Rectory (Middle right of picture, now 'The Parsonage' B&B) built more than 200 years ago for the parish of Forrabury. We understand there also used to be a Rectory for the parish of Minster this ceased to be used and fell into disrepair and that much of the stone used on this building came from there. Unfortunately we do not know much about the Rectors who lived in the house with the exception of the Reverend Kirkness he was married with eleven children, two of the elder boys went abroad, one  to university  but unfortunately died as a young man, he is buried with his parents in Forrabury churchyard. In addition to the family there were also two servants, quite a squeeze in a five bedroom house.
The house ceased to be a Rectory some years ago and Forrabury House, just down the lane, then became the Rectory, also for only a short time as the new Rectory was built just over the road from us. This building then became a private home and was converted into an hotel offering both bed and breakfast and self catering, quite an innovation in its time.
The Coach House next door, where we live, was exactly that, the coach would have been drawn in through the arched door and hay for the horses was kept in the room above, we are not sure if the groom(s) also lived there. One of the last Rectors to live here used the building to garage his car and as Boscastle was not on the National Grid for electricity there was also a generator.
The stables were originally where Shenley bungalow now stands and were probably a wooden building. Some people think that the Coach House is older than the House and according to some old records we have seen the Rectory was described in the 1700's as a 'mean one storey building' could have described the Coach House?