MERECOMBE

Rooms

Six kinds of room, eight doors.

Every room has lime-plaster walls, washed linen, a bathroom of its own and a view of the water. Prices are per room per night, from £135 in winter. Breakfast is £18 a guest if you want it.

The Cove Suite, with a glazed door open onto a small balcony and the bay beyond

One room · sleeps 2

The Cove Suite

The corner room the house was built around. A bedroom and a sitting room, both opening onto the sea, with a lime-plaster bathroom and a bath under the window.

Size
34 m²
View
Full sea, south-west
Bed
Super-king
From
£265 a night
The window of the Headland Room looking over gorse and the calm sea

2 rooms · sleeps 2

The Headland Room

Two rooms on the second floor with a long window onto the headland and the open sea, a reading chair and a walk-in shower.

Size
26 m²
View
Sea and headland, north-west
Bed
King
From
£215 a night
The Lantern, white bedding beside a run of tall paned windows

One room · sleeps 2

The Lantern

The room under the roof, with a run of windows cut into the gable and nothing in front of them but water. Small, bright and the one regulars ask for by name.

Size
22 m²
View
Sea through the gable windows, west
Bed
King
From
£195 a night
A Harbour Double with white bedding under a sash window onto the village

2 rooms · sleeps 2

The Harbour Double

Two east-facing rooms over the village rooftops and down to the working harbour. Morning light, a writing table in the window, and the best value sea view we have.

Size
20 m²
View
Harbour and bay, east
Bed
Double
From
£165 a night
The Garden Room, a timber headboard and white linen in soft garden light

One room · sleeps 3

The Garden Room

Ground floor and level throughout, with its own door into the walled kitchen garden and the sea over the top of the wall. Our step-free room, and the one dogs are welcome in.

Size
24 m²
View
Walled garden, sea over the wall
Bed
King, plus a daybed
From
£185 a night
An open book on the rumpled bed in the Snug, lit from the side window

One room · sleeps 2

The Snug

Our smallest room and the one that costs the least. A good bed, a side window with a slice of the sea, and a warm dry place to come back to after the path.

Size
14 m²
View
Side window to the sea
Bed
Double
From
£135 a night

At a glance

All six, side by side

Sizes are the bedroom floor area. Prices are the winter rate; summer and weekends cost more, and the calendar shows the exact figure for every night.

Room Size View Bed Sleeps From, a night
The Cove Suite 34 m² Full sea, south-west Super-king 2 £265
The Headland Room 2 rooms 26 m² Sea and headland, north-west King 2 £215
The Lantern 22 m² Sea through the gable windows, west King 2 £195
The Harbour Double 2 rooms 20 m² Harbour and bay, east Double 2 £165
The Garden Room 24 m² Walled garden, sea over the wall King, plus a daybed 3 £185
The Snug 14 m² Side window to the sea Double 2 £135