Why we love it
No.3 The Old School House earns its place for one simple reason: it lives with the sea. The windows, balcony and old smuggler’s passage down to the beach make the bay part of daily life, whether you’re watching the tide shift from indoors, slipping out for an early swim or walking back salt-haired through the village for coffee. It feels deeply rooted in Cawsand, but also unusually calm and composed inside, with the kind of thoughtful, collected interiors that soften bad-weather days as beautifully as they frame bright ones.
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About the Property
Set just above the shoreline between Cawsand and Kingsand, this is a house for guests who want Cornwall to feel close, local and unrushed. The building has a sense of history, but the mood indoors is warm rather than formal, with antiques, art and natural materials giving it depth and ease. Large windows keep the water in view, and there’s a balcony for watching boats and changing light over the bay. Below, a private stretch of walled garden offers a sheltered corner for reading or a late drink after the beach. Best of all is the setting within the village itself: pastries in the morning, a swim before lunch, a coast path walk in the afternoon, and no need to go anywhere much at all.
Location
Cawsand and Kingsand, Rame Peninsula
On Cornwall’s Rame Peninsula, Cawsand and Kingsand feel a little apart from the county’s busier coastal circuits. The twin villages are all narrow lanes, painted cottages, old fishing history and a bay that changes character with the tide and weather. This is a gentler corner of Cornwall, made for sea swimming, shoreline pottering and long walks out towards Rame Head on the South West Coast Path. There are good places to eat within strolling distance, and Plymouth sits just across the water, but the real draw is the sense of being somewhere self-contained, salt-edged and pleasingly unshowy.
