“My favourite feature is the large sliding doors as it just opens the place right up and when the tide is in I like to sit and just look out at the beautiful view”
it was to create a James Bond-inspired lair to equal those of the famous Bond set designer Ken Adam. “Trevor told the architect, ‘I want a James Bond home without the pricetag’,” says his wife Kirsty. And he got it. The end result is a modernist white and glass house set over three oors into a sloped river bank, with stepped garden ‘rooms’ beneath leading to the shore. From the front, the house sits snugly next to neighbouring smaller homes and manages to be captivating without overshadowing them.
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Opportunities for building new properties along Cornwall’s waterfronts are limited, so making use of this small, steeply-sloping land made sense when it came to moving close to Trevor’s elderly mother. The unused plot also formed part of his mother’s garden and sat above the banks of the tidal estuary of the Tamar – and was almost impossible to maintain. What it did have was magnificent views across the river that were going to waste – and bags of potential for the right design.
When it comes to self-build projects, the design often has to answer myriad issues – and satisfy a long wish list. For Trevor and his family, the key ingredient was balancing work and family life and looking after his elderly mother. To achieve the latter it made sense to live next door and even more sense to create a striking waterfront home on that part of her garden that was unused and unusable and had nothing to recommend it, except its incredible views. It had the added advantage of being close to the town centre and within minutes of Trevor’s marina business.
A DRAMATIC LAIR he house is set on three oors, and because of the steep slope it occupies, entry is on the middle oor he design o the house utilised the natural topography rather than fighting against it At its roadside frontage, the house is dominated by a rotunda that encloses a bespoke staircase. At the back, there are external glass-enclosed balconies and turfed terraces that cascade down towards the water’s edge, creating a surprisingly large outdoor area, despite the small footprint of the land itself.
hen Trevor Huggins and his family envisaged a riverside home in one of Cornwall’s most sought-after locations,
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