We have very little, sometimes no, internet, and it would have been much more helpful to have been able to have spoken to someone at Sykes to make the booking. There must be many more people with little or no internet. We loved the cottage, and it was just as the pictures showed (very homely and calming). The owner Amanda was very helpful and accommodating, and happy to give any information required. The location was fabulous as were the gardens. Very good dog walking from the cottage. There were many very good local pubs and restaurants - all of which were dog friendly. All the people in the area went out of their way to be helpful and kind. The only improvement would be to have some comfortable outside seating (deck chairs or the like). We will definitely return to this cottage.
¾ mile from Manaccan, in a magical setting 100 yards from the head of Gillan Creek, a semi-detached cottage converted from an 18th cent.
threshing barn with some low lintels, knobbly walls and beams.
It faces over its extensive gardens (picnic table, gas barbecue) and woodland (15 acres in all), through which a sparkling little stream runs, with kingcups, cherry blossom, magnolia and a host of other plants, making this a special place.
All for you to explore and enjoy (a birdwatcher’s delight), but small children should be supervised.
Plenty of car/boat parking space.
A mile of creekside lane to the beach at St Anthony-in-Meneage and boat hire.Garden door (5’9” lintel) into open-plan living/dining room with beams, inglenook (woodburner), piano and TV/DVD/video; kitchen (slimline dishwasher, microwave, oil-fired Rayburn plus electric cooker, larder fridge) with slate worktops; big walk-in pantry (washing machine, tumble drier, freezer), through to smart shower-room (suite).
Stairs up to three pretty bedrooms with wood floors (rugs) - a double (5’ bed) with en suite bathroom (suite, shower over bath) and door to garden via steps, another double with gorgeous garden view, and a twin with the same lovely view; bathroom (suite, shower over bath).
While the world rushes past, this is a little bit of secret heaven. Manaccan: pretty village (thatched pub, church out of which an ancient fig tree grows) in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, ¼ mile from the magical creeks of the Helford Passage.
Winding creek road (1 mile) to St Anthony-in-Meneage (boat hire, river swimming).
Helford (shop, foot ferry across Helford River), 2 miles; Helston, 10.
Three bedrooms: 1 x king size double with en-suite bathroom, 1 x double. 1 x twin. Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and WC. Ground floor shower-room with shower, WC and basin. Sitting room with wood burning stove, piano and dining area. Kitchen with oil fired rayburn and walk in pantry.
Note: Dogs must be kept on leads around the grounds as the owner has free range poultry.