9”. Broad window to the side, high wood boarded and canopied ceiling with exposed timbers, recessed wardrobes, period style wash basin. BEDROOM 6 – 12’6” extending to 15’5” x 10’9”. Broad window to the rear, high wood boarded canopied ceiling with exposed timbers, recessed wardrobes, period style wash basin. SHOWER ROOM. Bevel edged white tiled walls, glazed screened shower enclosure with a mixer shower, spotlights, extractor fan, fan heater. LINEN ROOM – 8’2” x 5’5”. Built-in slatted wooden shelving on two walls, window to the side, pressurised hot water cylinder. WC. White wc, white cantilevered wash basin, obscured window. WC 2. White wc, white cantilevered wash basin, obscured window. SHOWER ROOM 2. Bevel edged white tiled walls, glazed screened shower enclosure with a mixer shower, spotlights, extractor fan, fan heater. OUTSIDE BOAT STORE / GAMES ROOM – 28’10” x 13’10”. High beamed beds and trees and there is an area of the garden between the wings of ceiling, double arch topped hardwood doors to the garden. This is the house on this side, which is partly paved and partly covered under The lane descending down to Percuil beach and boatyard also leads to a currently used as a games room and is fitted out as if it were a room of a protruding porch with a thick wood column sat on a granite plinth. pair of double gates opening onto a very generous tarmac parking and the house. At the rear a hardwood ladder rises up through a hatch into From here doors open into the utility and the reception hall and a flight turning area for numerous cars. The front boundary is a thick stone the master bedroom hall. wall with a planted top and to the riverside of the drive the lawn then of steps descend to a basement. The plot broadens towards the riverside and this is where the main part begins to descend down into the riverside gardens. A grassy slope also of the gardens are found with generous sweeping lawns running down On the riverside of the gardens a pedestrian gate opens onto a flight leads up to the rear garden and the drive sweeps around towards the to a stone wall above the water. Outside of the sun room is a raised of steps which descend down to a secure courtyard with double doors rear of the house and under a double width and deep carport with a slate paved patio from where there are splendid views across and down opening onto a private quay and boathouse above the beach. The walkway to one side. To the side of the carport is a gardener’s wc and the river with its many moored boats and constant sailing activity. The boathouse is currently divided in two internally with double doors beyond the carport is a paved courtyard with doors into the main and lawns are broken up by pretty planted beds and some mature trees. opening into one half 18’ x 13’ approx with windows overlooking the rear entrance halls. Concealed behind a planted bed is a covered bin Tucked away within the trees is secret barbecue area and at an upper store and paths then lead around the rear of the house. Immediately level, behind a low herringbone laid stone wall is a lofty garden that water. The other side of the boathouse is currently let to Roseland at the bottom of the slope to the front of the house are arched topped also allows a view slightly up river as well as across to woodland. This Paddle and Sail, a local water sports tuition company and measures 16’ hardwood double doors open into a room underneath the house. side of the house is bounded by a high stone wall edged with planted x 13’ approx. cuilan GENERAL INFORMATION Gross Internal Area (approx.): VIEWING – Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, 3,689 sqft (342.7 sqm) excluding Car Port, Store and Gardeners WC Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. Facsimile: (01872) 273474. For identification only – not to scale. Website: www.waterfrontandcountryhomes.com E-mail: [email protected] POST CODE – TR2 5ES. SERVICES – Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. For Council Tax see www.mycounciltax.org.uk. DIRECTIONS – From the A3078 Truro to St Mawes Road, at turn left signed to Gerrans and Portscatho. Follow the road through Gerrans and past the primary school and then take the first right signed to Percuil. Follow the road down to Percuil and Garden Level immediately after passing the car park on the right hand side Cuilan will be found on the left with a double gated entrance. AGENT’S NOTE – The above particulars have been prepared as a general guide only for prospective buyers. Whilst we have endeavoured to provide a fair and reasonable description of the property, no specific survey or detailed inspection has been carried out in relation to the property, the services, the appliances and any fixtures and fittings or equipment. All buyers should rely on their own surveys and investigations in connection with any purchase of the property. All measurements, floor plans, dimensions, acreages and distances are approximate only and should not be relied upon for accuracy. OFFICE OPENING HOURS – Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - 9.00am to 1.00pm (available for viewings all day).

Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the controller of H.M. Stationary Office. This plan is for Ground Floor convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Number. No. ES1000034571.” THE CORNWALL ESTATE AGENT www.waterfrontandcountryhomes.com | 01872 273473 | email [email protected]