Location

The picturesque south facing harbour village of St. Mawes, on the eastern side of the Fal Estuary has long been one of Cornwall’s most desirable and exclusive destinations, being recently awarded by Which consumers as "the top seaside resort in the UK". Far enough away from the main communications and larger towns to have retained its charm, it also has a good road network to the village, across the beautiful unspoilt countryside of the Roseland Peninsula and is also linked to the port of Falmouth and the cathedral city of Truro, via the King Harry Ferry on the River Fal.   St Mawes has a wide range of amenities, which are open all year, including two bakers, convenience store, post office/newsagent, doctors, dentist, pharmacy, village hall, social club, churches, delicatessen and clothing shops. The village also has two public houses, and an excellent range of cafes, restaurants, art galleries, gift and ice cream shops. Olga Polizzi's Hotel Tresanton and the chic Idle Rocks Hotel both lure the rich and famous. The village has superbly varied and accessible sailing waters and an active sailing club with a full programme to cater for all ages.    There is a regular passenger ferry from the harbour to the town of Falmouth across the Carrick Roads, and from Easter to October to Trelissick and Truro and to St Anthony’s Head and the picture-postcard Place House across the Percuil River.    For those wanting to get away from the hum drum of city life and escape with family to the water for the weekend, but still have access to fine dining, then St. Mawes is quite understandably the first choice for many.

Description

Porthcuel was originally built in the 1940s as a substantial character 3 bedroom detached single storey residence. Purchased in 2010 by the current owner the property has undergone both expansion, re-modelling and complete renovation whilst keeping the character of the original dwelling.   

Some of the best and most sought-after locations in St Mawes are found on the western/Castle side of the village, where Porthcuel enjoys a grandstand elevated position. Set in easily managed landscaped mature gardens, extending to around half an acre, magnificent panoramic views are enjoyed over the Percuil River towards Gerrans Bay and Nare Head, across the picturesque St Mawes Harbour. Both winter and summer, every day offers a changing scene of yachts, boats, and ships.

Ground Floor - The front door opens in to a double height reception hall with galleried landing above. Immediately to the left is a cloakroom WC along with the staircase to the first floor. Double pocket door slide open into the main reception room. The main reception room has four-panel floor to ceiling glass windows with the central two both opening on to the Sun terrace offering quite spectacular views. To the left off the main reception are two en suite bedrooms and a walk in cloaks cupboard. One bedroom overlooks the front gardens and has an ensuite marble tiled shower room, the other the principal suite has a bedroom with panoramic views out to harbour and bay. A door opens to dual aspect office/study, also with outstanding sea views with. A double door leads into a dressing room,then through a glass sliding door into the ensuite limestone tiled bathroom which has a built in vanity unit with two sinks, WC, bath with hand held shower and a separate walk in rainfall shower. The second reception room is accessed from the main reception room and has glass French Doors exiting on to the sun terrace, a fireplace and double glass pocket doors to the rear opening on to the dining room. The dining area has three windows overlooking the front garden and to the side is an open kitchen area. The kitchen has stylish Scandinavian wood effect wall and base units with an inset stainless steel sink, integrated dishwasher, oven and induction hob. The kitchen also benefits from a large walk in larder with limestone flag floor.
From the dining area is a door in to the rear lobby off which are doors to both the front garden, sun terrace, access to the garage and the prep kitchen/utility and third reception/studio and shower room. The prep kitchen/utility has space for a large fridge freezer, a free standing cooker, a washing machine, a dishwasher, and tumble drier. The kitchen/utility has a door in to a wet room/WC with rainfall shower and marble tiling, and an open window (unglazed) in to the third reception room which has four-panel floor to ceiling glass windows with the central two both opening on to the Sun terrace offering quite spectacular views. There is also a door giving access to the marble tiled wet room/WC.

First Floor -   Stairs ascend (with a walnut handrail) to the first floor part galleried triple aspect bright and spacious landing off which are three double bedrooms and the family bathroom. The landing has two large built in linen cupboards. The bedroom on the right is dual aspect with views over Falmouth Bay, the central bedroom is triple aspect and stupendous panoramic views, a built in wardrobe and an en suite shower room with a walk in rainfall shower, vanity unit and WC. The third bedroom, also a double and again with views over St. Mawes Harbour has a small built in wardrobe. The family bathroom has a sink, WC and a bath with a hand held shower.

Front Garden - The property is bordered by a Cornish wall and evergreen hedge. To the front with a block paved driveway sloping down from Trelawney Road where there is ample parking and access to the large single garage . On the left of the property is a lawned area with a large central palm tree with, behind, a pathway leading to gated access to the rear garden.

Sun Terrace - The Sun Terrace is 48 feet, spanning most of the width of the property. It faces South and offers panoramic views Countryside from Gerrans Bay to the mouth of the Percuil River, over the picturesque St.Mawes village and Harbour, taking in the whole of St.Anthony’s Headland across Falmouth Bay to the Manacles and the Lizard Peninsula. There are steps descending to the rear garden along with an attractive feature semi circular ramp into the garden.

Rear Garden - The gently sloping south facing rear gardens are around half an acre and are a particular feature of the property. The gardens are well stocked with intermittent areas of lawn with hidden areas for privacy and shelter. The gardens offer an array of colour and beauty most of the year. The good variety of established plants and shrubs include: rhododendron, camellia, hydrangea, roses, fig tree, azalea, bottle brush, fruit trees, wisteria, and honeysuckle to name but a few. There is also an orchard area with two apple trees to the eastern side.

Storage & Workshop - On the lower ground floor, located externally from the gardens is a covered under-croft area which has access to a garden room/store plus a basement room/workshop.

Garage - The spacious garage has an electric roll up door and contains the central heating boiler, the hot water tank along with the Solar & PV equipment.

Directions

On approaching St Mawes, take the A3078 Upper Castle Road. Trelawney Road is the fourth turning on the left hand side. Porthcuel is on the right hand side of the road as it bends round to the left.

Distances - St Mawes village centre about 0.3 miles, Summers Beach about 0.6 miles, Truro about 10 miles (via King Harry Ferry), Falmouth about 20 minutes (via passenger ferry), Cornwall Airport Newquay about 27 miles