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“A chic boutique hotel bursting with character in pretty Penzance. Unique rooms have eclectic art, vintage furniture, and the best have freestanding tubs. Laidback Clubhouse is a lounge and bar serving all-day food and drinks. While there are buzzy cafes and pubs nearby. A stylish stay.”

“A chic boutique hotel bursting with character in pretty Penzance. Unique rooms have eclectic art, vintage furniture, and the best have freestanding tubs. Laidback Clubhouse is a lounge and bar serving all-day food and drinks. While there are buzzy cafes and pubs nearby. A stylish stay.”

Recommended For

  • Active Holiday
  • Don your wetsuit and hit the waves, followed by a blustery coastal walk, bike ride and back for a hearty nights sleep
  • Foodies
  • Nearby cookery schools offer foraging courses, and the town is peppered with lovely organic meat and produce shops
  • Families
  • While several of the rooms can take cots, families should book The Cottage which sleeps up to 6
  • Other Activities
  • Take a day trip to St Ives and visit Tate St Ives, then head to the Barbara Hepworth Museum & Sculpture Garden
  • Cycling
  • Cycle to Marazion along the Cornish Way Cycle Path
  • Sights nearby
  • Fairytale island castle of St Michael’s Mount
  • Surfing
  • At Sennen Cove where everything can be hired
  • Wildlife Area
  • Eden Project is 45 minute drive
  • Great walks
  • Pet friendly
  • 1 dog is allowed per room (2 in the Cottage) & is provided with Lily’s Kitchen organic dog treats, bed & bowls at £15 per night
  • Artworks
  • Each unique room was added to by a local artist
  • Restaurant
  • Laidback Clubhouse serves casual British fare
  • Beach nearby
  • The beach at Porthcurno is 9 miles away
  • No restaurant
  • Breakfast is available
  • Quirky
  • Child friendly
  • Chic
  • Eco
  • Family Suites
  • Full of character

Facilities

  • Pet friendly
  • 1 dog is allowed per room (2 in the Cottage) & is provided with Lily’s Kitchen organic dog treats, bed & bowls at £15 per night
  • Restaurant
  • Laidback Clubhouse serves casual British fare
  • No restaurant
  • Breakfast is available
  • Walking distance restaurants
  • Bar
  • Family Suites
  • Wifi
  • Room service
  • Child friendly
  • Garden

Activities

  • Other Activities
  • Take a day trip to St Ives and visit Tate St Ives, then head to the Barbara Hepworth Museum & Sculpture Garden
  • Cycling
  • Cycle to Marazion along the Cornish Way Cycle Path
  • Sights nearby
  • Fairytale island castle of St Michael’s Mount
  • Surfing
  • At Sennen Cove where everything can be hired
  • Wildlife Area
  • Eden Project is 45 minute drive
  • Great walks

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Artist Residence Penzance, Cornwall: hotel review

Friendly staff show us to the Picture Room, a light and airy double with crisp white linen and walls hung with playful graphic prints saying things such as “Rise and shine”. It’s modest rather than spacious: a comfy double bed leaves room for two stylish arm chairs and a desk with views to the neighbouring buildings. (Only the two attic rooms have sea views.)

Originally published by The Guardian (view article)

Artist Residence hotel, Cornwall: review

Downstairs, the original small Georgian rooms have been replaced by a stripped-back white exhibition space. Bedrooms are up narrow stairs, each individually decorated in a quirky style down to the bedside lights and tooth mugs: Admiral Benbow has colourful murals of Penzance street scenes; Upcycled has a mushroom-shaped bed and Cubist iconography; An Enchanted Forest has silver flowers and trees.

Originally published by The Telegraph (view article)

The New Cornwall

Artist-turned-hotelier Charlie Newey has opened a quirky eight-room b&b in a listed Georgian house in Penzance. Rooms, each individually designed by local artists, have names like Dolly Divine or Nautical Tale.

Originally published by Conde Nast Traveller (view article)

Artist Residence

Originally published by Good Hotel Guide (view article)

Artist Residence

Originally published by Good Hotel Guide (view article)

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