Carn Du Cottage , Mousehole

Description

The Cottage, 3 min walk down to the charming and pretty village of Mousehole and next to Carn Du House has stunning magnificent panoramic views sweeping across the whole of Mounts Bay. The cottage which sleeps 4 can be rented with the main house or separately. It has a large open-plan sitting room/dining room/kitchen, with a wood-burning stove and free Wifi throughout. Upstairs there is a bathroom and two double (can be twin) bedrooms, one with a terrace with beautiful views whatever the weather. Boats pass by below, the moon rises and shines a path across the water and if you wake at dawn you will see the sun rising over the horizon. All rooms look over the sea. From the living room there are french windows to a small terrace with a table and chairs for 4. And next to the cottage is a terraced grassy area with parking and a bench to sit and gaze out to sea. Looking at the map the land you see in front falls away down to the sea so you really feel as though you are perched above the ocean - yet you have all that Mousehole brings with its clean sandy tidal harbour and little cottages, Pub, charming alleys, shops with curios, cafes and restaurants.
The Christmas lights are famed throughout the land.

History: Carn Du House has a colourful history. In its time it has played host to, among others, Charlie Chaplin, Dylan Thomas, Charles Laughton, the artists Gwen and Augustus John and the Guggenheims who all visited Mousehole. This is a cottage of rare charm in one of the most beautiful parts of old Cornwall, the Penwith peninsula. You can look out to St Michael’s Mount, where, in 1047, Edward the Confessor established a chapel, now a fortress like house, lived in by the St. Aubyn family, which perches high on an island in Mount’s Bay, reached at low tide by a stone causeway. The coastline is gentle here, but becomes more rugged as you move west towards Lamorna Cove and Land’s End. With its abundance of prehistoric stone monuments, this peninsula was the last part of Britain to be taken over by the Anglo Saxons from the Celts. DH Lawrence said of it: “This Cornwall is very primaeval: great, black, jutting cliffs and rocks, like the original darkness, with a pale sea breaking in, like dawn…”

Beaches and Walks: It is also full of beautiful beaches. The beaches at Porthcurno and Porthchapel are 15 minutes by car from Carn Du, and beyond that the stretch of sand at Sennen, just beyond Land’s End, is one of Cornwall’s best surfing beaches. Visit the sunny Scillies for the day by ferry from Penzance or go on a sea fishing trip or look out for basking sharks.
Only a 4 min walk down the hill, Mousehole harbour is picturesque, tidal and clean, with a sandy beach ideal for small children to potter, with Hole Foods delicatessen, ice-cream and cafés close by. The Rock Pool Cafe is a favourite, sit looking out to sea over St Enys Isle - and 2 Fore Street or The Old Coastguard for dinner or just to sit in the garden with a drink as the sun goes down. There are walks behind the house through old Cornish fields to Paul and to the village, and the endless variety of the coastal path which can be as long or short as you like. Walk to Lamorna and stop for s delicious lunch of fresh crab and more at the Café, stop for a pint at the Lamorna Wink, or another favourite haunt The Logan Rock at Treen, after a walk to the ancient site of Treryn Dinas with its magnificent rock formations and where the colour of the sea and the beach rival the Mediterranean.

Shorter stays are available during low season at owners discretion. pls contact owner.