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Sleeps 12
Weekly price range £1300 to £
Self catering accommodation in Bylaugh sleeps 12.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Fishing nearby • Garden • Sleeps 12
Accommodation overview: Situated in the peaceful Wensum Valley in a wonderful rural setting, this spacious beamed five bedroomed barn conversion forms part of an historically important Grade II listed farmstead built in the 1850s on the Bylaugh Estate. The holiday property has been designed and built around an inner enclosed courtyard-style garden, ideal for children, with French doors leading into and from the living and dining areas. Unusual features of the house include a wood-burning stove set within a large brick fireplace accessed from both sides with a Victorian blacksmith’s bellows above; an unusual mezzanine-level twin-bedded room with vaulted ceilings overlooking the kitchen/dining-room and one en-suite bedroom accessed via the courtyard (making a perfect guest suite). Centrally located, it is within easy driving distance of Norwich, one of the five largest cities in Norman England. Tucked into a sweeping bend of the River Wensum, the cathedral and castle are amongst the most popular attractions to visit and there are plenty of cafes, restaurants and excellent shopping. Local market towns Fakenham and East Dereham are within easy reach, with shops, inns, restaurants and cinema. There is also ten-pin bowling, a sports centre, indoor swimming-pool, golf and horse racing course. Visit the beautiful Norfolk Broads, where trips can be made along the famous waterways. An alternative way of admiring the Broads is by bicycle, the 56-mile Weavers’ Way winds through the best parts of the Broads on its way from Cromer to Great Yarmouth. Swanton Morley, winner of the Calor Village of the Year Award for 2009 is 1½ miles and the local pub can be found in this village. Fishing nearby at Swanton Morley Pits, a series of very well-stocked lakes. Shop 2 miles. Entrance hall. Cloakroom/toilet. Open-plan beamed living room/snug area with wood-burning stove and French doors to garden. Spacious well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen/dining room with electric Range (for cooking). Two steps to inner hall with utility and shower room and toilet. Steep paddle steps to mezzanine gallery twin bedroom. From hallway: Step to double bedroom (5ft bed) with French doors to courtyard garden, and en-suite bathroom with shower cubicle, bidet and toilet. Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom with shower attachment, bidet and toilet (access to bathroom also from hall). Twin bedroom. Two further twin bedrooms; one accessed via garden and with en-suite shower room and toilet.
  
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Sleeps 12
Weekly price range £900 to £1299
Self catering accommodation in Hereford sleeps 12.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Fishing nearby • Pub nearby • Garden • Sleeps 12
Accommodation overview: On the banks of the River Wye, 16th-century Putson Manor has many original features, some dating back to the 7th century. The Tudor part dates from 1590. Fishing available (licence req). Shop ½ mile, pub 1 mile. Large living room with open fire in inglenook fireplace, patio doors. Large dining room with open fire, wooden floor. Large kitchen/breakfast area with Aga and electric cooker. Study and games room with wood-burning stove, French doors to garden. First floor: Two double bedrooms, each with 5ft bed; one with wash basin, one with oak panelled walls and en-suite shower room with toilet. Two twin bedrooms, each with wash basin. Bathroom, over-bath shower, toilet. Most rooms beamed.
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Sleeps 12
Weekly price range £1300 to £
Self catering accommodation in Elveden sleeps 12.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Fishing nearby • Easy Walking • Sleeps 12
Accommodation overview: Situated a mile down a single track road surrounded by pine woodland, heaths and farm fields, this superb brick and flint lodge offers substantial family accommodation with four of the six bedrooms enjoying en-suite facilities. The internal decor boasts an interesting mix of traditional and contemporary furnishings and is well equipped to the E.T.C. ’5 Star’ standard. The property is set within a beautiful 23,000 acre estate - it has its own sunny, walled garden and enjoys wonderful countryside views from most rooms.
There are extensive walks using the private estate road system leading to forest paths, most notably the Peddars Way. The surrounding area offers a wealth of historic attractions, such as Grime’s Graves, unique and remarkable Neolithic flint mines - the earliest major industrial site in Europe, an Anglo-Saxon village reconstruction at West Stow. Mildenhall, 4 miles distant, has a sports centre, swimming-pool, shops, inns and restaurants. Bury St Edmunds, one of the most unspoilt towns in the country with its famous abbey ruins, offers many town amenities, excellent restaurants and cafes, lively open air market on Saturdays and Wednesdays as well as outstanding examples of Georgian architecture. First class horse racing can be found at Newmarket (12 miles), the scene of the first recorded horse race in 1619, and home to the National Horse Racing Museum. The delightful town of Diss is but a short drive away with a popular market every Friday, Water Gardens and Aquarium Centre. North Norfolk coast is within an hour’s drive. Fishing and golf 8 miles. Pub 1 mile in the village of Eriswell. Shops 3 miles. Spacious living/dining room with wood-burning stove and open fire, leading down two steps to large drawing room with TV, rugs on wooden floors and French doors to garden. Well-equipped, farmhouse-style kitchen with electric range-style oven and slate floor. Large utility/boot room. Double bedroom. Two twin bedrooms, one with adjoining bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Open-tread stairs to first floor: Three bedrooms, each with en-suite bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet; one double and two twin.
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