This carefully restored wing of a Georgian house in Cornwall, England, overlooks the tall ships in Charleston, a historic harbor village designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Known as the Marine Villa, it’s available for rent through Antonia’s Pearls and Kid & Coe.
The Hector wall sconce is from Original BTC.
Shelves in the dining room are stocked with Cornishware, named for the blue sky and white-crested waves of Cornwall.
The house has a modern kitchen with a pleasingly simple materials palette and new equipment. Like the look of the wood counters?
A series of wood-framed oil paintings and a blue velvet armchair bring seaside colors into a white room.
Traditional furniture looks equally at home against the white walls.
The house has three bedrooms and one bath; it can sleep up to six people.
Vacation reading: Enid Blyton’s Famous Five kids’ books, first published in the 1940s through the early 1960s.
Romantic detailing—brick fireplace and smoky velvet armchair, included—in a crisp white bedroom.
Above the fireplace mantel, an oil painting of a tall ship is flanked by Staffordshire figures.
In the smallest bedroom, a recess in the wall works as a headboard.
In the lone bathroom, a floor-to-ceiling white shower curtain envelops a cast-iron bathtub.
A gilt mirror presents an interesting contrast to the wood paneling.
For more details, go to Kid & Cole. And on Gardenista, the quintessential British garden accessory is A Perfect Parasol from Sunbeam Jackie, made in Cornwall.