It was the ultimate lockdown purchase. The moment Kathryn and George Braithwaite set eyes on Trevalsa, a 14-bedroom former hotel with its own beach on the clifftop of Mevagissey in Cornwall, the couple felt they had found their perfect holiday retreat. “We loved the vast expanse of sea and sky from all aspects and the long private steps to Polstreath beach,” she says. “The views towards Chapel Point remind me of Provence — we find them breathtaking every time we come.” Completing the purchase...