Gardens and Pool
At Polpier, below the huge lawn, lies the heated outdoor swimming pool. Relax poolside on the slate terrace. Enjoy the views over the harbour, and soak up the rays as the sun passes across the sky.
Behind Polpier is the club standard synthetic clay tennis court. Perfect for friendly knock abouts or your own tournament.
Polpier and Penpol have two acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, with incredible harbour views. At the heart of the garden is the large front lawn, perfect for cricket and croquet. At the end of the lawn you’ll find the gazebo, which provides shade for lazy afternoons of reading and snoozing.
Step out on to Penpol’s terrace garden and enjoy the scents of the potted herbs. Help yourselves to our herbs to spice up your dinner.
The garden at Penpol has stunning views over the harbour, perfect for al fresco dining and soaking up the sun in the summer months. Enjoy the peace of the secret chapel garden, blissfully quiet.
Living Spaces
Relax in Polpier’s elegant drawing room. Cosy up on the huge corner sofa in the family room. Warm your toes by the wood burner, and settle down for a night in front of the Bose home cinema system. Use the table for those impossible jigsaws, which take days to complete, even with the whole family helping out.
The disco hall, complete with DJ booth and disco ball is the perfect place to dance the night away with your family and friends.
There is also a games room at Polpier, complete with a table tennis table, and a snooker room with and breath-taking views over the harbour.
The main sitting room at Penpol is a welcoming room with french doors opening out onto the sun terrace. Warm up on winter nights and fire up the wood burning stove.
Cooking and Dining
In Polpier there is a large light-filled kitchen and dining room. At the far end, beside a wood burning stove, there is a granite topped table which seats up to 16 guests. An additional table and chairs can be added to the granite dining table to seat up to 32 guests in a T formation.
There is also bar with seats for ten guests and a wall mounted TV, fantastic for watching those important sporting matches.
Off the kitchen dining room there is a second kitchen with everything you need to create a feast for your family.
For those sunny days there is a terrace just outside the kitchen dining room with another granite top table which seats up to 16.
Penpol has a large kitchen diner, complete with a four oven Aga and a pantry for you to make use of. There is a bar seating four for those who want to keep the cook company.
Bedrooms
There are eight super king bedrooms in total at Polpier. In the main house there are five super king bedrooms with walk in bath or shower rooms and the spacious Aqua suite with its own master bedroom ensuite bathroom and adjoining zip and link room. Great for families with young children.
Two guests can stay in idyllic privacy in the separate Honeymoon Suite. The Honeymoon Suite sits apart from the main house and has a super king-sized double bed, en suite shower room and its own kitchenette.
At Penpol there is additional luxury accommodation for an extra ten guests. Penpol main house has three double bedrooms each with an ensuite bathroom. There are a further two ensuite bedrooms in the Garden House. Each spacious bedroom has masses of storage, a TV and sofa or chairs, so everyone is comfortable and well catered for in every way.
Children welcome, and dogs too
At Polpier and Penpol there’s something for everyone and different spaces and places for all ages. Polpier will put a smile on the faces of your family.
Teenagers will love the games room at Polpier, which has a table tennis table, separate snooker room and of course the disco.
Children of all ages will enjoy splashing around in the heated outdoor pool and letting off steam on the tennis court. Get your rackets at the ready and prepare for some fun and laughter on the courts.
Dogs also adore Polpier, running around the gardens, snoozing on the sunbeds or curling up by the woodburners.
Autumn and Winter in Mevagissey
Mevagissey is still just as charming in winter. Boats bob in the harbour and the cottages are beacons of colour along the quiet, winding streets. The fish and chips are still to die for and the pubs and restaurants glow with a warm welcome.
Wrap up for a walk on a beautiful, deserted beach. Enjoy tennis, golf, shooting and sailing on crisp, clear days. Make the most of Cornwall’s many attractions, including the Eden Project and St Ives Tate, when the maddening crowds are far away.
Polpier and Penpol are havens of comfort. Experiment cooking Polpier’s orchard apples on the Agas or curl up in front of a wood burner with a glass of mellow, red wine. Snooker and table tennis competitions, long, lazy candle-lit dinners and nights dancing in the disco.
Christmas at Polpier and Penpol
Christmas is an unforgettable extravaganza at Polpier and Penpol – winter wonders where 26 nearest and dearest can be seduced by seasonal magic in a brand new way. This is the Christmas of charades in front of crackling fires, of family films on home cinema, and of knees-ups in the disco hall.
Outside, lights twinkle as brightly in the harbour as they do on the tree. With Christmas Eve all wrapped up, follow the twisty trail of cob and slate houses to the harbour’s bobbing boats and the warm glow of the winter pubs. After the champagne and crackers, wrap up warm for walk along a beautiful deserted beach for a special seasonal glow before returning invigorated to continue your Christmas celebrations.
What People Say
Cornwall is its own entertainment
If the house isn’t enough, lose yourself in the Lost Gardens of Heligan or marvel at the Eden Project. Potter down for a pint in the quaint fishing village of Mevagissey, walk the coastal path, take the ferry to Fowey for fresh fish. Cornwall is its own entertainment.
