Hir Kemmyns St Mawes, Roseland Peninsula
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HIR KEMMYNS ST MAWES, ROSELAND PENINSULA Hir Kemmyns UPPER CASTLE ROAD, ST MAWES, ROSELAND PENINSULA, NR. TRURO, SOUTH CORNWALL An outstanding architect designed detached 4 double bedroomed, 3 bathroomed house built in 2011 to a reverse level design to maximise the breathtaking views over 0.4 of an acre of landscaped garden and across the colourful boating activity in St Mawes harbour. Currently a second home but just as well suited as a principal residence, in a prestigious and easily accessible location in one of the United Kingdom’s most beautiful sailing communities, just a short distance from the harbourfront cafés and highly regarded restaurants and hotels. SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: reception hall with inner halls off, 2 principal bedrooms en-suite both opening onto the garden, 2 further double bedrooms, family bathroom. Spectacular curving staircase. First Floor: landing, huge open-plan living/dining room with part vaulted ceiling, snug area with woodburning stove and bi-fold doors opening onto the full width of the house balcony. Contemporary kitchen/breakfast room under a vaulted ceiling also with bi-fold doors to the balcony. Utility room, wc. Outside: gated driveway giving plentiful parking. Well established front boundary with two magnificent pine trees and landscaped seating area. Rear balcony and large terrace, open lawn facing the views with planted beds, specimens, patio and lavender topped stone walls. Boiler room with drying space, secluded garden shed. In all, about 0.4 of an acre. Viewing strictly by appointment through the vendor’s Sole Agent: Lillicrap Chilcott Landrian House . 59-60 Lemon Street . Truro . TR1 2PE Tel: 01872 273473 Fax: 01872 273474 Email: [email protected] www.waterfrontandcountryhomes.com DESCRIPTION views. Our clients have cleverly arranged this room so that in addition live in easily all year round enjoying the large garden, plentiful parking, to the dining area there are two seating areas, one to enjoy the views excellent storage and the cosiness of a woodburning stove. The Hir Kermmyns was only constructed in 2012 to a fabulous during the day and the other more focused on a woodburning stove mesmerising outlook and proximity to all that St Mawes has to offer are contemporary design which is both striking from the outside and set into a recessed part of the room. The kitchen is also focused on surely the icing on the cake for this extremely impressive house. creates large and very useable internal spaces. The house has very the outlook with its own set of bi-fold doors to the balcony and is set much been designed around its truly beautiful views down over under a vaulted ceiling with a range of high gloss modern units. There LOCATION the sailing waters at the mouth of the Percuil River with protected is plentiful space for a dining table in this room and to the rear of it is St Mawes is one of Cornwall’s most highly regarded waterside woodland and countryside beyond and there are even glimpses of the utility room. communities with a stunning natural harbour opening at the mouth of the English Channel over the top of St Anthony Headland. The view the beautiful, sheltered and safe sailing waters of the Carrick Roads. is made even more attractive as the foreground is over the property’s The bedroom accommodation is no less impressive and is cleverly The completely protected moorings available along the Percuil River own extensive landscaped and lawned garden with many well planned concealed from the reception hall as it is accessed via inner halls to and at its mouth have deep enough water to hold even the largest beds, specimens and mature trees mostly lined with lavender topped either end. The master bedroom is arranged so that the bed may face of yachts and St Mawes is very much considered one of the finest stone walls. Across the rear of the house is a terrace with a planted straight out of a set of bi-fold doors to the water. In addition, there is places to sail from around the British Isles. The local sailing club is very front and above this is a full width balcony with stairs descending to an area of curving wall and a long run of fitted wardrobes. Off its own well supported and holds racing throughout a long season and also the garden. To the front of the house is a further generous lawn, again short entrance hall is a contemporary en-suite bath/shower room. The organises regular youth sailing lessons and coaching, whilst there is with landscaping with the focal point being the two handsome pine adjacent second bedroom suite is only marginally less impressive as trees on the front boundary. it also has fitted wardrobes, an en-suite bathroom and a glazed door also a nearby windsurfing school and kayaking centre. to the garden with large windows beside taking in the outlook. At the The interior is of a reverse level design with the upper floor living St Mawes has a natural beauty and there are beaches below the other side of the house are two further large double bedrooms which accommodation approached over a curving staircase in the front castle, below the Tresanton Hotel and also the long Summers Beach turret. The stairs alight at a wood floored hall with doors opening to share a family bathroom opposite and this also has a section of curving facing south west out towards Pendennis Castle at Falmouth. The the wc, the kitchen and then the utility and a wide and high opening wall. inner harbour is ideal for crabbing and launching smaller vessels and creates a semi open-plan feel to the particularly generous living/dining Hir Kemmyns blends contemporary architecture with modern energy this is where the local gig racing club are based. room. This space also has a light wood floor and a monopitched systems including photovoltaic electricity producing and solar water There are beautiful walks beyond St Mawes Castle along the National ceiling over the dining area. Broad windows take in the outlook to the heating panels and is a very efficient home to run being only Band B on Trust owned coastline of the Carrick Roads to the creek at St Just- front and to the rear bi-fold doors open onto the balcony and face the the Energy Performance Certificate ratings. It is also a home one could in-Roseland and also upstream along the Percuil River. Ferries link to Falmouth and also in the summertime to the St Anthony obscured window. Headland which has further walks through woodland and around BEDROOM 3 – 13’9” x 10’8” reducing to 9’4”. Broad window the coastline, past St Anthony Lighthouse and over towering cliffs facing the views, three doors to fitted wardrobes, wood flooring. around Zone Point. BEDROOM 4 – 13’10” x 11’1”. Broad double glazed window The village has a very good range of year round facilities including overlooking the front garden and smaller obscured window, two a large general store, a post office, doctors and dentist’s surgeries, sets of double doors to fitted wardrobes, wood floor. further shops, cafés, restaurant, bars and hotels including the recently refurbished Idle Rocks and the internationally acclaimed BATHROOM. Contemporary white sanitaryware including a Tresanton. About 10 minutes’ drive away is the Driftwood coastal wc and pedestal wash basin with chrome taps with mosaic tiled hotel which has a Michelin starred restaurant. Truro is Cornwall’s splashback and mirror fronted cabinet with integrated lighting over. capital city and is about ½ an hours’ drive away either ‘around the Panelled bath with chrome mixer tap and shower over. Glazed road’ or over the King Harry Ferry which passes the National Trust white tiling to full height where necessary, extractor fan, chrome owned Trelissick House Estate in Feock. Truro offers everything heated towel rail, pebble effect tiled floor, interesting curving area one would expect of Cornwall’s only city and of course there is of wall. also the wide range of services and boating facilities available at FIRST FLOOR Falmouth. HALL. Part galleried over the interesting staircase, door to THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES a cupboard housing the pressurised hot water cylinder with additional space for drying. Double doors to a large store (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) cupboard. Light oak flooring, solar water heating control panel. From the driveway brick paved paths lead around the house and Doors to the kitchen/breakfast room, wc and a broad opening to:- to the front a contemporary light wood door with three windows LIVING / DINING ROOM – 27’8’ x 16’ extending to 22’2”. opens to:- Bi-fold doors and windows opening onto the balcony and facing RECEPTION HALL. Full wall of fitted shelving, contemporary the views. Arrow slit window to the side and further broad run slate tiled floor, large window to the front and further tall window of windows including an arrow slit overlooking the front garden. beside the door. Slate tiled inner halls to the bedrooms, understairs Monopitched ceiling over the dining area where there is also a storage cupboard and further deep store cupboard. Oak treaded broad display area with fitted shelving. Light oak flooring, curving curving staircase set into a semi circular turret on the front of the wall into a cosy snug area with contemporary glass fronted house with an oak handrail, various small windows with oak sills, woodburning fireplace set into a slate surround. integrated LED tread lighting and a semi circular roof window over. KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 15’ x 13’9”. Bi-fold doors Doors to:- facing the views and opening onto the glass fronted balcony.