Cottages That Sleep 16 In Yorkshire

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Peter - Verified booking

  Character!

  Leyburn Manor has real character and is equipped with everything a group needs for a party or dinner party. There are plenty of bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs that range from good functional bedrooms to excellent statement rooms, there is even a four poster bed. Downstairs there is a drawing room, library and dining room as well as a full sized snooker table in the billiard room. A great feature for our family was the large kitchen/diner area with a large table at which the family can gather. It was perfect for Sunday morning reading the papers with regular coffee, juice and toast! Stephanie the housekeeper greeted us and made sure we settled in with no hassle - she is based 1/2 an hour away and is happy to be contacted at any time during your stay. For those who love walking the grounds and surrounding area in the middle of the Yorkshire dales is ideal but for those who have less interest in walking, the town with a good restaurant and four pubs plus a very handy general store is a very short walk away (even my Mum with two replacement hips agreed it wasn't far). The dining room is great for a dinner party (especially if you arrange with the owner's preferred private chef Lady G to do the catering!)

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• Sue - Verified booking

  Family get-together!

  We booked Leyburn Manor for three nights including Valentine's Day. The idea was for our children and grand-children to get together all under one roof. We arrived first and were absolutely blown away with everything we saw. I couldn't wait for the rest of the family to arrive. I can still hear their gasps of "wow" and see the looks of wonder on their faces. There were seven children ranging from two to eleven years. Nine year old Jack made straight for the snooker room - he loved it. This was also popular with the adults. The younger children enjoyed the freedom of space and needed very little in the way of any other entertainment. Wonderfully comfortable beds set in huge bedrooms with ample spacious, interesting bathrooms. All nineteen of us sat round the dining table for Sunday dinner. Cooking together in the well equipped kitchen was fun. I loved the house so much I could have spent all my time in it. We did, however walk to Leyburn and two families explored the castle and the children played in the house's garden. A beautiful house in a lovely part of Yorkshire.

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• Sue - Verified booking

  Family get-together!

  We booked Leyburn Manor for three nights including Valentine's Day. The idea was for our children and grand-children to get together all under one roof. We arrived first and were absolutely blown away with everything we saw. I couldn't wait for the rest of the family to arrive. I can still hear their gasps of "wow" and see the looks of wonder on their faces. There were seven children ranging from two to eleven years. Nine year old Jack made straight for the snooker room - he loved it. This was also popular with the adults. The younger children enjoyed the freedom of space and needed very little in the way of any other entertainment. Wonderfully comfortable beds set in huge bedrooms with ample spacious, interesting bathrooms. All nineteen of us sat round the dining table for Sunday dinner. Cooking together in the well equipped kitchen was fun. I loved the house so much I could have spent all my time in it. We did, however walk to Leyburn and two families explored the castle and the children played in the house's garden. A beautiful house in a lovely part of Yorkshire.

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• Lindsay - Verified booking

  We had such a wonderful week

  We had such a wonderful week. It has a wonderful feel to it and the accommodation was exactly right for our family gathering. All 10 bedrooms are lovely so nobody felt they drew a short straw. Snooker provided a huge amount of entertainment (fierce competition) and the sitting room was a very pleasing room to be in whether it was two people reading or all 18 of us playing games. The kitchen/dining facilities are excellent and very well equipped. We made use of the utility/storage room as we had bikes and the weather was somewhat inclement. We had a couple of issues which were quickly addressed and I found the owner very helpful when I had any queries prior to our stay. The location of the house is ideal - great for local pubs and the cycling is amazing. We would definitely recommend this house and hope to return there ourselves in the future.

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• Anonymous - Verified booking

  Nice house!

  The owner was friendly and responsive. The cleaner / helper that met us on the first day was super-friendly and helpful throughout. We had an issue with hot water on one occasion, that was fixed within hours. The house is very large and the garden, whilst not enormous, is very nice. Middleham is a lovely quiet village, a stone's throw away from lots of nice countryside and our kids especially enjoyed visiting Bolton Castle and Lightwater Valley, both short journeys away. However, the house is a bit dated and could use a bit of touching up and tlc. This is apparent throughout, most obviously in the snooker room. Also, almost none of the windows would open, which made it difficult to get air in the bedrooms, during our summer visit. For the pretty significant price, we would have expected it to have been slightly better maintained.

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