Lighthouse Room
Top floor, three windows, the whole bay.
from £210Eleven rooms at the end of the coast road. Breakfast until noon, the sea until dark.
Tide House was built in 1874 for the man who kept the light. We took it on in 2016, mended the roof, and resisted the urge to do very much else.
There are eleven rooms, one long dining table and a boot room that smells of salt. There is no spa. The sea is forty steps away.
Top floor, three windows, the whole bay.
from £210On the slipway. You will hear the tide turn.
from £260Five minutes through the marram grass. No signal.
from £185Kippers, eggs from the hens, bread from the oven. Nobody will hurry you.
Five courses at half past seven, decided that morning on the quay.
Pour your own. Write it in the book. The cellar is better than it needs to be.
“We came for two nights in 2018. We have been back every October since.”
“A hotel that understands the difference between quiet and boring.”
“I slept nine hours. I have two children. This has not happened since 2019.”
Very. Four rooms have stone floors and direct access to the garden, and there is a hose by the back door.
We close for January, when the roof gets its annual argument with the weather. Otherwise yes.
Train to Penzance, then we will send Jory in the Land Rover. It takes twenty-five minutes and he will tell you about lobsters.
For up to twenty-two guests, outside July and August. Weddings by the sea are a speciality.
Four a year, one per season. Mostly weather, sometimes an offer.