Tregeraint House, St Ives

If you are looking for the peace and serenity of an ancient landscape unspoiled by the ravages of the twentieth century and the hectic demands of the twenty-first, then look no further. Zennor, a tiny cluster of houses and farms round an ancient church where a mermaid sang and an old-world pub where D.H. Lawrence drank, lies under the rugged hills of the Lands End Peninsula. It's as far as you can get from the wearing bustle and stress of town and city life in most parts of the United Kingdom.

This is a tastefully furnished house with 3 bedrooms all with old pine washstands. The views from the house are spectacular especially from the conservatory and terrace. Breakfast is served in a lovely dining room with inglenook fireplace and also in the conservatory and sometimes on the terrace - weather permitting. There are two places to eat within easy distance and lots of lovely walks and also the coastal path is a ten minute walk away. There is ample parking and St Ives is a 15 minute drive away.

Here you will find a haven at Tregeraint House, a Cornish cottage which has been turned into a comfortable home by potter Sue Wilson and her writer husband John, who have managed to retain its traditional charm. The house lies on the B3306 just a quarter mile west of Zennor village and the rooms are comfortably and attractively furnished with plumbed in washstands and tea and coffee making facilities. Sue will provide you with a substantial English breakfast and will cater on request for vegetarians and others with special dietary needs. Tregeraint House has a large family room with double and single bed, a double bedroom and a twin room. All are served by an adjacent tasteful shower room/toilet.

This is a non smoking household and, regretfully, we are unable to accept dogs or other pets. We are open all year round except for a brief period at Christmas. The house sits on a west facing slope in an acre of ground looking down to the cliffs and the sea and the gardens exhibit a profusion of flowers among granite walls and rocks. The view from the meadow has a magnificent panoramic sweep over the Atlantic from the Scilly Isles to the west, just discernible on the far horizon when conditions are right, to the lump of Trevose Head, a vista of some 70 miles in extent. Below the house is impressive Gurnards Head, with the traces of its Iron Age fort and flanking the house on either side are the rugged hills of Carn Galva to the west and Zennor Hill to the cast, topped by Zennor Quoit.