Loe Bar Road, Porthleven, Helston, TR13 9EL

Step into a traditional Cornish fishing village where the boats still land their catch of fish and shellfish in the harbour. Porthleven is mainland Britain’s most southerly port, and a proper working village with a real, year round community. It’s not a place that shuts up shop when summer ends.

Captain’s Rest sits on Loe Bar Road, one of Porthleven’s most sought after addresses. It’s a quiet residential stretch of the seafront that forms part of the South West Coast Path itself. Step out of the front door and you’re on one of Britain’s great coastal walks, with unspoilt cliffs, open sea and natural beauty in every direction.

Once a fisherman’s cottage, Captain’s Rest is now a charming two bedroom, two bathroom seafront home. It has been thoughtfully enhanced by its current owners and run successfully as a holiday let. With a bathroom for each bedroom, it works as well for two couples or a family as it does for guests, and it’s ready to carry on earning from day one.

But the real showstopper is 'The Net Loft'. Across the road, on the clifftop directly above the beach, sits the detached net loft, where Cornish fishermen once stored pots & nets. Now a sun room with its own sundowner terrace, it looks straight out over the sand, the sea and the coastline beyond.

Picture it at the end of the day.

You’re on the terrace with a glass of something cold or hot, looking out over the Atlantic as the sun sinks below the horizon and turns the whole bay gold. Keep watching the water, because these are some of the richest seas in Britain.

Pods of dolphins are regularly seen off this stretch of coast. Bluefin tuna have returned to Cornish waters and can be seen leaping clear of the surface. On a lucky winter’s day, you might even catch the blow of a passing whale. No two evenings are ever the same.

This versatile space could be a third bedroom, an art studio, a sitting room or whatever you dream it to be. It’s a genuinely unusual feature, and it makes this property stand out.

Location is everything here. It’s just a 2 minute walk to the beach and a 6 minute stroll into the harbour, so you can be paddling in the sea or watching the boats come in with your coffee in hand. Porthleven’s restaurants, pubs and cafés are all a short walk away, so there’s no need to take the car out for dinner. There’s also private parking opposite the cottage. The low maintenance, hard landscaped rear garden is made for alfresco dining, with no lawn to mow, so your weekends stay your own. Altogether, it’s a rare find.

Porthleven has a long beach, surfing, clifftop walks and highly regarded restaurants. It also has shops, pubs, galleries, a supermarket, a doctors’ surgery and a well regarded primary school, with a secondary school in Helston about 10 minutes away. Community spirit is strong, with active sports clubs and a prize winning brass band playing around the harbour on summer Sunday evenings.

Watch the video and see why Captain’s Rest and The Net Loft are stealing hearts.

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