The Old Vicarage in Lee is a beautiful victorian house, sitting proud on the sunny southern slop of Lee Valley. Surrounded by beautifully kept gardens that slop down to the small church of Lee and village beyond. The house is a short walk to Lee bay beach with it's amazing slate formations, cave and rock pools, also some stunning cliff walks and our much loved village pub The Grampus.
Our property rate on this page is our small party rate for up to 10 guests. Larger parties of 10-15 guests please view our full house page on Vrbo.
The accommodation itself is exceptional, blending stylish, contemporary luxury, with delightful period character. All rooms are large, beautifully proportioned, with high ceilings and big windows. Log fire, woodburners, huge comfy sofas, games room with table tennis, Wifi, oak table to seat 15, large gas BBQ on the terrace and badminton on the lawn. Plenty of room for families and friends to come together, really stretch out and relax. Don't expect to fight the crowds on the beach here, even in Summer this is a hidden gem!
GROUND FLOOR
Situated in the centre is a large hall with wood burner, old rocking horse, grand father clock, huge stained glass window and beautiful Victorian gallery staircase. Leading off are 2 beautifully proportioned, light filled reception rooms.
The drawing room a 21x17ft room with high ceilings, open log fire, huge comfy L shaped sofa, a bookcase of reading delights, 42' plasma TV and double doors opening out onto views of the valley and garden.
The sitting room next door is ideal for the younger generation and doubles as a games room, with large flat screen TV, Wii, Cornilleau all weather table tennis table and cupboard full of games.
The Kitchen/dining room is a place for all to come together, 24ft long, with large solid oak farmhouse table and seating for 15, double range cooker, large fridge freezer, bosch dishwasher, microwave, Nespresso coffee machine, food mixer/chopper and abundance of crockery/cookware/utensil’s.
The Office is the perfect work retreat, with a Mac desk top computer, wireless printer and stationary.
Also downstairs is a wash room with washing machine, drier and second fridge. A separate drying room, boot room/ downstairs toilet.
FIRST FLOOR
2 super king bed rooms (1 en-suite), 2 king and a twin room. All are large and light, tastefully decorated with a mix of antique and painted furniture. Crisp white Egyptian cotton linens, Coordinating throws, big fluffy towels and beautifully presented bathroom luxuries! There is a 2nd bathroom with roll top bath and a large shower room.
OTHER ROOMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT CAN BE ADDED TO OUR SMALL PARTY OPTION ARE:
SECOND FLOOR
Two large attic rooms one furnished with a double and single bed, the other a bunk bed and single.
THE BOTHY (8th bedroom) and an addition to the house if required. A small victorian dwelling directly behind and above the main house. This provides an extra king suite if required, it has all the charm, warmth and cosiness of a Snow Whites cottage, but with all the modern comforts of luxury living. The bedroom suite is floored in oak, with a wet room clad in slate leading off, all heated with underfloor heating. If that isn't enough in the Autumn/Winter months there is a wood burner to light.
GROUP SIZE OPTIONS: Our maximum group capacity for our small party option here is 10 guests.
If taking the whole house we can accommodate 15 guests, with a mix of adults and children (12 adults maximum). When the The Bothy, our additional accommodation sleeping 2 adults is taken our maximum doesn't change, but we can then accommodate a larger group of adults.. The Bothy, the 8th bedroom is an add on and extra in our rates if required.
The house is perfectly set up and well equipped to meet the needs of large groups, so it has always been very popular for Special occasions such as Anniversaries, big birthdays, hens and of course family holidays. If catering for your party seems at all daunting, we can also recommend a local chef. They are more than happy to do as little as deliver a home cooked dish for you to cook as your own or cater an evening in house.
BEACHES: There is a wealth of beautiful beaches in the area. Our local beach is great for children, the waters are calm when the tide goes out and there is a mixture of sand and slate shingle to sit on. The slate formations make a very dramatic and hugely interesting coast line here, with an abundance rock pools and even a cave! The waters here are very popular with kayakers, paddle boarders and swimmers as the waters are often calm. Woolacombe our next closest beach is completely different. Voted best beach in Britain numerous times, this is 3 km long and several hundred yards wide, when the tide goes out, there are miles of beautiful golden sand. This is where you come to catch a good wave, very popular with the surfers and boogie boarders, however the beach is long enough that you don't have to fight for that wave.
All the beaches are dog friendly.
THE GRAMPUS: A couple of hundred yards from the house and on the way to the beach you have our much loved pub The Grampus. A quaint, privately owned, family run pub full of atmosphere, with a great pub garden, some superb red wines (produced by our neighbours in Gigondas, on there 16th century family run estate) and dog friendly.
WALKS : There is a wealth of stunning walks from the front door. Cliff walks from the house westward to Bull point, Morte Hoe and Woolacombe or east to the Torrs and Ilfracombe, there are also trails through the woods. Exmoor National Park with its wild open spaces also provides a wealth of interesting walks, riding and cycling. More info about the various activities can be found at the house.
