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Trevalsa Court Country House Hotel

There's a sumptuous pre-WWII atmosphere in this former family home that dates from 1937.

By By Jennifer Howze, Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006, 4:42 PM  |  Subscribe to the magazine

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Trevalsa Court Country House Hotel

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German expats Klaus Wagner and Matthias Mainka have spent the last few years creating a sumptuous pre-WWII atmosphere at Trevalsa Court, formerly a family home that dates from 1937.

They've obsessed over every detail, down to the door handles. The 13 rooms are furnished with Lloyd Loom woven chairs, and the moss-green walls are decorated with black-and-white art.

In the main sitting room, light streams through mullioned windows, lemons are piled high in a silver bowl, roses float in a shallow vase, and glossy art books in English, German, and French are stacked on the coffee tables.

Dinner is served in the oak-paneled dining room, where tables are set with candles and white tablecloths and windows frame the sea.

The German chef, Achim Dreher, sneaks Swiss-German influences into his menus with favorites like apple strudel and potato dumplings filled with prunes.

Wagner and Mainka planted the garden with spiky palms, camellias, and flowering bulbs that bloom at different times of the year. "It definitely looks like a Cornish seaside garden," Wagner says. "But you also see palm trees and things to remind you that you're on holiday."

Several pairs of Adirondack chairs on the lawn face the sea, and a path at the end of the garden leads to secluded, and highly swimmable, Polstreath Beach.

Rate includes breakfast.

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