12 people

Built in plain classical style in 1835 for the Heaven family, Millcombe House looks down a wooded valley and out to sea. Possibly the most elegant building on the island, it was built of stuccoed granite, and may well have been designed by the Bristol architect, Edwin Honeychurch. Millcombe is a pleasing and sociable house, planned around a central hall on the ground floor and a central staircase above. The terrace was added later. Originally called The Villa , it was renamed Millcombe by Martin Harman when he bought Lundy in 1925 after the watermill which gave the valley its name. One of Mr Harman's special Lundy pleasures was the possibility of shooting rabbits from his bedroom window

Millcombe can sleep 12 people comfortably, and has an enormous and very well-equipped kitchen. The well proportioned rooms are full of 19th century furniture in keeping with the style of the house. The curious inward sloping roof, which has been restored to its original form, is designed to catch rainwater. A document in the hall of Milcombe, records the Queen's visit to Lundy in the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1958, when there were 33 residents, including a goatherd and musician, and five part-time islanders, including a doctor, dentist and artist.