Self catering Charlestown. Self catering in St Austell Cornwall. Holiday Lodgings in St Austell

View from Kitty-witch - Charlestown

Charlestown Harbour

SELF-CATERING TARIFF

Week Commencing Tariff

No pets     No smoking The Tariff includes Gas and Electricity The harbour has high granite walls and children must be supervised. The garden steps are quite steep, so supervision required here too, but there is a handrail. There is also a drop from the lower patio where the garden room is, protected with a railing, but again, children should be supervised. Television reception is poor in the area: BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV have good reception, but Channel 4 is variable. Please bring your own bed linen and towels, but if that's difficult it can be provided at a cost of £7.50 per person (includes kitchen towel, tea towels, bedding, bath towel and hand towel each). We do not provide beach towels.

Self catering Holiday Cottage - Charlestown

Charlestown - St Austell

Panoramic view of St Austell Bay

Relax and enjoy staying in Kitty-witch, a charming old cottage situated on the quayside overlooking historic Charlestown harbour and the sea. The beach is only 30 seconds away. Sleeps 5-6 .

The Eden project is only 15 mins drive away.

Kitty-witch is a picturesque cottage with a panoramic view of St Austell Bay, looking over the harbour often containing square riggers, which has been sensitively renovated while maintaining its original features and character.

ACCOMMODATION

When you enter the cottage from the quayside, you are in a hall with the sitting room on your left, dining room on your right and kitchen straight on. The cottage has full central heating.

Downstairs:

• Sitting room with coal effect electric fire, views of the harbour and a window seat, plus television.
• Dining room with harbour views, window seat, coal effect electric fire, dining table and chairs to seat 6 people
• Fully fitted kitchen with old fashioned range (decorative only), electric oven, gas hob, fridge, microwave, small breakfast dining table and chairs, back door leading to porch, toilet, utility room and garden, stairs to first floor.

Porch with doors leading to:

• Toilet with hand basin
• Utility room with washing machine, small dishwasher and sink for washing out those swim suits/ buckets & spades
• Yard with right of way to the cottage next door on one side and to back way out past cottage on other side.
• Steps up to garden room (also accessed from upstairs landing) and garden: children do need to be supervised at all times as the steps are quite steep. The top of the garden has lovely sea views, is well stocked with shrubs and slopes uphill, past the garden room which extends onto the lower patio, garden furniture on the middle patio, and a summer house, with folding chairs, on the top patio.
• There is a bench seat outside the front of the cottage, brilliant place to catch the 6 pm sun and have a G&T.
• Parking at the front (for one car) is on the Quayside directly outside the cottage. There is a car park at the top of the harbour (just a few minutes walk away) for extra cars, but there is a charge for this.

Upstairs:

• Small landing with doors leading to 3 bedrooms, bathroom and garden room
• Spacious master bedroom with views over the harbour and the sea, king sized bed, hand basin, window seats, wardrobe, bedside lockers and chest of drawers.
• Second bedroom with views over the harbour, twin beds, hand basin, chest of drawers, wardrobe and bedside lockers.
• Small bedroom with views over the garden at the back, one single bed with truckle bed which can be pulled out to sleep an extra person but as it is a small bedroom there isn't much room to spare!
• Bathroom with hand basin, pedestal toilet and bath with shower
• Garden room extending out from the back of the cottage, into the garden, with a door onto the lower patio of the garden. This is a lovely light room, perfect for a quiet read or an artistic moment.

CHARLESTOWN HARBOUR

The working harbour is owned by Square Sail, who specialise in providing square rigger ships for filming. When they are in harbour thay are sometimes open for visiting. Occasionally, the harbour is used as a film set. It is not possible to anticipate when this might take place.

There are two pebbly beaches, one on each side of the harbour, with rock pools to explore at low tide

There are three pubs/restaurants in Charlestown, the Rashleigh arms, The Pier House Hotel with Harbourside pub, and the Bosun's diner.There is also a post office selling newspapers, sweets, bread, milk etc., a natural health centre, a pottery and a gallery.

There is a sandy beach at Porthpean, a 5 minute drive away.