Est. 1705
Three centuries of Cornish farmland
What began as a working farm in the early eighteenth century has been shaped, weathered, and passed through many hands over three hundred years. The holiday cottages are the newest chapter — a careful, unhurried restoration of the original barns and outbuildings into something the land deserves.
The Farm
A farm since 1705
Royalton Farm has been here since 1705 — sitting quietly in the Cornish interior, a few miles from the north coast, between the moorland and the sea. For much of its history it was a working farm in the traditional sense: cattle, sheep, grain, and the rhythms of the agricultural year.
Today, the farm no longer operates commercially. It has settled into something quieter — a smallholding with an orchard, a flock of chickens, and a way of life that is largely self-sufficient. The surrounding fields are still farmed by neighbouring families — you'll see their cattle and sheep grazing across the hedgerows — but the farmstead itself has found a gentler pace.
The holiday cottages came gradually, over the past five years. No grand plan, no development company. Just a slow and careful restoration of the original barns and outbuildings — stone by stone, beam by beam — into something that respects where it came from while offering the kind of comfort that a stay in Cornwall deserves.
Est. 1705
How we got here
2015
The old farm
The barns stood largely as they had for a century. Sound enough in their bones but given over to storage, idle machinery, and the particular silence of agricultural buildings past their working life. The question of what to do with them had been growing for years.
2018
The decision
After long consideration, the decision was made to convert the first barn. Not a quick renovation — a proper restoration. Local craftsmen, reclaimed materials wherever possible, and a commitment to letting the original character of the building lead every choice.
2020
Structure complete
By 2020, the first barn was structurally complete — the walls sound, the roof finished, the original stonework restored. It was not yet open to guests; the interior work, the fitting out, the details that take time to get right, still lay ahead. But the bones of what it would become were there.
2024
Both properties taking shape
Work continued steadily on both properties through this period. The second barn followed the same unhurried approach as the first — each building allowed to be itself rather than a copy of anything. The farm found its rhythm around the restoration work: the smallholding ticking along, the orchard producing, the neighbours' cattle grazing across the hedgerows.
2026
Open for guests
In 2026, both properties were listed as holiday rentals for the first time. The work had taken longer than anticipated — it always does when you refuse to cut corners — but the result was two properly finished cottages, each with its own character, each ready to welcome guests on their own terms.
Future
What comes next
Planning is underway for two further properties — additional barns and outbuildings on the same site, to be restored with the same care and pace as everything that has come before. They will join the roster when they are ready and not before.
A Working Smallholding
The farm today
Royalton Farm is no longer commercially farmed in the traditional sense. It operates today as a smallholding — there are chickens in the yard, a productive orchard, and a self-sufficient way of life that shapes the feel of the place. The surrounding fields are still worked by neighbouring farming families; you'll often see cattle and sheep grazing across the hedgerows that divide the land. It is, in the best sense, still a farm — just one that has found a new purpose alongside the old one.
What We Believe
Hospitality, without the noise
Your space, entirely
Every property is yours alone for the duration of your stay. No shared spaces, no communal areas, no other guests. Just you, the fields, and however many days you have managed to carve out.
Properly done, not just presented
The cottages are restored to a standard we are proud of. Comfortable beds, well-equipped kitchens, outdoor spaces that earn their name. We add to the portfolio only when a property is ready — not before.
Real Cornwall, not a version of it
Royalton sits in the Cornish interior, close enough to the north coast that you can be at the beach in minutes and far enough away that you can hear the silence when you want it. The countryside here is working countryside. It looks like Cornwall because it is Cornwall.