Alcoves

*Brand new*

It’s called Alcoves, which at first feels like a lovely bit of branding, until you step onto the land and realise it’s simply the truth. Scattered across this farm is a centuries-old woodline, stitched with curious, curved bays in the trees; little pockets carved into the landscape, thought to date back to the 17th or 18th century, designed as shelter from the elements. Stand in one and you feel it instantly: the hush, the sense of privacy. No one quite knows why they were planted this way – practicality or poetry – but the effect is the same. Each of the colourful cabins has been quietly slipped into its own alcove, so you’re wrapped in your own nook of birdsong and sky, with nothing but grazing Jersey cows and a wildflower strip for company. It’s rare to find a place where the land itself has already done the design work for you.

The story runs deeper than the trees, though. This is a working family farm, with a Jersey herd that traces back to the owner’s great-grandfather, Lord Ismay, and a landscape shaped and understood over generations. Now, reimagined through an artist’s eye, it’s somewhere you’re invited to share in that country life – mornings outside on the deck (albeit heat-hopping between sauna and hot tub rather than farming), evenings drawing in around the fire. And then, just beyond your pocket of stillness, there’s Broadway – everything you want from a Cotswolds village, all honeyed stone and gentle bustle. Pop there for morning coffee, an afternoon pint or a potter around the shops, then retreat back to your alcove – as if the world has quietly folded in again.

Getting here: drive, or train to Evesham / Moreton / Cheltenham then taxi (15-20 mins)