Chapel Point

The three houses on Chapel Point were designed and built by the architect John Campbell during the late 1930s. He bought the land in 1932 and planned to build 20 houses, but war broke out after the first three and put a stop to building. After the war ended, he returned to Mevagissey to complete his project but the Planning Permission had lapsed so he was forced to resubmit the plans, which were then rejected. After months of updating and redrawing, he finally completed the plans in August 1947, and walked along the coast to deliver these by hand to the planning office. One the way home, he lost his footing, fell into the sea and drowned. The plans were approved, described by a government official as "the most beautifully presented and the most painstakingly put together of any that I have seen", but were never carried through. Had they been completed, the result would have been what has been described as "unique in terms of 20th-century architecture". One of the three houses that was completed, known as The Gatehouse, has been described as "a gleaming white house that seems like a castle in spite of its small size".

After a storm, the residents here sometimes awake to find seaweed on their roof!