[Vwoolf] A Google Alert post about a house on the market in St. Ives

[mhussey at verizon.net]

Hilarious, but in the long tradition of real estate sellers who make stuff up (viz. Monk’s House, cf. Leonard Woolf autobiography …)

 

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+mhussey=verizon.net at lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf
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Subject: [Vwoolf] A Google Alert post about a house on the market in St. Ives

 

Greetings, This house, named April Cottage (but also La Loggia according to the other realty promo I inserted below), was built in 1922 and "could have inspired Virginia Woolf. " Hmm. A few snippets from the first webpage: Found a short

Greetings,

 

This house, named April Cottage (but also La Loggia according to the other realty promo I inserted below), was built in 1922 and "could have inspired Virginia Woolf." Hmm. 

 

A few snippets from the first webpage:

Found a short walk from the bustling harbourside at St Ives <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cornwalllive.com/all-about/st-ives__;!!KGKeukY!y9kdGaSmBB5o6bty7GaT-DCpYx7Q9WSk09H7kdid5WjgPUUMnSUiw0jwu3DFtlOYNl-Y3cyGnzwJ0tU6kPcKNKLPZdl5$> , this iconic granite-faced four-bedroom detached house has south-facing gardens with a pool and an intriguing history. April Cottage is a landmark house in St Ives <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cornwalllive.com/all-about/st-ives__;!!KGKeukY!y9kdGaSmBB5o6bty7GaT-DCpYx7Q9WSk09H7kdid5WjgPUUMnSUiw0jwu3DFtlOYNl-Y3cyGnzwJ0tU6kPcKNKLPZdl5$>  for its notable architecture and the story behind this is particularly fascinating. The building was constructed in 1922 and has a date stone beside its elegant curving hardwood front door.

The house was designed by George Kennedy who is also known as the Bloomsbury Architect and was part of the Bloomsbury Group, an intellectual circle of mostly writers and artists including Virginia Woolf. Of her works, To the Lighthouse (1927) was written shortly after this house was constructed and April Cottage may well have been part of her influence as she spent her summers at the neighbouring Talland House.

It is not too hard to imagine that with her connection via the architect to April Cottage and the time she spent in Cornwall, that she must have visited the house. The novel itself is widely known to be about her experiences in St Ives with the lighthouse being Godrevy Lighthouse.

 

 

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/property/landmark-home-st-ives-linked-9462858__;!!KGKeukY!x_0j2p4wXv5VlOwsjZwfDRzhxGy3iT4SLtI5A79wpk1MOj6fHYSiRH-Bn44plXyR6YDe2vApUqfB0AZEvYwTtg$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cornwalllive.com/news/property/landmark-home-st-ives-linked-9462858__;!!KGKeukY!y9kdGaSmBB5o6bty7GaT-DCpYx7Q9WSk09H7kdid5WjgPUUMnSUiw0jwu3DFtlOYNl-Y3cyGnzwJ0tU6kPcKNEaZFhSj$> 


 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cornwalllive.com/news/property/landmark-home-st-ives-linked-9462858__;!!KGKeukY!y9kdGaSmBB5o6bty7GaT-DCpYx7Q9WSk09H7kdid5WjgPUUMnSUiw0jwu3DFtlOYNl-Y3cyGnzwJ0tU6kPcKNEaZFhSj$> 

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cornwalllive.com/news/property/landmark-home-st-ives-linked-9462858__;!!KGKeukY!y9kdGaSmBB5o6bty7GaT-DCpYx7Q9WSk09H7kdid5WjgPUUMnSUiw0jwu3DFtlOYNl-Y3cyGnzwJ0tU6kPcKNEaZFhSj$> 'Landmark' home linked to the historic writers is on the market

The house could have inspired Virginia Woolf

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.cornwalllive.com__;!!KGKeukY!x_0j2p4wXv5VlOwsjZwfDRzhxGy3iT4SLtI5A79wpk1MOj6fHYSiRH-Bn44plXyR6YDe2vApUqfB0Abd9z7Yjg$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.cornwalllive.com__;!!KGKeukY!y9kdGaSmBB5o6bty7GaT-DCpYx7Q9WSk09H7kdid5WjgPUUMnSUiw0jwu3DFtlOYNl-Y3cyGnzwJ0tU6kPcKNOSRRBH8$> 

This webpage also offers odd information:

 

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://luxurycoastal.co.uk/property/cornwall/st-ives/la-loggia__;!!KGKeukY!x_0j2p4wXv5VlOwsjZwfDRzhxGy3iT4SLtI5A79wpk1MOj6fHYSiRH-Bn44plXyR6YDe2vApUqfB0AaIGS0IMQ$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/luxurycoastal.co.uk/property/cornwall/st-ives/la-loggia__;!!KGKeukY!y9kdGaSmBB5o6bty7GaT-DCpYx7Q9WSk09H7kdid5WjgPUUMnSUiw0jwu3DFtlOYNl-Y3cyGnzwJ0tU6kPcKNFxPrD_2$> 

 

Cheers,

Vara

 

Vara Neverow

(she/her/hers)
Professor, English Department

Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-6717
neverowv1 at southernct.edu <mailto:neverowv1 at southernct.edu> 

 

I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples.  

 

Recent Publications:

Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Pająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)

 

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