PENARVON HOUSE HELFORD VILLAGE • SOUTH CORNWALL PENARVON HOUSE HELFORD VILLAGE • SOUTH CORNWALL An extremely special waterfront family home occupying a fabulous elevated position high above the village of Helford and with panoramic waterfront views. With an easy walk down to the centre of the village to make the most of the waterfront lifestyle that the Helford Passage offers, the property enjoys a lovely mature garden and privacy. It is evident that the house has been extremely well built only 14 years ago and since then has been maintained to a very high standard. Entrance hall • Cloakroom • Kitchen/breakfast/dining room Open plan living room • Utility room Principal bedroom with en suite bathroom • 3 guest suites all with bathrooms and garden access • 5th bedroom dormitory/games room Double garage and boiler room Private landscaped garden and terraces Gross Internal floor Area (approx.): 4,435 ft² (412 m²) In all about 0.62 acres (0.25 Ha) Helford ¼ mile • Helston 10 miles • Truro 27 miles (All distances are approximate) These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Penarvon House – For sale freehold The property is ideally positioned off a quiet private lane and yet only a few minutes’ walk down to the village centre itself with its Helford Village Stores and the famous Shipwrights Arms Pub. The property is approached through electric gates into a large parking area with plenty of space for a number of cars or boat trailers. Penarvon House was designed by the acclaimed architect Barry Briscoe and built in 2004 to an extremely high standard. It is evident that the property has been well maintained and looked after since. The design cleverly achieves a wonderfully clean and light contemporary feel with a traditional exterior of natural stone and high quality building materials. The house itself is beautifully appointed internally and very well equipped. Significantly, the house has a total of five bedrooms; the fifth bedroom being a large room on the lower ground floor that is equally suitable as a games room and currently configured with three separate pull-out beds to provide useful accommodation as a children’s dormitory. The front door at the rear leads through to an open plan kitchen/ breakfast room which faces east with internal steps leading up to the magnificent large drawing room which has a high vaulted ceiling and enjoys some of the best views from the house out across the Helford Estuary. To the rear of the kitchen is a good size utility room and a cloakroom and W.C. French doors at the front of the kitchen lead out onto the terrace which is perfect for enjoying the morning sunshine. Behind the house, in a sheltered position, is a west facing terrace that is ideal for entertaining in the afternoon and evening. The kitchen is extremely well fitted and appointed with Shaker-style units and Neff appliances. The living room with its high vaulted ceiling is a spectacular reception room and forms the focal point to the home. There are two sets of doors which open out onto the south and west facing terrace in a sheltered position behind the house. There are also two sets of Juliet balconies facing east that maximise the views out across the Helford River and Port Navas Creek. There is a lovely open fireplace at the far end of the living room. From the kitchen/breakfast room stairs lead both up and down. Stairs lead up to the first floor landing off which is the principal bedroom suite. From the bed itself there are spectacular views out across the mouth of the Helford Estuary and the en-suite bathroom has both a bath and a shower and there is further storage in the Beside the house and to the other side of the parking area is a South Cornwall eaves and a large linen cupboard. double garage that is ideal for boat or vehicle storage and within The Helford River, and in particular, Helford Village, is a much the garage is the oil-fired boiler room and log store. From the kitchen/breakfast room stairs lead down to the lower sought-after area for its tranquillity and unspoilt rural beauty. ground floor where there are four further bedrooms. Two of the Letting Potential There are many wonderful walks in the vicinity including paths bedrooms have their own en-suite bathrooms both with baths and through National Trust land to Frenchman’s Creek made famous The property is currently let-out for short holiday rentals through large walk-in showers and there is a family bathroom, again with a in Daphne du Maurier’s novel of the same name. The South West Sykes Cottages and this successful rental business currently bath and a shower. Three of the bedrooms have doors leading out Coast Path runs out to the mouth of the Helford River, St Anthony- generates about £40,000 income per annum net of agents fees. onto the lawn and the large games room is currently configured as in-Meneage and Gillan Harbour. This area is designated an “Area a dormitory with three sets of pull-out beds. There is also a drying of Outstanding Natural Beauty”. room on the lower ground floor. The same families often return to Helford year after year and generation after generation to take advantage of the exceptional sheltered creeks and inlets off the Helford River which are ideal for day sailing. The river also caters for larger yachts with sheltered anchorages and moorings with several beaches near the mouth. The river opens into Falmouth Bay from where one can access the Carrick Roads. Both St Mawes and Fowey are within easy day sailing distance, as are many other beaches and coves along the coastline. Helford Village offers a store, Down To The River Café and Sailaway Boat Hire at The Boathouse, St Anthony. The popular and very active local sailing club organises regular racing during the season along with many other activities. In the summer months a passenger ferry links Helford village to Helford Passage on the other side of the river where there is an inn and walks lead to the gardens of Glendurgan and Trebah. The Shipwright’s Arms inn sits beside the water’s edge in Helford and there are further facilities at Manaccan which is only about one mile away, including a church, primary school, snooker club, restaurant, inn and tennis courts. Within 20 mins drive is the spectacular Mullion links Golf Course overlooking the sea. The market town of Helston is about 10 miles away and offers a full range of shopping and commercial facilities including schooling, a local hospital, supermarkets and a sports centre. This is one of Cornwall’s best loved and most sought-after villages, totally unspoilt, with activities for all ages along the sheltered south Cornish coast. Truro, the main shopping and administrative centre for Cornwall, is about 27 miles away. As well as an excellent shopping centre, Truro offers main line rail services to London and the Midlands and there are a growing number of flights to many UK and international destinations from Newquay Airport. Services Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Under-floor heating throughout from an oil-fired boiler. A “Beam” centralised vacuumed system operates through the home and is centred around the drying room on the lower ground floor. Fixtures and fittings All items usually known as tenants’ the left exit onto the B3293 toward St Garage fixtures and fittings, whether mentioned Keverne. After about one mile, at another 28' (8.53) max x 16'8 (5.08) max Utility 13'6 (4.11) or not in these sale particulars are mini roundabout with a war memorial x 8' (2.44) excluded from the sale but may be opposite, continue to follow the B3293 Bedroom 4 19' (5.79) max available by separate negotiation. (right exit). After about 1.5 miles pass two x 13'7 (4.14) min Such items include all fitted carpets, white gatehouses on your left, slow down Kitchen / Dining Room curtains, light fittings, domestic electrical and take a sharp left turn 100m further 34'11 (10.64) max x 13'1 (3.99) min items, garden equipment, statuary and on, signposted St Martin, Manaccan and Down machinery. Helford. After 1.7 miles in the village of Newtown, at the T-junction, turn right Local Authority Down towards Manaccan, Helford and Kestle Second Floor Cornwall Council, County Hall, Treyew Barton. Then almost immediately turn left Up Road, Truro TR1 3AY signposted Helford and Manaccan. After Directions (TR12 6LA) 1.4 miles, having passed a farmyard, turn left at the 4-way crossroads signposted Games Room 26'7 (8.10) From Truro follow the A39 towards x 21' (6.40) Reception Room Kestle and Mudgeon. After about 200 49' (14.93) to bay Falmouth and Helston. When x 21'6 (6.55) to bay metres take the first right, signposted approaching Falmouth, at the Treliever Kestle Wartha. Follow this lane for one Roundabout (a large, double roundabout) mile, passing through Kestle Barton, up follow signs to Helston (A394) and the hill and then down the other side and Penzance. Follow the A394 and after then turn right turn, signed Orchard Lane. about 8 miles, approaching Helston, First Floor After approximately 400 yards, the house follow signs for Lizard (A3083) and RNAS Up is visible on the left. Take the first turning Culdrose. At the roundabout with a large Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area to the left signed ‘private road’.