Old Town
The Cypress House
Overview
The site is narrow and overlooked on two sides, so the house turns inward. A row of mature cypress hides the approach, and the rooms wrap a central court that stays in shade until late afternoon.
What the house gives up in sea frontage it takes back in privacy. For eight months of the year the court is the real living room, and the interior rooms run in a loop around it.
A narrow slot on the west side frames one deliberate view of the water. You see it only from the dining table.
Inside the house
- The courtyard
- Open to the sky, shaded until late afternoon by the house itself, with a shallow water basin along one edge. For most of the year this is where the household lives.
- The loop of rooms
- Living, kitchen and dining run in a continuous ring around the court, so you are never more than a few steps from shade or sun.
- The west slot
- One narrow opening on the sea side frames a single deliberate view of the water, held for the dining table.
The house through a day
What comes with it
- Shaded central courtyard with a water basin
- Mature cypress privacy screen
- Framed sea view from the dining room
- Roof terrace with an outdoor fireplace
- Cellar cut into the bedrock
- Electric gates and full perimeter security
Around here
- Bakery and school
- 5 min walk
- Bus stop
- 4 min walk
- The marina
- 11 min drive
- Regional airport
- 28 min drive
Arrange to see The Cypress House.
Viewings are private and usually late in the day, when the light does the work. Tell us when you are on the coast.
Elena Marsh
Founder, acquisitions
Twenty years on this coast. She has walked every house on the list at four in the afternoon.
+1 (415) 555 0142The rest of the list
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