Just before the coast and the little fishing ports of Looe and Polperro lies the old village of Pelynt. At the entrance to the village is the 16th century Jubilee Inn, once a medieval farmhouse. The name was changed in 1887 from the more mundane Axe Inn, to celebrate the first fifty years of Queen Victoria's reign, the pillars along the pale pink painted front topped with ornate crowns, and there are several reminders of the Queen in the bars and dining room. Inside are oak beamed ceilings, fresh flowers in summer, roaring log fires in winter, a promise of good food and wine. Naturally they live at the Inn and family run with a casual but comfortable atmosphere, relaxed yet efficient.
Guests return again and again.
A perfect place to bumble amidst the soothing sound of West Country voices, far from the madding crowd. There are nine individually designed and furnished bedrooms, all with colour television, radio and direct dial telephone. There are three special family rooms. A bridal suite, complete with four poster bed overlooking a quiet courtyard and a spiral staircase desined by Stuart Armfield, the well known west country artist, many of whose distinctive paintings and delicate watercolours grace the walls of the Jubilee Inn. Out of a spotless kitchen comes the best in Cornish cooking, the emphasis very much on the crabs, lobsters, scallops, mackerel, sole, plaice, and cod, all coming straight off the brightly painted boats at nearby Looe.