About this property
Comfortable Accommodation: The Old Workshop in St Ives offers a guest house with free WiFi, private bathrooms, and carpeted floors. Each room includes a TV, electric kettle, wardrobe, and hairdryer. Modern Amenities: Guests can enjoy a refrigerator, sofa, and shower facilities. Additional amenities include a hairdryer, electric kettle, and wardrobe. Prime Location: Located 27 km from Land's End Airport, the property is a 5-minute walk from Porthmeor Beach and 400 metres from Tate St Ives. Highly rated for its convenient location and room comfort.
Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.8 for a two-person trip.
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Most popular facilities
- Free WiFi
- Non-smoking rooms
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Guests who stayed here loved
Cezar
United Kingdom“The location was excellent, you are literally less than 5min away from anything you want. Massive plus for us. I loved the character of the building/apartment, I would genuinely see myself living there for life. Loved everythinf about it. Once...”- Rachel United Kingdom“Throughly enjoyed my stay with my daughter. No complaints with the accommodation. Emma was helpful and accommodating with information updates”
- Tracey
Australia“Great location, spacious, great communication from Emma. Lovely Time had staying here” - Ashley United Kingdom“We absolutely loved it! The best place we’ve stayed in St Ives. Great history and character, spotlessly clean, a brilliant location and nice not to be in the more family oriented accommodation elsewhere. We’ll be coming back when we next visit St...”
- Tomasz United Kingdom“Brilliant location, spacious and modern apartment, fair money value.”
- Duncan United Kingdom“Everything, we loved it. Great position. Close to beach, shops , restaurants.”
- Renee United Kingdom“Incredible location, very comfortable, great communication with owner. Would definitely book again!”
- Kevin
Ireland“The Old Workshop is an excellent location for exploring St. Ives. The room is large, spotlessly clean, beautifully and thoughtfully designed, and exceptionally comfortable.” 
Robert
Spain“The location was great. Room was nice. Communications with owner good”
Stuart United Kingdom“We had the most beautiful holiday staying at The Old Workshop. The location is absolutely perfect—just a short stroll to the beach, the harbour, and amazing restaurants. The building is full of character and charm. It felt warm, cosy, and...”
Quality rating
Booking.com rated the quality of this property as 4 out of 5 based on factors such as facilities, size, location and services provided.
Hosted by Emma Symons
9.6
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Emma Symons
Right in the heart of St Ives lies The Old Workshop, in a listed building that used to be a plumbing workshop. It has been in the same family for 5 generations and has been sustainably converted into two spacious rooms on separate floors, King Room downstairs and Deluxe King Room upstairs, showing old plumbing graffiti and the original beams (upstairs), granite walls & original sash windows, as well as a Juliet balcony in the Deluxe King Room. Here you have everything St Ives has to offer right on your doorstep. Cafés & restaurants around the corner plus the harbour & beaches only a stone's throw away.
Please note that due to regulations for this listed building, there are no cooking facilities available with these rooms. However, there is a kettle and a small fridge in each room.
I am originally from Sweden, but moved to St Ives when I met David, my late husband, in 2005. After working abroad for a while, and having two children, we ran an award-winning restaurant below The Old Workshop for 10 years. We then started converting what was David's dad's plumbing workshop into two rooms. Unfortunately David was diagnosed with a brain tumour in the middle of the conversion, and sadly passed away in August 2021. I have tried to finish the rooms in the same spirit as David started them, and managed to open them in April 2022. I hope you will enjoy your stay at The Old Workshop!
The Old Workshop is situated next to Trewyn Gardens, and just around the corner from the hustle and bustle of pedestrian Fore Street. Down the road is the harbour with all its cafés and restaurants, and all the beaches in St Ives can be reached by foot. Just below the rooms is a retro shop and there are some lovely little shops, cafés and a hairdresser surrounding the rooms. Please be aware that being in the town centre in a listed building with original single glaze windows, some noise from outside is to be expected.
Languages spoken: English,Swedish
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House rules
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Check-in
From 15:00 to 23:00
Check-out
From 06:00 to 10:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required option.
Damage policy
If you cause damage to the property during your stay, you could be asked to pay up to £200 after check-out, according to this property's Damage Policy.
Children and beds
Child policies
Children are not allowed.
Cot and extra bed policies
Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.
Age restriction
The minimum age for check-in is 18
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
Parties
Parties/events are not allowed
Quiet hours
Guests must be quiet between 23:00 and 07:00.
The fine print
Need-to-know information for guests at this property
This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties.
Quiet hours are between 23:00:00 and 07:00:00.
If you cause damage to the property during your stay, you could be asked to pay up to £200 after check-out, according to this property's Damage Policy.
Legal information
This property is managed by a private host. EU consumer law relating to professional hosts might not apply.
