Found a short walk from the bustling harbourside at , this iconic granite-faced four-bedroom detached house has south-facing gardens with a pool and an intriguing history. April Cottage is a landmark house in for its notable architecture and the story behind this is particularly fascinating. The building was constructed in 1922 and has a date stone beside its elegant curving hardwood front door.
The house was designed by George Kennedy who is also known as the Bloomsbury Architect and was part of the Bloomsbury Group, an intellectual circle of mostly writers and artists including Virginia Woolf. Of her works, To the Lighthouse (1927) was written shortly after this house was constructed and April Cottage may well have been part of her influence as she spent her summers at the neighbouring Talland House. It is not too hard to imagine that with her connection via the architect to April Cottage and the time she spent in Cornwall, that she must have visited the house.
The novel itself is widely known to be about her experiences in St Ives with the lighthouse being Godrevy Lighthouse. April Cottage is a most intriguing take on the Arts and Crafts style of architecture with granite elevations under a slate roof including a semi-circular front door turret with matching roof line above and a curving granite staircase inside. The interior of the property has an appealing layout with design flare throughout.
Simple but beautiful forms such as the double-barrelled ceiling in the large lo.