The setting for Richard Curtis’ time-travelling rom-com About Time could be the site of eight two-bedroom eco-lodges for family holidays and wedding guests if planning permission is granted.
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Porthpean House was immortalised on screen in 2012, and the popular film – which starred Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy – still brings visitors to the area.
Owner Martin Petherick said: “This application is predicated on the continuing need to sustain historic Porthpean House by adding to the available accommodation which currently supports this high-quality holiday and wedding destination – The Big Beautiful Beach House, a successful business which I established in 2013.
“I believe there would be strong demand for people to stay in our sympathetically designed eco lodges. These will be strategically and discreetly placed between the car park and the restored historic walled garden that traditionally provided Porthpean House with produce.”
The Petherick family bought the house in about 1850. Plans also include the restoration of a walled garden, and the opening of the house gardens, to experience its celebrated camellia collection.
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