Self-Catering Cottage

THE GRANARY SELF-CATERING COTTAGE
WITH FIBRE OPTIC CABLED BROADBAND
(average 50 mbps upload and download)
IN A SMALL AND PEACEFUL VILLAGE
NEAR STOW-ON-THE-WOLD

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Fridays (5 p.m.) to Fridays (10 a.m.)   Following Government guidelines there are strict, new cleaning arrangements. www.sawdays.co.uk/our-clean-and-safe-charter/ Please see further information on Covid-19 extra precautions at the bottom of this page.

In a peaceful, traditional, small village – just over a mile from Stow-on-the-Wold – is an idyllic 17th Century Grade II listed Cotswold stone building – an old Granary – stunningly converted into a surprisingly spacious one bedroom cottage perfect for two.

Delightfully classic in style, the cottage sits on its own, with a private, sunny, sunken and newly re-planted garden and off road parking. The south-facing sitting room has far-reaching views across open fields and a quiet lane from an enticing window seat, and is equipped with WiFi superfast fibre optic direct cable broadband (Download 51 mbps, Upload 47 mbps), a 48 inch TV with Freeview and a DVD slot, and a Sony Radio/CD player with iPOD dock.

The French windows open onto its own enclosed very sunny patio garden made up of a series of terraces with attractive, scented planting. Tall walls ensure total privacy. There is a BBQ and two outside tables with chairs, cushions and sun umbrella for alfresco dining – a different area depending on the sun’s angle! For cold winter evenings, there is a log burner – just perfect to settle down snugly in front of after an invigorating walk in the beautiful surrounding countryside.  All round the cottage, as currently required, are laminated sheets on how to run the cottage and understand the local area and its charms.

Kiloran, the owner who lives next door, has undertaken an extensive “what-would-I-want-in-a rented-cottage” renovation of the interior to ensure everything is finished to the highest quality and for the greatest comfort. The kitchen is compact but very efficiently laid out with ceramic hob, double oven, fridge with small ice box freezer, microwave, full-sized dishwasher and washer/dryer. There is a fold down table large enough for four in the sitting room.

Upstairs, the bathroom has a bath and a separate powerful shower with individually operated handheld and overhead spray, all elegantly finished with Cotswold coloured Travetine tiles. The large double bedroom has a super kingsize 6′ x 6’6″ (200 cm x 180 cm) very comfortable Sleepeezee pocket sprung bed. The bedroom has a dual aspect and extensive cupboard space, an ironing board and an iron.

The cottage has been described as a Cotswold “tardis”(Dr. Who’s space machine!)- small on the outside, but spacious and light on the inside: a relaxing “home from home” for a couple within easy access to all the lovely north Cotswold villages such as Stow-on-the-Wold, just under two miles away.  This is a good place to shop.  Tesco superstore is on the outskirts but Digbeth Street is the best street in town!  On the far side of Stow square, it runs downhill and here you will find – Lambournes Butchers (with meat supplied from Adam Henson’s farm nearby), the Cotswold Cheese Shop, D’Ambrosi Fine Foods delicatessen, the Cotswold Chocolate Shop, the Crock Shop (kitchenalia and seconds – and better than Scotts of Stow in the square!), the Borzoi Bookshop (excellent!), Clarkes electrical, a toy shop and the New England Coffee House with excellent coffee.  In the square itself is a chemist, two banks (Lloyds and Barclays), a Post Office/Newsagent, several pubs, antique shops, shoe shops, clothes boutiques, a fudge shop (watch it made), and the superb Le Pattisier Anglais with enticing pastries and desserts.  Less than 4 miles away is the award-winning DAYLESFORD Organic farm shop and the Hay Barn Spa www.daylesford.com.  On the main road through Stow you will find an M&S food outlet at the Stow petrol station and a Majestic wine next door.  Another excellent wine shop – Haynes, Hanson & Clark – is on Sheep Street.  All within walking distance of the square which is the best place to park. There is a weekly Tuesday morning market in Moreton-in-Marsh and a Farmers’ Market in Stow on the second Thursday of every month.

Chipping Campden, Broadway, Bourton-on-the-Water, Upper and Lower Slaughter are within easy access.  A day trip to Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, or even Bath is easily doable.  If you like gardens, Hidcote and Kiftsgate are nearby and a private garden at Bourton House near Moreton (highly recommended Tues-Fri, 10-5 until 30.10.20), and it is about a 50 minute drive to The Prince of Wales’s garden at Highgrove, near Tetbury (online pre-bookings only) www.highgrovegardens.co.uk

Houses such as Chastleton, Sezincote (the forerunner to the Brighton Pavilion), Charlecote, and Blenheim Palace are on your doorstep.  If, however, you just want to immerse yourself in the glorious Cotswolds, there are plenty of small villages and miles of rolling countryside to explore on foot or by car.

And we are particularly fortunate to have some excellent food at pubs very close by, so no need to cater if you prefer not to (click DINING OUT from the Wren House website which Kiloran regularly updates, but book well ahead to avoid disappointment).  Donnington, although barely 40 houses, boasts its own dairy (gorgeous milk in glass bottles produced less than a mile from your door, eggs and handmade, traditional butter) and, in a separate section from the village (too far to smell!), is Donnington Brewery which now sells the distinct ale on site.

The cottage bedroom is also spacious enough to accommodate a cot for a baby.

The Granary is not suitable for toddlers, young children or the unsteady elderly because of high, unguarded drops in the terraced garden.

There is off-road parking for two cars. Sorry, no pets.

COVID-19:  In order that deep cleaning (using high grade disinfectants and in line with Government guidelines) can take place between each visit, departure is to be by 10 a.m. and arrival not until 5 p.m.  Check-in will be in the form of Meet and Greet but not accompanied inside the cottage.  The owner (Kiloran) is only next door and will open up for  you. Any problems and she is just a WhatsApp message away!  Some items – books, salt and pepper pots for example – have been removed as is required, so please bring all food items with you.  Soaps and a basic supply of cleaning items are provided.  A large quantity of crockery, cooking pots and eating utensils has been put in the cottage in order that all items can be put through the dishwasher and endless washing up and tea towels are not necessary.  All information about the cottage is on laminated (cleanable!) sheets around the cottage, or on the www.wrenhouse.net website. All guests, who are most welcome, undertake to stay at their own risk and are advised to consider insurance in case there is a sudden return of lockdown.