Guide price 1,750,000 Belvedere Trefusis Road, Flushing, Falmouth, Cornwall FREEHOLD To be sold for the first time in almost 40 years; a sensationally positioned detached south facing marine residence occupying a magnificent established garden of just under 1 acre with about 200ft. of direct water frontage, slipway and spectacular views out over Falmouth s outer harbour, the Fal Estuary and open sea beyond.
2 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION In all, about 2,900 sq.ft. Ground Floor: entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, master bedroom with en-suite shower/bathroom and dressing room, guest bedroom with en-suite shower room, third bedroom (3 in total) and two separate wc s. First Floor: landing, kitchenette, sitting room, bedroom, shower room. Outside: about 200ft. direct waterfrontage with slipway. Beautifully stocked mature gardens with broad raised sun terrace to maximise the spectacular view. Outdoor swimming pool with changing/shower room, detached triple garage, small boat store. Planning consent has been obtained for a 7 bedroomed, 5,000sq.ft. dwelling. In all, just under 1 acre.
3 SITUATION Belvedere occupies a magical setting situated towards the very end of a no-through road in an exclusive and tranquil setting directly fronting Falmouth s outer harbour. Flushing is a very attractive and unspoilt waterside village, its fishing quays fronting the eastern side of Falmouth s inner harbour, one of the deepest natural harbours in the world. Local facilities include a sub-post office/general store, two public houses, junior school, church and chapel. There is also a regular passenger ferry service providing direct and easy access to Falmouth, landing at the Prince of Wales pier. Sailing enthusiasts are well catered for with an active and popular sailing club literally a few minutes walk from the property and there are neighbouring sailing clubs and associated facilities at Mylor, Restronguet and the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, across the water at Greenbank in Falmouth. The Fal Estuary is justifiably renowned as a sailing centre and there are many miles of beautiful water within the
4 estuary, including the creeks of the Truro, Fal and Percuil Rivers, providing some of the finest day sailing waters in the country. Deep water moorings are available, subject to application from Falmouth Harbour Master, and berthing facilities can be found at Falmouth Marina on North Parade and at Mylor Yacht Harbour. The Cathedral City of Truro is approximately 12 miles away and provides an excellent range of shopping, business, commercial and schooling facilities, together with a mainline intercity rail link to London Paddington (travelling time approximately 4½ hour). FOR SALE FREEHOLD Belvedere occupies an exceptional south facing position with utterly mesmerising broad views across Falmouth harbour and in a southerly direction towards the mouth of the Fal Estuary with St Anthony Head and lighthouse in the distance. For those in search of a home with direct waterfrontage and a large gently sloping site enjoying privacy, an immediate viewing is unhesitatingly recommended. Belvedere was, we understand, constructed in 1974 and has been in our client s ownership since 1977 having never been offered for sale publically before now. The principally single storey accommodation is of striking modernist design and occupies a privileged waterside location enjoying an enchanting broad view with deep waterfrontage and slipway. The view is one of constant maritime activity and indeed it is no exaggeration to state that every vessel entering or leaving the harbour must sail past Belvedere s view. Set behind a tall wall providing privacy the house is approached through a gated entrance with a tarmacadam driveway leading down to, and culminating in, a parking/turning area.
5 To the eastern side of the driveway access is given to the detached triple garage block with workshop and store. The reception hall is a spacious introduction to the accommodation which would now benefit from some modernisation although it has been well maintained over the years. The principal sitting room is about 41 wide and features a tall stone fireplace with virtually full width floor to ceiling double glazed windows facing out in a southerly direction over the gently sloping garden towards the water. There is a separate dining room off which is the kitchen/breakfast room which is well fitted with doors leading out to the south facing sun terrace, beyond which is the outdoor swimming pool. At the far end of a long inner hall is a large en-suite master bedroom and dressing room. There are two further bedrooms, one with an en-suite shower room. Off a side hall from the kitchen a staircase leads up to a first floor annexe wing comprising bedroom, sitting room, kitchenette and shower room. Spanning almost the entire width of the harbourside elevation is a broad raised sun terrace which incorporates the outdoor swimming pool as previously mentioned, with steps leading down to a well maintained principally lawned garden which gently slopes down to the water s edge. The slipway provides direct and easy access to the water. We cannot overstate the importance of the availability of this particular property which over the years has been much admired from the water. The availability of the house now for the first time in almost 40 years represents an undeniably rare opportunity to acquire one of surely the very best waterfronting sites on the south coast of Cornwall with direct waterfrontage. Precedent suggests that one could wait many years again for a similar opportunity in as good a position and with such an excellent private waterfronting site. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) Open fronted covered porch with windows to either side, half obscure glazed panelled door with side screens opening into:- RECEPTION HALL. A spacious reception hall with high sloped, timber clad ceiling having a bank of small rectangular south facing windows at full ceiling height, storage cupboard with shelving and hanging rail, radiator, shelving, inset ceiling downlighters, four wall lights. Obscure glazed door with matching side screens opening into the sitting room (see below). Doors to:- BEDROOM 2 12 2 x 11 1. Window to front, radiator, timber clad ceiling, two built-in wardrobes with cupboards over, three wall lights. Part obscure glazed door to:- EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM. Small obscure glazed window to front, low level flush wc, pedestal wash hand basin, walk-in shower with wall mounted shower unit and fully tiled surround, radiator, shelving, timber clad ceiling, fully tiled to dado height, two wall lights, ceiling light point, heated towel rail, extractor fan.
6 SEPARATE WC. Obscure glazed window to front, pitched pine apex ceiling, low level flush wc, pedestal wash hand basin with mixer tap over and splashback tiling, two wall lights, radiator, coat rail. INNER HALLWAY. High sloped timber clad ceiling, two wall lights, radiator. Doors to:- MASTER BEDROOM. BEDROOM 1 16 x 15 plus 7 8 x 6. Virtually full height window and sliding glass doors overlooking the gardens to Falmouth harbour, timber clad ceiling, window to front, five wall lights, radiator, night storage heater, a variety of built-in wardrobes with drawers and cupboard. Door to:- EN-SUITE BATH / SHOWER ROOM. Three windows to front, panelled bath with mixer tap over, low level flush wc, pedestal wash hand basin with mixer tap over. Built-in shower with a wall mounted shower unit, folding glass door, extractor fan and a fully tiled surround. Vanity unit with inset wash hand basin and mixer tap over with drawers below and shelving over. Timber clad ceiling with two recessed illuminate striplights, fully tiled walls, two heated towel rails, airing cupboard housing immersion tank, recessed arch with shelving, three radiators. Doors return to both the master bedroom and inner hallway. DRESSING ROOM. With hanging rail and storage space, small window to rear. BEDROOM 3 16 2 x 11 9. Sliding glass doors and window facing south over the garden towards Falmouth Harbour, recessed glazed display cupboards with lighting and cupboards below, timber clad ceiling with inset ceiling downlighters, shelving, radiator. SITTING ROOM 41 6 x 17 3. A superb and particularly large triple aspect principal reception room, two sets of sliding doors with side screens opening onto the broad sun terrace, enjoying views overlooking the garden to Falmouth Bay, two further south facing windows, additional windows to either side of the sitting room, all virtually full height. An open fireplace set within an impressive exposed granite chimneypiece with marble hearth, two shelving recesses. Built-in glazed display cupboards with lighting and cupboards below, four radiators, timber clad ceiling, five ceiling light points, four wall lights. Door to:- DINING ROOM 17 3 x 8 10. Large internal window through to the sitting room enjoying the views across the garden towards Falmouth Harbour, window to side overlooking the swimming pool area, timber clad ceiling, various built-in glazed display
7 cupboards with lighting, drawers below, cupboard with wine rack, ceiling light point, three wall lights. Door to:- SIDE HALL. External door opening to front, various built-in cupboards, cupboard housing mains switchboard control, high sloped timber clad ceiling, ceiling light point. Doors to:- SEPARATE WC. Obscure glazed window to side, low level flush wc, wall mounted wash hand basin, high sloped timber clad ceiling, ceiling light point, radiator. KITCHEN / BREAKFAST ROOM 23 x 9 8. KITCHEN 13 10 x 9 8. Window to side overlooking the driveway, comprehensively fitted with an array of base and eye level units comprising cupboards, drawers and plate rack. A granite worksurface with inset stainless steel sink with draining board to side and mixer tap over, splashback tiling. Inset AEG four ring ceramic hob and an integral eye level AEG electric double oven, space for dishwasher, space for American style fridge/freezer, inset ceiling downlighters, illuminate striplight. Archway into:- BREAKFAST ROOM 9 5 x 8 8. Sliding glass doors open onto the sun terrace with further steps then descending to the swimming pool area with views across Falmouth harbour, night storage heater, shelving, ceiling light point. Door to:- HALL. External door opening to side, staircase rising to the first floor annexe with large window over, understairs storage cupboard, illuminate striplight, night storage heater. Doors to:- LARDER. Ample shelving, ceiling light point. UTILITY ROOM 11 2 x 8 4. Window to side overlooking the driveway, base level units, worksurface with inset stainless steel sink with draining board to side and mixer tap over, fully tiled walls, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, airing cupboard housing immersion tank with slatted shelving to side, space for double fridge/freezer, illuminate striplight, shelving. ANNEXE FIRST FLOOR Part galleried landing with large window to front, high sloped ceiling, ceiling light point. Doors to:-
8 KITCHENETTE 8 4 x 3 10. Window to side, base level units, roll edged worksurface with inset stainless steel sink with draining board to side and mixer tap over, eye level cupboard, space for fridge, high sloped ceiling, ceiling light point, splashback tiling. SITTING ROOM 11 4 x 9 9. Window to front overlooking the swimming pool area and garden towards Falmouth Harbour, night storage heater, storage cupboard with hanging rail and shelving, ceiling light point. Door to:- BEDROOM 11 9 x 11 2. Window to side overlooking the driveway, built-in storage cupboard, part sloping ceiling, two wall lights, ceiling light point, night storage heater. Door to:- EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM. Obscure glazed window to rear, walk-in shower with wall mounted shower unit, low level flush wc, pedestal wash hand basin, heated towel rail, ceiling light point, fully tiled walls, loft access. Belvedere is situated towards the end of Trefusis Road and is approached through double gates which open onto the tarmacadam driveway with lawned areas to either side and culminates in a parking/turning area immediately in front of the property. To the eastern side of the driveway access is given to:- OUTSIDE DETACHED TRIPLE GARAGE 27 6 x 18. Electrically operated up-and-over door, windows to both the front and side, loft storage, two illuminate striplights, shelving. Steps up to:- WORKSHOP 13 x 9. Window to front, long workstation with storage space below, eye level cupboards, shelving, two illuminate striplights, internal window through to the garden store. GARDEN STORE 13 x 9. Double wooden doors opening to side, ideal for storage of garden machinery. SMALL BOAT STORE. Open fronted and situated to the south of the detached triple garage. To the south, the harbour facing elevation, a broad sun terrace is an ideal vantage point from which to enjoy the well stocked gardens and constant maritime activity of Falmouth
9 Harbour and town beyond. It is indeed no exaggeration to state that every vessel entering or leaving Falmouth Harbour passes directly through the view enjoyed by Belvedere, which encompasses the moored boats, town, Maritime Museum, docks and with south easterly views across the Fal Estuary towards St Anthony Lighthouse and open sea beyond. The sun terrace incorporates an outdoor swimming pool situated to the western side of the property with pump room and separate external shower room. Below the sun terrace steps lead down to a well maintained principally lawned garden which gently slopes down to the water s edge with a fine array of well stocked borders featuring an abundance of mature shrubs and flowering plants. Situated in the south eastern corner of the garden a slipway provides direct and easy access to Falmouth s outer harbour. Belvedere enjoys about 200ft of direct waterfrontage. In all, just under one acre. GENERAL INFORMATION VIEWING Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. POST CODE TR11 5UB. SERVICES Mains water and electricity. Private drainage via septic tank. Oil fired central heating. Telephone connected subject to BT regulations. DIRECTIONS From Truro take the A39 signposted to Falmouth. Follow this road into Perranarworthal, passing the Norway Inn on the right and turning next left, signposted
10 Carclew 1 mile. Continue along this country lane for a mile or so, turning left at the T- junction, signposted Mylor Bridge. After a short distance turn left again, follow the signs to Mylor Bridge. Once in Mylor Bridge turn left opposite the school, then right at the T- junction, passing the Lemon Arms on the right hand side. Turn left, signposted to Flushing and follow this road up to another T-junction, turning right, again signposted Flushing. Drive through the village and along Trefusis Road. Belvedere is located towards the very end of the road on the right hand side. TENURE AND POSSESSION Belvedere is offered for sale freehold and vacant possession will be given following the expiry of the existing holiday letting commitments or earlier by mutual agreement so long as the purchaser honours the holiday letting bookings which are already in place. For further information please contact andrew.chilcott@lillicrapchilcott.com. PLANNING PERMISSION Under Planning Application PA13/07187 planning permission was granted for a substantial extension and alterations. That planning consent expires on 28th October 2016. Such is the importance of the site other houses along this particular road have been substantially altered or completely re-built in recent years. For further information, please contact Andrew Chilcott in the first instance on either 07974 981378 or by email to andrew.chilcott@lillicrapchilcott.com. A copy of the Grant of Conditional Planning Permission is attached to these sales particulars and further information can be obtained from the Cornwall online planning portal. AGENT S NOTE The above particulars have been prepared as a general guide only for prospective buyers. Whilst we have endeavoured to provide a fair and reasonable description of the property, no specific survey or detailed inspection has been carried out in relation to the property, the services, the appliances and any fixtures and fittings or equipment. All buyers should rely on their own surveys and investigations in connection with any purchase of the property. All measurements, floor plans, dimensions, acreages and distances are approximate only and should not be relied upon for accuracy. OFFICE OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - 9.00am to 1.00pm. NB. A number of staff are available for viewing appointments all day Saturday and all day Sunday.
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