Cornish holiday complex goes on the market

A successful boutique holiday letting business at Lamorna Cove, Cornwall, which has been given gold award status by Enjoy England, has been put up for sale. The Cove, five miles from Penzance on the south coast of the Land’s End peninsula, has a colourful history.

Built around 1870 by a local land and quarry owner to provide a village school and chapel for his workers and their families, it was originally known as Cliffe House. From the 1920s it served as a hotel and was acquired by the current owners in 2004.

After sympathetically converting, extending and modernising the main house to create the apartments, the owners began trading as a holiday letting business three years ago and The Cove quickly earned a reputation as a high quality holiday destination in a sought-after location.

Within the original stone house and its recently added extensions are fifteen luxury apartments, all furnished and equipped in a modern boutique style, with plasma TV, DVD and CD players, direct telephone lines, dishwashers and microwaves. Through the main entrance is a reception hall, with an adjacent bar and coffee shop, 35-cover restaurant and sauna, and doors opening to an outdoor swimming pool. The gardens and grounds include woodland, herbaceous borders, lawns and a children’s play area.

Ellis Auger, of the selling agents Savills, says: “The Cove is in a fantastic setting and has been developed to the highest specification. It is even licensed to hold civil marriage ceremonies and would make the perfect location for a romantic wedding.

“The business could continue to operate as a family enterprise or could be bought as an investment property and run by a site manager. Either way, we expect to see considerable interest in this unique property.”

Savills Leisure in Oxford is inviting offers in excess of £2,950,000 for The Cove.

For more information, email eauger@savills.com.