Property Summary
Coach House in Old Cleeve (Somerset) is an ideal spot to base yourself for exploring and enjoying the Quantock Hills, the Brendon Hills and Exmoor National Park. It's also not far from the coast at Blue Anchor and the West Somerset Steam Railway runs nearby too!
Main Description
The Coach House is a modernised characterful, well-equipped self-catering holiday cottage in the quaint village of Old Cleeve. Originally housing the coachman and his family, it has been tastefully updated.
A great place to unwind, the peaceful village of Old Cleeve is away from the main roads yet the location is ideal for exploring and enjoying Exmoor National Park, Dunster Castle, the Quantock Hills and the Brendon Hills. Perfect for cyclists, walkers or exploring by car. It's just over a mile from the beach at Blue Anchor and the West Somerset Steam Railway runs nearby too. Set in a bright, elevated position, it has views of the surrounding countryside, the Bristol Channel and Wales beyond.
The cottage is very well appointed with a sitting room, a spacious modern kitchen and a dining room. The stairs in the main entrance hallway lead to the first floor landing which serves two double bedrooms, the bathroom and a walk-in wardrobe area.
Sleeps 4 people in two bedrooms
Both bedrooms can be made up super-king size or twin beds - please request your preference for the bed configuration at time of booking
Bathroom includes large shower enclosure (no bath)
Coach House is available for minimum three nights stays.
Strictly no smoking.
The property will be ready from 4 pm on the day of your arrival. Please depart by 10 am on the last day of your stay. Please leave the property clean and tidy so that we can guarantee it will be ready on time for our next guests.
Dogs
Coach House will welcome a maximum of two dog for a supplement of £25 each, per booking. Dogs are to be kept off the furniture, are not to be left unattended, are not to cause nuisance to neighbours (including the Alpacas and sheep) and all mess is to be cleaned-up immediately.
There is an enclosed courtyard garden including a patio, table and chairs, washing line (no children play area ) attached o the Coach House.
Please keep your dog on a lead outside of the property and enclosed garden.
Indoor Description
Modern and well-equipped kitchen.
Appliances: Oven and induction hob; Microwave, Fridge/Freezer, Dishwasher, Washing Machine.
Other kitchen equipment includes toaster, kettle, cookware, saucepans, a variety of kitchen utensils, cutlery, crockery and glasses.
Lounge with gas fire;
dining room.
A television (with free-sat) is provided in the living room and wireless broadband is available throughout the property.
Wifi, electricity and heating costs are included in the price of your accommodation. Coach House has gas central heating.
Bed linen, duvets, blankets and towels are provided for your convenience. Please bring your own beach towels if you wish to take towels with you on a d ay trips.
A small amount of tea, coffee, sugar, milk and biscuits are provided to ensure you can have a hot drink as soon as you arrive. The cottage is equipped with saucepans and crockery, salt and pepper mills, cleaning materials and toilet rolls.
Outdoor Description
Coach House has it own off road parking.
There is a patio with table and chairs. A washing line is available
Coach House is situated within the grounds of the owners large Edwardian House (which offers 4 star B&B). There are two other holiday cottages on the same site (The Pippins sleeps 2 and The Bramleys sleeps 4).
If you have dogs with you, please keep them on a lead outside of the property and the Coach House enclosed garden.
Parking
There is parking for up to two cars on the drive beside the Coach House.
Pets Description
Coach House will welcome a maximum of two dog for a supplement of £25 each, per stay. Dogs are to be kept off the furniture, are not to be left unattended, are not to cause nuisance to neighbours (including the Alpacas and sheep) and all mess is to be cleaned-up immediately.
There is an enclosed garden attached to the Coach House. Please keep your dog on a lead outside of the property and enclosed garden.
Please make sure flea and tick treatment is up to date, and don't forget the dog bed and towels as all our beaches are dog friendly in the winter!
Restricted mobility
The bathroom and bed rooms are upstairs
Exit in case of emergency
This has not been completed by the owner.
Christmas / New Year
We would love to welcome you for Christmas .
We are happy to put up a Christmas tree for you.
I will ask you at the time should if you would like one or not.
The region
Coach House is situated on the edge of the village of Old Cleeve, which is a charming little village. Blue Anchor is a short distance and a pubs, which provide food and two cafés. Washford is also not far in other direction that has a great pub that serve food, and and Post Office, a little further on is Williton, with two small supermarkets, Post Office, butchers, hardware shop, and some pubs, restaurants and take-aways. In the opposite direction is the charming medieval village of Dunster, just off the A39. Dunster Castle is well worth a visit for sight-seeing as well as shopping and has many restaurants, tea rooms and pubs serving food. Minehead is the main town West Somerset and is approximately 6 miles from Old Cleeve. Here you will find the larger supermarkets and petrol stations (Tesco, Lidi and Morrisons are both situated on the outskirts of the town and have long opening hours) plus a range of other shops throughout the town.
'Cleeve' means cliff or hill; the village was once simply called Cleeve but became known as Old Cleeve to differentiate between nearby site of Cleeve Abbey in Washford, which was a monastery founded in the late 12th century as a house for monks. Today Cleeve Abbey is looked after by English Heritage and is open to the public; it is one of the best-preserved medieval Cistercian monastic sites in Britain. The parish church sited in the village of Old Cleeve also dates from the 12th century and has been awarded Grade I listed status.
The West Somerset Railway is a steam operated heritage railway and runs very near to Old Cleeve, passing over Black Monkey Bridge, which was built around 1860. Old Cleeve was also near the route of the West Somerset Mineral Railway which ran from the ironstone mines in the Brendon Hills to the port of Watchet on the Bristol Channel.
Between Old Cleeve and Watchet is Cleeve Hill a site of Special Scientific Interest as it contains two species of plant which are nationally rare in Great Britain, Nit-grass (Gastridium ventricosum) and Rough Marsh-mallow (Althaea hirsuta).
