Forgotten Houses


Unusual Holiday Homes
in Cornwall, Wales, France & Italy

self-catering holiday cottages and character historic houses for rental in cornwall

Forgotten Houses

Unusual Holiday Homes beyond England

Forgotten houses rustic, traditional, self catering holiday homes for rent in Cornwall

Our Houses in Wales & France

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Le Sabotier, Montcuq, Lot et Garonne, France Map ref#: 23

Sleeps: 4-6

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£250-£595

South of Dordogne, renovated by English owner (who is nearby to help), two bedrooms, one with balcony. Both with en-suite shower/bathroom plus futon in sitting room. Bare stone walls, high ceilings, wood burning stove. Shared swimming pool. Rural pleasures of sunflowers, vines and good wines. Rolling countryside rich in fortified hill towns, castles, caves and gorges.

Manorbier Castle, Pembroke, South Wales Map ref#: 41

Sleeps: 12 + cot

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£1290-£2550

Within the walls of this great mediaeval castle is a house built of and within the battlements. Your keys are those of the castle. The house has good rooms and furniture and four bathrooms. The layout includes 13th century rooms, large sitting room, narrow stairs, a modern kitchen and walled garden. The beach is 100 yards away. This is one of the great holiday homes in Britain - an astonishing, comfortable holiday house which is also one of Wales’ most famous castles.

Les Tranchandieres, nr St Malo, Brittany, France Map ref#: 65

Sleeps: 12-16

Changeover: Saturday

Per week:
£1290-£2550

St. Malo is in north west France, on a peninsula between the sea and the Rance estuary. Les Tranchandieres is a seriously large house built in 1714 by one of the more adventurous French privateers, buccaneers and explorers. The house has a dramatic high roof and tall chimneys, while some of the rooms are up to 4.5 metres high. An important feature of the house is the solid oak stair case, some 350 years old, which winds nearly five feet wide all the way up. The sea and beaches are on three sides of the house and the surrounding country is beautiful with numerous attractive small towns and villages nearby. There are good sandy beaches, resorts and plenty of activities to see and visit.