Five star Holiday Cottages on an organic farm in the South Hams, Devon. If you are looking for a special cottage, equipped and fitted to a very high standard with full central heating and a wood burner in the lounge, beautiful bathroom and a high specification kitchen at a sensible price then look no further. Outside there is an enclosed cobbled courtyard, garden with patio area, barbecue and summer furniture, and of course immediate access to our own valley. See bluebells, primroses, wild orchids, hares, buzzards, barn owls, skylarks, wild deer and a huge raft of other wildlife, according to the season. The whole place helps you gain that inner peace, and you may well even spot our resident families of badgers or foxes. The fascinating and friendly farm animals you will meet include Pedigree black Angus cattle, Ruby Red Devon cattle, rare, primitive and horned breed black and brown sheep, rare breed goats and chickens and a few more motley ones! The self catering cottages were newly created for 2006 to the highest standards and are perfect for all seasons. An efficient bottled gas-fired heating system ensures constant hot water and warmth, complemented by a wood burning stove. Satellite TV and DVD, comfortable suite, fully equipped kitchen even for the most discerning chef. The three-bedroomed cottage is of conventional layout while the two-bedroomed cottage has the bedrooms downstairs, lounge and kitchen above and you can step outside from both levels. Barn Owl Cottage has lovely views down the valley. Swallow Cottage was named after summer visitors, but our colony of house sparrows is resident all year.

The cottages

Swallow Cottage has 2 bedrooms and Barn Owl Cottage has 3 bedrooms. (Click here for availability and prices) Each cottage has:

 

• A well equipped & designed kitchen, with dishwasher, fridge and freezer, oven, hob and microwave
• Lounge with Satellite TV (This is 'free sat' - all the free channels, but not movies and sport, you cannot get normal TV where we live!!) and stereo DVD/ CD player
• Wood burning stove with wood provided
• Full gas-fired central heating
• Cots / high chair / stair guard / off-road pram by arrangement
• Bed linen and towels provided (please provide your own beach towels)
• Industrial washer and drier in the laundry/playroom across the courtyard
• Environmentally friendly rotary clothes lines
• Enclosed shared garden area, with BBQ, tables / seats
• Shared gated inner courtyard, great for trundle trucks
• Indoor and outdoor games for your entertainment and farm activity pack for children
• Books and games for those lazy days, or should the weather be inclement
• Welcome pack with details about the cottage, local interests, walks, cycle routes, laminated map of walks on the estate
• Secure storage for your bicycles
• Starter kit of soap, toilet rolls, cleaning products etc. (The Fowlescombe soap is from SoSoapy and is 100% natural, unique soap, handmade in the Tamar Valley, Cornwall)
• Incoming land-line telephone
• Wireless Internet Broadband access for £10 a week
• Local shops and good pubs with excellent family restaurants nearby or try a hamper of our award winning farm produce
• Coast only 6 - 8 miles away. Dartmoor only 3 - 10 miles depending on route
• Kingsbridge 15 minutes, Totnes 15 minutes, Exeter 40 minutes and Plymouth 25 minutes away
• And on your departure you might want to take some of our farm produce home as presents (award winning meat, sheepskins and designer woollen products)

Each cottage will be tidy and clean when you arrive. We ask all guests to leave the cottage as they find it

On request, we can stock your fridge and freezer with local and our own farm produce which you can book online here

To book a cottage - click here for a booking form, or ring Richard or Barbara on 01548 821000.

Guided and self-guided tours

We are happy to take visitors on guided walks (typically while checking the stock) and show you where you can safely go exploring on your own, bearing in mind that the estate is a working farm. Visitors can meet the animals and enjoy aspects of both farming and countryside management, such as lambing, calving, harvesting, sheepdog handling, and countryside skills such as stone walling and hedge laying, as well as the wonderful countryside. Dusk and dawn are good times to watch for wildlife, barn owls, badger and bat watches or daytime pond dipping can be arranged. And on a clear night you can just star gaze and listen to the owls.

Other

Sorry no smoking inside any of the buildings or near livestock

Sorry no pets - the farm is Organic and FABBL registered, which means we are Farm Assured and have to be careful about certain risks. Need a dog or cat kennel in our area? There is a very good kennel nearby - click here for details

We are not certified as to our accessibility but in general we would fit into the category defined as level 1 Typically suitable for a person with sufficient mobility to climb a flight of steps