Historic houses · South West England
Polventon House
Polventon House — house in St. Merryn, Cornwall, England, UK.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Polventon House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in St. Merryn, Cornwall, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.5476°, -5.0221°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Trevose Head and Constantine Bay SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Polventon House is a grade II listed private house overlooking Mother Ivey's Bay near Padstow in Cornwall, England. It was built in the International Style on a clifftop in 1936 for R.H. Stein, father of English celebrity chef Rick Stein. Rick Stein spent the summers of his childhood in the house, which he visited in some of his TV series, such as Rick Stein's Cornwall.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 50.5476, -5.0221
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- St. Merryn
- Postcode
- PL28 8SL
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Cornwall
Sources
- wikidata: Q23305119 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Polventon House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Polventon House Trevose.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Polventon House?
- Polventon House is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode PL28 8SL), in the parish of St. Merryn.
- Who owns Polventon House?
- Polventon House is owned by | designation1 = Grade II.
- Is Polventon House a listed building?
- Polventon House is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Polventon House a protected site?
- Yes — Polventon House is part of the Trevose Head and Constantine Bay SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Polventon House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PL28 8SL. It sits within the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency.