16 Les Grands Jardins, Rue Cauchez, St Martin's GY4 6PF
A smart semi-detached property close to St Martin’s Village.
Finlandia offers a large sitting room with double doors opening to the dining room/3rd bedroom at the front. There is a conservatory to the rear along with the kitchen and a separate shower room on the ground floor. On the first floor are two double bedrooms, a separate dressing area and three piece bathroom. There is a neat front garden laid to gravel, along with a picturesque garden area to the rear, an allocated parking space and visitors parking.
Jerbourg Point marks St Martin’s and Guernsey’s south-east corner with panoramic views across to neighbouring islands. Fermain Bay was a favourite of Victor Hugo’s, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir captured Moulin Huet in fifteen of his paintings.
Cliff paths and green lanes provide excellent walks and Sausmarez Manor is a resplendent Queen Anne house, with regular events in its grounds. There are good family amenities, excellent hotels, restaurants and pubs, plus a M&S food hall for home dining. This is a sought-after location with a vibrant parish centre and housing market to match.
At the gateway to St Martin’s parish church stands La Gran’mère du Chimquière (the grandmother of the churchyard), where present-day brides often adorn the pagan statue-menhir (c.2500BC) with a floral headdress.
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