We all want to give back to those we love most. And what better way to do so than by welcoming them, time and again, to this four bedroom Coastal House in Cornwall, worth £4,500,000? Three tiers of lush, living roofs and panoramic sun terraces—crowned with an open air pool—cascade down to a landscaped garden surrounded by turquoise seas and sandy beaches. For your chance to win, enter the Cornwall House Draw supporting the RSPB.
Lead guests to an immaculate bedroom, where teal twin headboards and blankets, white cotton sheets and sand-coloured cushions, call in the nearby beach’s uplifting energy. In this neighbouring, double bedroom, with a rattan and cane bed and elegant bedside tables on tapered legs, visitors have their own hand-crafted dressing area. Spotless sliding doors overlook the calming and constant meeting of sea and sky beyond—this is a place where friends and family can abandon the ordinary, find perspective and be restored by nature.
Take a short stroll from the house, over grassy headlands carpeted in wildflowers, to Maenporth Beach—a sheltered cove just moments away, where turquoise waves dissolve into sugar-soft sand. Help guests to truly arrive in South Cornwall, with an ice cream and a paddle or, for the more adventurous, SUP or surf lessons. Back at the house, this purely white, skylit surf room awaits sandy sliders, salty towels and even surfboards. Its bespoke cupboards, shelves and changing bench, inlaid with natural wood, will serenely make light work of post-beach chaos.
Under the shade of bowing evergreen trees, that frame a breathtaking south coast panorama, prepare lunch in this outdoor kitchen, at a gas barbeque sheltered within a dry stone wall. Behind you, to the east, lies Falmouth Bay and St Anthony’s Head, while far to the west the English Channel is lost to the vast Atlantic Ocean. Cornwall is the seat of Arthurian Legends and it’s easy to imagine King Arthur himself on an iron-bound log at this majestic slab of solid stone, where friends now relish a locally-sourced, chargrilled feast—the very taste of summer.
After lunch, loved ones will wander across your gently sloping lawns and find their happy place to settle for the afternoon. Guests may float in the heated pool, surrounded by potted palms and grasses, looking skyward past the green fringe of the house’s planted roof. Some may seek shade on the cool linen covers of an inviting corner sofa in this sleek, minimalist lounge. Whilst others may head to your south-facing rooftop terrace, to sun themselves on cushioned, wooden sun loungers, looking down through a frameless glass balcony to the rippling sea below.
As the sun begins its return to the horizon and all thoughts turn to dinner, descend this staircase of floating timber steps, encased within a balustrade of glass panels, to your walk-in wine store. Beneath its barrelled ceiling’s three arches, behind another waterfall of glass, select the best bottles for the night ahead, before gathering on this spectacular dining terrace, at a solid wood table, to begin the celebrations. Candle flames flutter in the sea breeze as the coastline’s landforms fall into shadow for the night and friends shift focus to food, drink and one another.
At the bottom of the garden, wide gravel steps lead you and your fellow diners to a sunken fire pit, surrounded by an abundance of plants chosen to thrive in the coastal air. As a handful of stars soon become countless, flames rise towards them from a rusted fire bowl. Loved ones are grounded in a circle, on reclaimed wood stools, entranced by the ancient ritual of togetherness. Listening to friends, with the waves breaking below, you glance back at this dream house, in this enchanting corner of Cornwall, that feels out of this world, and yet already like home.
For your chance to win this Coastal House near Falmouth, and £250,000 in cash, enter the Cornwall House Draw supporting the RSPB.
It really is a win: win, so why wait?
