Ringmore Cottage - Salcombe - View over estuary

Ringmore Cottage stands on a Salcombe street behind a black front door and sash windows, a Georgian-fronted cottage among white-rendered, shutter-windowed neighbours a short walk from the harbour.

An open-plan living room reached by a spiral staircase

Inside, the living space is open plan, a cream sofa and coffee table sitting beneath exposed beams with the kitchen visible beyond. A spiral staircase climbs from this room to the floor above, a second sitting area tucked beside it with a mirror and radiator. The kitchen is cream-fitted, with a wooden dresser, an extractor hood and a small round dining table set for two, a shelf vignette nearby carrying a hand-lettered 'family' sign among glass tumblers and a candle.

Two bedrooms and a bathroom with a bath and shower

Two bedrooms include one with a white-linen double bed behind plantation shutters, the other simpler, with a single bed in striped linen and a wall mirror. The spiral staircase is visible from beside the made bed, glimpsed through the doorway. The bathroom has both a bath and a separate shower, plus a heated towel rail and a mirrored cabinet, flowers set on the windowsill.

Harbour views from the windows

Several windows look toward the water, and that view carries through the cottage: a sunset over moored boats, a sandy cove beach, colourful waterside houses glimpsed through tree branches, and the harbour town spread out below when seen from above. A hydrangea sits on one windowsill with the harbour just visible past it, and a table setting nearby adds wine, flowers and plates.

A cottage for two close to the water

This suits a couple wanting to stay within walking distance of the harbour rather than out at Small's Cove or East Portlemouth, both a little further along the coast. It's a compact base in Salcombe itself, built around that spiral staircase and the water views from its windows.