Polperro House. Sleeps 10. 2 parking spaces, dog friendly, stunning sea views
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Polperro, Looe, England, United Kingdom PL13 2RX. 10 mins drive to the beach CHEAPER PER PERSON THAN MOST SMALLER HOUSES FOUR NIGHTS MINIMUM STAY. Pets welcome. No smoking inside. INFINITY BROADBAND AND BT SPORT Wood Burner Polperro House was originally two separate houses, now joined into a Grade II Listed home with a south facing garden enjoying its own micro-climate and breathtaking views of the historic harbour and out to sea. Visitors to Polperro have to leave their cars in the municipal car-park a mile up the hill before entering the village on foot. Polperro House however comes with TWO private parking spaces behind The Ship Inn, a hundred meters down the hill from the house. Simply offload your luggage and shopping at the house, park up and drift into your relaxing holiday. With the sun arcing above the garden from early morning until she sets over the western promontory you will find breakfasts drifting leisurely into lunch and morning coffee being replaced by a light lunchtime rosé, which before you know it may give way to a G&T at sundowners. Weren’t you supposed to be rushing off somewhere? Oh well…….. Instead, the slap of wavelets on the hulls of crabbing boats in the harbour and the banter of the returning crew caught your ear. The Patio is 33 feet long and 24 feet wide. Outside there’s an eight-seater, glass-topped rattan table. You can sit on the swinging seat or on the benches by the patio wall to take in the ambiance and eavesdrop on the gentle goings-on of harbour life below. Sheltered by Talland Hill behind and bathed in the warm airflow of the Gulf Stream, Polperro enjoys its own micro-climate making the winters very mild. The Nasturtiums may still be in flower on Christmas day and you may be watering them in your shirtsleeves! The private patio is fully secure, but in order not to spoil the view the walls are low. Please keep an eye on toddlers who might adventure onto the tops of the walls and fall to the neighbours garden below. We would encourage you to bring a Pet Travel Kennel as we do, to use indoors at night as we prefer our canine friends remain downstairs in the kitchen and lower sitting room helping to keep the bedrooms clean and odour free for future guests; and hope that you'll agree. A useful site to help plan your dog’s holiday and beach access is (https://www.**********************/dog-friendly) with Talland Bay Beach a few minutes’ drive away being dog friendly all year. We haven’t used a wide angle lens or any panoramic trickery to make the interiors look bigger. The many photographs and YouTube video should allow you to get a good idea of the true size of our traditionally kept historic property. The photos from the windows and garden out to the Harbour show the beauty of the house, its location, scenery and atmosphere. The house has its own unique history. Records show the owner of Polperro House at the beginning of the 1900’s was the first person in the country to own an Automobile. Herbert E. Butler (*********) a well known artist who trained at the Royal Academy lived in Polperro House and painted the iconic view many times. A black and white photo of him and his wife Sophia in the entrance porch of the house hangs in the kitchen. Many artists came to Polperro House as students and Butler’s descendants still live next door. Gary and Heather Priestley bought the house in 2012 after falling in love with her at first sight and have nurtured and cared for her tenderly since then. Jake da Motta and Gillie Lightfoot took ownership in 2021 being smitten themselves by Polperro House and her charms in online pin-up photos, without ever setting foot in her. We are delighted to be able to offer the house out for rentals so that you can make your own special holiday memories in this much loved home. Polperro House also boasts the advantage of being only five minutes drive to Looe and its sandy beach and the Fowey inlet, (pronounced Foy) being ten minutes in the opposite direction. Polperro’s own small beach exposed at low tide outside the harbour wall boasts Willy Wilcox’s Cave and a tidal bathing pool which will delight adults and kids alike. The Coastal Path offers a string of TEN beaches and coves within five miles of Polperro. At the time of writing there were over twenty venues to eat an drink in Polperro which is still a working fishing village, so you are more likely to find a fresh Crab Roll than a mass produced burger. There are many events throughout the year, one being the Polperro Festival in mid June. A week of great free music and off-beat activities including the election of a new Mayor! Polperro is ideally situated for daytrips to some world-class West Country destinations and a host of fascinating towns and villages. But whether you’ve spent your day in Sennen Cove at Lands End, perusing the Tate Modern in Saint Ives, having a Michelin Star lunch in Port Isaac, brushing up your Eco-credentials at The Eden Project, scaring