½ mile from Millbrook and ½ mile from the big sandy beach at Whitsand Bay (cliff path) is Tregonhawke Farmhouse, the origins of which go back to the 16th cent..
It has been a family home for generations and has survived much turbulent history.
To one side is a pretty enclosed garden (table/chairs, barbecue) with large lawn.
Mature trees and farmland surround it and about 300 yards away is a coarse fishing lake (carp, tench, roach, rudd, bream and perch - some as large as 25lbs.Inside, a lovely roomy family home.
Access from the garden to porch (for coats/boots, tumble drier, freezer) to big kitchen/dining room (dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, fridge, range-style cooker) with table/chairs/benches in the middle.
Equally big living room with wood burner, TV/DVD.
Across a slate-floored hall, a second sitting room with TV, leading through to a downstairs double bedroom with door to garden.
Shower-room (suite) and separate loo.From the hall, stairs up to five more bedrooms - a double plus single, a double, a twin with 5'6" lintel, another twin, and a single - all individual and prettily done.
Upstairs, two bathrooms (suites, one with shower over bath).
Beach parking available in owners' field above Whitsand Bay, by arrangement.
'Day care' for dogs available.
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Arrival after 4pm.
A smashing home-from-home.
Millbrook: old village (pub, shops, children's park, lake) at the head of a creek off the River Tamar (boating/birdwatching), a mile from the sea at Whitsand Bay and Kingsand.
Cremyll (good pub) and fine houses at Mount Edgcumbe (impressive gardens) and Antony (National Trust), 3 miles.
From Cremyll, pedestrian ferry to Plymouth (theatre, shops, entertainments), or 7 miles by car ferry.