Bottreaux House – Former B&B Guest House in Boscastle
A 200-year-old house at the top of the old village of Boscastle, with seven en suite bedrooms, a few minutes’ walk from the Elizabethan harbour.
Bottreaux House is a 200-year-old building at the top of the old village of Boscastle, within a few minutes’ walk of the famous Elizabethan harbour, the shops and places to eat. For many years it was a bed and breakfast with seven beautiful en suite bedrooms, a guests’ lounge, a light and airy dining room and a licensed bar.
The house takes its name from the Bottreaux family, Norman lords who settled here around 1080 and built the castle that gave Boscastle its name – “Bottreaux’s Castle”, later shortened to Boscastle.
Bottreaux House is no longer trading as a B&B and is no longer advertising on Cornwall Online, so this page is kept for reference.
See other places to stay nearby in Boscastle, Crackington Haven and Tintagel below.
The Rooms at Bottreaux House
All seven bedrooms were en suite and tastefully decorated with white linen and colour co-ordinated accessories, with flat screen televisions, alarm clock radios, hairdryers, generous refreshment trays and free Wi-Fi. Several had distant sea views.
- William – spacious first-floor room with a super king size bed and en suite shower room.
- Forrabury Heights – king size bed, looking towards the sea and Forrabury Church.
- The Castle – king size bed with distant sea views.
- Bo’s – king size double with a more spacious shower.
- Peter’s Wood – light and airy double room.
- Crow’s Nest – second-floor room with a super king size bed, distant sea views and a bathroom with separate bath and shower.
- Paradise – second-floor king size room with shower over bath.
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Lounge, Breakfast & Bar
Guests had their own lounge with deep leather sofas and chairs and a good selection of local books, guides and walking information. Breakfast was served in a spacious dining room with large windows: a full English with local award-winning sausages and free-range eggs, salmon with scrambled eggs, Cornish yoghurt, cereals and juices, with vegetarian and special diets catered for.
The licensed bar, stocked with novels to borrow, was a place to relax with family and friends, and the dining room and bar were also used for private parties and celebrations. Guests had a free private car park – a real bonus in Boscastle.
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Boscastle – the Old Village & the Harbour
The old upper village of Boscastle, around Fore Street and Dunn Street, is a cluster of slate-hung cottages above the steep Valency valley, with the site of Bottreaux Castle nearby. From here lanes and paths drop down to the harbour, the only natural harbour on 40 miles of this coast, protected by its two stone breakwaters and cared for by the National Trust.
From the harbour you can walk up the wooded Valency Valley to St Juliot, where Thomas Hardy restored the church and met his first wife, or climb to the lookout on Willapark. The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic is on the harbourside, and Tintagel Castle is about three miles down the coast. See our Boscastle village guide for parking and facilities.
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