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The Old Rectory
Offers quality Bed & Breakfast in a historic house
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Bed and Breakfast Summary |
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The Old Rectory
St Juliot
Boscastle
Cornwall
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| 4 Double from: | £39.00 pppn |
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Bed and Breakfast Description
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Situated near Boscastle on the beautiful North Cornish Coast. Within an hours drive of the M5 at Exeter. An ideal base to visit Cornwall's Eden Project, Lanhydrock House, a variety of Cornish gardens, unspoilt beaches and many other Cornish treasures.
Our house is surrounded by 3 acres of beautiful mature south facing gardens including a Victorian walled garden.
Thomas Hardy stayed here as a young architect and met and fell in love with Emma Lavinia Gifford. The romance led to the novel "A Pair of Blue Eyes", and to some of his finest poetry.
The Old Rectory is a family home and has been updated and decorated in period style.
Guests are welcome to bring a snack back and enjoy a glass of wine in the guests own Sitting Room, or on our viewing deck over looking the Valency valley and sea.
All the produce we use is either from the garden or sourced locally and we use Fair Trade products where possible.
Come and stay as our guests and enjoy a brush with history.
The house has been recently updated and decorated in period style. It is centrally heated throughout. Guests have their own Sitting Room which they can use during the day with seasonal log fires. They can also help themselves to fruit from the fruit bowl.
The walled garden supplies ample fresh fruit and vegetables in season, as well as free range eggs. Breakfast, cooked on an Aga, is served in the Entrance Hall and consists of a wide range of Cornish produce including our home made marmalade and preserves.
Prices include a full cooked breakfast and a daily newspaper of your choice except Sundays (No delivery!)
Wifi now available in all rooms
All Bedrooms have a Colour TV, Radio alarm, Hair dryer, and a well stocked hospitality tray. |
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Local Attractions
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Walks
Guests have the advantage of leaving their car here to explore the local countryside and the dramatic coastal scenery. The highest cliffs in the county are here just ready to be explored. You can see seals either swimming or just lying on the rocks sunning themselves. There are several circular walks including the famous Valency Valley where you can see an abundance of wild life including Dippers and Kingfishers on a good day. For guests who would like ashorter walk we are only 3 fields away by footpath from St Juliot Church. Here you can see the new memorial window dedicated to Thomas Hardy, kindly donated by the Hardy Society and beautifully engraved in glass by Simon Whistler in 2003.
Beaches
The North Cornish coast is well known for its Surf and for those looking for beaches there are several to choose from. Heading north there are: - Strangles, Crackington Haven, Widemouth and 2 beaches at Bude.
South of Boscastle there are:- Bossiney and Trebarwith (both of these are not accessible at high tide, but great at low tide). Port Isaac, Port Quin, Polzeath and Daymer Bay. The furthest beach mentioned above is only 40 minutes by car.
Boscastle
Even after the devasting flood of August 2004, there is something for everyone, magnificent cliffs and scenery, rare seabirds, a beautiful functional Elizabethan harbour. The chance to take fishing trips, a Museum of Witchcraft, the unique Boscastle Pottery, a gentle stream with ducks bobbing in it. Historic old Cornish Cottages with sagging roofs, the Boscastle Blowhole - an astonishing feature that emits a loud booming noise, and sends a spray of water across the harbour.
Wonderful pubs full of character, some with live music in the bar on certain evenings, an abundance of eating-places, to suit every pocket. The medieval `stitches' near Forrabury Church, a relic of times past, the newly opened Visitor Center with lots more information! |
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B&B Location
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From the M5 at Exeter keep going until you get to junction 31 where the Motorway divides into two the A38 and A30. Take the left lane marked A30 to Okehampton – Launceston - Bodmin.
When arriving in Cornwall stay on the A30 for about 2 miles past Launceston and take the exit marked Kennards House (A395). To North Cornwall, Wadebridge, Camelford and Bude. You will then drive over the dual carriage way and turn left.
After a few miles on this road you will drive through a village - Pipers Pool. You will then pass through a wind farm and then on the right you will pass a plantation and a Pub on the right called Wilsey Down at Hallworthy. Here there are two right turns. You need the second right (B3262) Marked Otterham Station and Bude. (The first one is marked Canworthy Water do not take this one)
Keep on this road until you come to ‘T’ Junction turn right to Bude (A39)
Take the next left marked Boscastle, Crackington, Marshgate and Tresparett.
Keep on this road until you come to a crossroads and turn left to Boscastle.
Up the hill over the brow and you will see the Atlantic ocean on the way down the hill you will see our road sign and a sign to St Juliot Church and Lesnewth follow this and you will come to our entrance about ¾ of a mile on the right hand side. Drive down the track beside the farm.
There is ample room for turning and parking outside our house.
If you are in Boscastle we are well sign posted from the B3263 Boscastle to Bude road.
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