The Piggery - Penzance

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  Enchanting, charming, very pretty and definitely cosy are four of the most suitable adjectives to describe this stunning little barn conversion that is hidden deep in the West Cornwall Peninsula! Combine this with the fact that you can take your dog on holiday with you as an outside kennel/run is provided for those times when you go out without your pet, makes it almost perfect? Surely, the icing on the cake would be if you could have fresh and warm farm eggs delivered to your door in the morning well that can be arranged too! The Piggery dates back to the early Victorian era when it was used to house the farm pigs as the barn and the surrounding buildings were all part of a large farm complex.

  Today, The Piggery is totally self contained and is located within the farming community of Sellan which is now split into two dairy farms - Little and Great! This single storey conversion has been sympathetically restored by the current owners who have tried to ensure that the needs of today's discerning visitors have been catered for throughout the letting year. In the summer months, the barn has a very pretty little outside patio area with hanging baskets, flowering shrubs and garden furniture and in the winter, the double glazed wooden windows and the gas fired wood burning style stove ensures that the property and its occupants are as warm as toast! The beaches of Porthcurno and Sennen Cove are but a short drive away as is the regional hub of Penzance with its air and sea links to the Isles of Scilly. A short stroll down the country lane besides the barn will take you to the beautiful reservoir at Drift where you can arrange for a one day rod licence and catch your own supper - perfect!

• Property Description

  Property Description

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  • Sleeps: 2
  • Rural Property: Yes

  • Bedrooms: 1
  • Bathrooms: 1
  • Town Property: No

  

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  Shops

  3.00

  Pub

  3.00

  Beach

  3.00

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  Entrance through stable door into open plan living area. The high vaulted ceiling, open beams and the numerous velux windows throughout the barn ensure a considerable amount of light enters the property which gives it a very spacious and relaxed feel. Fully fitted kitchen units with sold wood worktops, Belfast style ceramic sink, dishwasher, electric double oven and grill, ceramic hob with extractor hood and microwave. Small dining table and chairs, sofa seating, flat screen TV with free view channels and additional furniture which has been sourced locally. Bedroom with double bed, additional furniture and views over the patio. Shower Room with glass cubicle and electric shower. Hand basin, W.C. Utility room with washing machine and fridge/freezer. Part open granite walls and slate floors through out. Outside: Pretty patio area with shrubs, baskets etc. Garden furniture, small BBQ. Dog run and Kennel. Private parking. Please note: Two controlled dogs welcome in the property and guests are kindly asked to refrain from smoking inside the property.

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  Out & About

  Harris's Restaurant, Penzance (0.0 miles)

  Untitled by Robert Wright (0.2 miles)

  Jubilee Pool (0.3 miles)

  2 Fore Street - Mousehole (2.4 miles)

  St Michael's Mount (2.7 miles)

  GB Surf School (2.8 miles)

  Mousehole Bird Sanctuary (2.8 miles)

  The Victoria Inn (4.1 miles)

  The Play Zone (5.7 miles)

  Coast 2 Coast Karting (5.9 miles)

  Located in one of the world's most beautiful bays, Penzance enjoys its reputation for excellent restaurants and cafés and is reputed to have more restaurants and eating houses per capita then New York! – It also has an enviable reputation as one of the friendliest towns in Cornwall with a warm welcome to visitors from all over the globe. As the business centre of West Cornwall and the focus of commercial activity for the whole Lands End Peninsula, you would be right to expect a bustling, thriving town. Yet Penzance still manages to be true to its heritage and always maintains its olde worlde atmosphere, the town successfully retaining its charm while simultaneously keeping pace with the specific demands of the 21st century. One can find delightful oases of calm amongst the bustle, such as the impressive Penzance Museum and Art Gallery, which houses a substantial collection of paintings, notably from the Newlyn School of Artists and the Morrab Gardens, a delightful haven with a profusion of sub tropical flowers and palm trees – they even have a flowering banana plant! The Exchange Gallery is a major contemporary art space, enabling audiences to see work on a scale never before accessible in the region. It shows an exciting and innovative programme featuring national and international works, alongside the best of those produced in the local area. The main thoroughfare is Market Jew Street, a busy shopping area that leads gently uphill to the handsome classical building of the Market House, behind which other shopping streets of Causewayhead and Alverton Street lead. Everywhere there is a truly charming mix of gorgeous Cornish cottages and superb examples of eclectic Regency and Georgian architecture. In addition to the profusion and diversity of shops, there is much to explore in the town. Discover the 14th century Turk's Head Inn, the Admiral Benbow Inn, containing in their words ' a vast array of seafaring antiques recovered from historic ships' - salvage from wrecks, from ships wheels to figure heads. The word “Penzance” is a corruption of the old Cornish word Pensans which in the ancient Cornish language means 'Holy Headland', referring to the headland to the western side of the harbour on which a chapel was established by early Christians well over 1000 years ago. Today St Mary's Church is located on the same site. At the end of the headland is the famous sea-water swimming pool, an open air Art Deco masterpiece, opened in 1935 and which today is the only one in existence in the UK. The stunning harbour was primarily responsible for the establishing of the town, as it is the first sheltered harbour that is reached from the Atlantic. Indeed, news of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar in 1805 was brought by returning fishermen and announced at the Union Hotel in Chapel Street before it had even reached London. Further out of town, the coastal walk from Penzance to St Ives and the Tinner's Way provides breathtaking views with romantic granite scenery, historical engine houses and high moorland. With its reed beds, woodland, mudflats, reservoirs, sheltered coastal bays and open moorland, the Penzance area is a birdwatcher's delight and attracts ornithologists from all over the world. Penzance's climate is one of the most temperate anywhere in the British Isles and its location ensures that spring comes earlier than anywhere else in the country which is of course a major contribution to the profusion of beautiful flora and fauna. From Penzance, frequent public bus services travel to all major points of interest in the area including Land's End, Porthcurno and the Minack Theatre, Mousehole, Marazion and St Michael's Mount, while there are both bus and train services to St Ives. Penzance also has excellent transport links to the famous sub-tropical Isles of Scilly, which lie 28 miles to the west of Land's End. Visitors can choose a leisurely 2 hour cruise aboard the Scillonian III, or a fast 20 minute flight on the regular helicopter and plane services.