{"id":360763,"date":"2025-08-21T00:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360763\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T00:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:45:37","slug":"a-piece-of-architectural-history-hits-the-market-in-cornwall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360763\/","title":{"rendered":"A piece of architectural history hits the market in Cornwall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prairie style of Frank Lloyd Wright<\/a> came to the Cornish countryside the year Ronald Sims designed this schoolhouse on three acres of riverbank. It was 1961, and Sims had just returned to England from a sojourn in America. The bucolic setting for his scheme, along with the low, horizontal roofline, front-and-centre chimney and long banks of windows suggested he\u2019d absorbed the philosophies and techniques of the formidable architect. Some believe he even worked in the Illinois office for a time. The result is Fellover School, a rare opportunity indeed for house-hunters around Bodmin.<\/p>\n

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Sims was originally commissioned to design a residential structure incorporating a small private school. The current owner renovated the property respectfully to accommodate a family, transforming the school hall into the main reception room while maintaining original wood features and the vast upper-level terrace. But interested buyers would need to consider some updates: recouping the building from the encroaching landscape or replacing the cabinetry, carpets and scuffed teak parquet flooring.<\/p>\n

The current layout is a triumph of bright, open spaces, easy flow and views around the property. A light-filled entrance hall leads into that reception room and banks of timber-framed glazing (positioned at desk height for working students). Shallow steps at the rear lead to a sitting room styled around a contemporary wood-burning stove, with windows and doors to the outside. Next door is the open-plan kitchen and a lounge with a granite hearth set into a distinctive curved wall. The adjacent library, up two steps, is fit for an architect with built-in teak shelving.<\/p>\n

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Up the feature-staircase, the principal bedroom sits above the lounge and shares the curved wall and benefits from expansive windows leading to the terrace. The en suite bathroom, if perfectly functional, is a 1960s time capsule. All together there are three bedrooms on this storey, plus a renovated family bathroom. An annex off the garage has another two bedrooms, a shower room and kitchenette with access to the property\u2019s three acres of lawn, woodland and modernist<\/a> outdoor sculpture, including 180 metres of riverbank.<\/p>\n

Fellover School is currently on the market for \u00a31,650,000, through the Modern House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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