Five-bedroom coastal house that boasts its own private slipway goes on the market for the first time in more than four decades for £3million

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A property described as 'one of the best on the south coast' has been put on the market for £3million.

Clay Point is a stunning, large detached house in Cornwall overlooking Falmouth Harbour.  

It is only the second time the house has gone on the market in 44 years with the opportunity to purchase it described as 'once in a generation'.

Clay Point is a stunning, large detached house in Cornwall overlooking Falmouth Harbour

The house, which has its own private slipway and comes with more than 300ft of water frontage, has been put on the market for £3million

The beautiful property has 5,470 sq ft of accommodation with a reception hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast room, a garden room, a large studio, five bedrooms and three bathrooms.

It has its own private slipway and comes with more than 300ft of water frontage. 

The property was built in 1901 and sits in an elevated south-facing position that makes the most of the sunlight and the views.

The property was built in 1901 and sits in an elevated south-facing position that makes the most of the sunlight and views

It is in the village of Flushing which owes its name to 17th century Dutch builders who came to construct piers and sea walls

It also has an outbuilding with a garage, store rooms and a sail loft.

It is in the village of Flushing which owes its name to 17th century Dutch builders who came to construct piers and sea walls.

The area is popular for sailing and Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie learnt to sail at the nearby Restronguet Creek and would have sailed past this house countless times.

The property has a reception hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast room, a garden room, a large studio, five bedrooms and three bathrooms

The stunning property has 5,470 sq ft of accommodation and is one of the only houses in the area that are south-facing and detached with direct water access and views straight across to Falmouth and out to sea

Clay Point has 325ft of water frontage to sail into the Penryn River or out to sea and all the way to France

There is an active sailing club in the village and the world class facilities at Mylor Yacht Harbour are about 1.5 miles away.

Ben Davies, from estate agents Savills, said: 'This is one of the best houses on the south coast of England.

'It's one of only a handful of south-facing detached houses with direct water access and views straight across to Falmouth and out to sea.

There is an active sailing club in the village and the world class facilities at Mylor Yacht Harbour are about 1.5 miles away

It is only the second time the house has gone on the market in 44 years with the opportunity to purchase it described as 'once in a generation'

Ben Davies, from estate agents Savills, said: 'This is one of the best houses on the south coast of England'

'This is the best looking house along that road, you have 325ft of water frontage, which is a lot.

'You've got your own slipway and stone quay so at high water you can bring your boat right alongside.

'From the terrace you can sit with a glass of wine and look across to the harbour, see the very top of the peninsula and then out to the open water.

Mr Davies also said 'the buyer is more than likely to be a company director looking at semi-retiring and buying a second home to eventually move down to fully. It's a lifestyle change property'

The area is popular for sailing and Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie learnt to sail at the nearby Restronguet Creek

'If you are sailing you can pootle around in the river or go out to sea and sail to France if you wanted.

'The house itself doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Sonos speakers and things like that, it's more shabby chic.

'This is only the second time since 1976 that it has been on the market, so it's a real rarity.

'It's a once in a generation opportunity to buy it.

Flushing is described as being 'a nice village community' and being one of the sunniest spots in the UK, making huge of development there unlikely

'Flushing has a nice village community and there is never going to be a huge amount of development there.

'Because it's south facing it's known as one of the sunniest spots in the UK.

'The buyer is more than likely to be a company director looking at semi-retiring and buying a second home to eventually move down to fully. It's a lifestyle change property.'

The beautiful property also has an outbuilding with a garage, store rooms and a sail loft and the estate agent describes it as being 'shabby chic'