The property
About ½ mile from Luckett, two detached cottages set on a 7 acre smallholding (pigs, chickens) with gardens, wildlife pond (unfenced), vegetable plots and meadow, along with the friendly owners’ cottage.
You are welcome to explore, but small children should be supervised.
Home grown eggs, bacon (when available), logs.
Spring water.
A lovely, get-away-from-everything placeMugwell Barn: single-storey detached cottage which faces away from the owners’ house and has a large patio (table/chairs) with lovely uninterrupted rural views.
It is contemporary and spacious with oak floors.
Four steps down to main entrance (alternative side entrance without steps).
Open-plan living/dining/kitchen (slimline dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, fridge-freezer, electric oven/induction hob) with woodburner, sofa bed (for alternative sleeping), TV/DVD/Blu-ray and large glazed doors that fold back to open to the patio; double bedroom (6' zip-linked bed) with glazed doors to garden and en suite shower-room (wet-room suite, bidet).
Luckett: timeless hamlet deep in the wooded Tamar valley which has World Heritage status.
Once heavily mined for copper and other minerals, nature has claimed her own and it is now a haven for rare butterflies and orchids.
Lovely walks/cycle trails.
Cotehele House (Nat.
Trust), 4 miles.
Tavistock, 8 miles.
Saltash, Plymouth, 9-10 miles.
Accommodation
All on one level. One super king-size double bedroom with glazed doors to garden and en suite wet-room, with shower, WC, basin and bidet. Open-plan living area with sitting area with wood burning stove and sofa bed (for alternative sleeping), kitchen and dining area.
About the location
LUCKETT
Callington is a Cornish market town, rich in mining heritage and overlooked by Kit Hill, the highest point in the area, donated to the people of Cornwall by Prince Charles to celebrate the birth of Prince William. From the top of Kit Hill there are fabulous views across south-east Cornwall as far as Plymouth Sound. Callington is set in the heart of the Tamar Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and offers a good selection of shops, inns and cafes, as well as being the home of Ginsters Cornish pasties. A few miles away, the quaint village of Calstock clings to the steep banks of the river Tamar and is dominated by the splendid Calstock Railway Viaduct, a giant 11-arched stone construction supporting one of Britain’s most picturesque branch lines running through the Tamar Valley. Other interesting places along the river are Cotehele, a beautiful historic house and gardens owned by the National Trust with a small quay and inn, and Morwellham Quay, a theme park that staged a living history production for the BBC and where visitors can explore the rich mining heritage and watch blacksmiths, potters and craftsmen at work. The pannier market town of Tavistock is only nine miles from Callington and is well worth a visit on your way to a day’s walk on Dartmoor. A splendid base to explore south Cornwall and West Devon.
Note: Spring water. Four steps down to main entrance (alternative side entrance without steps). Sofa bed for alternative sleeping.
