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Up the oak stair at the end of the barn, under rafters that have held the roof since 1640. Six bunks for the friends who don't plan to sleep much.

The hayloft: three oak bunk beds with linen curtains under the barn's trusses, a runner down the floor to the gable window seatThe open-tread oak stair from the barn floor up to the hayloft, jackets on iron hooks and party shoes at the footThe barn at dusk with festoon lights along the eaves and its doors glowing

The hayloft runs the length of the barn's west end: six built-in bunks with curtains and reading lights, a shower room with two showers, and a gable window looking down the lawn to the mere. It is thirty steps from the dance floor, so nobody has to find a taxi.

Sleeps
6 guests in built-in bunks
Where
Above the tithe barnThirty steps from the dance floor
Highlights
Curtains and reading lightsA window seat over the mereEar plugs on every pillow
The open-tread oak stair from the barn floor up to the hayloft, jackets on iron hooks and party shoes at the foot
Long dressed tables down the tithe barn, oak trusses overhead and the cart doors open to the fields
The hayloft: three oak bunk beds with linen curtains under the barn's trusses, a runner down the floor to the gable window seat

The bunks

The bunks

Six bunks in three oak bunk beds, one in each bay between the trusses. Each has its own curtain, a reading light, a shelf and a hook for tomorrow's outfit.

The floor is heated and the walls are thick, so the music downstairs arrives as a hum.

Features

  • Bunks6, built in
  • Shower roomShared, two showers
  • StorageA shelf and hooks each
  • HeatingUnder the floor
The hayloft: three oak bunk beds with linen curtains under the barn's trusses, a runner down the floor to the gable window seat
The hayloft's shower room: two rain showers side by side, twin basins on an oak vanity and robes on hooks

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The window

The window

At the gable end a window seat looks over the lawn to the mere. On Sunday morning it is the best seat on the estate.

Bring a coffee up from the house and watch the mist lift off the water.

The hayloft's gable window seat, a mug on the sill and mist lifting off the mere beyond the jetty
Mist on the mere at golden hour, a wooden jetty with two chairs, the house across the water

Information

Useful information

Arrival and departure

Keys from 2pm on Friday. Rooms are yours until Sunday lunch is over; leave by 4pm.

What's included

Linen, towels, toiletries and breakfast on both mornings for everyone staying.

Accessibility

The hayloft is up a stair and isn't step-free; the house has a ground-floor room with a level shower.

Children and dogs

Best for grown-ups: under-12s sleep in the house or the cottages. No dogs up the stair.

Rates

Every bed is part of exclusive use, from £8,500 for two nights. The prices for every season, and the dates still free, are on the homepage.

Every room, the barn and the prices, to keep. Get the brochure

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