Finest Retreats | Potters Cottage

Potters Cottage is an 18th century, detached cottage, nestled in the heart of Fowey (AONB). Holding a wonderful, elevated position over Cobbs Well in the town’s historic centre, this charming cottage has recently been fully refurbished to provide luxuriant accommodation for up to six guests. Brand new for 2024, the cottage has been lovingly refurbished, maintaining many of its original features which have been complimented by modern living luxuries that you would expect for a truly comfortable stay.

Entering Potters via Cobbs Wells through a privacy keypad entrance gate, original granite steps will lead you to the lower courtyard and cottage entrance. In the lower courtyard area, there is plenty of space for you to store shoes/boots, coats, hiking gear, or beach equipment.

The front door opens into a large, welcoming dual aspect dining area and cosy living space, withlimestone floor and hand burnished traditional column radiators. The entertaining area comprises of a large Grange dining table and chairs, leather chesterfield sofas, sash window seat, log burner, smart TV and a music system (downstairs communal area) for you to connect to via Bluetooth.

From the lounge, an archway leads you to the beautifully fitted cottage kitchen, boasting a granite work surface, integrated appliances, sash window seat to perch on and heated limestone floor. You will find everything you require to be creative! The cottage kitchen is dual aspect, and its courtyard window can open fully onto the external wall, creating a wonderful opening, making it easy to pass food and drinks out to take to the terrace.

A stunning oak staircase rises from the lounge and leads to the spacious first floor landing, which has an open, airy feeling due to the vaulted ceilings and sash windows. Throughout the cottage, the beautiful locally handmade sash windows allow sunlight to beam in, providing a lifting glow. On the first floor you will find three delightful cottage bedrooms comprising of a king bed and two twin rooms. Also, on the first floor you will find a luxurious, fully tiled bathroom and a separate shower room. The tastefully decorated bedrooms have picturesque views across Place, St Frimbarus Church, Church walk, the rolling countryside of Polruan and estuary views.

From the lower courtyard the garden steps lead you up to the spacious, fully tiled sun terrace, which is a wonderful all-day suntrap. The sun terrace houses a well-appointed outdoor utility room, beautiful teak garden furniture and an outdoor Beefeater BBQ entertaining unit to help you enjoy alfresco living. You can fully relax on the sun terrace and soak up the views of Place, St Frimbarus steeple and look across the rooftops of Fowey towards the estuary.

As Potters is centrally located, amenities are only but a few minutes’ walk away. Fowey town centre is a couple of minutes’ stroll from Potters, which boasts a wonderful array of artisan shops, award-winning restaurants, cafes and pubs. Likewise, a stone’s throw away from the cottage is Fowey’s main quayside, beaches and coves - including the renowned Readymoney Cove which is just a 10 minute walk away. The main carpark is also just a couple of minutes’ walk from Potters door. There are plenty of things to see and do in the local area, from kayaking, fishing, crabbing, scenic walks, catching the ferry (or local bus) to other towns such as Mousehole. The local train station at Par (only a few miles away) can be easily used to explore the region. In addition, within a short drive, you can reach various National Trust properties including Lanhydrock, The Eden Project, St Austell’s cinema and much more.

Special Features:
• Large private enclosed outdoor top sun terrace (stone walled)
• Outdoor Beefeater Fresco Signature 5 Quatro entertaining unit
• Log burner
• Separate, fully equipped utility (Blomberg washing machine, Bosch tumble drier, sink, iron, drying rack, chest freezer)
• Lower covered courtyard
• Keypad gate entry
• Hand made wooden, double glazed sash windows and internal shutters
• Full oak staircase
• Limestone tiled downstairs, with heated kitchen floor
• Original refurbished floorboards upstairs
• Two fully tiled bath and shower rooms
• Hair dryer
• Internet
• Smart TV’s in all bedrooms and lounge
• Complimentary beach towels for guests use during their stay
• Outdoor taps – lower courtyard and top terrace, to rinse sandy feet!

Bedrooms:
• 1 x King Size Bed
• 2 x Twin Rooms

Kitchen:
• Liebherr larder fridge with freezer compartment (chest freezer in utility, second fridge located on top terrace BBQ entertaining unit)
• Bosch dishwasher
• Bosch double electric oven
• Bosch induction hob
• Le Creuset induction whistling kettle
• Dualit four slot toaster
• Tassimo coffee machine
• Groenenberg French press, insulated cafetiere
• Ample crockery, cutlery, glasses

Bathrooms:
• 1 x bathroom with tub bath, Aqualisa shower, toilet, heated towel rail, demister mirror, Villeroy & Boch vanity sink and tallboy storage unit, Crosswater chrome furnishings, large electric opening Velux roof window with rain sensor.
• 1 x shower room with Aqualisa shower, toilet, sink, heated towel rail, large demister mirror

General:
• Ample USB charging points
• Central heating with hand burnished traditional column radiators downstairs and white column radiators upstairs/smoke detectors/carbon monoxide detector/fire
extinguisher/fire blanket
• Larder fridge in kitchen, with ice box, chest freezer in utility, second fridge on top terrace BBQ unit
• Teak garden furniture, including dining table and chairs, sun umbrella and two steamers

Policies
• No smoking/vaping
• No animals
• Parties, or Stag/Hen events not allowed
• No children under 8 year
• Three night/short stays available between October and April (excluding school holidays)

Damage deposit: £350

Additional Information: when booking, please ask for the Potters General Information pack, which incorporates instructions for your arrival, information about the cottage, things to do in the local vicinity, beaches, walks, restaurants, cinema, local spa facilities, car parking, EV charger
points and a lot more!