Boswedden House — Hotel in Great Britain

Stayed from a Friday evening to the next Friday morning! Delayed arrival due to catching a later train than expected. Made to feel very welcome by the co-owners, Thelma & Nigel. Most of the rooms were booked, and I had reserved a double room just for myself.Loved the attention to environmental - friendliness, starting with the loos. A lovely small pool available every morning before breakfast when it was then used by local community and others from further afield. Guests did have access to it during the afternoons on request. On the grounds was a surreal labyrinth whose mystic charms were explained by Nigel. I liked the additional space near the pool for communal use such as early morning meditation, yoga, etc. Yoga mats are available, and a class is run by a yoga teacher on Friday morning during term time. Food served was exceptionally good, and my needs as a diabetic were met (helpful to let them know in advance as Agave Syrup had to be ordered for my porridge instead of the higher GL honey available.Despite heavy use, the facilities were kept very clean daily and well maintained. In a beautiful location, just minutes away from the less touristy Cape Cornwall, and a brisk walk over a few easy stiles brings you to the town of St Just. Went with another guest to the amazing Minack Theatre, reachable by one bus that changes name & direction at Lands End. Also, by 2 buses to Michael Mount, a couple of miles away from Penzance. Well worth a visit but bear in mind the tidal effects on the causeway to Castle. Walked there but spent so much time that I had to take a ferry back (cost all of £2). Overall, this was a brilliant place to stay in magical Cornwall, and I shall return soon, maybe later in the year or next Summer. Full marks for friendliness, care & warmth. Thanks for making my stay so happy...

Visited this hotel to see if it was suitable for us later this year. How glad we were we that we took a look around first! Decor very dated, looked overall dirty and bit grubby and that was just the entrance and reception!! We actually wanted to se f we could use the pool as people had said we could hire it for an hour. When someone eventually came out to see us we found there was a space in the pool right away. We believe that person was Nigel, this guy has no people skills what so ever, he was rude and obviously doesn't like children! We did use the pool, there is a conservatory which was dirty, ants every where, a dirty watering can that looks like it's never been emptied, as for the rubbish bin, well that was full of old food and dirty nappies!! Stinking! There are notices and signs up in places and they are not nicely written, just look tatty and unprofessional. We have since found out that swimming lessons occur in the pool which is great for the community however I feel sorry for those who have to have lessons there. There was a sign on the back of the door telling parents that their children are not allowed to play or make too much noise in the garden!! ( children for gods sake) so this means they have to stay in the conversatory, well I'm sorry but that's just mean! On a red hot day these people expect children to wait it out for up to an hour in a green house!! I hope parents complain to these mean people. The pool itself was OK however the toilets were dirty, no soap, no towel and very little toilet paper, the floor was wet and smelt like pee! 2 changing rooms were mingling, just dirty!! ||I'm pretty sure I saw naked people wondering around too!! ||So glad we went for a nosey before staying. I will not be staying and will not be recommending - about time for retirement we...

We spent 4 nights at Boswedden House in early August, and we paid near on £100 per night and was expecting something far superior to what we had. ||First of all, the B&B is in a nice location...right on top of Cape Cornwall which is beautiful. However, the place itself was sorely lacking. We arrived just after 6.30pm on a Thursday, and we were greeted quite coldly by a lady who said she was new...very unwelcoming and left a sour taste straight away. She had no interest in holding a conversation at all, which (for a first time B&B user) I wasn't expecting. We weren't shown around and had no idea what facilities were there. We booked a double bed and just had two singles pushed together (which is not the same, especially when you nearly end up on the floor between them). We had no clean towels for 4 nights and our room wasn't cleaned at all (even after leaving the 'Please clean our room' sign on the door). The bathroom needs updating, there were floor tiles coming up when you walked on them. The breakfast was mediocre, they offer pancakes however they're store brought, cold and dry. You had to take your shoes off to go upstairs, which got a little irritating (and yes I know it's new carpet, but do guests really care about that? Why should guests have to do that?) There was never anyone around to ask questions, even when we tried knocking the private door downstairs for new towels...no one answered and were told when we checked out 'I wish you'd told me sooner'. We tried...we saw the pair who own it once each on our four night stay and the lady shook my hand but completely ignored my partner. It was a little uncomfortable to say the least, the whole stay was and we definitely will not be staying again or...