Uber-stylish cabins and roundhouses with alfresco tubs, in a beautiful rural setting. One for romantics.
Hidden House
*Brand new*
Spacious cabin on stilts with a private garden, wood-fired hot tub and sauna. Open-plan living area warmed by a wood burner, fully-equipped kitchen, kingsize bed and bathroom with rainfall shower. Decking with outdoor copper bath. Outdoor kitchen with pizza oven and BBQ.
Owl Cabin
Spacious 2-floor cabin with a private garden and wood-fired hot tub. Downstairs is an open-plan living area warmed by a woodburner, fully-equipped kitchen and bathroom with tub and rain shower, plus a kingsize bed and ensuite toilet upstairs.
The Birdhouse
Cosy cabin with open-plan interior including a double bed, sofa, ensuite shower bathroom and kitchenette, plus a private wood-fired hot tub outside.
The Hide
Romantic roundhouse with open-plan interior including a double bed, sofa, ensuite bathroom (tub and shower) and kitchenette, plus an outdoor ‘bath house’ with an alfresco tub.
The Nest
Romantic roundhouse with open-plan interior including a double bed, sofa, ensuite bathroom (tub and shower) and kitchenette, plus an outdoor ‘bath house’ with an alfresco tub.
Space & setting.
Bang on the border of Somerset, Devon and Dorset border lies an organic farm whose fields and woodland are home to a clutch of incredible hideouts. Two are cedar-clad roundhouses, with boho-chic interiors and alfresco bath houses for starlit soaks. A treehouse is hidden away in its own copse, brilliantly designed to resemble an oversized birdbox with round windows and larch walls. The cabin is pretty much a cottage, with masses of space, a lovely garden and a magazine-worthy style. But the brand-new lodge really steals the show; ridiculously beautiful interiors plus an outdoor spa just for you, featuring a wood-fired hot tub and sauna (as if the alfresco copper bathtub wasn’t enough).
Strung with fairylights and full of lovely detail (heated blankets, local cider as a welcome), all are superbly romantic, and all have a private garden with a firepit to toast marshmallows and star gaze; night skies here are enormous. If you’re here for a couple of days, just chill – there’s a shared Woodland Sauna, and the fields around you are home to wild deer; beautiful to watch. If you’re staying longer, make the most of the nearby Jurassic Coast. And whatever you do, go for dinner at the Lord Poullett Arms, one of our favourite-ever gastro pubs, just 20 mins’ walk away – plus a moonlit stroll home.
Getting here: drive or taxi to Crewkerne then taxi (2 miles)
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Sustainability.
The farm generates 50kw of its electricity through solar PV, and has its own spring water borehole that supplies the properties. The units themselves are eco builds, and clad in locally milled cedar and larch.
Surrounds.
- Woodland and countryside walks are all around.
- This area is a hotspot for brilliant restaurants: 20 mins’ walk away is the superb Lord Poullett Arms, all beamed ceilings and log fires (and an amazing dark chocolate truffle with hazelnut and sea salt ice cream). Or taxi to F.east in Ilminster (fantastic veggie food) and The Trading Post (a quirky railway carriage restaurant).
- ‘Gateway to the Jurassic Coast’, Bridport is home to vintage shops, tiny independent galleries and a Saturday farmers’ and artists’ market.
- Go for brunch at Hive Café at Burton Bradstock then walk along the beautiful beach and coastal path round to West Bay, with its golden cliffs, the setting for Broadchurch.
- We love Lyme Regis, a curve of pastel Georgian houses and the famous Cobb Harbour. Get a Baboo gelato while you’re here, locally made, their Flu Buster sorbet is a thing of beauty – lemon and orange juice, honey, ginger and cayenne.
- The owner recommends a day trip to the idyllic village of Abbotsbury with its ruined Abbey, Tithe barn and subtropical gardens.
Specifics.
- Several units spread across an organic farm
- Lodge with open-plan interior: kingsize bed, bathroom with rainfall shower, fully equipped kitchen, upper deck with outdoor copper bath, lower deck with wood-fired hot tub and sauna, plus private garden with outdoor kitchen, patio, pizza oven and BBQ
- Cabin: upstairs, bedroom with kingsize bed and ensuite toilet. Downstairs: bathroom with tub and separate rain shower, and open-plan living area (lounge with sofa and woodburner, full kitchen, dining table, desk area). Garden with private wood fired hot tub
- Treehouse with open-plan interior: double bed, sofa, ensuite shower bathroom and kitchenette and private wood fired hot tub
- Roundhouses with open-plan interior: double bed, sofa, ensuite bathroom (tub and shower), kitchenette and outdoor ‘bath house’ with an alfresco tub
- Basic ingredients and welcome treats
- Indoor and outdoor dining areas
- Private gardens with BBQs and firepits
- DVDs, books and binoculars
- Sorry, no dogs allowed
- Shared ‘Woodland Sauna’; book a timeslot
- Walk to a shop and gastro pub (1.5 miles)
- Booking conditions: minimum 2 nights. Check in days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
- Remember to pack: a laptop to watch DVDs, wellies for winter, beach towels for the summer months
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30% deposit, with the balance due 8 weeks prior to stay.
Cancellations: 8+ weeks prior to stay: deposit refunded, minus a £30 processing fee.
6-8 weeks prior to stay: deposit retained, 70% balance refunded, minus a £30 processing fee.
4-6 weeks prior to stay: 50% of the total booking fee retained, 50% refunded, minus a £30 processing fee.
No refunds if booking cancelled within 4 weeks of stay.
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