LORAINE TRELOYHAN, ST IVES, CORNWALL LORAINE Treloyhan, St Ives, Cornwall Offered for sale for the first time in over 70 years – arguably the finest gentleman’s residence in St Ives, steeped in the history both of the owners and their prominent regular artist and filmmaker guests, a house of exceptional Queen Anne style created by talented architects in 1924. Offering perfectly proportioned 7 bedroomed accommodation plus an attached 2 bedroomed cottage and detached very large 1 bedroomed cottage/artists’ studio in electrically gated mature grounds of about 0.7 of an acre. Sea View Studio Cottage SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION LORAINE Ground Floor: lobby, reception hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, study, wc, laundry room, stair hall. First Floor: landing, master bedroom with interconnecting further bedroom/dressing room and adjacent bath/shower room. 3 further bedrooms, shower room, wc. Second Floor: large landing, 2 bedrooms, shower room. THYME COTTAGE Halls, kitchen/dining/living room, 2 bedrooms, bath/shower room, separate wc. SEA VIEW STUDIO Ground Floor: vast open-plan kitchen/dining/living room, sun porch, bathroom. First Floor: large studio/bedroom. Outside: electrically gated driveway and turning circle parking with continued drive to the rear of the cottages. Areas of open lawn interspersed with trees, approximately 80’ long Yorkstone paved terraces to the south east and south western sides. Rear courtyard with spiral staircase to a first floor roof terrace with sea views. Courtyard garden for Thyme Cottage and lawned garden with pond for Sea View Studio. In all, about 0.7 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.lillicrapchilcott.com Thyme Cottage HISTORIAL NOTE Loraine was built in 1924 to a design by the celebrated architects Cowell, Drewitt & Wheatley in a Queen Anne style, for Captain Finlay. In 1949 the house was purchased by Linden Travers and her husband James Holman who moved to the property ending Travers’ extensive career on stage and in well known movies. Travers acted in many movies some of which were directed by Alfred Hitchcock including The Lady Vanishes (1938) and her favourite, most notorious role as Miss Blandish in No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948). James Holman CBE was an engineer who ran Holman Brothers Limited based in Camborne, inventing and exporting important mining machinery to locations across the globe. The company employed hundreds of people at its height. Holman was a great lover of St Ives and restored two chapels including the famous Chapel of St Nicholas which stands proudly on The Island. LOCATION Close by is Tregenna Castle Golf and Country Club and there is Due to his work he was also famously well travelled, to almost Loraine is only a moments’ walk from Hain Walk which provides a fine Links golf course nearby at Lelant. Innumerable beautiful every country in the world, and brought back ideas to Cornwall a delightful coastal promenade between Carbis Bay beach and sandy beaches are within a few minutes’ drive including the including creating the first lifesaving club which he founded in St Porthminster beach in the opposite direction with the harbour and nationally renowned Porthmeor surfing beach. The area is strewn Ives and he also brought the first Malibu surfboard to Cornwall. heart of St Ives just beyond. with superb countryside and scenic coastal walks which descend In 1967 Holman founded, together with Barbara Hepworth from clifftops into unspoilt coves. The artistic community favour and Frank Halliday, the St Ives Trust, a charity and institution to St Ives town offers an interesting and constantly improving range St Ives for its clarity of light, the stunning scenery and azure preserve the historic character of their beloved town of St Ives. of amenities including cafés, restaurants, galleries and boutique waters. shops along with everything needed to cope with day to day Travers and Holman were highly respected locally and nationally needs. The shops are found amongst the famous picturesque DESCRIPTION for business and arts but they were also great entertainers with cobbled streets which encircle the fishing harbour and also lead Loraine must certainly be considered one of the finest residences many interesting characters having enjoyed their time at Loraine to the Tate St Ives gallery. St Ives station is close by providing a in St Ives but is arguably more discreet than some of the town’s over the years including Patrick Heron, Barbara Hepworth, scenic link with the main Penzance to Paddington line with total other more high profile homes. Its tucked away nature behind Bernard Leach, Tony and Jane O’Malley, Mark Rothko and Peter journey time to London being around 5 hours. Cornwall Airport high hedges and trees, not overlooked, make it a particularly Lanyon and his family would often spend days here. After 70 Newquay offers regular flights to London and many other internal exclusive home indeed. This beautiful and most imposing years it is now time for a new chapter in the history of Loraine. and international destinations. residence stands discreetly beyond an electrically gated entrance first time in about 70 years, all combine to make this one of the most important house sales of recent years. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) The elegant formal front door opens below a fanlight to:- ENTRANCE LOBBY. Quarry tiled floor, recess for shoes and a shelf behind the door, small pane glazed door set into a matching surround with glazed arch over opening to:- RECEPTION HALL – 15’5” reducing to 10’10” x 12’3”. A gracious reception into the residence with panelled double doors and high hedging, within about 0.7 of an acre of grounds. At entertaining the entire run of rooms to the front can be opened to either side opening to the drawing room and dining room, both times in the past the gardens have been open to the public up to create a 60’ long overall space with continuous spruce with lovely moulded architraves. With these doors open one can due to the quality of the planting in beds around the house. flooring throughout. On the upper floors are seven bedrooms clearly see from one end of the house to the other – a stretch of The vast Yorkstone terrace to the front makes for a wonderful and three bath or shower rooms. In addition there is an attached some 60 feet! 9’2” high ceiling, window in an arched enclave setting. Furthermore, open areas of lawn dotted with trees add two bedroomed cottage which would have previously had an ideal for cloaks and furniture. Painted former fireplace, spruce to ambiance and the two cottages also have their own private interconnecting door. Detached from the house and set a little flooring which continues seamlessly through the dining room and outdoor spaces. further away is a former artists’ studio now forming a further rather drawing room. Near full height archway to the stair hall allowing opulent two storey cottage in its own right. For those wishing one to see through to the elegant turning stairs and arch topped Loraine is simply one of the most beautiful homes in Cornwall to entertain and provide accommodation for guests without small pane window over. having a 60’ wide symmetrical frontage with the elegance compromising on the main house then this set up is ideal as two continued to only a slightly lesser degree on the other DRAWING ROOM – 28’x 14’8”. Three sash windows to the further families can enjoy their own space, or these cottages could three elevations. Inside one will find high ceilinged relaxed front elevation and broad bay to the south west side elevation be let out to create an income. accommodation that has not been unduly altered in the course with extensive glazing and half glazed door to a courtyard garden. of time therefore presenting the house as it was meant to be. Cornwall has a very limited number of houses of genuine Fitted seating in the bay, 9’2” high ceiling. Fireplace with elegant Large windows and light abound throughout as do fireplaces in splendour and that Loraine is located on the fringe of St Ives, in painted moulded surround and brick hearth ready for a new stove all of the principal rooms on both the ground and first floors. For historically the most important residential area and for sale for the to be installed. Spruce flooring. DINING ROOM – 18’ x 14’8”. Two small pane sash windows to the front, near fully glazed door to the north east terrace, spruce flooring. 9’2” high ceiling. Fireplace with painted surround and mantle, tiled hearth and woodburning stove. Doorway to:- KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM – 18’6” x 12’ extending to 21’3”. Four small pane windows on three elevations to the side and rear. Pitch pine flooring, 9’2” high ceiling. Fitted with a wood fronted range of base level kitchen units under wood worktops with a white ceramic sink and drainer with chrome mixer tap over. Baumatic dual fuel range cooker, glazed tiled splashbacks, space for an upright fridge/freezer and dishwasher. Generous space for furniture. Part glazed door to:- LAUNDRY – 12’ x 5’4”. 9’2” high ceiling, window to the rear, roll edged off white stone effect worktops with a high gloss white cabinet below and stainless steel 1½ bowl sink and drainer with chrome mixer tap. White tiled splashbacks, fitted shelving, space for a washing machine, tumble dryer and further slimline dishwasher. Door to:- STAIR HALL. Splendid broad turning staircase to the first floor with a wrought iron and hardwood balustrade, set under a majestic arch topped window at half landing height.