Ref: LCAA6126 Offers over £950,000 Fowler’s Landing, Budock Vean Lane, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, South Cornwall FREEHOLD An exciting modernist house with landing stage directly fronting Port Navas creek. Built c.1963 by the celebrated architect Michael Newberry for himself – its architectural plans now part of the RIBA collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum; a spectacular waterside house with walls of glass in a marvellous large wooded plot sloping steeply down to and overlooking Port Navas creek and beautiful countryside beyond. A stunning 3/4 bedroomed home enhanced by a 40ft long open-plan kitchen/reception room and large balconies plus a lower ground floor apartment for updating. 2 Ref: LCAA6126 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Upper Ground Floor: part galleried entrance hall, master bedroom suite with lobby, bath/shower room, dressing room and study/bedroom 4. 2 further bedrooms, bathroom. All of the bedrooms have walls of glass opening to a full width of the house balcony. Ground Floor: 40’ x 17’ glass walled spectacular open-plan kitchen/dining/living room with huge balconies/terraces off. Lower Ground Floor: suite of 3 rooms plus hall, bathroom and kitchen, all in need of updating but with excellent potential for a self-contained apartment or additional main house accommodation. Outside: parking area and detached double garage. Secluded walled front garden with well stocked beds. Balconies and cantilevered terraces around the rear of the house facing the views. Lower level slate paved terrace. Enchanting steeply sloping woodland garden with a pathway leading to a large landing stage and direct waterfrontage. DESCRIPTION To be sold for the first time in about 25 years. Built in 1963 and ahead of its time including a feature in Ideal Home Magazine. 3 Ref: LCAA6126 The architect Michael Newberry is known for his modernist architecture including a glass box house, also built for himself, in woodland in south east England and he also designed parts of the Queens Park Rangers football stadium. The architecture of this house is deemed so merited by the Royal Institute of British Architects that it is included in their collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The house features walls of glass on its western elevation captivating views over the sailing waters of Port Navas creek, Port Navas Yacht Club and countryside beyond all witnessed through and over the woodland canopy below the house. Importantly the house has direct frontage to Port Navas creek with a large wooden decked landing stage accessed by a path through the woodland from the house. Much of the originality of the design is clearly on show throughout the house although there are now opportunities to improve the property and expand its accommodation and this could begin with the lower ground floor where there is a range of rooms loosely set up as an apartment which could be refurbished or even included into the main house accommodation. 4 Ref: LCAA6126 LOCATION Fowler’s Landing is an imposing detached waterfronting residence, in a particularly convenient location for golf and sailing. Set towards the end of a privately owned no- through lane, Fowler’s Landing is on the more accessible north side of the Helford River and is only about 1½ miles from the village of Mawnan Smith. This area is a firm favourite with those who like to walk, to sail and to enjoy The National Trust Gardens and unspoilt countryside. The village of Mawnan Smith offers a post office and shop, doctor’s surgery, garage, restaurant and hairdressers. The focal point of the village has always been the picturesque Red Lion Inn, which was a well established hostelry as far back as 1717. The village offers a variety of clubs, societies and sporting activities for all ages. The glorious gardens created at Glendurgan and Trebah by Alfred and Charles Fox and by the Rogers family of Carwinion and Bosloe are now open to the public and attract visitors from all around the world. 5 Ref: LCAA6126 For the sports enthusiast, there are five 18-hole golf courses within about 15 miles. The nearest being literally at the top of the lane at the Budock Vean Hotel. Water sports such as windsurfing and waterskiing are available at the waterfront at Helford Passage, sailing facilities are second to none; the Helford River, Falmouth Bay and the River Fal (Carrick Roads) offer some of the finest day sailing waters in the United Kingdom with excellent yachting facilities, including the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club. The area bounds in wonderful creekside, coastal and country walks. Much of the coastline is owned by the National Trust and the area is designated an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ and ‘Special Scientific Interest’. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) A pedestrian gate opens from the parking and garage to the walled garden where a slate paved pathway and causeway leads to a sliding glass door opening to:- UPPER GROUND FLOOR HALL. Part galleried over the spiral staircase down to the open-plan kitchen/reception room. Areas of mirrored wall and mirror fronted wardrobes and airing cupboard. Doors to:- PRINCIPAL BEDROOM SUITE. LOBBY. Double doors to a utility cupboard with space for appliances and shelving. Further doors to the en-suite bath/shower room and:- BEDROOM – 16’9” x 11’3”. Full wall of glass and a sliding door opening to the balcony afford panoramic views over the river and countryside. Door to a walk-in 6 Ref: LCAA6126 airing cupboard housing a modern hot water cylinder and slatted wooden shelving. Further door to the dressing room. EN-SUITE BATH / SHOWER ROOM – 9’3” x 7’10”. White sanitaryware including a spa bath with integrated hand shower and a walk-in curving glazed screened shower enclosure with rain head shower and hand shower. Fitted run of white units under a worktop with moulded sink and chrome mixer tap. Generous storage within the unit, concealed cistern wc, mirrors and spotlights above the units, electric shaver socket, extractor fan. DRESSING ROOM. Full wall of mirror fronted wardrobes, opposing fully glazed wall with a sliding door opening onto the balcony and allowing the view. Door to:- STUDY / BEDROOM 4 – 13’10” x 8’3”. Fully glazed wall with a sliding door opening to the full width upper floor balcony and with a door returning to the main hall allowing this to also be used as a bedroom BEDROOM 2 – 13’10” x 8’3”. Fully glazed wall with a sliding door opening to the balcony and facing the views. BEDROOM 3 – 13’10” x 8’3”. Fully glazed wall with a sliding door opening to the balcony and facing the views. BATHROOM. White suite including a wc, cantilevered wash basin with chrome mixer tap and P-shaped shower/bath with chrome mixer tap, curving glazed shower screen and a chrome Mira mixer shower over. Fully tiled floor and walls, extractor fan, lighting over the mirror and spotlights. GROUND FLOOR OPEN-PLAN GLASS WALLED KITCHEN / DINING ROOM AND LOUNGE - 40’4” x 16’10”. High ceiling throughout stretching to over 10’ in the lounge. Vast amount of full height glazing wrapping around the southern and western walls giving views through the deciduous oak trees to the creek below and surrounding countryside. Sliding glass doors opening on the west to a CANTILEVERED BALCONY – 16’3” x 10’ and on the southern side to a CANTILEVERED DECKED TERRACE – 20’6” x 12’ both with modern glass balustrades and the terrace has a spiral staircase down to the lower level terrace. The rear wall is entirely of white painted granite which then extends to the outside giving a seamless effect. Maple flooring throughout with a step changing levels between the lounge and the kitchen/dining area. Large woodburning stove set on a slate hearth with recessed log boxes to either side. Painted supporting metal beams. Glazed space above the painted granite work making it seem as if the ceiling is floating. One wall of fitted kitchen units with a matching long island and including a Neff electric twin oven and grill, large ceramic hob, integrated American style fridge/freezer with chilled water and ice dispenser, dishwasher and a circular stainless steel sink with a chrome mixer tap over. Obscure glazed door to a large covered outdoor area with a deep sink, space for storage and outside taps. Outdoor steps lead back around to the front and also down to the lower level. 7 Ref: LCAA6126 LOWER GROUND FLOOR HALL. Half glazed door from the side, window facing the creek. This entire level requires work to make it a habitable space. Doors to:- BATHROOM. White bath, wc and wash basin, obscured window to the side. BEDROOM – 10’ x 9’5”. Large window facing the creek. Door and two steps down to:- LIVING ROOM / KITCHEN – 16’1” x 10’1”. Large window and glazed door opening to the rear slate terrace and looking through the trees to the creek. Separate kitchen area with a broad serving hatch and stainless steel sink. STUDIO – 15’8” x 11’3”. Large window and door to the rear terrace. OUTSIDE Off Budock Vean Lane the house has a large parking space with ample additional room for bins, recycling and logs. Access is also given from the lane to a DOUBLE GARAGE. 8 Ref: LCAA6126 The property is secreted behind a high white painted wall with an attractive lawned front garden enjoying the morning sun and being surrounded by beds of plants including bottlebrush, hydrangeas, acers, camellias, a fig and shaped trees including a eucalyptus. A slate paved pathway leads to a causeway to the entrance door and steps descend beside this under another fig to a lower level walkway which leads around the house on the southern side past many beautiful beds and then arriving at the elevated decked terrace described earlier in the details.