3 miles from Holsworthy and 8 miles from Bude is Parnacott House, a beautiful, part-Georgian house (some parts 17th cent.), Grade II listed and in the same family since 1580.
Pepys, Creed, Dryden and John Graves Simcoe, founder of modern Ontario, were ancestors of the current owners.
The house is set in 12 acres of beautiful gardens and grounds surrounded by fields, rich in lawns, fenced wildlife pond, Victorian rhododendrons, flowers, shrubs, lots of mature trees and plentiful wildlife, especially birds.
Parnacott has a wedding licence and you can pitch a marquee on site by prior arrangement (please ask us).This is a super, extremely comfortable and homely house with excellent furniture, family memorabilia and portraits.
Big, square, high rooms with large windows, beautifully decorated and furnished, with flowers from the garden and other personal and many hand-made touches.Hall, off which a sunny, peaceful, comfortable drawing room with open fire and a formal dining room.
Both rooms have big windows overlooking the garden.Childrens room with sofas, TV/DVD, PlayStation 2, Wii, toys, dressing-up boxes, puppet theatre, doll's house and half-sized pool table.Well-equipped kitchen (dishwasher, microwave, fridge-freezer, larder fridge, electric range-style cooker) and small step down to pretty breakfast/sitting room with woodburner and TV/DVD.The ground-floor wing has two bedrooms sharing a shower-room (suite, 1' step up to cubicle) - low step to a twin (TV) leading through to a small, sunny double (footboard).Utility room (washing machine, tumble drier, fridge-freezer, sink).
Door to back yard (external private access to the double bedroom, if required).Upstairs (5'11" arch on landing, stairgate), five more bedrooms:- The master double (5' four-poster bed), beautifully spacious and comfy with mahogany furniture, washbasin and south-facing views over the gardens- A double (6' zip-linked bed or twin, washbasin), equally beautiful, also south-facing, looking over the garden- A pretty double (5' bed) with 2 steps down to en suite bathroom (suite, bidet)- A pretty blue twin (washbasin) with inter-connecting door (lockable) to- Another pretty twin (washbasin)Bathroom (suite with separate power-shower) and separate shower-room (suite, power-shower).Outside, table tennis in an open-sided barn and lots of outdoor space for playing.Barbecue, croquet, boules, badminton, quoits, soft ball .Bicycles can be hired in Bude (8 miles); surfing lessons; riding stables locally; clay pigeon shooting available locally, by prior arrangement.Professional catering using fresh, locally sourced produce available.
Daily domestic help, baby-sitting and dog-sitting available (extra).
Altogether, a peaceful, elegant, gentle place with friendly owners, there if you require help, otherwise unobtrusive.
They live in a lovely cottage adjoining the house with its own walled garden.
Only 15 minute drive to the Coast Path and beautiful surf beaches (children's bodyboards and buckets/spades provided).
Holsworthy: main town of this sparsely-populated, unspoilt farming area: small but important, down-to-earth yet lively with good market, attractive square, shops, pubs.
Golf course and leisure centre (indoor swimming pool).
Fishing, sailing, windsurfing on Tamar Lakes, 4½ miles; river fishing not far.
Sea/sand/surf/tennis/golf/walking at Bude, 8 miles.
