Forgotten Houses


Unusual Holiday Homes
in Cornwall, Wales, France & Italy

self-catering holiday cottages and character historic houses for rental in cornwall

Forgotten Houses

Unusual Holiday Homes

Forgotten houses rustic, traditional, self catering holiday homes for rent in Cornwall

Our Houses in Cornwall

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Bosvathick Lodge, Falmouth Map ref#: 1

Sleeps: 4 + cot

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£315-£485

Charming granite estate lodge from 1884, listed and retaining its original features. South facing with large garden of lawns and trees set in farmland and woods with good walking. Near pub, riding stables, access to the coast, Helford estuary and the Lizard. Storage heaters, wood burner and open fire. Redecorated spring 2005.


Mellinzeath Farmhouse, Helford Map ref#: 2

Sleeps: 4-5

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£245-£560

The ultimate romantic lost home. Between Falmouth and Helston, near Helford Estuary. An ancient mill site where the miller’s farmhouse was rebuilt in 1665, retains original features including thatched roof, set in secluded wooded valley. Enormous open fireplace. Two bedrooms and bathroom but more basic features than other homes, contributing to unspoilt atmosphere. Romantic, popular, wonderful, but for the more adventurous.


The Colomiar, Resugga, Mevagissey Map ref#: 3

Sleeps: 4

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£245-£595

In an old farm settlement north of Mevagissey. It has stone walled gardens facing north and south. This listed building retains rag slate roof, stone arched doorways, mullioned windows and traditional feeling. High ceilinged sitting room, a tiny gallery, wood burner, oil fired Rayburn. Close to the Eden Project. A working farm with friendly owners.


Little Bosvarren, Falmouth Map ref#: 4

Sleeps: 4-6 + cot

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£375-£585

West of Falmouth. Quiet sixteenth century cottage and barn with great granite lintels and quoins in quiet backwater. Big sitting room, a big kitchen and walled garden. Wood burning stove and electric radiators. Good walks, views and close to beaches.


Badgers, Polwartha, Constantine, Falmouth Map ref#: 5

Sleeps: 4-6

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£335-£775

Badgers is just outside Constantine and near the Helford River. 400 yards from award winning remote pub. Renovated 1998. Large upstairs sitting room with wood stove, TV. Two bedrooms, (one with double, & one with twin beds). Extra childrens loft. Modern bathroom. Oil Rayburn & electric central heating. Ample safe room outside for children.


Polwartha Farmhouse, Constantine, Falmouth
Map ref #: 7

Sleeps: 5

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£335-£775

Three bedroom house in country just outside Constantine village & 400 yards from award winning pub. Oil-fired central heating and open fireplace. Open garden, lawns and fields. Convenient for the Lizard, Falmouth, Helford and cliffs, or beach. Close to Badgers.


The Grooms House, Boconnoc, Liskeard Map ref#: 10

Sleeps: 6

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£400-£895

In stable yard of grand estate, design-winning restoration retains boarded rooms, thick stone walls; many quirky features. Views over church & 18thC parkland. Five bedrooms, four bathrooms, high ceiling sitting room, central heating. 2nd big reception room. Large park for recreation. Good touring base in unique historic position. Dogs only by prior arrangement.

Higher Bosvarren Farmhouse, Constantine, Falmouth Map ref#: 11

Sleeps: 7 + cot

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£495-£930

Traditional 17thC farmhouse of thick granite, three bedrooms, dining room & sitting rooms. Big walk-in fireplaces. Simply and well renovated by conservation experts. Enclosed garden. Good family country house in farmland. Two big wood burning stoves and oil fired central heating. Kitchen refitted 2003. Good for children. Dogs allowed.

Bosbenna, Falmouth Map ref#: 12

Sleeps: 8 + cot

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£360-£1085

At end of farm drive, old stone buildings around three sides of courtyard. Renovated 2001. Very spacious & interesting. Thick walls, high ceilings. Large sitting room, big fireplace, large kitchen. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms plus two beds in attic. Good for children & dogs, three miles from Falmouth beaches. Oil fired central heating. Lots of lawn & open country.

Lower Bosvarren Farmhouse, Falmouth Map ref#: 13

Sleeps: 8 + cot

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£560-£1025

Historic Elizabethan farmhouse, four double bedrooms, two sitting rooms, big fireplaces, wood stoves, granite stonework and bread ovens, unusually shaped rooms. Long kitchen. Lots of space outside, garden & grass covered enclosed yard. Good position for Falmouth, Lizard & SW Cornwall.

Pencobben, Godrevy Point, St Ives Bay Map ref#: 17

Sleeps: 9

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£495-£1195

The north coast at Godrevy has dramatic scenery and is close to sandy beaches of St Ives Bay. Rebuilt 1970s house with spectacular views and surroundings over National Trust owned headland. Towans & dunes, isolated location, enclosed gardens, gas central heating. Walk to secluded beach. Designed for family holidays but also suitable for couple with dogs.

Bosvarren House, Falmouth Map ref#: 34

Sleeps: 8 + cot

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£495-£1120

Fine Georgian country house built 1812, large interesting garden and lawns, in farmland near Falmouth. Unused lower or garden floor. Large drawing room, morning room, dining room, large kitchen (oil fired stove) utility & WC. 4 good bedrooms, one bathroom & one shower room. Good for dogs, electric heating, wood burning stoves. Good facilities and area.

Treveddoe, Warleggan, Bodmin Map ref#: 35

Sleeps: 7 + cot

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£395-£910

An Edwardian farmhouse on the old site of an Elizabethan mansion in beautiful small valley. Lovely remote country south east of Bodmin- half an hour from coast. Big kitchen, breakfast room and sitting room. A romantic location, central for touring. Large garden, woods fields & stream. Ping pong in Barn. Much revisited. Brilliant location. Can be rented together with Barley Crush nearby to sleep up to 12.

Barley Crush, Warleggan, Bodmin Map ref#: 36

Sleeps: 4-5 + cot

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£325-£695

On site of an Elizabethan farmstead. Large first floor sitting room, & big kitchen in fine renovation. A lovely wooded and pasture valley running up to Bodmin Moor. Comfortable and spacious high ceilinged stone building in beautiful surroundings with good views. Can be rented together with Treveddoe nearby to sleep up to 12.

Pennant Farmhouse, Port Isaac Map ref#: 43

Sleeps: 12

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£735-£1610

Large eighteenth century farmhouse just outside Port Isaac, with good views of coast. Five bedrooms two big reception rooms, hall & 38 foot long kitchen. Refitted in 2003/4. All new kitchen equipment. Oil fired Aga. Big garden. In an outstanding position - close to good beaches and coastal walks - and it is such an interesting house.

Josiah’s Cottage, Pennant Farm, Port Isaac Map ref#: 47

Sleeps: 4

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£250-£595

A stunning listed stone building from 1772, just outside Port Isaac on the north coast close to beaches and cliffs. Upstairs sitting room looking over fields with original arched beam roof. Renovated winter 2004. Oil central heating. A working farm with great position and views.

The Gamekeepers House, Menabilly, Fowey Map ref#: 50

Sleeps: 5 + cot

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£404-£980

It feels really remote and is on one of Cornwall’s great stately home estates- but is only 500 yards from a beautiful beach & inlet. Renovated in the nineties this is a great forgotten house near Fowey. One of the most popular houses in Cornwall.

Littleworth, Bolventor Map ref#: 54

Sleeps: 4-6
(8 including New House)

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£335-£725
(£400-£925 with New House)

At the top of the Fowey river valley in a south facing hollow, Littleworth was once two small farms and a couple of other buildings. There is a grove of trees around the house, from which are good views over the valley, and the almost invisible ruins of mediaeval villages. The house has two bedrooms downstairs, with a wide hall, and large bathroom with both bath & separate shower cubicle. Upstairs, the sitting room and kitchen form one large high beamed room with hardwood timber floors. The house is well placed behind Looe, Polperro, close to Bodmin, the romantic and wild moors, and to the market town and castle of Launceston. No dogs Allowed.

Dozmary, Bolventor Map ref#: 57

Sleeps: 6

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£365-£1020

Overlooking Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor, this house is built against a bank and has terraces on both sides and on both floors. The house is fitted to a high standard including great slate floors on the ground floor and the large first floor terrace. There are walled lawns between house and lake, and a further walled south terrace. Granite steps to the first floor terrace and lawns the other side. The lake is a few feet beyond the low garden wall. Good views over the lake and around the valley. Dogs allowed.


Tower House, Boconnoc Map ref#: 58

Sleeps: 4-6

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£330-£650 (4)
£400-£895 (6)

Boconnoc is a private country house with deer park, church and famous gardens. The north wing includes King Charles’ room and great views. Newly refitted, quality furniture with more bedrooms planned for 2008. Outstanding, unusual. No dogs.


Harrys Court, St Ives Map ref#: 62

Sleeps: 6

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£460-£1020

St Ives is justly famous, and this conversion of two old cottages provides delightful space and has balconies over the sandy beach. Small courtyard entrance leads to beautiful little cottage in town centre. New kitchen and works 2007. No dogs. Private parking available. Astonishing position in town and on beach.


Waggon House, Pennant Farm, Port Isaac Map ref#: 63

Sleeps: 6-8

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£395-£910

Above Port Isaac, the Waggon House has loads of space and height in old stone buildings of great quality. Renovated in 2007 to keep all features in a simply designed quality refit. Surrounded by fields. Close to coast. Working farm. Spacious for 8 or good for 2. Dogs encouraged. Wonderful north coast base for holidays. This house will be available later in 2007.


Head Grooms, Boconnoc Map ref#: 64

Sleeps: 4-6

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£350-£885

A bigger house in the stable yard at Boconnoc, reached after a mile of private drive. Very large, high sitting room. Kitchen (new spring 2007) and quirky and interesting interior. Deer park. Fishing in lakes, wonderful smart touring base. Three bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Dogs allowed by arrangement.


Mill Barn, Port Isaac Map ref#: 66

Sleeps: 4

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£250-£595

The mill is at the bottom of the tiny valley about 600 yards south of Port Isaac. Built in the late 18th C with thick walls of the local stone, the house was provided storage for the adjacent older mill building. The conversion was finished in 2003, aiming to keep as many features as possible, but remain comfortable and practical. Can be combined with Wheel Barn to sleep 10. Dogs allowed.


Wheel Barn, Port Isaac Map ref#: 67

Sleeps: 6

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£335-£795

Just outside Port Isaac, the original mill was built at right angles to the hill side so that the water rushing down a leat could turn the overshot mill wheel. The millstream and water have long gone, but part of the mill wheel can be seen outside and inside, original mill machinery and workings can still be seen through a glassed in room - a very rare survival in Cornwall. The barn faces south down a beautiful little valley of meadows rising to green hills in the distance. This rare and unusual mill was renovated as a house in 2005. Can be combined with Mill Barn to sleep 10. Dogs allowed.


Lorelei, Helford Passage Map ref#: 68

Sleeps: 11/12 + cot

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
on request - please contact us

Newly rebuilt, suitably decadent, river side villa. Diagonally opposite Frenchman's Creek. Spacious, full of light with balcony and good heating. Secluded setting with river at foot of garden steps top private beach terrace. Close to many of' the famous gardens of Cornwall. Described as one of the best new houses built in Cornwall this century. A maximum of two dogs allowed.


Coswyn Barn, Gwinear, Hayle Map ref#: 69

Sleeps: 14 + cot

Changeover: Friday

Per week:
£1100-£3000

Coswyn is part of a complex of buildings making up a farming hamlet, on the outskirts of Hayle, in west Cornwall. The Barn was converted in 2005 into a spacious comfortable seven bedroomed house mixing the best of old barn with modern style and convenience. Coswyn has some truly astonishing moulded stonework. Sections of mullion windows, complete mullion windows, and other things suggest a 500 year old link with the past. There is an enormous sense of space and calm yet it is only 3 miles to the nearest beaches. No dogs.

Doorway to Coswyn Barn