½ mile from Millbrook and ½ mile from the big sandy beach at Whitsand Bay (cliff path) is Tregonhawke Farmhouse, the origins of which go back to the 16th cent..
It has been a family home for generations and has survived much turbulent history.
To one side is a pretty enclosed garden (table/chairs, barbecue) with large lawn.
Mature trees and farmland surround it and about 300 yards away is a coarse fishing lake (carp, tench, roach, rudd, bream and perch - some as large as 25lbs.Inside, a lovely roomy family home.
Access from the garden to porch (for coats/boots, tumble drier, freezer) to big kitchen/dining room (dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, fridge, range-style cooker) with table/chairs/benches in the middle.
Equally big living room with wood burner, TV/DVD.
Across a slate-floored hall, a second sitting room with TV, leading through to a downstairs double bedroom with door to garden.
Shower-room (suite) and separate loo.From the hall, stairs up to five more bedrooms - a double plus single, a double, a twin with 5'6" lintel, another twin, and a single - all individual and prettily done.
Upstairs, two bathrooms (suites, one with shower over bath).
Beach parking available in owners' field above Whitsand Bay, by arrangement.
'Day care' for dogs available.
Damages Deposit £250.
Arrival after 4pm.
A smashing home-from-home.
Millbrook: old village (pub, shops, children's park, lake) at the head of a creek off the River Tamar (boating/birdwatching), a mile from the sea at Whitsand Bay and Kingsand.
Cremyll (good pub) and fine houses at Mount Edgcumbe (impressive gardens) and Antony (National Trust), 3 miles.
From Cremyll, pedestrian ferry to Plymouth (theatre, shops, entertainments), or 7 miles by car ferry.