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Cresta House Owner: Mrs Samantha Wardman |
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Description: Cresta House is a beautifully furnished, stylish and comfortable home which opened for the first time in August 2007 after a major refurbishment to luxury accommodation. The high standard of accommodation comprises a luxury master bedroom with breathtaking sea views, and a second twin room with bunk bed, sleeping 4. Located in the charming fishing village of Newlyn, Cresta House boasts superb views from the harbour, across Mounts Bay towards St Michael’s Mount. The unique beauty of the landscape, the quality of the accommodation and our extensive local knowledge of the best restaurants, galleries and beaches and much more besides, will combine to make your stay one to remember and hopefully bring you back to us in the future! Location: Newlyn is home to one of the largest fishing fleets in the United Kingdom, with over 40 acres of harbour. The industry is one of the most important in the county, contributing millions of pounds to the Cornish economy each year. All sorts of fishing vessels can be seen in the harbour - beam trawlers, long liners, crabbers and even small open boats used for hand-lining for mackerel in the Bay. All overlooked by white painted or stone faced granite cottages, separated by narrow alleys often too steep or narrow for a motor car, the ancient medieval harbour walls are dwarfed by the walls of the North and South Piers constructed a hundred years ago. The fishing history of Newlyn is one of struggle, but also of courageous challenge by some of the poorest workers in Britain during the 19th and early 20th century. Fishing families of old were dependent on the catch, and hence dependent on good weather. Without these they faced poverty - you can get a sense of this struggle from the realist approach of Newlyn School artists, such as Stanhope Forbes and Walter Langley. Important artists continued to be based in Newlyn into the 1920s, and many artists still live and paint in the area today. Next to Newlyn Green recreational area on the sea front is the Newlyn Art Gallery (recently refurbished). It was designed by Passmore Edwards and built in 1895 to display the works of the Newlyn School artists. The Gallery has just reopened after a major refurbishment. Today, their work is displayed in the Penlee Museum and Art Gallery in Penlee Park, Penzance. Newlyn is a thriving, evocative, hard working and busy place all year round and well worth a trip whatever time of year you may choose to visit Cornwall. |
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