Boswedden House – Georgian B&B & Retreat Centre near Cape Cornwall
A mine captain’s Georgian house in 1.75 acres of garden, between St Just and Cape Cornwall, that offered B&B, workshops and retreats.
Boswedden House was built at the beginning of the 19th century as a mine captain’s elegant family home. It stands in 1.75 acres of garden on the road from St Just to Cape Cornwall, looking out over fields and National Trust land to the sea, about a 10-minute walk from Priest’s Cove.
Thelma, Nigel and their team ran it as a bed and breakfast and a healing and retreat centre – a tranquil, comfortable setting for B&B stays, workshops, seminars and retreats, with a heated indoor pool, a meditation room and a garden labyrinth.
Boswedden House advertised its B&B on Cornwall Online from July 2009 to July 2014 and is no longer advertising on Cornwall Online, so this page is kept for reference.
See other places to stay nearby in St Just, Pendeen and Sennen below.
The House & Garden
All the bedrooms were en suite, with tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryers and alarm clocks, and views either to the sea or across the garden to the moors. The house had full central heating and a comfortable living room with satellite television and open fires for out-of-season visitors.
Breakfast was a full choice menu with vegetarian options. Guests could use the heated indoor swimming pool and sauna (usually from March to late October), the licensed bar and the meditation room, and relaxation therapies were available alongside a programme of retreats and workshops. The large garden had space for sunbathing, games and quiet strolls, and a labyrinth to walk, and there was plenty of off-street parking.
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Cape Cornwall, Priest’s Cove & the Tin Coast
Cape Cornwall – the only cape in England – dominates the coast just west of Boswedden, its great hump-backed headland jutting out into the Atlantic where, traditionally, the Celtic Sea meets the English Channel. Small boats still work from Priest’s Cove on its south side, and Cape Cornwall golf course is a short walk from the house.
The coast here, with its wildlife, industrial archaeology and geology, is largely cared for by the National Trust. The South West Coast Path runs north past Kenidjack and Botallack to Levant and Geevor, and south through Cot Valley towards Sennen. Boswedden takes its name from the old Boswedden Mine in the Kenidjack valley below, whose wheel house once held the largest waterwheel in Cornwall.
Inland, West Penwith is a living museum of ancient sites – stone circles, standing stones, fogous and chamber tombs – linked by footpaths and quiet lanes, while St Just, the most westerly town in mainland Britain, is under a mile to the east.
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