The Boathouse, 18 Church Street

The Boathouse on Church Street is a small studio tucked behind a wooden fence in Salcombe, built for two with a fold-away bed and a rooftop view over the hillside.

A rooftop view takes in the boathouse-style building, hedges and fencing screening the entrance from the lane.

A studio built to fold away

The living space keeps a wall-mounted fold-down bed alongside a grey tufted armchair and matching footstool by the window, an electric fireplace and TV built into a cabinet beside the spiral staircase with its patterned stair runner. The kitchen counter runs beneath a window looking out at the hillside, with a small dining nook, stools and open shelving for glasses tucked into the corner.

A window on the moorland

The window above the kitchen sink and the view from upstairs both look out over rolling green hillside and moorland, decorative oars mounted on the angled ceiling beside a pendant light and a bathrobe hanging ready on a hook by the window.

A brick-walled patio

A small brick-walled patio holds a table, chairs and steps, a separate courtyard beyond used for storage and water skis leaning against the fence.

On Church Street in the old town

The Boathouse sits within reach of both Small's Cove Beach and East Portlemouth Beach, on Church Street in the centre of Salcombe.

A studio for two, nothing more

This suits a couple wanting somewhere small and central rather than a full house, the fold-away bed and compact kitchen built for exactly two people passing through.