Idyllic country cottage in rural Oxfordshire near Blenheim Palace
Beautiful stone built barn conversion recently renovated to a high standard, awarded four stars by Quality in Tourism Assessment Report. Features include traditional kitchen with original bread oven and copper. One double en-suite bedroom, one twin bedroom with wet room, fully accessible. Large conservatory with doors opening onto court yard garden. Upstairs large sitting/television room, fully beamed. This cottage is ideally situated on a working farm and horse livery yard. Located between Woodstock and Burford on the edge of the Cotswolds, yet only quarter of an hour from Oxford. Well behaved dogs and horses are welcome. From the farm there is a superb network of bridleways.
The farm is situated down a half mile drive across rolling green fields filled with horses, sheep and cattle, on the outskirts of North Leigh village. North Leigh is situated approximately 2 miles from Witney the local market town. Woodstock and Blenheim Palace are approximately four miles away. Burford on the edge of the Cotwsolds is within easy reach (15 minutes drive). Oxford is a twenty minutes drive. The nearest train stations are Charlbury and Long Hanborough - a few minutes drive. Oxford train station is 20 minutes away. Central London is a maximum 2 hours away by road. All Cotswold attractions are within a 45 minutes drive including Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Norton, beautiful Bourton-on-the-Water, the Swells and Stratford-upon-Avon is only 45 minutes away. Warwick Castle is not much further. That is the beauty of this cottage; we are central for the Cotswolds but also very near to Oxford, the motorway network, Cheltenham Spa and central London.
Local activities cycling, fishing, golf, horse riding, swimming, tennis, walking, water skiing
Accommodation and Facilities for the cottage in Oxfordshire, England
Property type:
cottage , detached
Accommodation type:
self-catering
Location type:
Rural, Village
Theme:
farm holidays, tourist attractions
General:
central heating, linen provided, fax, telephone, towels provided
non smoking only, long term renters welcome, children welcome, suitable for elderly or infirm, wheelchair accessible, pets considered
Notes:
The cottage has two bedrooms, one double ensuite and one twin ensuite. However the conservatory has a leather sofa bed. We also can provide a put-you-up bed which can go into the twin room providing beds for three children. Please note that there are only two bathrooms which are only accessible through the two bedrooms. The cot usually goes into the double room which has an area ideally suited for it. The kitchen has been thoughtfully modernised It has the magnificent fireplace with lovely beams with the copper to once side where in the past the clothes were washed and the large bread oven to the other side. The Old Bakehouse has been tastefully modernised and comfortably furnished while still retaining the original character and charm you would expect from a traditional 18th century building.
4 star rating
We have a four star rating awarded by the Quality in Tourism Board. We want to make your holiday a relaxing and peaceful time for you. Please contact us if there is anything we can do for you to make your stay more pleasant. We have been virtually fully booked since advertising with holiday-rentals.
Please note:
As we are a working stock farm and horse livery yard we do ask that children and pets are fully supervised at all times. We have many fields and walks on the farm. The sows are farrowing all year, ewes are lambing in the Spring and mares are foaling in the Spring/early Summer. Please do not walk round the back of horses and mind little fingers!
Other Activities Bird watching and many local historical sites to visit.
