Big Waves Cornwall - Rinsey Cove 2025

Rinsey Cove | Cornwall
21st Feb 2025
Mavic 3 Pro

This prominent house on Rinsey Head near Porthleven in West Cornwall always looks to be on the verge of sliding into the sea, but its foundations are set into solid granite. However, I always wonder who would dare spend that much money on a house that will undoubtedly require extensive maintenance.

The house was once used as a location for the television series Jonathan Creek and was also a setting for a story by novelist Rosamunde Pilcher.

I read that it had been used at one point as the count house (offices) of a nearby tin mine, but there seems to be no solid evidence for this. In fact, it was built in the late 1920s and early 1930s by Mr. G. A. Gibb, a London stockbroker.

It’s a unique little area that offers plenty of composition ideas, especially in stormy conditions. I think the house should be featured in a horror movie !!!

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