Welcome to Swallows' Barn

Swallows’ Barn, Treverbyn
near St Neot, Liskeard, South East Cornwall
PL14 8NW

Tucked into a valley to the south of Bodmin Moor, Swallows’ Barn is one mile from St Neot. The village has a mediaeval church with legendary stained glass windows, a post office, a pottery, a tea room, Carnglaze slate caverns’ concert venue and a coaching inn. It was voted The Best Village in England in 2005.
Swallows’ Barn is three miles from the village of St Cleer which has a Holy Well, two pubs, a post office and a farm shop devoted to local and organic produce.
The nearest town is Liskeard (5 miles) a market town with the usual facilities including supermarkets, trains to London (4 hours), Plymouth, Penzance and to the seaside resort of Looe (30 minutes).
Looe has a family beach, numerous restaurants, shops, a fishing port and the National Shark Angling Club of Great Britain. From Looe it is a short drive to the harbour village of Polperro and the beaches at Talland Bay and Seaton.
















Near Treverbyn there are windsurfing, canoeing, fly fishing for rainbow trout and other water sports facilities at Siblyback Lake; wild salmon and sea trout river fishing on the river Fowey and huge expanses of walking and fly-fishing for wild brown trout at Colliford Lake. Moorland walks and access to prehistoric settlements and monuments – the Hurlers. Cheeswring and St Doniarts Stone – are also nearby.

Swallows' Barn is 5minutes drive to Dobwalls – an all weather children’s adventure playground - and 45 minutes drive to the north and south Cornish coastline harbours and beaches, the Eden Project and numerous National Trust and private country houses and gardens.

Swallows' Barn provides a quiet and cosy rural retreat with lots to do locally as well as a convenient base to explore the backwaters of Cornwall and Devon. We hope you will enjoy it as much as we do.

Bookings can be made by phoning Hedy
on 020 7249 5039 & 07956 545852
or by email to hedy.parry-davies@hotmail.com


The main living room
















There is gas fired central heating throughout and a Danish woodburning stove
















The viewing gallery





















There is one twin, and two double, bedrooms.





















A walk in the garden

The view of Swallow's Barn from the rear garden
















The circular lawn is surrounded by meadow and trees
















The courtyard herb garden and May bluebells





















A walk by the river

There is a public footpath through fields down to the valley and a woodland walk along the river.






















Treverbyn Weir pool - noted for salmon and sea trout





















Kingfisher pool - otters and wild deer have been seen



























Then its back around the lane and home.