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Twenty-four in all · six categoriesRooms, stables and a cottage
Nobody laid this building out for a hotel, so the rooms differ in shape, in height and in what they look at. Choose by what you want out of the window and how many stairs you want under you.
Rectory Double
Nine rooms on the first and second floors of the old house. Mullion windows, beams you will meet with your head if you are over six foot in two of them, and floors that lean gently west. We will tell you which two on the telephone.
Beds are six foot wide, made up with Gloucestershire linen. Bathrooms are compact and have showers rather than baths — the exception is room 6, which has a roll-top under the window.
- King bed, or twin in rooms 4 and 9
- Fields or churchyard outlook
- Shower room; bath in room 6
- Stairs only — no lift in the house
Garden Room
Three rooms at the back of the ground floor, each with its own door onto the lawn. They are the rooms to take in June, when you can have breakfast outside without crossing a corridor, and the rooms to avoid in January for exactly the same reason.
Two of the three are step-free from the car park and have wet rooms with grab rails.
- King bed and a small sitting corner
- French doors to the lawn
- Two rooms fully step-free
- Bath and shower
Stable Loft
Six rooms in the stable range across the yard, reached by their own outside stair, under the roof timbers that used to keep the hay dry. Higher ceilings than anything in the house and a good deal more privacy — nobody walks past your door on the way to breakfast.
This is where dogs stay, where the boot room is, and where you can come back at four in the afternoon covered in the Windrush valley without meeting anybody.
- King bed under open timbers
- Roll-top bath and separate shower
- Dogs welcome, £20 each a night
- Own entrance from the yard
Windrush Suite
The rector's drawing room, on the first floor at the front, with a bedroom behind it and the best view in the building: down the lawn, across the paddock, to the river meadow where the mist sits until about nine.
A fire is laid in the sitting room every afternoon from October to April, and lit when you ask. There is a desk, if you must.
- Separate sitting room with a working fire
- King bed and a bathroom with a double-ended bath
- South-west light all afternoon
- Sofa converts for a third guest
The Dovecote
A round stone dovecote of about 1740, standing on its own in the orchard, converted for exactly two people. Sitting room and bath below, bed above, up a spiral stair that is charming and completely unsuitable for anybody unsure on steps.
There is no television in it and we are not going to put one in. Breakfast is brought over at whatever hour you name.
- Two floors, spiral stone stair
- Wood burner and a basket of logs
- Breakfast delivered to the door
- Two guests only; not suitable for children
Orchard Cottage
At the far end of the orchard, behind its own gate: two bedrooms, a kitchen, a sitting room with a wood burner and a walled garden with a table under an apple tree. Self-contained, which for a family with small children is the entire point.
Let by the night, but most people take it for three or more. From five nights the rate falls by fifteen per cent, and the fridge can be filled before you arrive if you send a list.
- Two bedrooms, sleeps four; cot available
- Full kitchen, washing machine, dishwasher
- Private walled garden
- Dogs welcome
What you will find, whichever you take
Sleep
Six-foot beds with Hypnos mattresses made forty miles away, linen from Gloucestershire, four kinds of pillow and curtains that actually shut out a summer dawn.
Warmth
Underfloor heating downstairs, radiators that reach the corners upstairs, a hot water bottle in the wardrobe and a wood burner in four of the rooms.
Bathroom
Bath or shower with pressure worth the name, underfloor heat, Bramley products refilled from bulk, and towels large enough to be useful.
Small mercies
A tray with a proper kettle and local tea, fresh milk rather than pots, a torch by the door for the walk to the stables, and a radio instead of a smart speaker.
Comparing the six
| Room | Size | Where | Sleeps | Stairs | Dogs | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rectory Double | 22–26 m² | Main house, 1st–2nd floor | 2 | Yes | No | £245 |
| Garden Room | 28 m² | Ground floor, rear | 2 | None | No | £295 |
| Stable Loft | 34 m² | Stable range | 2 | One flight | Yes | £330 |
| Windrush Suite | 46 m² | Main house, 1st floor | 2 + 1 | Yes | No | £420 |
| The Dovecote | 38 m² | Orchard | 2 | Spiral | No | £520 |
| Orchard Cottage | 68 m² | End of the orchard | 4 | One flight | Yes | £640 |
Not sure which room suits? Ask for the floor plan.
Tell us the dates, who is coming and whether stairs matter. We will name the room number, not just the category — in this building the difference is considerable.