Built as a pub to serve harbour workers, at one time this early 19th-century Cornish stone cottage served as a mortuary for ill-fated seafarers, so there are plenty of ghost stories. Tin-mining and shipwreck photographs adorn the low-beamed interior...

During its time, this whitewashed, three-storey building has fulfilled many functions, not least as a smugglers' rendezvous – secret tunnel and all. The roof timbers are spars from a wreck (hence the name), while nautical artefacts recall its time...

In a previous life, the 17th-century Bolingey Inn was reputedly a count house for the vicinity’s mines; doubtless the money men would have appreciated ale on tap without needing to leave the building. ‘More landlords than can be researched’, the...

The refurbished Tabb's occupies a white corner building that looks for all the world like a private dwelling. The kitchen's a busy place, producing everything in-house. Pigeon breast, soft-boiled egg, black pasta and sun-dried tomato dressing could...