“Stockwell Hall Cottage was an absolute dream - homely, comfortable and spectacularly well-equipped, it was also very beautiful and felt like living in the pages of Country Living magazine.”
It's pristine, and everything is top quality, from the welcome pack with homemade cake and their own free-range eggs, the luxurious bed linen, and the Laura Ashley soap & hand lotion. This is proper rural idyll - we were more in the market for gentle strolls for an hour or two but the location would suit serious walkers too. The views from the upstairs living room were glorious during our sunny spring visit and we loved throwing the doors open wide to look out onto green hills, lambs in the fields and swallows in the air. I took my parents for a week away and they both have limited mobility, but they managed without any trouble. The stairs up to the living room and the upstairs bathroom with the step-in shower aren't steep, they're well lit and have a handrail. We spent most of our time around the large kitchen table or on the sunny patio in any case! Downstairs is step-free between the kitchen-diner, the bedroom and second bathroom, and there's a side patio entrance with one small step so the stone steps to enter the main door can be avoided. Plus you can drive right up to the front door, so it's pretty accessible. The hosts were lovely too - friendly, welcoming and helpful, they were on hand for any questions but also respectful of our space. We were lucky with the weather, but had it rained all week, we'd have been perfectly contented to snuggle up with a good book, or just watch the birds from the window. Couldn't recommend it more highly.
