Ground Floor - stately dining room with table seating 14 comfortably. There is an open fire in the dining room and sitting room. There are other heating sources, including storage heaters in every room. Massive kitchen with AGA style cooker, dishwasher, washing machine, drier and seating for 8.

First Floor - elegant sitting room with 160 degree sea views from Annett in the west to St Martins in the north east, with spectacular sunsets from March to October. Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and additional single bedroom.

Second Floor - two light and spacious twin rooms with dormer windows on both north and south sides (capacity for a third bed in one). Bathroom, with separate toilet.

There is an extensive library including natural history, archaeology, art and Scillionian local interest publications.

There is a private garden in a former gun battery, with barbecue and easy access to rocky foreshore.

WiFi, electric heating through and linen all provided in the price. There is no TV in the house - when we visit we take a projector with it and stream onto one of the walls from a laptop.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept families with dogs.