Big Cottages & Group Accommodation in Holkham

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr Harrison - Verified booking

  We enjoyed a lovely two-week stay at Swallows Barn over the Christmas and New Year period. The house is cosy and warm, comfortable (the beds were delightfully so!), decorated to a high standard and has almost everything guests would need for their stay. We particularly enjoyed the roaring fire on a cold winter day, but the house is luxuriously warm even without, with underfloor heating throughout. The kitchen is a little on the small side, but we had no problems rustling up Christmas dinner on the big day. The quiet, rural location of the cottage suited us perfectly and I can imagine having the outdoor space, front and back, would be a real bonus in the summer months. The house is very well located for a number of local places of interest. We enjoyed visits to Wells-next-the-Sea and Cromer, and Brancaster and Holkham beaches are unmissable. Our only recommendations would be better lighting leading up to the property, as we arrived in darkness and it was very hard to find our way in pitch black, a clothes airer for laundry, as we had nowhere to hang wet clothes straight from the machine, and our only real disappointment was the owners/managing agents refusing to decorate the house over the festive period, not something we've experiences on the many occasions we've booked to go away for Christmas. Even a simple, inexpensive artificial tree would have been nice, so that the children had somewhere to place their presents. Would highly recommend Swallows Barn and would happily stay again (maybe just not over Christmas!!!).

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• The C Family - Verified booking

  Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful house. We have thoroughly enjoyed our stay and found everything we needed at the property. We have been blessed with the most amazing weather and the garden has been an absolute delight, especially the roses. It is so beautifully peaceful and quiet sat in the garden, all you can hear is bird song. As keen bird watchers, we have been amazed at what we have seen from the garden. Regularly seeing Red Kites, Buzzards, Kestrels and Hobby. The House Martins and Swifts put on a regular aerial display and we have been visited by Goldfinches, Chaffinches, Robins, Wrens and Blakckbirds to name a few. At dusk bats fly around the garden and we have seen Owls at dusk. Barney is a perfect location for exploring Norfolk and although we have visited the county many times over the years, we still managed to find new roads and places to visit. This is the county we usually guarantee to see Hares and this time has well exceeded our expectations (one evening driving home we must have seen about 50 in various fields), and the poppies have been spectacular. Returning to Stone Croft has been such a pleasure with extremely comfortable seating and beds. We would thoroughly recommend your home and hope to come back again soon. The easy access to the North Norfolk coast makes it perfect. We have had an amazing two weeks and feel truly relaxed and refreshed. Thank you again for sharing your beautiful home.

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• The C Family - Verified booking

  Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful house. We have thoroughly enjoyed our stay & found everything we needed at the property. We have been blessed with the most amazing weather and the garden has been an absolute delight, especially the roses. It is so beautifully peaceful and quiet sat in the garden, all you can hear is bird song. As keen bird watchers, we have been amazed at what we have seen from the garden. Regularly seeing Red Kites, Buzzards, Kestrels and Hobby. The House Martins and Swifts put on a regular aerial display and we have been visited by Goldfinches, Chaffinches, Robins, Wrens and Blakckbirds to name a few. At dusk bats fly around the garden and we have seen Owls at dusk.Barney is a perfect location for exploring Norfolk and although we have visited the county many times over the years, we still managed to find new roads and places to visit. This is the county we usually grantee to see Hares and this time has well exceeded our expectations (one evening driving home we must have seen about 50 in various fields), and the poppies have been spectacular.Returning to Stone Croft has been such a pleasure with extremely seating and beds. We would thoroughly recommend your home and hope to come back again soon. The easy access to the North Norfolk coast makes it perfect. We have had an amazing two weeks and feel truly relaxed and refreshed. Thank you again for sharing your beautiful home.

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• Mrs Richardson - Verified booking

  We stayed in Farrier cottage during a heatwave it was hot no rain all week, the cottage is well presented and has large spacious rooms, the kitchen has large glass windows with no covers and this made it uncomfortable for eating whilst it was so hot, but I guess that's personal choice, the lounge was comfortable though sofas a little worn on the cushion seating, plenty of board games available, the downstairs bedroom is spacious and has a step down in to it which was hard to spot for my dad who was using this room, I have suggested it be marked to help elderly or unsteady , the downstairs ensuite was a good size, there is a nice little study room too, the downstairs laundry room is handy and the extra toilet/shower as well, the stairs are tricky and we found them a challenge, i think small children going up and down would scare me a bit, you need to be steady on your feet, the two upstairs bedrooms are a good size and the shower room is large , we had a problem with shower draining but was seen to within hours, the garden has a lovely large area of grass perfect for playing on, the cottage was joined to another property but we had no issues with neighbours only the sheep which escaped into the garden, lovely quiet location and we had a lovely time in Norfolk, overall it is a beautiful cottage.

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• David Willis - Verified booking

  An attractive traditional cottage from the outside with many modern features that make for a very comfortable visit. We stayed in winter and the cottage was very warm. Spacious and well fitted kitchen come family room with a dining table. The cottage accommodates up to 6 people but bunk beds in bed 3 mean that 2 of these should be children. The ensuite is a little snug but the family bathroom was certainly big enough. We were 4 on our visit for a week and did not feel we were tripping over each other; but not so sure if there were to be another 2 staying; although ours was a winter visit so we could not spill out into the garden where there is a large table and a separate seating area, all kitted out. Very good broadband connection. Parking for 2 cars at the front is fine but no more. The lane outside is single track so on street parking would not be easy/convenient. Quiet village location with excellent access via nearby A148 to much of north and mid Norfolk and the wide range of local facilities in nearby Fakenham and Holt.

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