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Built of the same honey stone as the barn and lived in for three hundred and eighty years. For two nights it is yours, from the bridal suite down to the boot room.

The house seen past a lichened stone gatepost carved with the name Mayfold, cow parsley in flowerThe honey-stone house and barn at golden hour, roses on the walls and a gravel forecourtThe walled garden set for a ceremony, rows of chairs on the lawn and the house beyond the wall

Twelve bedrooms under one stone roof, a drawing room made for getting ready in, and a kitchen table long enough for both families at breakfast. The house sits at the top of the lawn, two minutes from the barn and five from the mere.

Sleeps
24 guests in 12 rooms
Where
The top of the lawnTwo minutes to the barnFive minutes to the mere
Highlights
The bridal suiteA drawing room for getting readyBreakfast in the kitchenThe garden room
The oak Jacobean staircase rising to a landing window, a sage dress over the banister and satin shoes on a stair
The house seen past a lichened stone gatepost carved with the name Mayfold, cow parsley in flower
The bridal suite: an oak four-poster in ivory linen, the dress on the wardrobe and a stone-mullioned window over the walled garden

The rooms

The rooms

The bridal suite has the four-poster, the roll-top bath and the best view of the garden. Eleven more rooms run along the old stone corridors, kings and twins, every one en suite.

Linen sheets, wool blankets and deep windowsills to sit in. Nothing about them is a hotel.

Features

  • The bridal suiteFour-poster, roll-top bath
  • Kings7, all en suite
  • Twins4, all en suite
  • Ground-floor roomLevel-access shower
The bridal bathroom: a copper roll-top bath under a leaded stone window, a robe on the door and slippers on the flagstones
A guest bedroom in the house: a king bed in white linen, a sage throw, and a window seat looking over the fields

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Getting ready

Getting ready

The drawing room faces north, so the light stays soft all morning. Long mirrors, a steamer, a rail for the dresses and room for everyone who wants to watch.

Coffee comes up from the kitchen, and the walk to the mere for the vows takes five minutes along the garden wall.

The drawing room set for getting ready: a rail of sage bridesmaids' dresses by the mullioned window, mirrors either side, coffee on the ottoman
The walled garden set for a ceremony, rows of chairs on the lawn and the house beyond the wall

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

One ground-floor bedroom has a level-access shower, and the path to the barn is paved all the way.

Children and dogs

Children are welcome in every room, and cots are free on request. Dogs stay in the cottages.

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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