The Tide House, Downalong

Introduction

The Tide House is a beautiful grade II listed house located in the popular Downalong area of St Ives, Cornwall. We aim to meet the needs of all of our guests, however, due to the nature of the property this can make access for guests with limited mobility difficult and the cottage is unsuitable for wheelchair users.

The Tide House is located on a level road with moderately level access to the shops, restaurants and beaches.

The kitchen/dining room/lounge area are located on the ground floor, with one king size bedroom, twin bedroom and family bathroom on the first floor, a king size bedroom with ensuite shower room and a second lounge area are on the second floor. From the second floor lounge area there is a mezzanine twin bedroom.

Pre-arrival

• Should you require a Tesco food delivery or for a satellite navigation system, the postcode is TR26 1PF.
• The Tide House is located on a slightly narrow road with easy access by car.
• The nearest beach is Bamaluz and is located 100 metres away. Porthgwidden, Porthmeor and The Harbour are located between 200-400 metres away.
• The main centre of St Ives is located 500 metres away.
• The nearest shop is located 300 metres away.
• The nearest supermarket (Tesco) is located 1 mile away.
• The bus and train stations are located ½ a mile away, plenty of taxi’s are available from both stations.
• The house has gas central heating, guests are able to control the timing of this.
• The duvets and pillows are luxury microfibre with quality bed linen and towels.
• All beds have mattress and pillow protectors.
• The cottage is strictly non-smoking.
• There are mains smoke detectors, a carbon monoxide alarm and a fire procedure in place.

Arrival and car parking facilities

• Keys are located in a key safe at the house, full details and the key safe code are provided prior to your holiday.
• Please be advised that arrival time is strictly 4pm onwards.
• You can unload outside of the house before parking.
• The Island Car Park is located 300 metres away. This is a council car park and spaces cannot be reserved. Directions to the car park will be emailed to you before your arrival.
• On arrival there will be a welcome basket including Cornish provisions, tea bags, milk and fresh flowers. However, we recommend that you shop at Tesco, Carbis Bay on your way into St Ives.
• We have a comprehensive information folder and plenty of leaflets on local attractions.

Ground floor

• There are two external entrances into the house. The front door leads into the lounge area, there is one step up onto front door pathway and a small step through front door. The back door leads into the kitchen through a lobby area suitable for storing wet suits, boots, coats etc, there is one external step up and five internal steps up into the kitchen/dining room.
• The flooring is wooden floorboards.
• The kitchen has a gas hob with electric oven under, full size dishwasher, large upright fridge/freezer split 2/3 for fridge and 1/3 for freezer, microwave, washing machine/drier, combi boiler, plenty of crockery, cutlery and glasses for 8 guests, tea towels, oven glove, apron, cleaning products, enough bin liners, dishwasher tablets etc to get you started. The sink, hob and worktop height is 90cm. The kitchen/dining room and lounge area are adequately lit by spot lights with central and wall lights on dimmers.
• There is a large dining room table suitable for 8 guests, thermostat for central heating and an ipod docking station with small library of books located in the dining area.
• The lounge area has a 2 seater sofa, 2 armchairs, flat screen TV and a feature fireplace.
• There are blinds to the windows and door.
• Stairs up to the 1st floor are steep and narrow and should be used with care. There are 12 steps up to the 1st floor with a stair gate located at the top.

First floor

• The landing is carpeted leading into bedrooms with wooden floorboards and a family bathroom with a tiled floor. The landing has a cleaning storage cupboard.
• The king size bedroom has a king size bed, two bedside lamps and central ceiling light, wardrobe, two chests of drawers, a dressing table with mirror, 2 lamps, a chair and hairdryer. There is a privacy blind to the window and floor length curtains.
• The twin bedroom has two single (3’ beds), two bedside tables, two bedside lamps, a wardrobe/chest of drawers, a feature wooden seat and a hairdryer.
• The family bathroom has a tiled floor with bath and shower over, a shower screen, WC, basin with overhead mirror, towel rail and shelf for toiletries. It is lit by a wall light.
• There are 12 carpeted stairs up to the second floor.

Second floor

• The stairs are carpeted, the lounge area and bedroom have wooden floorboards and the ensuite shower room is tiled.
• The bedroom has a king size bed, two bedside lamps and wall lights, wardrobe, two chests of drawers, a dressing table with a mirror, lamp and chair and a hairdryer. There is a privacy blind to the window and floor length curtains.
• There is a door from the bedroom into an ensuite shower room. This has an enclosed shower cubicle with electric shower, a Saniflo WC, basin with mirror over, shaver socket, shelf for toiletries and a heated towel rail. The room is lit by downlighters.
• The lounge area has a 3 seater sofa, two chairs, standard lamps and wall lights. There is a flat screen TV with DVD player. There is a blind and floor length curtain.
• There are 12 carpeted stairs up to the mezzanine.
• The mezzanine has two single (3’) beds, two bedside tables, one bedside and one standard lamp and a wall light, chest of drawers, additional smaller chest of drawers and hairdryer. There is a skylight with blackout blind and a dormer window with blinds.
• There is no door to the mezzanine from the stairs and it has some low beams with restricted head height. There are glass windows overlooking the lounge area.

Outside

• As with most properties in St Ives, The Tide House does not have a garden.
• There is a small area outside the front of the house with a bench and potted plants.

Contact Information

Cherished Cottages
9 Ros Lyn
Carbis Bay
St Ives
TR26 2QE

Telephone: 01736 490 640
E-mail: hello@cherishedcottages.co.uk
Website: www.cherishedcottages.co.uk

Hours of operation: 8am – 5pm Monday to Saturday.