A married couple from Penzance are celebrating after scooping £389,921 on The National Lottery – and are already on the hunt for the perfect home to complete their Cornish dream.

Paul and Jenny Marsh sold their house in Hampshire and gave up their jobs just under a year ago to move to the idyllic Cornish town where they have been renting.

But after matching five numbers plus the bonus ball in the Lotto draw of Saturday, May 25, the couple, who have been married for nine years, can now look forward to buying their perfect seaside home. Although Paul, 59, secretly admits it won’t be easy to beat the one they are living in now.

He said: “We have been very lucky with the house we are renting. It’s in a lovely rural location and has a superb kitchen – which is top of Jenny’s wish list – even though I do most of the cooking!”

Another item on the shopping list is a car. However, Paul, who spent 14 years working in corporate finance, will be banking on his financial background to ensure the couple stay grounded and don’t over indulge.

He added: “While we want to buy a few things that wouldn’t have been possible without the win, we’ll make sure that we’re sensible with the money and put the rest in savings or investments.”

Paul, who originally hails from Sheffield, and Jenny, who is from Gibraltar, found out they’d won on Lotto at midnight on the night of the draw. Paul said: “We checked the BBC red button and saw that we’d won and couldn’t believe it. Jenny phoned her sister, Suzanne, who lives in America to tell her, and luckily because of the time difference she was up.

“Needless to say we didn’t sleep very well that night!”

Paul and Jenny won on a lucky dip which they bought at the Premier Convenience Store on a garage forecourt in Rosudgeon, near Penzance, and count themselves all the more luckier as they are not regular lottery players. Paul, who now works as a care assistant, said: “We don’t play religiously, only buying tickets now and again. But when we do get that lucky feeling we always buy one for Lotto, EuroMillions and Thunderball.”

The down to earth couple spurned wild celebrations to mark their new-found fortune with a quiet meal in St. Ives.