Polventon House is a grade II listed private house overlooking

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near Padstow in Cornwall, England. It was built in the

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on a clifftop in 1936 for R.H. Stein, father of English celebrity chef

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. Rick Stein spent the summers of his childhood in the house, which he visited in some of his TV series, such as

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International Style (architecture) Grade II listed buildings in Cornwall {{Cornwall-struct-stub