Margie's Cottage - St Just

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  Margie's Cottage is a very pretty, double fronted terraced property which has been recently renovated to a high standard yet retaining many of its original features several of which were discovered during the renovation work including fireplaces, old timber beams and a hidden internal window that was blocked up many years ago. This unique and attractive holiday home benefits from a sitting room and study with open fires, a large front and rear garden, private parking to the rear and a useful and attractive outside loo.

  Located on the edge of St Just in a quiet pedestrian terrace, Margie's Cottage is within easy walking distance of the town, shops and restaurants and a short morning or evening stroll will give you easy access to the surrounding open countryside and magnificent sea views over the cliff tops. The town of St. Just and the surrounding area has been designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty and recently awarded World Heritage Status by UNESCO. There is lots to see and do in the area and the owners have supplied information of local attractions - man-made and natural - from the Land's End visitor centre to the natural rugged coastline of West Penwith, the beautiful beaches and the museums and galleries of nearby towns.

• Property Description

  Property Description

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  • Sleeps: 4
  • Rural Property: No

  • Bedrooms: 2
  • Bathrooms: 1
  • Town Property: Yes

  

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  Distance in miles from..

  Shops

  0.25

  Pub

  0.25

  Beach

  4.00

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  Entrance through rear garden and small porch/utility area with washing machine, Ceramic tiled floor. Kitchen: Fitted and free standing units, electric cooker and grill, fridge/freezer, microwave. Archway leading to cosy Dining Room with antique, re-claimed pine table and chairs, recently discovered and restored inglenook fireplace with working woodstove, slate floor. Sitting room with small granite and slate inglenook with working wood burner, sofa seating, flat screen digital TV/DVD player together with a large selection of DVDs. Study: Original stained glass door leading into restful room with two-seater sofa, writing desk in window alcove looking out to garden, beautiful antique Art Nouveau fireplace (open) with original tiling. Portable CD/Radio player with iPod dock. Wireless BT Broadband hub. A lovely, restful room in which to sit, read, write letters listen to music or use your laptop, modern ceramic tiled floor.

  Stairs to first floor Bedroom One: Brass double bed, large built-in wardrobe, additional antique furniture including Victorian marble washstand, window with garden views, wall mounted convector heater. Bedroom Two: Pine twin beds, built-in wardrobe and cupboards, additional antique furniture, electric wall mounted convector heater. Bathroom: Spacious and light room with bath, electric shower over, W.C. Hand basin, heated towel rail and ceramic tiled floor.

  Outside: Front garden laid to lawn, access to pedestrian lane. Rear garden: High-walled back garden which is stepped and terraced and newly re-stocked with flowering plants and herbs. Small patio with garden furniture. Large greenhouse with an extending retractable line for drying washing or wet-suits. Newly restored and decorated outside WC with light. Studio with work bench/table plus some artists' materials, which will include an easel, paper, pencils, charcoal, paint and brushes. Serious artists should bring their own materials as those provided are only intended for visitors who would like to have a go.

  Please note:

  Due to the nature of the garden, very young children must be supervised and regrettably, Margie's Cottage is not suitable for those guests in wheelchairs or with mobility problems.

  One small controlled dog accepted and smokers are kindly asked to refrain from smoking in the property.

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  Out & About

  Greevor Tin Mine (1.7 miles)

  Sennen Surfing Centre (3.8 miles)

  Land's End Visitors Centre (4.3 miles)

  Porthcurno Telegraph Museum (5.5 miles)

  Harris's Restaurant, Penzance (6.4 miles)

  Untitled by Robert Wright (6.5 miles)

  Jubilee Pool (6.6 miles)

  2 Fore Street - Mousehole (6.9 miles)

  Mousehole Bird Sanctuary (7.0 miles)

  St Michael's Mount (9.0 miles)

  St Just is the most westerly town in Britain and home to a community that is fiercely proud of its Cornish traditions. Initially, the town greets visitors with streets of sturdy granite cottages, an elegant granite church dating from 1336 and a local landscape scattered with the relics of its mining past. However, if this sounds a little dour, don't be fooled. St Just is a bustling regional town which is proudly self-sufficient with everything that the visitor could want - right on the doorstep. A charming array of shops including two traditional and very good butchers, a baker, small supermarket and a host of fabulous little bric a brac shops and galleries just waiting to be explored. The central square boasts four pubs, all with their own individual charm and character serving good local food and Cornish ales. Two large festivals, Lafrowda Day and Feast Day attract huge numbers of locals and visitors alike to join in the street processions and festivities of these ancient pagan festivals.

  Despite its small size, St Just has a thriving arts community and in the middle of the town you will discover the Plen-an-Gwary, or 'playing place'. Registered as an ancient monument, this large, circular green, surrounded by walls, has been used for centuries for public entertainment and today is the setting for productions of medieval plays many of which take place in the warm summer months.

  A mile from the town is the spectacular promontory of Cape Cornwall, one of only two such capes in the United Kingdom (the definition of a cape is the point at which two oceans or seas meet and in this case the Atlantic Ocean/English Channel and the Bristol Channel) In the early 20th century, the cape was owned by Captain Francis Oates, who began his working life at age 12 in Balleswidden mine. He left Cornwall in his early twenties and emigrated to South Africa where he joined the famous De Beers mining company and eventually worked his way up to be Managing Director of the huge diamond conglomerate. He returned to west Cornwall, where he built the stunning Porthledden House which stands majestically overlooking the Cape. Formerly in the ownership of the Heinz Company, the cape is now owned by the National Trust.
  During the 4th century AD, the cape was the site of one of the first Christian chapels in west Cornwall, St Helen's Oratory which is now occupied by a ruined farm building. The site has been used since the Roman times and is well worth the visit as is the fabulous views that can be seen from the top of the cape.