Sadly, during and after 2020 we experienced a run of perhaps not quite such serendipitous events, including Philip's death. After taking some time to decide what I wanted to do and then a few years of refurbishing, regrouping, and facing my own health challenges, I am happy and confident to be re-launching St Lawrence Guest House as a room-only venue this May (2025). A few of our guests, who have become personal friends through their many visits, have even been kind enough to come and stay in order to help me test-run this slightly amended offering. More than simply a B&B, staying at our guest house you are welcomed into our beautiful home – as our guests. I love pampering people, and Philip always believed people should leave here feeling better than when they arrived. With our fabulous views across the sea to Caldey Island and beyond, 19 acres of peaceful land and woodland around us, and no request too much trouble, I think we found a good formula for ensuring this for our guests. I am delighted to once more be welcoming guests to this wonderful property - using much the same formula devised with Philip, but now with my own solo twist.

Welcome to St Lawrence Guest House, my name is Pippa ... For those who don’t know us yet, let me give you a little bit of background: After a series of serendipitous events my husband Philip and I came to view – and instantly fell in love with – this property. My grandparents came from Pembroke, and so from a very young age Tenby was my summer destination – at the time a mere 4-hour drive from Cardiff where I was born and raised. Philip was an Englishman and, having played a number of high-level rugby matches against various famous Welsh clubs, had told me that he would never live in Wales! Nevertheless, when I insisted we brought our own children down for holidays he too fell under the spell of Pembrokeshire – particularly Tenby. So, when we stumbled across St. Lawrence Country Guest House, just 5 minutes’ drive from the hustle and bustle of Tenby with its cobbled streets and alleyways – not to mention the harbour – and knowing it was my favourite place in the whole world, Philip agreed to up-sticks from southern England and come here. Perhaps it helped that since the time of King John of Magna Carta fame Pembrokeshire has been known as “Little England beyond Wales”. Indeed, most of our castles down here were built in order to keep the Welsh out!

Rich in history and even richer in terms of coast, beaches, cliffs and countryside, Pembrokeshire is a wonderful destination which we are perfectly positioned for guests to enjoy.